I worked on this job while I was at Red Tettemer. This was a dream project from the get-go. The guys at Ska really wanted to re-brand their website so that it communicated who they really were, a small brewery run by three guys who had an insane love for beer and ska music.
Pitch work, while not always a profitable exercise, can often yield opportunities to turn in some fun and fresh creative.
I was hired as the interactive creative director at Tierney to help their traditional agency place a stake in the digital space. Part of my responsibility was to create a standard process flow for how digital projects were created.
Pitch work, while not always a profitable exercise, can often yield opportunities to turn in some fun and fresh creative.
I don’t really consider myself a logo designer. I feel that there are designer’s out there that really specialize in that discipline; much in the way there are master typographers. But on an occasion I will take on a logo or branding exercise and here are a few of my favorites that I have created
One of my favorite projects I am working on is the launch of a kid’s line of products called Peek-A-Boogaloo©. These are handcrafted products that based off classic paper activities that I grew up with in the 1970s. There will be coloring books, activity books, paper models, screen-printed posters and more.
Amerikan Made Prints is a screen printing studio started by myself and my wife, Jenn. I create the designs, which are usually inspired by my experiences growing up in the 1970s and frequently falling down stairs as a child. Jenn is responsible for expertly mixing paint pallets for the posters and as well as quality control. Together, our goal is turning out posters that rock harder than Gibraltar.
Growing up in the 1970’s I was never at a loss for larger than life heroes to look up to: Evel Knievel, The Fonz, Lee Majors and The Clown Princes of Basketball, The Harlem Globetrotters. Scapes UK was an Arts & Music magazine who was doing a story on pop culture of the 70’s and asked if I would do a spot illustration for the article.
One of the books of business I worked on at TMX was Concerta. It was our job to create an e-detail (think of it as a micro site for doctors) every few months.
Amerikan Made Prints was started by myself and wife, Jenn. I create the designs, which are usually inspired by my experiences growing up in the 1970s and frequently falling down stairs as a child. Jenn is responsible for expertly mixing paint pallets for the posters and as well as quality control. Together, our goal is turning out posters that rock harder than Gibraltar.
I was extremely happy that Joe asked me to design the CD package for his "Something in the Silence" CD. Joe's songwriting really reminded me of some of the early country and western 33 1/3 R.P.M. vinyl records put out by labels such as Roost, RCA and Columbia in the late 1940's.
Here is a little "behind the screens" look at the creation of a poster design. One of the first posters we printed at Amerikan Made Prints was "The ShutUpsicle" which was based off a joke between my wife and myself. In mocking tone, we would often tell each other to go "Suck on a ShutUpsicle!"
These are comps I created at Red Tettemer for the Peter Arthur Stories microsite. This site showcased webisodes created to help promote tourism in Pennsylvania to register for an online contest.
The members of Self Against City had seen some of my work in a magazine and thought it would be great for cover of their CD, “Take It How You Want It”.