The Jon Burgerman Edition

To my complete and utter amazement, Jon Burgerman has agreed to create something truly, but unsurprisingly unique for this site. In doing so he has made me realise just how different a feel a new illustration can create, even when nothing else on a page changes.

When I redesigned and relaunched Stuff and Nonsense earlier this year, I made the decision early on to make Kevin Cornell's glorious Ace Face illustrations as much a part of the design process as well as my own visual design work. His early pencil drawings suggested to me ways to use colour, contrast and line-work that may not have occurred to me if I had simply placed his final painting into a finished layout.

Kevin's Ace Face drawings have become almost synonymous with the new Stuff and Nonsense and I began to wonder what the site would be like without them gracing the home page. How would another illustrator, approaching the job from their own perspective, affect the overall look and feel of the site? So it's time to find out.

The Burgerman Edition

For one week out of every month, Kevin's Ace Face will make way for a new interpretation by a different illustrator, and who better to kick-start things off than, the more talented than words can describe, Jon Burgerman. To my utter amazement, Jon agreed to create something truly, but unsurprisingly unique. In doing so he has made me realise just how different a feel a new illustration can create, even when nothing else on a page changes.

I give you The Burgerman Edition.

Comments

1. #1 On July 29th 2007 at 12:27am Jina Bolton said:

   I love it.  I loved the previous one, too.  I hope you make a gallery of previous illustrations! :)

2. #2 On July 29th 2007 at 02:56am Dave said:

   *chuckle* I was shocked when I stumbled over the new illustration earlier. I love it, but, I do missed the mean-lookin’ ace-face *cry*

3. #3 On July 29th 2007 at 09:07pm Michael Grinstead said:

   I’m a big fan of Burgerman’s work, great to see him strutting his stuff on your site. Look forward to seeing the other illustrators you have lined up.

4. #4 On July 29th 2007 at 09:40pm Richard B said:

   “unsurprisingly unique”

   Says it all to me. I love this, but what I love more is the concept of a different artist perhaps each month displaying a new drawing. Probably unlikely but hey, it’s a slick idea. Jon’s work is brilliant, big fan of it.

5. #5 On July 30th 2007 at 05:21am Daniel Scrivner said:

   I love the idea of a new illustration for one week each month.  It truly is amazing how much different your site looks and feels with the new art work.  But I do miss Kevin Cornell’s wonderful ace face.  :  )  It just goes so perfectly with your new design!

6. #6 On July 31st 2007 at 01:25am Alex Varin said:

   In other news, some IE6 users lived long enough to finally see a bit of color here again! All thanks go to the little but capable .burgerman #nav_main selector :)

   Great css, by the way, a real pleasure to read while learning new tricks!