Don Huff Design & Illustration

06/02/2026

I am very sad to read this Wyland Whale mural was painted over a couple weeks ago. I was there to see him paint in 1999.

05/26/2026

Artists are so genteel.

05/19/2026

From the Red Hand Files.
Have you used the AI powered music (or art) generation tools? Any thoughts?

So, as a songwriter (artist), I find myself despairing over the rise of AI song generators. It’s not that they aren’t good, in fact they are - or soon will be - too good. Before long, they will be able to produce songs indistinguishable from those created by humans.

And this is what grieves me. They will be identical in presentation, perhaps even superior, but entirely devoid of soul, cynically undermining the need for matters of the spirit, the sacred, the divine. “What is the purpose of the soul?” they scorn. “What is its material use?” These are the questions that ring out like a final hollow bell tolling at the end of a civilisation, where the last threads of meaning have been severed and discarded.

Notions of artistic struggle, of striving, of triumph over adversity, personal pride, desire, delight, inspiration, and resilience are dismissed as mere obstacles or indulgences on the way to the new and gleaming product - the AI-generated song, perfect in its cynicism, magnificent in its emptiness.

-Nick Cave

05/19/2026

Q: What opportunities do you see AI tools opening up for artists?

A: Bad for good artists, good for bad artists.

05/07/2026

“One of the key questions I asked at the beginning was, are people supposed to read this?” says designer Micheal Bierut, who typeset the lettering with a team at Pentagram, led by designer Britt Cobb. “Is legibility the primary goal here? Do we want people to be able to stand on the ground, look up at this tower, and read those words? And that was discussed on the client end, and the answer came back, ‘No, it should have the promise of meaning, it should be decipherable, everything should be spelled right and it should make sense.’”

04/23/2026

Less is More

“Good design is as little design as possible.”
-Dieter Rams

The “As little design as possible” doesn’t mean minimalism for its own sake (though Rams favoured clean aesthetics). It means intentional restraint. Design only what’s needed, and do it exceptionally well.

03/13/2026

New From the Government Dept for Recycled Design

03/07/2026

We were warned back in 2001

02/27/2026

MORE CRAZY CAT memes form my High School Photoshop class. They all got an A!!!!

02/19/2026

Some Cat memes my students created today! .