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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 06/08/2026

Off to the printer for University of Kentucky Press.

Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 25/06/2026

The word 'daemonlogy' came up in conversation with my son today and I'm reminded of one of the book covers that really inspired me to do this professionally: Paul Sahre's design for Rick Moody's Demonology...

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Dr David S Anderson @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 22/05/2026

Off to press! The Library Cosmic by Ben Berman Ghan for @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. Whenever I can, I include some visual reference to the idea of a 'group' of some kind when designing a cover for a collection of stories. This one is no exception.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 04/05/2026

May the 4th be with you! Back in 1997, as a fledgling designer I was thrilled to redesign Star Wars Insider magazine (complete with recreating the 'Star Wars' logo in Macromedia Freehand). Creating a collage around the Lucasfilm provided Special Edition medallion felt like peak Photoshop!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 24/04/2026

Migrated my portfolio from Adobe Portfolio to Wordpress and did a little refresh. A digital Spring cleaning! www.michelvrana.com

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Michel Vrana Book Design Portfolio

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 12/04/2026

Alton Brown and Babish together is just what I needed to see today. I haven’t laughed that much in a long while.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 30/03/2026

Thanks to Spine Magazine for featuring the cover to Ghosts of My Old Dominion for University of Kentucky Press as part of its monthly University Press Coverage for March: spinemagazine.co/articles/uni...

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

well since @sunnmcheaux.bsky.social doesnt post on here like that, I figured I'd share his video here for him Because of a time like this

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 05/12/2025

Colour in Nara and Kyoto. All shot on iPhone with No Fusion and edited in Lightroom.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 04/12/2025

A few photos from Nara, Japan. Shot on Fuji XT30ii and iPhone 13.

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Brent van Staalduinen | Writer, Resister, Human. @brentvans.com · 31/10/2025

I'm pumped to share the perfectly unsettling cover (designed by @michelvrana.com) for my novel THE PEACE THIEVES, out June 16, 2026 from @thistledownpress.bsky.social! Details and preorder info here: www.brentvans.com/books/the-pe... #canlit #fiction #novel

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I didn't know Mamdani's wife was a comics nerd! New York, you have to vote for him now because I need at least one person in comics to have good health insurance.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 15/09/2025

In my timeline I’m seeing that @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is getting death threats, and @karenattiah.bsky.social has been fired from the Washington Post, both for measured and reasonable writings about last week’s violence. Egregious and appalling.

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Gallaudet University Press @gallaudetpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Happy Pub Day to THE EVIDENCE IS LIFE by Anne E. Pfister! Visit our website for more information on the book, including how you can get your copy: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/T/The-... Cover design by @michelvrana.com ✨📚👌 #NewBook #ReadUP

Cover of The Evidence Is Life is centered with a thin black border. Cover description: Background of multicolored rectangles with contrasting uppercase text that makes up the title, subtitle, and author’s name. From top to bottom, the text of the title rezo students with short spiky hair and their backs to the camera. To the right of “Is Life” is an image of two students chatting in a courtyard. Below that on the left is a self-portrait of a student holding a camera in front of his face, where he is framed by a mirror with a brick wall in the background. To the right of the photo is the subtitle: DEAF PILGRIMAGES TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNITY IN MEXICO CITY. Below the subtitle is the author’s name: ANNE E. PFISTER. In the background of the graphic are the same students who appear on the cover.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 10/08/2025

The radio was playing at my 85 yo Dad’s place earlier and his ears perked up and he said “I love this song!” He didn’t know the name or the artist. I pulled out Shazam since I didn’t recognize it either. Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan.

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John Zada @johnzada.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Excited to share that ‘The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey: An East-West Memoir’, a work of narrative nonfiction set in the Middle East, will be released this September. Cover art by @michelvrana.com. Many thanks to Canada Council for the Arts + Ontario Arts Council for their support. bit.ly/4o84UdH

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 22/07/2025

So sad to hear about Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Just this weekend was enjoying his performance in Sneaky Pete on Netflix. Gone too soon.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 11/07/2025

My now nineteen year old son drew me this Superman when he was five. It's one of my favourite pieces of art.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 07/07/2025

As I downsize for the next chapter of my life, my apartment is approaching an almost nostalgic level of minimalism. Mattress on the floor and folding card table for meals. Part time digital nomad life is in my sights.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 04/07/2025

Nice! It looks like the Kanopy app now streams at least at 1080p on AppleTV. Makes the viewing experience so much more pleasant.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 04/07/2025

Montreal, are you okay? Reddit is replete with posts about stolen/missing pad thai and somehow both the Concordia Library and Communauto are involved. Whaaa? www.reddit.com/r/montreal/

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 29/06/2025

Ah, Facebook marketplace, where you can have interactions where someone messages at 12:30pm to say they’ll know soon if they can make it before noon that same day but that it looks good.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 11/06/2025

I can't be the only one who's thinking Liquid Glass is Aqua 25th Anniversary Edition...

