Two secession movements, only one state to form.

Flag Day front

Veterans' benefits front

What happens when marijuana is legal in most of the surrounding states? An increase in drug trafficking, of course.

What happens when it's really cold and hay prices skyrocket? Horses get let go. This one was easy to design. I just let the photo do most of the talking.The hearts are in the flag because, you know, Valentine's Day...

Here's another one that got featured on Newseum. We thought that losing perspective from people who witnessed this historic event was becoming a compelling storyline. So the reporter wrote an extended obit on Jack White, and we featured it on the…

For our winter sports section, we tried to really highlight action-oriented art to get people excited about skiing. Here's the front, which features the best courtesy art I've ever received!

Our reporters started an ambitious project to document the stories behind roadside memorials in our area. Here's an A1 design we cooked up for it.You can read more about the story here: http://bit.ly/SDWkOc

Here's a graphic we worked up for a story about Hewlett-Packard signing a contract with Idaho to supply laptops to high-schoolers for eight years.Idaho has such a unique shape that it's fun to incorporate into designs ... especially after living in…

Here's another front that got mentioned on Newseum. And why not? Who doesn't love a football rivalry game? For this one, we pulled a file photo of the bridge from which the game gets its name. We considered building the bridge in Illustrator…

Hey, look. We made Newseum's top 10. We were also mentioned on Poynter and by Mr. Charles Apple. Way to go, Times-News copy desk. We don't get to run a lot of national news on our front page, but when we do, we try to knock it out of the park. In…