"When you think of illustration, you think of complicated shading and chiaroscuro and things like that," says Julie Johnston, events director of AIGA Colorado, sponsor of the lecture. "Frank is very modernist in his approach, looking for hidden meanings and juxtaposition of elements; he's a very thoughtful designer."
That thoughtfulness has garnered the 20-something Chimero a lengthy list of clients that has included Atlantic Monthly and the New York Times, and it probably contributes to how he was able to raise well over $100,000 via Kickstarter to write his book (he's actually raised quite a bit more than he even needed to). Here's an idea of what will be inside it.