The Graphic Arts Studio of T.L. Simons

I design and illustrate things like maps, logo systems, tabletop games, and publications. I’m always looking for inspiring clients and collaborations. Want to get in touch about an upcoming project? Please email me at [email protected]

SPECIALTIES

Illustrations

Illustrations

Maps

Maps

Logos & Wordmarks

Logos & Wordmarks

PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Bloc by Bloc

Bloc by Bloc

Identity, Illustration, Print

Long Lost Oakland

Long Lost Oakland

Strike!

Strike!

Identity, Illustration, Print

Commune Editions

Commune Editions

Identity, Illustration, Print

Zocalo Coffee

Zocalo Coffee

Identity, Print

Museum of Children’s Arts

Museum of Children’s Arts

Identity, Print

East Bay Yesterday

East Bay Yesterday

Identity, Print

Center for Community Arts

Center for Community Arts

Identity, Print

Dark Heart Nursery

Dark Heart Nursery

Identity, Print

Antheus Floral

Antheus Floral

Identity, Print

Noyo Center

Noyo Center

Identity, Print

94.1 KPFA

94.1 KPFA

Identity, Print

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Endangered flora and fauna of the San Francisco Ba

Endangered flora and fauna of the San Francisco Bay 🌱🐁🦆 Featuring a Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, Pickleweed, Grindelia, Spartina, and a Ridgeways Rail. ~
Been thinking a lot about the Bay Area during these past weeks under pandemic lockdown here in Philly. Wild time to move across the country and away from the place I called home for 16 years. It's been good to work on this and some other Bay projects. Can't wait to visit whenever travel makes sense again... ~
Just finished this illustration for the SF Bay Restoration Authority @ca_coastal ✨✨✨

Crime scene implements 🔪 For the upcoming book

Crime scene implements 🔪 For the upcoming book "Disorder" by Leslie Kaplan, published by @akpressdistro -
From AK: In this brilliant and hilarious political fable, Leslie Kaplan imagines a series of unconnected crimes occurring throughout France. In each, a subordinate kills someone in a superior position—typically with an object used in their work. While these acts clearly have a class-related character, public figures and the media are loathe to admit that class struggle still exists. Their denial of reality creates another thread in this joyful, dark satire: the fumbling of “experts” who mobilize theory after theory in order to analyze what is happening without admitting that the events could have any political content.

Siberian Scout Bot ❄️ for #marchofrobots2020 p

Siberian Scout Bot ❄️ for #marchofrobots2020 prompt 9, #cold
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Had a few hours yesterday to do some non-work related art and decided on a whim to contribute to this year's #marchofrobots 🤖 First time I've ever participated in a challenge like this and I really enjoyed the constraints of the prompt and drawing on inspiration from the other participating artists. It also gave me an opportunity to play around with this shape-based cutout illustration rendering technique that I'm pretty excited about. Most of my art has tended to rely on a foundation of strong line work. I still love working that way, but I've been pushing myself to experiment with other methods to conceptualize and render illustrations. Pretty happy with how this one turned out. I'll definitely try to jump in on a few more of the prompts before the month is out ✨

Turtle Mage ✨🐢⛈️

Turtle Mage ✨🐢⛈️

Little mountain den 🏞️🌌

Little mountain den 🏞️🌌

The Long Lost Oakland map I created in collaborati

The Long Lost Oakland map I created in collaboration with @eastbay_yesterday in 2018 is now on display at the @oaklandmuseumca ✨ Here are a small selection of the many reference images I used when illustrating the map 🔎🖌️

MegaDrone🙂☢️™️©️®️ the latest in

MegaDrone🙂☢️™️©️®️ the latest in automation advancement from HappyCorp™️©️®️
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Part of the Commercial Break deck I illustrated and designed for the upcoming tabletop game STRIKE! by @tesacollective

Just finished this little illustration of a secret

Just finished this little illustration of a secret cold war bunker that is the setting for an escape room 🚨🕵🏻‍♂️🗺️