February 2010
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Made in Reno - T-shirt Poster
I got commisioned by Reno Tahoe Tonight and Knitting Factory to make their show poster!
Band posters are the most fun and time-consuming things to do. They never pay what they should, but as a designer, I’m always happy to take on these projects. To me, band posters are the epidermis of music lifestyle, they are the flowers from the fruit tree of nightlife society. I get nostalgic when...
Logo style: palindrome
I made this logo for a comp design for fix it! I wanted to utilize the exclamation point in a way that expressed enthusiasm in the way the companies profile illustrated. The original logo was in black, green was implemented to imply efficiency.
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brand development
Before getting laid off and rehired at RGJ. I created this rather simple design for RGJ media brand development. This simple design communicates an idea while incorporating RGJ’s familiar font all in one neat little “glom”
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If Only....
If only I got to spend time building ads like these for companies that used all recycled materials or had all electric vehicles. If Only….
Here’s the completed ad for Ford, scroll down for the details on this design:
Truck Month - Feb. 17, 2010
Quickie design for Ford Dealer for their annual - TRUCK MONTH.
I made up a design based on the request “Truck Month” “Rocks” and “Industrial.” I’m pretty sure those were the words out of our ad reps mouth. I dug around on the stock site and found this picture of a pile of rocks. Wow, I bet that’s Vegas, omg… I loath that place…
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Star Trek Design: Collectibles
When I worked at Creation Entertainment, a convention/merchandise co. that held the licenses for many Scifi / Fantasy franchises, I had the opportunity to design for Star Trek. I created the plate sets for the 40th Anniversary Star Trek Las Vegas Convention:
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Auto Advertising Design - January, 2010
A photoshopped arrangement of grass, a hill, a girl, some lovers and a nissan leaf.
This concept changed a lot by the time it was printed in the paper, so I’d like to show the comp because it captured an idea: Young people will change the world with their buying power. This comp took me about 4 hours to produce and since it was for Gannett, I had access to www.thinkstockphotos.com for a...
Will Work for...
It was the middle of winter and I wasn’t about to run around the “lagoon”, so I went to the gym. I’m slightly addicted to the post-treadmill floaty feeling. Side effects of running in place. After my workout, I spoke with the marketing / membership sales person who was open to a mutual exchange of design-work for gym membership. Now if only my mortgage company would take...
Blank Slate
The spring cleaning photoshoot got cancelled, but I still had a photographer ready to go! Sarah’s got talent and the shoot went great.
What happens next? This whole photoshoot is for a website I’m building for music producer, Pulser, for a music collaboration we’ve been working on. Having learned to properly develop a site using divs (say goodbye tables…) I’m...
