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Japanese Brushwork KCRW Logo

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Japanese Brushwork Logo
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Designed to brand a campaign where contributors are able to choose products in lieu of support. The brief was to use a Japanese influence and re-create the stations’ logo. Initially offered to a calligrapher, I did a letter on spec and was awarded the project. This type of logo is very tricky, it takes a long time to get it just right, with pages and pages of practice letters. All the while trying to achieve the effect of an artist quickly doing it on a napkin.

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KCRW Bookworm Ad

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Bookworm Ad
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Part of an ad campaign. The ad is divided into thirds, the DJ/host picture would occupy the center. The blurb and boilerplate would be below and the font would carry the personality. Mostly black and white for newspaper, this one is the exception, so I used color very sparingly using a special tri-tone effect which creates interesting effects. The font is a modified Mrs. Eaves from Emigré.

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Jaguar Postcard

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Jaguar Postcard
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The Manhattan trip for this piece had expired so I took the color of the Jaguar and used it for a color palette to create a 3D abstract background using Cinema 4D. I had fun working with the subtle colors and getting the lighting to work with the body light on the car’s body. This was the first time I incorporated 3D in my print work.

This piece is part of the automobile series.

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Ralph Steadman Summerday

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

KCRW Summerday
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A 4 page self-mailer invitation that contains lists of wines and food to be auctioned off at a radio fundraiser. We were granted permission to use some illustrations by Ralph Steadman and I embraced his color palette, using it throughout the piece. The challenge with this design was not to make it look too crowded, even though there was a lot of information to compile. I had help from a local art director, Carol B. Scott.

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KCRW Jaguar Sweepstakes Envelope

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Jaguar Sweepstakes Envelope
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This was the first time the client had a car as part of sweepstaks. The deal with Jaguar came through at the last minute. So I had to pull this piece together while on vacation in the Bahamas, working off a 1st generation iBook. I decided to keep the elements to a minimum and allow the envelope to ‘breathe’.

This piece is part of the Jaguar series and the automobile series.

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A Sounds Eclectic Evening Poster

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Santa_Monica_College_Splash_Page
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Not often I get to do a ‘loose’, arty piece. When I do it’s fun to cut-loose and experiment with some unorthodox design approaches. The main art was illustrated by Miripolsky, and I had to carry the feel of the piece into the layout. I added the fire and the red as an overall theme to keep it spicy.

This was a poster, one of many pieces that made up this project.

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