Will Staehle
Designer and Illustrator
Unusual Co.- Commercial Design and Original ContentBased in Seattle, WA
Grew up reading comics and working summers at his parent's design firm in Wisconsin.
Art Director for HarperCollins Publisher in NY.
VP of Design at JibJab in LA.
Has been labeled by Print Magazine as one of the Top Twenty Under Thirty New Visual Artists.
An Art Director’s Club Young Gun.
Exhibited a solo show of work at the Type Director’s Club.
Awards
Print magazine: New Visual Artist Art Director’s Club: Young GunAIGA 50 books / 50 covers
Adobe awards for Design and Illustration
Contributed to New York Times book article
Numerous appearances in Print annuals
Appeared in Communication Arts
Spotlighted on The Huffington Post, Grain Edit, and DesignSponge.
Nominated for a Hugo in 2015 for Most Professional Artist.
Process
He mostly creates fantasy, noir book covers and posters. Paper-cut, digital, lettering. Mostly works with silhouettes and limited color palettes. He does research into the book he's been hired to design, reading the book and getting a feel for the core elements of the book. Will puts together various mood mood boards and thumbnails. He'll come up with various mock ups and comps and send them in for approval or for more suggestions. When he gets feedback, he'll redo the comps to come up with the final design.
This book cover has a Lego design made of it.
Work
