Minecraft! A job for the ubiquitous “Guy on the Internet” client. He’s a teacher of some description and has been theming his classroom with a Minecraft motif in order to make it not a horrible, miserable space that kids hate to be in, and he commissioned me to make this poster to put at the entrance.

I try to do jobs for teachers whenever I come across them. It’s a special teacher who cares enough to try to get help from artists and designers: they offer to pay what they can, which is never much because they’re paying out of their own pockets, so they often can’t afford professional rates. In my opinion, though, if there’s ANYWHERE that needs professional artists’ attention, it’s the spaces where kids are learning. Anything we can do to make them feel more comfortable or inspired (or even less miserable!) in their learning spaces is worth the time, effort, and cost.

In the next few days I’ll post some of the other work I’ve done for classrooms (mostly my wife’s :) ).

If you are a teacher and you’re looking for some artistic help, email me. I usually have a bunch of projects going at once, but if I can make time for you, I will work with you. The worst that can happen is I’ll just be up front with you and tell you I’m too busy. ;)