February 2012
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Record Package
Remember those old relics from the past called the compact disc? Well, I designed one for a really great banjo player and his band on Sonablast Records. You can find out more about musician Kyle James Hauser and here some of his music here.
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Animated spot for Fast Company / Occupy George
Fast Company recently asked me to produce an animated spot for their on-line and i-pad feature: The World’s 50 Most innovative Companies. The subject of this piece isn’t a traditional blue chip rethinking it’s business or an innovative start up changing the game. Rather, It’s an activist movement named Occupy George started by two designers in California.
I called in...
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NY Times Op-ed, Deportation
I recently made this drawing to accompany Antonio Alarcón’s (high school student, age 17) thoughtful essay about his immigrant parents returning to Mexico. Thank’s to Matt Dorfman for the great assignment. Read the essay.
January 2012
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Over and Under the Snow in real life.
This video by the BBC shows a red fox hunting for a mouse just like our book!
Swift Brutal / Short story for Tor Books
I made this piece a year ago for Tor Books. Excited that Meghan’s wonderful short story has finally been released! Read Swift Brutal.
December 2011
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Over and Under the Snow in the press
Kate Messner and I have been so thankful that Over and Under the Snow has received such wonderful press and many starred reviews including the Horn Book, Kirkus and, The New York Times Notable Books list of 2011 and Editor’s choice.
We are expecting a second printing of the book with copies available early next year. In the meantime, there are still copies left at Books Inc. available in...
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Kate Spade: Navy
With the help of animator Gareth O’Brien and music designers Antfood, I recently directed this short video for Kate Spade’s Year of Color series. I had so much fun on this. Working with Gareth was absolutely incredible- he brought some many ideas to the project and Antfood’s original piece of music is the perfect compliment to the drawings. A big thanks to Meghan Eplett at Kate...
November 2011
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30 Covers in 30 Days
The 30 Covers in 30 Days design-a-thon, organized by John Gall, Art Director at Vintage as part of National Novel Writing Month is underway. 30 Designers will create book covers based on 30 stories being entered in the NaNoWriMo challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in just one month. Last year’s collection of covers were amazing and created by some of my most favorite designers. This...
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Thank you ❤ Modern Love
A big hug to everyone who came to the opening, to editors Dan Jones and Stuart Emmrich for their kinds words and to Nicholas Blechman and Kim Bost for organizing the show and designing the exhibition.
You can read more about the event at Print Magazine.
October 2011
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Modern Love in Exhibition ...
Modern Love Drawings by Brian Rea & Chris Silas Neal Thursday November 3, 2011 7-9pm The New York Times, Gallery 7 620 8th Avenue, 7th floor RSVP Required for ENTRY: http://nytmodernlove-estw.eventbrite.com/
I illustrated the The New Times Modern Love column for nearly two years, producing roughly 100 pictures before fellow artist Brian Rea took over in 2010. It was challenging...
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Over and Under the Snow
To celebrate the release of our new picture book, author of Over and Under the Snow, Kate Messner asked me a few questions about the art making process.
July 2011
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May B.
I was recently hired by Random House to design and illustrate the jacket for May B by Caroline Starr Rose. Read about my process working on the cover.