Spinoffs

It's interesting to see what sometimes happens to art after you make it. Sometimes it's nothing; other times the art seems to take on a life of it's own. Often you have no control over that.


Generally speaking, anything that extends the life and appeal of a commercial project is good. In the case of my book Alpha Bettie, this came in the form of toys made of the main character and her dog.

Much less predictable was what happened as a result of a poster I created for a play this past Spring. I struggled with this project at first - the play was about monsters, the costume designer hadn't yet designed the monsters - so I had no idea what the main characters were actually going to look like, much less what the aesthetics of the play would be. I had to create a visual direction myself. Which was frustrating at first, but after numerous meetings with the director, producer and other designers, ultimately I was able to have some fun with it.

I was very happy with the poster.

....and the producer was, too. That's his arm in the picture.