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Acrylic/Watercolor on Wood
These are from a series of tape diagrams for the ThinkTape.org website, produced by the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council.
New logo for a career counseling business, used in several different levels of counseling. Also created several marketing pieces.
Just finished up the album cover for Brian Butts’s new instrumental metal album, Ugly Sleep. If you can’t already tell from the artwork, his music is somewhere in the middle of a nightmare and an acid trip. You can listen and download the full album, streaming here: https://brianbutts.bandcamp.com/album/ugly-sleep
Recently completed the awards program book design for the 2013 AmeriStar & Visionary Awards Competition. IoPP’s AmeriStar Awards Competition commemorates the best packages of the year and UBM Canon’s Packaging Group Visionary Awards pays tribute to the people of packaging who show vision and leadership in advancing their company’s goals of packaging innovation, differentiation, savings and growth.
Pablo Picasso once said, “Every act of creation, is first an act of destruction”. I began to think about my creative process and realized it was more about self-destruction. Reaching deep down inside your own head and trying to pull out something of substance. Struggling with temptations and darkness, avoiding creativity killers that seem so…
This project included a new 40th Anniversary logo, as well as a program book, event mailer, flyers, website graphics and more. I was able to dig up marketing material dating back to 1973 from the association and incorporate them into the overall theme. In the end, I think it helped produce a vintage look without…
I’ve always struggled to find balance between being a 9 to 5 working stiff and a “free spirit, artist type”, the person I am in public and the person I am around friends and family. Somehow, the first argyle sweater I bought represented that to me. This painting really represents breaking out of that “rut”…
This painting was inspired largely by P.O.S and the track, “POS Is Ruining My Life“. Always loved the line, “Close your eyes, disappear. If you can’t see them, then they can’t see you, right? Close your eyes”. Lots of inspiration and thoughts come from that little line, but listen to the song, check out the…
This is the finished flyer design for the Pressure Sensitive Tape Council’s Responsible Tape Manufacturer program. PSTC is a North American trade association representing pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape manufacturers and their affiliate suppliers. PSTC members produce over 90% of the $10 billion dollars of the PSA tapes sold in North America. PSTC’s RTM Program…
Finished this one for my sister as a wedding gift. I couldn’t think of anything more appropriate than these hands holding on by a finger or two. I wanted to show that throughout a relationship, you might not always have a strong grip, the hands might be worn and tired, but they can still “hang…
Just finished up the logo design for CrossFit DuPage. They have a great gym, and some intense workouts, and I’m looking forward to doing more work for them in the future!
I designed this logo for World Packaging News. WPN is an e-publication comprised of original content developed by renowned international packaging journalists. I also developed the website from a WordPress theme, and became the Technical Director for the project.
I just finished up a new painting entitled, “Fragile” for the Galesburg Civic Art Center Members & Friends Exhibition. The show will open on July 30, 2011. I wanted to explore the relationship between what is considered “classic fine art” and the street art movement. I wanted to show how disposable art is today by…