Real Detroit Weekly’s ‘Best of Detroit’ issue has hit the stands, featuring beautiful cover art by our friend Kevin O’Rourke.

Real Detroit Weekly also named him ‘Best Cover Artist‘ in recognition for the work he’s done since living in Detroit.

Check out our shot of Kevin used for the feature in print and on the interweb.

Our previous post shows more pictures from that portrait session.

We recently had the pleasure of photographing our good friend, Kevin O’Rourke.

Look for his feature in the upcoming issue of Real Detroit Weekly.

MOCHIMAD LLC wishes you a happy and healthy 2009!

Self-branding is often a stone in any creative professional’s career. I am no different. I really don’t have trouble coming up with ideas. I just drop a bucket into the well and pull the ideas out. Deciding which one to roll with and make the commitment to is a different process—the “stone in the shoe” part.

Photography has always been and always will be a driving expression of my ideas. It’s the primary way I flex the muscles that every creative person needs to exercise to stay sane and/or to stay in the design business. The photographic mastheads that first meet your eye at the top of the page here are going to rotate through a dozen or so that I made up in advance.

I decided to do this for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we have lots of them and they all look great; and secondly, I simply get tired of looking at the same one for too long. It’s part of the creative professional’s curse. Constantly re-imagining, revisualizing. Maybe that’s a major reason why we do what we do all day long, and often into the wee hours.

Therefore, I will change the masthead every week or two—but I can’t promise I won’t change it more than once a day either—so maybe you’ll take interest and decide to come back ever so often to have a gander.

Shot on Fuji Pro 400 medium format film with all natural light. No Photoshop retouching performed.