Joe Shahan Design, Photography & Illustration

01/26/2026

https://www.facebook.com/1478591053/posts/10242921165233318/

01/31/2025

My Stepfather, Lynn Swank, operated a Linotype, as well as set type by hand and, later, operated a photo typesetter.
https://www.facebook.com/eugeniomonesmalosttrades/videos/952193050196589/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

03/12/2024

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet... As a graphic designer, I've used this filler text quite frequently. And here's an article about where it came from...

https://www.iflscience.com/pain-of-itself-the-meaning-behind-the-lorem-ipsum-placeholder-text-73353?fbclid=IwAR05T60-e2NM5bj0cxk35zhy5fBn0zASntHcDIJTSReFYSfud28eltbJP1Q

It may seem like garbled nonsense, but investigators have tracked down its origins.

06/18/2022

A little demonstration of old school printing.

03/15/2022

Mobius Art+Design has run its course, and it's time for fresh branding. Welcome to my new business name, Joe Shahan Graphic Design, Photography & Illustration.

11/11/2021

This is my most recent project, the book cover and author photo of "On Be(come)ing a Woman of Wisdom", and autobiography written by Patricia Spinoza, my mother-in-law. It's available on Amazon as a paperback or Kindle ebook.

09/22/2019

Please check out my new portfolio site: https://joeshahan.myportfolio.com/work

07/15/2019

This is an amazing video, especially the choice of using children to color the frames. With all the high-tech ways to edit video, this is among the most creative I've seen.

Kids crayon-colored thousands of frames to help animate this music video