Archive for February, 2011
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Apple Pie Love Kittens
I created this website for the Apple Pie Love Kittens Podcast as well as the logo and kitten graphic. The site was created to serve as a place for fans to access episodes and to submit messages for…
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The Architecture Stickers
Here is a design for some stickers to help promote my band, The Architecture. I created these stickers using a similar look and feel to coincide with the look of the concert poster and flyer, sticking with the coyote graphic…
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The Architecture Concert Poster
When I needed to quickly come up with a poster for an upcoming show for my band, The Architecture, I knew I wanted something eye-catching and bold. It was an important show since it was only our second show and…
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La Femme Poster
Being male, it might seem strange that I would be commissioned to create a poster for an all-female art show but I was more than happy to lend my talents for the creation of this poster. In previous years, the…
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Aaron and Lauren: Save The Date
When I was approached by Aaron and Lauren to create Save the Date cards for their upcoming wedding I was pretty excited. I had been wanting to try something somewhat out of my comfort zone and weddings are definitely that! …
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While You Were Waiting
My friends in Black Sails Western Shores tasked me with designing an album cover for a tribute album they were working on for Death to False Hopes Records. The tribute was for the now defunct, influential punk band Samiam and…
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Group 2 Poster
I was asked to design something, anything really, for this art show poster last fall. There were no requirements or suggestions really on what the poster should consist of. Full artistic freedom? Could it be true? Well, being that this…
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The Joker
I, like a lot of film fans, was floored by the performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in ‘The Dark Knight’. His creepy, calculating version of the iconic character was unique and interesting. It was his look in particular…
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Hellboy
Hellboy is one of my favorite comic book characters. I was first introduced to him through the movie and grew to like him in all iterations. He is a hero unlike most in both personality and looks. His demonic appearance…
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Sickboy
These different colored prints were created digitally from a scan of an older painting I did of Sickboy from the film Trainspotting. The original was done in orange as the background color created with acrylic paint on canvas. I created…
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The Architecture: Delusional Creatures
This early album cover design for my band, The Architecture, was designed with the intention of being our first EP. The album is yet unfinished so the cover is as well. The image of the coyote was the first in…
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The Neverending Comedy Show Poster
Creating a theme for a comedy show can be a daunting task. There are only so many ways you can tell someone to go see a comedy show. One way is to use parody, in this case a parody of…
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Laughter Comedy Promotional Items
We needed a way to get people to go see a comedy show with no big names and only local talent. We decided to go the route of a fake political campaign since this was right around the time of…
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MPDQ Concert Poster
A friend of mine’s band was playing a gig and he needed a cool poster to promote the show. He had the specific idea of having two skeletons having an old-fashioned high-noon duel. I figured a fun way to do…
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Exploding Man
All I was wanting to do was see if I could sculpt a humanoid figure out of traditional clay and make it look as though he was crawling out of the earth. Upon firing the sculpture it literally exploded, leaving…
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Celeste Lear: Looking Up From Underwater
Celeste approached me to create art for her upcoming album ‘Looking Up From Underwater’. I hadn’t made album art before for anyone at that time but was very excited to have the chance to do so. I needed to find…
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The Architecture Screen Print 2
In keeping with the coyote theme for my band’s poster, I drew some ideas for both posters and TShirts. I mixed these drawings and other elements in Adobe Illustrator and used a 2-color screen printing process to achieve the desired…
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The Architecture Screen Print 1
In keeping with the coyote theme for my band’s poster, I drew some ideas for both posters and TShirts. I mixed these drawings and other elements in Adobe Illustrator and used a 3-color screen printing process to achieve the desired…
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Black Sails Western Shores : Half Way Home
When a good friend of mine told me he needed an album cover for his band’s first album, I was excited. This is really my cup of tea, so to speak. I love the challenge and payoff in matching someone’s…