Mike BaBoon Design

To celebrate their 20th anniversary (!), the fine folks at ToughPigs.com gathered  over 75 different creators/artists to illustrate 274 characters from various Muppet and Jim Henson-related productions throughout the years. The result was the Great Muppet Mural  and  I was honoured to have made even a minor contribution to this unbelievable piece of work.   I contributed the Twiddlebug family, Sam the Robot and Baby Beaker and Bunsen. See if you can find them or head on over to Instagram to see close-ups of these characters.  And please check out  ToughPigs  to read more about this staggering endeavour and for all the latest Muppet news and reviews.  Congrats to all who contributed and a huge congrats to ToughPigs for 20 amazing years. 

Yes, I know we should all be eating kale. But aren't you really craving fast food?

I recently had a request to prepare the name WYATT in letters that were inspired by the art of Eric Carle. It turned out well:

I had worked out the characters here a while back but the unbelievable success of Pokemon Go inspired me to finally finish it. As an added challenge, I chose to limit each species to one letter. Which is why you see Ivysaur but no Bulbasaur, Wartortle but no Squirtle... You've gotta name them all...

For the first ABC3PO Alphabet , I challenged myself to only use characters from the 6 original films. For this lower case sequel, I decided to broaden the scope and include any characters from the newly established official Star Wars canon (7 films, Rebels, Clone Wars). Only one character (X) doesn't fit that criteria:

I thought this was a fun little mash up. The characters just worked so well together. I’m considering a whole series.

I recently received a very touching email from a young man named Nicholas Machado: Dear Mr. Boon, My name is Nicholas Machado from Virginia.  I am 10 years old.  I like how you customize alphabets into cool designs.  So, I have a picture of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet in pictures.  When you have the list, search up pictures on Google of the letters and soon you will find how these make sense.  You inspired me to do it.  I hope you think this is awesome. Love, Nicholas Machado PS Look in the "M".  There is a message for you. I later learned from his father John that Nicholas is on the autistic spectrum and has Asperger's Syndrome.  At first, I was greatly moved by Nicholas' sweetness, but after closely looking at his design, I am also very impressed by the inventiveness of his design. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do: Thank you for sharing Nicholas.