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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's National Comic Book Day. Meet April, a bounty hunter I drew in a sketchbook on a whim. She did a short stint as a record label's mascot, then went right back to the bounty work. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #ComicBookDay art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of April, a bounty hunter, by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy birthday, Bob Huggins. Morgantown's own Huggy Bear, a Hall of Fame coach with more than 900 wins to his name. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #Huggins #WVU zerflin.com/item/remembe...

Illustration of Bob Huggins by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy birthday, Leonard Cohen. He was a published poet for a decade before he ever recorded a song. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #LeonardCohen art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Leonard Cohen by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy birthday, Jada Pinkett Smith. A Baltimore kid who came up through the Baltimore School for the Arts, where Tupac was a classmate. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #JadaPinkettSmith art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Jada Pinkett Smith by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy birthday, Michael Dellis. He's the namesake of Michael's Café, and his son Steve commissioned this portrait to hang in the family restaurant. #art #design #zerflin #illustration art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Michael Dellis by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Happy birthday, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe! He's considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #Goethe art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy birthday, Mother Teresa! Did you know she devoted her life to faith from the age of 12? #art #design #zerflin #illustration #MotherTeresa art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Mother Teresa by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, 1946-2026. One of the very few people I've ever drawn who saw their own portrait. Here she is with it, built on her words: "If you see someone without a smile, give 'em yours." Rest easy, Dolly.

Dolly Parton illustration by Benjamin Jancewicz with the quote If you see someone without a smile, give 'em yours

Dolly Parton looking at the illustration Benjamin Jancewicz made of her

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Happy birthday, Cal Ripken Jr.! In 1983 he was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #CalRipken art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Cal Ripken Jr. by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Korryn Gaines would be 33 today. In 2016, Baltimore County police shot and killed her in her own apartment. Her son was wounded in the gunfire. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #KorrynGaines #SayHerName art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Korryn Gaines holding her son, by Benjamin Jancewicz

A couple holding the Korryn Gaines artwork

A supporter holding the Korryn Gaines artwork

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Happy birthday, LoAnn Dellis! Her family's Michael's Café is known for its homemade crab cakes, made from a secret recipe. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #LoAnnDellis art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of LoAnn Dellis by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A Leonard Cohen piece just found a new home in France. "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." From Anthem, 1992. Get one of your own: art.zerflin.com/product/leonard-norman-cohen/ #art #zerflin #LeonardCohen

Leonard Cohen illustration by Benjamin Jancewicz with the quote There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in

The Leonard Cohen piece hung on a brick wall at a show

Angled detail of the type on the Leonard Cohen piece

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A Bruce Lee print just found a new home in Catonsville, MD. "Empty your mind. Be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend." Get one of your own: art.zerflin.com/product/bruce-lee/ #art #zerflin #BruceLee

Bruce Lee illustration by Benjamin Jancewicz with the quote Empty Your Mind, Be Water My Friend

Photograph of the Bruce Lee print on display

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A Mildred and Richard Loving print just found a new home in Phoenixville, PA. Their 1967 case, Loving v. Virginia, struck down every U.S. law banning interracial marriage. Get one of your own: art.zerflin.com/product/mildred-and-richard-loving/ #art #zerflin #Loving

Vector illustration of Mildred and Richard Loving by Benjamin Jancewicz

The Mildred and Richard Loving canvas at the Who Said What art show

Close-up detail of the Mildred and Richard Loving canvas

The Mildred and Richard Loving canvas hung at Art Exposure

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy birthday, Barack Obama! His first name means one who is blessed in Swahili. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #BarackObama art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Barack Obama by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's Blues Music Day. Horn up, eyes closed, pure feeling. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #blues art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Trumpeter Plays the Blues, a vector illustration by Benjamin Jancewicz

Trumpeter Plays Red Hot Jazz, the red color variant

Trumpeter Plays Cool Bossa Nova, the cool color variant

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy birthday, Yves Saint Laurent! Did you know he was the first living designer to receive a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art? #art #design #zerflin #illustration #YvesSaintLaurent art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Yves Saint Laurent by Benjamin Jancewicz

