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of The Design Portfolio of John J. Custer

A couple new illustrations for the likes of DFW Child and D Magazine.   In Order: The State of a Broken [CPS] System (1), The State of a Broken [CPS] System (2), and Which Diets Are the Best   Art Directors: Lauren Niebes, Renee Blostein, Ricky Ferrer   You can see other DFW Child  illustrations here and more D […]

Shit. It has been a whirlwind since releasing my new site in October. With that said: NEW WORK!   I have published 12 new projects, most of which are illustration projects, for the world to consume, enjoy, and criticize. I hope you check them out.   You can see the new projects below:   Dupont: […]

A poster I created for Dress Code’s short film about H&FJ (before the $20 million lawsuit) and typography that is showing at SXSW this year:   You can see the trailer here.   I still hate Gotham.

Jesse Weinberg approached me asked if I would give my point of view on NYC for her Global Yodel web project—a project aimed at sharing peoples experiences where they live. My point of view: a little jadedness, a dash of charm, and a whole lot of it-is-not-as-special-here-as-you-think-it-is.   You can read the full write up […]

The first animation of three that I storyboarded, illustrated, and art directed with my good fellas over at Dress Code has gone live. Until I upload a new project you can see the video HERE.   Full write up soon!

Another day, another illustration!   This time, Kimberly McGuire—an MFA student in Design at SVA—hit me up asking if I could send a contribution to her thesis project: SK M  NG   She describes SK M NG as, “…an online platform that visually publishes the news with a single headline and connects to breaking articles across the […]

I had an illustration run last week in TIME Magazine for an article by Massimo Calabresi addressing the downshift in the global hunt for terrorists—specifically the USA.   Shout out to April Bell for hooking me up with a tough but dope illustration gig for TIME Magazine, last week.

Shout out to Janine Toro for looping me into his What Do You Carry? blog—a blog that displays what designers, photographers, writers, editors, and all types of other creatives carry. The ultimate stalker.   You can see my post here or check it out below.     Top, left to right, like a book:   —   Fujifilm […]

No, seriously, this is the first fight I’ve ever been in and I plan on kicking the talented Ryan Bren’s ass!   Head on over to the Type Fight website to see the brawl first hand, and vote, but make sure you vote for the right one—I got friends.

Small illustration for TIME Magazine I did a couple weeks back for a piece sheds light on how companies are letting employees use personal computers, tablets, and phones for day to day business affairs—the future of work.   Shout out to April Bell for looping me in last minute!

I haven’t been able to share this work for about a year or two but am stoked to have gotten the permission to share it with the world.   In the spring of 2012 I was apart of the stellar team at COLLINS: where I worked with Brian Collins and Lee Machemayer and their designer Matt […]

After nearly a year and a half of designing, re-designing, designing, taking a nap, and then driving my brilliant developer, Chris Wolf, mad with “last tweaks” The [New] Design Portfolio of John J. Custer is live.   After revision and revision_17_final_3 I went back to the basics and followed the design of my previous site, […]