Christopher Darling

Imaginary Friends: Group Art Show in Philly

chris — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:16:13 +0000

I will be in a group show in Philly in the beginning of March. Come check it out if you are nearby!

Columbia University Milvets Poster

chris — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:55:00 +0000

Breakfast of Champions Cover Design

chris — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:45:56 +0000

I designed this cover of Kirk Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions for Philip Cheaney & Ryan Hartley's Book Cover Club.

Bike Smart: NYC DOT Bike Safety Animations

chris — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:24:07 +0000

For the past few months I have been working with the design firm Ready366 and their client, the New York City Department of Transportation. The project is a new bike saftey iniative called Bike Smart. We have been working on 10 animated videos that are about to go into post production. Here is a screen shot from one of the videos (they are pretty funny). More to come when the project officially wraps up.

Fifth Avenue NYC

chris — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 02:18:34 +0000

I had a chance to drop by 5th avenue with a friend this afternoon and check out some of the window displays. Large crowds, roasting nuts, and honking cabs are usually things I try to avoid, but I found myself thoroughly enjoying the dying remnants of glorified consumerism. It is fun to get into a holiday spirit.

I did not catch the name of the store these displays were at, but I enjoyed them immensely. Bravo to the display designer, if anyone knows his/her name please email me.

PS1

chris — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:23:29 +0000

Last weekend I went to one of my favorite museums in NYC, PS1. There is a great instillation up right now by Surasi Kusolwong. Kusolwong builds environments that focus on social interaction over economic exchange. This was a really comfortable piece of art.

Watch the video here: PS1 Video

The Studio: Where I Work

chris — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:59:59 +0000

People always ask me, "So what do you do all day? Where do you go?" I thought I would take the time to do a photo-journal entry of my studio. The studio is located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn & is about 15 minutes (by subway) outside of Manhattan. I share the studio with five other illustrators I graduated with from School of Visual Arts (all of whom are doing amazing things). We have two editorial gurus: Jonathan Bartlett & Andrew Roberts who publish in just about every magazine you can find on the shelf. We have two comic artists: Brendan Leach (who just published a book & was in Best American Comics) & Anne Emond (who has an amazing! web comic). Lastly, we all have the pleasure of witnessing Kelley Hensing paint.

Mike Forst, Album Cover

chris — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:55:50 +0000

This was an album cover I recently designed for electronic musician, Mike Forst. The direction of the type ended up changing.