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The Infamous Graffiti Magazine

The Infamous Graffiti Magazine

The Infamous is a graffiti magazine based in Philadelphia that published its second issue this week.

Art directed and designed by Shaun Baron, The Infamous showcases content and imagery in a smart and original way, very different from previous efforts at presenting this art and culture. There are pages with tips on color theory, technology, and quality control, and of course, lots of examples of graffiti art. Baron has harnessed the talents of the graffiti scene to create bold illustrative covers and features, but all contained within a tightly-formatted and minimal design architecture. This is a brilliantly-conceived and executed magazine, completely produced and designed by one person on a very limited budget. And of course, here at SPD we love to see low-end challenges turned into high-end publication design results. See more pages from The Infamous on the next page.

(Above) Issue #1 cover illustrated by Pre, vectorized by Waldemar Delgado.


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ESPN's NBA Comic Book Preview

ESPN's NBA Comic Book Preview

ESPN's NBA Preview issue not only features a cool comic book cover illustration of Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Kevin Durant, but inside they created 30 original comic book cover illustrations, one for each team. The mag approached Marvel Entertainment (coincidentally owned by the Walt Disney Company, who also own ESPN) about creating concepts and "variant covers." Under the direction of the mag's editors and design director Siung Tjia, Marvel's artists created a brilliantly creative spin on the traditional preview issue. If this was the NBA All-Star game, we'd say that the team at ESPN just won the slam dunk and three-point throw contests, and the MVP award!

(Above): Pencils by Joe Quesada, inks by Danny Miki, colors by Richard Isanove.
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New Work from Portland Monthly Magazine

New Work from Portland Monthly Magazine

One of our favorite city magazines is Portland Monthly, art directed by Jason Blackheart. It's a smartly-designed magazine, with lots of energy and overall coolness, much of it accented by Blackheart's own typographic illustrations. Here are some examples of recent pages from Portland Monthly.

(Above): Portland Monthly, July 2010. Typography/illustration by Jason Blackheart.
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