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 06/06/2025

A perfect start to Friday. Fantastic new album by Little Simz. Loving 'Lotus' so far. Find it on your favourite streaming service and give it a listen.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 02/06/2025

File under: I never thought it would be an issue until I tried. Adobe Illustrator has no trouble exporting a PDF with layers intact, but importing the same PDF reduces everything to one layer. Affinity Publisher roundtrips the file just fine.

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Touch the Butt of Dracula @virginiabarksdale.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Get! Off! Substack! I won't read your links! If they're on substack!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 20/05/2025

Gaze upon these Sci Fi reissues from MIT Press with cover illustration and design by Seth: mitpress.mit.edu/search-resul...

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 18/05/2025

Would love to know what’s happening in Lightroom on iPad: importing compressed Fuji raw files from a SD card reader and there are no previews, but those same files from the directly connected camera show previews. Is the camera doing something here?

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 18/05/2025

Love this cover! And kudos to @johnchu.bsky.social for crediting the illustrator and designer!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 06/05/2025

Anyone else experience preja-vu, that feeling that deja-vu is just about to occur?

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McGill-Queen's University Press @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Reminder: Please join MQUP and McGill Libraries TOMORROW for a panel discussion on The Art of Book Design. 📅 Tuesday May 6, 2025 🕓 16:00 to 18:00 🏢 McLennan Library Building, Rare Books, 4th floor, Colgate Room 📍 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal ➡️ buff.ly/GuGifEZ

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 05/05/2025

I don't doom scroll, but I follow so many interesting accounts on social media that time can slip away quickly while browsing... there's so much good stuff, but probably too much to process during any given session. Not sure what the solution is!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 02/05/2025

Sad to hear about the passing of Jackson “Butch” Guice. One of my favourite comic book artists when I was a kiddo. Between him and Michael Golden, I’ll always have fond memories of The Micronauts. (I didn’t connect with Gil Kane at the time!)

Original inked black and white artwork by Butch Guice for The Micronauts #58 published by Marvel Comics.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 02/05/2025

Thanks C.J. Looking forward to having a move leisurely read of the book once it’s printed!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 22/04/2025

I honestly was blown away by Sinners. I’m glad I went in without seeing any trailers and experienced everything for the first time on the big screen. What an accomplishment for everyone involved!

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Your occasional gentle reminder that this place is not the other place. 💪🙂 Giving a post a Like on Bluesky won't boost its visibility (ie there's no Twitter-style algorithm here). If your intention is to draw wider attention to a post, you need to repost (and/or tag).

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 19/04/2025

I rarely eat fast food and am surprised every time at just how expensive it’s become. Helped my son move out of university residence yesterday and we stopped at Wendy’s. A sandwich fries and drink combo each ended up being $33 with tax!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

transgender people exist, and have as much right to exist as anyone else. any laws attempting to restrict such or pretend otherwise can only cause harm. there has already been too much harm.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 13/04/2025

Dropped into my local Elections Canada office and voted today. The young staffer who assisted me said it’s been a busy day! Great to hear!

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 11/04/2025

After just over a week in Seoul shooting with the Fuji XT30 and I loved it. Now, which camera to prune from my collection… my XPro2 or X100F? Both?

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/04/2025

Trade deficit. I have bought food from say, Chilis. They have never bought food from me. There is a trade deficit with Chilis. I’m still doing fine. The trade deficit argument SOUNDS compelling, but it’s a straw man with no relevancy

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 05/04/2025

On the subway in Seoul and a staff member is passing through the nearly full car but still sweeping garbage into a dustpan. Next level, South Korea!

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I hate that Trump is treated like a force of nature that just happens to people instead of a monstrous brute of a man who is making the dumbest and most destructive choices possible and is 100% responsible for them.

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 04/04/2025

An in depth and easy explainer of the faulty pretence behind the Trump tariffs. (Though I wish they'd reiterate that no country is 'charging' the US tariffs... It's worth repeating each and every time exactly how tariffs work). www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

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The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That

YouTube video by CBC News

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Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · 01/04/2025

Strips. Fuji XT30II. Black and white and colour variations. #fujifilm #seoul

A black and white photo of a man walking along a raised incline sidewalk alongside a street. On the wall behind him is a poster of a ceremonial arch with cherry blossoms.

A colour photo of a man walking along a raised incline sidewalk alongside a street. On the wall behind him is a poster of a ceremonial arch with cherry blossoms.

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