Occasionally I work for the man. Or for someone else who works for the man. And it rocks.
Infographic design with data pulled from Walmart’s 2011 shareholders meetings. I did the design work as well as the number crunching.
The infographic commissioned by Tweet Congress has gone somewhat viral and appeared on several news/government sites, below is round up of all the mentions I can find so far.
MSNBC Technoblog: Weiner’s trouble dampens congressional tweeting
Gizmodo: What Weinergate did to Congressional tweeting
The Hill: Lawmaker tweeting falls in week after Rep. Weiner’s troubles
PC Magazine: Weinergate’ Prompts Members of Congress to Watch What They Tweet?
Time Newsfeed: Playing It Safe: Lawmakers Are Tweeting Less After Weiner’s Scandal
I was commissioned recently by my good friend Chris McCroskey to do an infographic laying out how the Anthony Weiner scandal has affected Congressional tweeting.
His site, TweetCongress.org, has gotten a lot of attention from the story as their service archives all congressional tweets, even ones that are later deleted. TheDaily.com used the information to determine that Rep. Weiner had posted the photo from his Tweetdeck application, and had been using it for several hours prior to his claim of being hacked.
Data pulled from TweetCongress.org, ABC News and CNN.
Wow, what a crazy month it’s been. My apologies for neglecting the blog but the new day job has taken it’s toll on my free time and after working on freelance, finishing up commissions, and the constant connection to Twitter and Facebook there’s not much room left for blog posts. I guess the new research is true, blogs are going the way of the Do-Do.
But have no fear, I won’t be neglecting you beautiful internet masses, and have several cool bits of news to announce.
First off, my new employer Rockfish Interactive has moved into its new Frisco office (photos on my Flickr account), and I’ve settled comfortably into the role of a senior designer/art director.
I can’t say I don’t miss working from home and drawing all the time, but it’s nice to design again, get back up to speed on interactive work and produce storyboards and spot illos while getting a nice salary and bennies to boot.
The other bit of news is the official commencement of my next project, Lights in The Sky. Friends and family have long known about my fascination with UFOs and this summer I’m going to share my thoughts, theories and personal experiences on the matter.
The plan is to offer it up for free as an ongoing webcomic, and if all goes as planned my fellow Space-Gun Studio mates will also have projects kicking off. You may even see Space-Gun webcomics in the near future.
That’s it for now, below is the first promo image (and possible cover) for LITS. I hope you dig.
Indy Comic Book Week is only one day away, and I?ll be signing copies of my full-length comic debut Senryu at Madness Games & Comics in Plano, TX (RSVP to the Facebook event here).
To celebrate the ICBW event and Senryu I?ve got a couple of specials offers to those who can make it out to the signing; here’s what I’ll have going on for the event.
As well as Senryu I’ll have copies of the Synesthetic anthology, Real Magicalism, One Off and my first work Weird West. Prints of all sizes will be super cheap, I’ll be doing sketches and taking commissions AND I have 3 limited edition 13×19 Senryu prints for the first 3 people who buy the book and mention them.
Hope to see you there!