Product Design / Lettering

The magnificent Mr. Mathew Hoffman, founder of the You Are Beautiful movement, curated an exhibition that surveyed the project from inception to present day. I was invited to collaborate in combination with Uncommon iPhone case for the occasion to create limited edition iPhone cases. Snazzy!

www.you-are-beautiful.com

Lettering / Design

Working for Mode Project is always fun, but when it involves a variety of lettering styles, letterpress and wishing clients a great 2013 - thats what I call a dream project! A 2-color, 4" x 6" card of motivational sentiments, wishing friends and potential clients a great new year. Printing by the talented folks at Rohner Letterpress.

www.ModeProject.com

Illustration / Lettering

Two 24" x 24" pine wood panels, hand-drawn with pen & ink, that were  commissioned by the folks over at Gorilla as part of the inaugural year of Prime Eight Art League (2012). Each panel took approximately 8 full hours of drawing, my hands hurt afterword. The lettering version was later recreated as a vector graphic to be applied to a large-scale mural in the companies new offices. 

www.prime8artleague.com 

Illustration

For the Adidas 'mi addias' line of customizable footwear I created 3 intricate shoe graphics. With the help of some supplied reference photos the shoes were composed of many, many everyday items (and some not-so-everyday), to show individuality. For all 3 shoes illustrations, the client requested that each item was drawn separately, so there was a lot of flexibility with usage. Originally intended to just be used for apparel, the line-work of these graphics ended up being used as box sleeves for the shoe packaging in the Asia & European markets.

Art Direction: Colleen Malmberg

Character Design / Illustration

Athlete Objects is simply Athletes drawn as objects, based on their name or nickname, my childhood memories and any other interesting internet tidbits. From famous to infamous, amazing or obscure, these little ills are part fact and part poking fun. Check out the on-going project at AthleteObjects.com.

Design / Lettering

Originally conceived and executed as part of my senior thesis at GVSU, this poster has since been featured in multiple books, publications and exhibitions. The lettering style has spawned numerous client commissions and personal works.

The current edition is 16.5″ x 25″, 1-color Screen-Print on French Speckletone True White 100lb cover stock. An edition of 25, titled, numbered and signed. 

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Illustration / Design

Working with Art Director Colleen Malmberg, I created a series of scene illustrations and additional graphics that were used for a 16-city Adidas Originals in-store holiday display and environmental graphics campaign. Everything from 20' banners and multiple display boxes to gift cards snow globes was covered.

www.adidas.com

Design / Illustrtaion

Over a number of years working with Warner Bros. I created apparel graphics for a variety of musicians, bands and rap artists, including: Christopher Drew of Never Shout Never, Armor For Sleep, Robert Randolph, Murs and yes even Gucci Mane. Brrrr!

Design / Illustration

Evan Haughey, of Hero Jr. fame, is a signer songwriter known for his rock-inspired, powerful, soulful voical talents - and for playing a mean guitar. On this self-titled solo EP Evan delves into some heavy topics, like relationships and addiction. Working closley with Evan I came up with the concept to have Evan’s portrait in the center of the cover with an insane amount of illustrated imagery engulfing him. Give the music a listen.

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Designed at Make

Editorial Illustration / Title Lettering

A variety of editorial spot illustrations and article title lettering commissioned by Chicago Magazine.

Art Direction: Jennifer Moore.

www.chicagomag.com

Lettering / Art

Lifelounge invited 12 of their favorite artists and designers from around the globe to collaborate on a typographic project. Each artist responded typographically to a design brief related to a designated month of the year. Artwork was available as signed, limited edition A1 Giclee prints and all came together as a limited edition, beautifully designed wall calendar.

www.SomeTypeOfWonderful.com

Design / Lettering

Album design and illustration for Ninth Street Bridge, a modern country / rock / folk band from Michigan (now defunct). The album, titled 'Goin' Home', told a playful yet turbulent tale of finding ones self and all of the baggage that is collected along the journey.

Product Design / Lettering

Given the theme of 'electroshock' by Apparatus Inc. and asked for the 'THISISNOTIMPORTANT' look & feel was a dream project. I hand drew this 6' long drawing at size, so that I could pack in as much detail as possible. Unfortunately, due to the artwork being leaked prematurely (and I am sure some politics) the board did not make it into production.

www.simsnow.com