This is often how politicians in New Jersey treat people who prefer to ride bikes than drive.

Simple illustration for a symposium on American Democracy in the December issue of Commonweal:

Cuomo lost and @eleanalittle.bsky.social won i think this means more people should hire me to brand their political campaigns

<ignoring the double-digit headwind which became a tailwind at exactly that point> THE DONUT MADE ME FASTER

It brings me no pleasure to admit but the UK eats our lunch w/r/t book cover design. Many such cases.

Posts, but make it under the most gorgeous hand-drawn masthead you've ever seen

Shirt I illustrated for @hudcostreets.org is out in the wild, and I love how it turned out. So many of us in Hudson County rely on NJ Transit, PATH trains, and our bikes to get around. We're one of the most densely populated places in the U.S., and our transportation infrastructure ain't cutting it.

Brennan and Bhalla are basically more effective as nominees than my seated assembly people have been during their full tenures

Got to photograph one of my favorite birds this morning — a Black-throated Blue Warbler — at Reservoir #3 here in Jersey City.

I got to make some artwork for this good event, which is a nice reminder that the public space that lines our streets can be used for things other than storing cars. Stop by on Friday.

ok fine i dont like bikes anymore

extensive preview here! www.leftanchor.com/e/katie-bren...

The caprine urge to stand on top of a tall thing while looking weird as hell

Andrew Cuomo's new logo is, unfortunately, a second-rate version of this branding I created with @eleanalittle.bsky.social for her city council campaign here in Jersey City (incidentally, the actual home of the Statue of Liberty).

Me watching the classic Paris-Roubaix documentary "Sunday in Hell:"

Big tree down on Henry Hudson Drive in the interstate park this morning, but you can get through with a little wriggling

Graphic design is my passion

There have been "NYC" UCI races. They spend lots of time here in New Jersey.

Okay, I'll do the ten albums thing, no order: Mount Eerie — Clear Moon Mount Eerie — Night Palace Arvo Pärt — Tabula Rasa Joanna Newsom — Ys Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points — Promises (1/2)...

First I am hearing this???

Took a bicycle ride

Some nice migratory birds at Jersey City's reservoir #3 recently (Black-throated Blue, Black and White, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, plus an Eastern Phoebe for good measure:

Had a nice time illustrating this cover. Happy April.

Have in fact been riding my bicycle lately

Made this hand-cut collage for the cover of the March issue of @commonweal.bsky.social

This would make a big difference for me, my family, and my neighbors who don't use cars to get around.

For the February issue of @commonweal.bsky.social: a hand-cut collage to accompany Will Caverly's piece on the increasing number of small colleges facing closure.

Designed a li'l zine with photos and routes from my favorite bicycle rides of 2024:

Merry Christmas. I saw some Snow Buntings earlier this month, in my own city.

Made some bookmarks for my book club ✌️

New Christmas card for 2024 in my Etsy Store: bicycling bears carting home their fresh-cut tree. Get'em at noonpeakaperco.com

I was asked to design artwork for these local heroes and immediately started thinking of streetscapes in our county to draw inspiration from. Can ya spot Liberty State Park? How about an idealized take on Boulevard East? Can you also spot HCCS a little cash to do their good work? t.co/3KECP8ayXk

I got to make some illustrations (block prints) for the cover of the March issue of Commonweal Magazine based on a Marilynne Robinson piece that appears in the issue:

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I got to illustrate Commonweal's Christmas Critics section again for this year's December issue. Here's the main artwork. You can swipe through to see details, plus other spot illustrations that are sprinkled throughout the section.

I've got some new Christmas cards available in my Etsy shop, now, like this merry-making squirrel trio. Visit noonpeakpaperco.etsy.com for this and more.

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Some more of my work is out in the world in sticker form:

Rode my bicycle to Manhattan this morning.

Here's the logo I designed for the @jcbikebus: a group ride that picks up kids near their homes, and everyone rides to school together. These stickers will be out around town soon!

If you're interested in this sort of thing, I've reopened my Etsy store after a hiatus of several years. You can now purchase the items pictured here and more at noonpeakpaperco.etsy.com

I've posted some recent work at davidsankey.net