Sharing a T-shirt Design I did last week for Discover Outdoors Foundation in NYC for an upcoming event. They wanted something a little vintage this year and I had fun with this sweet typeface I found, modifying it some and working with some simple mountains/trees. Every year they have a hiking fundraiser to raise funds for NYC kids.
Check them out! http://www.discoveroutdoors.org/
Years ago we had done Paden’s original WordPress website but it was time for a redesign! Paden was not just doing acting these days but more writing and directing. He moved from the East Coast to the West and I wanted to give the website more of that vibe. Paden’s style is simple, modern, and clean and I tried to keep that throughout. It is WordPress so that Paden can maintain it on his own with ease.
A tri-fold brochure for a non-profit in Washington DC providing housing to those in need.
I got to refresh the design for the trifold brochure for the local Twin Ridge Upland Bird Farm. They had some newer photos to work with and the design highlights the photography and shares the pricing and basic information.
Another local detailed logo. This logo will mainly be for the businesses truck wrap. Besaw was the client’s last name and he decided to use it to his advantage with a feisty bee holding a chainsaw for his firewood business. I tried to make it fun and colorful with a bit of local mountain vibe.
Discover Outdoors Foundation, in NYC, had the idea to do their first year’s annual report as a graphical representation instead of as a boring old booklet. I designed it bright, bold and included fun illustrations. It can be used as a web pop-up, a poster, a mailer, or be emailed as an attachment.
Discover Outdoors Foundation is a new branch of an existing company who was looking for a postcard to capture attention to their new foundation. We didn’t want to have too much copy, mostly a piece to say “here we are” to the world. We used their own photos of a recent event for the back.
One of my favorite jobs of 2012 was to illustrate this book for National Eye Institute (NEI). The client wanted an agenda book that was useful to kids, appealed to kids, and taught the kids eye facts with activities and cartoons.
We began by submitting characters for the agenda book. The various submissions were focus tested by kids and selected. Once my characters were chosen, I created illustrations of the two characters, Liam and Isabella, in various poses/angles, different outfits, and some spot illustrations like an eye model. The project was a very quick turnaround (trying to get the books into the schools for the 2012 school year) so the goal was to make the illustrations easy to adjust for various pages. I submitted the illustrations individually and NEI’s design team did the layout of the book.
A festive poster design for celebrating Cinco De Mayo at Clyde’s of Columbia. I went with margarita colors, a pattern and fun type.
Melissa opened her company in Shepherdstown over the winter. To get her started with marketing, I designed a trifold brochure explaining her counseling services. I wanted the design to be cheerful, inviting, and warm.