The Yves Saint Laurent artwork on a gallery wall

The Yves Saint Laurent artwork at a show

A collector posing with the Yves Saint Laurent artwork

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Happy birthday, Walter Sondheim Jr.! Thanks to his efforts, Baltimore became the first district below the Mason-Dixon line to desegregate its public schools. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #WalterSondheim art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Walter Sondheim Jr. by Benjamin Jancewicz

Photo of the Walter Sondheim Jr. artwork

The Walter Sondheim Jr. artwork on display

The Walter Sondheim Jr. artwork in a gallery

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

It's Moon Landing Day. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 put us on another world. This one dreams up three. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #moonlanding art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

3 Worlds, a vector illustration by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy birthday, Abdu Ali! The mind behind the podcast Drumbooty, where intellectuals and activists dig into gender politics and colorism. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #AbduAli art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Abdu Ali by Benjamin Jancewicz

The Abdu Ali artwork displayed in a gallery

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Happy birthday, Nelson Mandela! His birth name, Rolihlahla, literally means to pull a branch off a tree, and colloquially, troublemaker. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #NelsonMandela art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Illustration of Nelson Mandela by Benjamin Jancewicz

The Nelson Mandela canvas on a gallery wall

The artist with the Nelson Mandela canvas at a show

A collector holding the Nelson Mandela canvas

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The cross takes its shape from the Church of Saint George in Lalibela, carved into the Ethiopian rock, rooting the faith at its heart in African Christianity. zerflin.com/item/harambe...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Harambee means "all pull together" in Swahili, so we built a logo that does exactly that: three bands woven into one shield around a cross.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Gold bars down both edges and the mark drawn as fine blueprint linework curling in from the margins, framing the letter without crowding it. zerflin.com/item/guider-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

For Guider, "the consulting guide," the letterhead carried the compass down the full page.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A gold band of blueprint linework, the dial, gears, and bearings laid bare. Precision and direction. zerflin.com/item/guider-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

For Guider, "the consulting guide," the business card took the compass from the logo and opened it right up.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The compass logo up in the return corner and a single gold outline of the open compass resting in the lower right, more watermark than decoration. zerflin.com/item/guider-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For Guider, "the consulting guide," the envelope kept it spare.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Soak it in. We're in the sunniest stretch of the year, and this one is pure blue sky, green hills, and a star balloon catching the breeze. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #sunshine art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Sunshiney Day, a bright vector illustration of a sun over green rolling hills, by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The G became an open brass compass, the instrument you reach for to take a bearing. One warm, classic mark. zerflin.com/item/guider-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Guider, "the consulting guide," was Kathy "Kaye" Guider's consulting practice, so we made the logo literal.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A lace-like damask frames it, all black and white, and the back opens around one photo of a finished dress under "made just for you." Designed by Jocelyn Mathewes. zerflin.com/item/gowns-b...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Gowns by G makes wedding dresses one bride at a time, so we art-directed a card that feels like the gown, not the shop.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Every page is one full-bleed photo of a bike with the content in a dark panel over it, the red badge locked in place. A collaboration with Reneé Moss Consulting. zerflin.com/item/podium-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Back in 2011 we built Podium Multisport's first website, and treated it like a cycling magazine, not a storefront.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The trick is the color. Only the top crust and the near side are filled in, and your eye finishes the rest against the cream. One mark, one color, still unmistakably bread. zerflin.com/item/gods-ki...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For God's Kitchen, a caterer whose whole idea is breaking bread together, we drew the logo as a single warm loaf.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One of the most reprinted cards we've made, back again for a fresh round. zerflin.com/item/gods-ki...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Kathy runs God's Kitchen, catering the churches, graduations, weddings, and reunions where breaking bread is the point. Her business card puts a loaf at the center and wraps every occasion she caters around the border.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Go Outside was one of our earliest campaigns, with one message: turn off the TV and go outside. The punchline is go(outside).com, a website that on purpose doesn't work at all. zerflin.com/item/go-outs...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For Gallery 788's Sondheim Awards show in the Artscape Gallery Network: SONDHEIM AWARDS in big isometric 3D type over a faceted low-poly field. Featuring Randi Reiss-McCormack, Emily Campbell, David Ubias, Mia Weiner, and Sam Fein. zerflin.com/item/gallery...

