I’m a web designer and an illustrator. I live in the Pacific Northwest with my lovely Laura.
I’ve designed for World Vision, Food for the Hungry, Kids Alive International and many other notable nonprofits who extend their reach to rescue those living in dangerous conditions.
I’m crazy about art, music and film. I’m especially enamored of indie publishing and zines of all kinds.
Help me get my work out there!
The guys from Lutes & Liars and I just finished a very special project: The album cover for their debut release, By Land Or By Sea. All-in-all it was a pretty marvelous project. Many collaborated to produce a CD cover, a custom-lettered logotype, a homepage and some other handsomely-designed promo pieces. We even spent a little bit of time devising a small-scale promotion strategy. Launch Lutesandliars.com
Somewhat recently, I went on a sketch rampage. You should have a look at them. Also, you should be the first person to make a comment ... That would be terribly cool of you.
Since it's been awhile and my portfolio was more outdated than not, I decided to redesign my site. My first order of business was to archive all of the college work I've been displaying forever. Next, I decided I would limit myself to showing work from no more than two years ago. So you won't see anything before 2009. Seriously.
Yeah, so it's a little lean — I'll work on it.
Wow, the future is great, isn't it? Check out some of my stuff
For those of you that haven't yet heard of Lutes & Liars, I'd strongly suggest hopping over to their new site, which I just launched. You'll be able to stream three boss-awesome tracks as a part of their album pre-release promotion, which I got to help design, plan and execute.
Make sure to pass on the word — their new album By Land or By Sea will be available for physical and digital purchase on June 12.
Spoiler alert: It's really, really good.
Now more than ever I am reminded of the fragility of life.
Every once in awhile I find myself creating custom lettering for something. Rather than keep them tucked away in the deep recesses of my hard drive, I figured I'd let a few of them see the light of day.
When we started the By Land Or By Sea project I had the idea to stylize their name in an interesting way. After many iterations, this script-lettered logo emerged.
Astronomicool is a word I made up. Cosmic Order is a styled character set that kept appearing when I would draw outerspace things.
This a good one for retro luggage labels.
At my day job I'm a web designer, and most of the work I do is for nonprofit, humanitarian organizations.
Sending 10¢ meals to hungry kids is a hard offer to turn down. Veteran writer Seth La Tour (@thehaikuman) and I collaborated on the creation of a microsite, featuring an infographic that illustrates the great need in Zimbabwe. Launch 10¢ Meals
The digital and creative teams I'm a part of helped our client take their online experience to the next level. Now signing up to participate in and fundraise for a race is easier than ever. Credit to the team: @doughj, @j8ke, @DaveRaley, @MeleahRubino. Launch teamworldvision.org
A great duo effort on this project with writer Josh Dougherty (@doughj) for Kids Alive International. I love this client and the support they provide for kids around the world. Learn more about Kids Alive
This was a homepage concept we pitched to SDRM in response to an RFP. This design was never implemented.
I designed and built this site for life coach and author Deborah Rosado Shaw in collaboration with my friend Paul Moment, creative director. Launch debshaw.com
Though I work mostly in the digital space professionally, I have a background in fine art. Most of my illustrations start in some form of physical media, perhaps pen or pencil, even if they end up in a digital format.
Tablet / Photoshop. 2010.
Tablet / Photoshop. 2011.
Colored pencil and Acryla gouache on OSB covered in recycled paper. 2010.
I have a fascination with independence, autonomy and travel. As a result unconventional, one-passenger autos appear often in my work.
Colored pencil and Acryla gouache on OSB covered in recycled paper. 2010.
My subject matter contains a great deal of lo-fi technology.
Pen and Photoshop. 2010.
Ink / Halftones. 2009.
Oil on canvas. 2010.
Here's a selection of sketches scanned from various sketchbooks, arranged by the year they were drawn.
