Wedding Invites

Latest project that just rolled out of the printer, into an envelope and out through the mail to the homes of many loved ones is this unique invite I created for my cousin Amy and her fiance Matt. They wanted something "poster-like" and fun, so combining this with the decided upon theme of Fremont, the neighborhood where they live and will be having the wedding, and their wedding colors I came up with this starry theme around Fremont's motto "the Center of the Universe". This led to some investigation into space themed posters from the 50's, and factoring in that both these guys are scientists, I figured something reminiscent of retro scientific design would be fitting, beautiful, romantic in a unique way, and fun to design. 

To understand how this looks in print, picture that the orange page is folded into quarters with the "Hey" quarter on top and that you open it up to find the blue poster inside and tour guide map on the back!  

Invitation inside - unfolded

Invitation outside - unfolded

Retro Inspired Postage

More posters for the amazing Pepper Proud, who is sometimes referred to as Diane Proud (only in the company of her hometown it seems). This one was inspired by the name of the venue (the Sunset) and 70's posters with that theme. This photo was taken overlooking a beautiful sunset on the cliffs of Discovery Park so it seemed an appropriate juxtaposition. Excited to see it in print!

 

Poster Spree

This late winter I've been busy making posters for local shows and have found in the process a special place in my heart for this form of design. It's been a blast and a challenge to create something attractive and alluring with complete creative freedom. Poster design is still the Wild West of graphic design and therefore it's a scary yet fun place to be. Check out below what kind of things I came up with and let it be known, if someone you know needs a poster I would love to be able to keep this adventure going. 

See if you can find the the hidden images in the first poster and take a guess at what they might allude to because each component plays a key piece in the show. Come out to Ballard on March 16th to see how.

Herkimer Winter Art Show

This January and February of 2013 my art can be seen at the lovely Herkimer coffee on 74th and Greenwood Ave. Stop by and see my collection of oil portrait paintings, as well as my ink drawings hung like never before (experimenting). While there you can check out the bean roasting process up close and personal as well as taste some delicious brewed beverages crafted by talented lovely baristas. Enjoy!

Winter Shows

Wanted to let anyone know, who would like to see some of my work in person, that I will be showing my Ink Drawings at Neptune Coffee again all of December along side work by coworker Stephen Ateser and boss man Dan Baumfeld, however this time around I have up several all new drawings thrown into the bunch. Here is an example of one new addition that I think represents the show well :

Rocky

F A M E D   V I C T O R I O U S   U N D E R D O G

I will also have my paintings in February at Nebab in lower Queen Anne. It's a cozy, yet good sized bar with a delicious variety of traditional and middle eastern food as well as beverages galore. It's open from 3pm to 2am everyday so come check it out, and feast with your eyes while stuffing your mouth. Have a lovely holiday season everyone!

Pepper Proud Release Poster

I am pleased to announce the release of my dear friend Pepper Proud's debut album that I designed the poster for featured below! 

The poster conveniently corresponds to the album cover I designed and illustrated that will be dispersed into the public that night for all that did not preorder and I  cannot tell you how excited I am to see this project I put so much love into in the hands of the people. The poster is currently being hand silk screened by my dear friends at Don't Stop Printing in Olympia at the moment and will be available for sale in the next couple weeks and at the show. To get your copy, go to my shop tab on the top right of this page or come out to the show on November 27th at the beautiful Fremont Abbey. Now this building is an ex church with incredible ethereal sound quality and ambience so this show will be an experience to be had. Especially since the accompanying artists on this line up are all dear friends of mine and are unbelievably talented. Plus there is dinner involved : win win!

To get tickets go to the Fremont Abbey Arts Center website and you can buy tickets straight from there. Presale is cheaper and more guarenteed so I highly suggest. See you folks there!

Shelby's Quest Game Illustration

Check out the Ilustrations I made for IPad game Shelby's Quest, just released on the App Store!



This is the first in a series of games created by the company Doodle Therapy that makes educational tools for Occupational Therapists. By tracing, matching, pinching, dragging and following instructions, children can practice their fine motor and visual perception skills while having fun. The goal is to help Shelby the dog assist her forest friends in a series of simple games that increase in challenge, and continue to improve one's timing and precision that is monitored throughout. I was so much fun to make and such a helpful tool.

I was so glad to be brought on board this project and am now so glad to be able to share it.  Look for more to come!


Also it is now featured on the App Store! That's how awesome it is. Apple said so themselves.