Gallery 788 Sondheim Awards show poster by Zerflin, an Artscape Gallery Network closing show. SONDHEIM AWARDS in large isometric 3D type, hot-pink blocks tilting back across a faceted low-poly field of pink, purple, and lime. Featuring Randi Reiss-McCormack, Emily Campbell, David Ubias, Mia Weiner, and Sam Fein.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's Vintage Motorcycle Day. The whole creed spirals around the bike: I would rather be thinking about God on my motorcycle than in Church thinking about my Motorcycle. #art #design #zerflin #illustration #motorcycle art.zerflin.com/portfolio-it...

Bold illustration of a motorcycle ringed by the quote I would rather be thinking about God on my motorcycle than in Church thinking about my Motorcycle, by Benjamin Jancewicz

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Sell Your Soul was a rock 'n' roll flea market at Gallery 788. Alex Fine drew Madonna cradling a giant flea, a literal flea market, and we built the poster around it in hot pink, red, and yellow. zerflin.com/item/gallery...

Gallery 788 Sell Your Soul poster, a rock 'n' roll flea market, with an illustration by Alex Fine of Madonna in pearls cradling a giant flea, in hot pink, red, and yellow. SELL YOUR SOUL is stacked across the top.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

For Gallery 788's open-call Salon Show, we went punk-rock gig poster: SALON SHOW in heavy black capitals with an orange revolver and a row of stars, loud and DIY to match a salon that took all comers. zerflin.com/item/gallery...

Gallery 788 Salon Show poster by Zerflin, a punk-rock styled flyer with SALON SHOW in heavy black capitals over white, an orange revolver silhouette and three stars. Art exhibition opening June 5, 7 to 11pm, art up all June, at 3602 Hickory Avenue, Baltimore.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Pretty Vacant was a street art silent auction at Gallery 788, raising money for Carol Ott's Housing Policy Watch. We lettered PRETTY VACANT over a gutted Baltimore rowhouse and a bright yellow sky, with work from Gaia, Nether, Pablo Machioli, and more. zerflin.com/item/gallery...

Gallery 788 Pretty Vacant poster by Zerflin, a street art silent auction for Housing Policy Watch. PRETTY VACANT lettered in fat hand-drawn caps over a photo of a gutted, boarded-up Baltimore rowhouse with a bright yellow patterned sky.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Headlines in big condensed type filled with photos of the city and the church itself, over a striped red field, with a Facebook feed and a clean nav. Most church sites play it safe. This one didn't. zerflin.com/item/french-...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One of New York's oldest congregations, the French Evangelical Church of New York, has worshiped in French in Chelsea since the 1840s. Through Liciaga Marketing, we gave its website some nerve.

Homepage design for the French Evangelical Church of New York by Zerflin, a large condensed headline filled with a New York City skyline photo over a striped red and grey field, with a Facebook feed and navigation.

About Us page with ABOUT US set in big type filled with a photo of the church building, body text, and the French Evangelical Church of NYC logotype, on a striped red and grey layout.

Contact Us page with CONTACT US over a photo of the church building, a contact form, and a red SEND button, in the same striped layout.

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A site built around participation: a video welcome, Submit Your Story, a sortable gallery of photos, videos, and documents, a quiz, and a Champions section. Kept close to the bank's identity, the eagle, green and gold, Bembo throughout. zerflin.com/item/first-r...

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Zerflin @zerflin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

In 2012, First Republic Bank wanted a place where its people and clients could tell the bank's story back to it. Through The History Factory, we designed Discovery.

Gallery screen of the First Republic Bank Discovery site by Zerflin, a grid of round member portraits with photo, video, and document markers, a sort-by menu, and a story panel with a comment button, in the bank's green and gold Bembo style.

Welcome page of the Discovery site, with the First Republic Bank eagle and the line It's a privilege to serve you over a green header, a video player set in an archive photo, and a gold call to action.

Quiz screen from the Discovery site, with questions in the bank's green and gold Bembo style.

Discovery Champions screen with contact details, an overview panel, and a column of downloadable documents.

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