Frank’s book is here, just in time for my birthday. If you haven’t picked up a copy, check out his shop—he’s got some other goodies and merch up for grabs as well.

Montréal’s Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes) has been on my radar for about a year now, with a few collaborations popping up on small indie imprints through 2010 and 2011. These records were good, but felt tentative‚ as though Ms. Boucher was still figuring out the medium.

With Visions, her full-length album on 4AD, Grimes appears to have to matured abruptly, hitting her stride with a record that’s remarkably consistent and absording. It’s catchy and intricate, and expertly folds a range of sub-genres and styles into a wholly unique-sounding package.

The cover art is great too, like a hybridized Japanese interpretation of late-80s skate-culture graphic design.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done any illustration work, and I’m rather happy with recent piece from a top-secret client project. We’re going another way for the final version, so I thought I’d post this here for posterity.