quick poster.

when you are a graphic designer, your non-design friends always think you (the designer) work will for free. (this really applies to students) "will you design a poster please for my club... can you make me a logo... can you design a website." sorry to say, i usually don't even have time for my own special projects. however i made an exception. last november i was able to attend the pack expo in chicago with the industrial technology department. they even gave all the students who attended the large expo/conference money to cover most of the trip. so because of all that, i helped out the poly pack club. it's a pretty simple poster designed to advertise the event. part of the simplicity was due to the quick turn around time and lack of information provided during the process. it was a learning experience, because the group is not a typical client.

typographic crime.

so. everyone knows my distaste of papyrus. no not paper, the typeface. although by Marian Bantjes qualifications, because it only has one weight, it could be classified as a font. ok people, so other than a few typefaces, you shouldn't use the ones that come with Microsoft Word! With that being said, at this time the only people that I won't get mad at is the state of Montana, i'll let you slide, you're rustic and such. i will let you have Papyrus, but thats really because i don't think I will be back to visit for a while and maybe you will be over it by then. ( it is everywhere there! jam jars, signs, it's used in yellowstone national park!) But, to all the others... stop with the papyrus. please.

anyways. enough of my yapping.
this was all brought on because over this quarter tyler has being studying for a packaging class and his teacher is having a love affair with papyrus. the power point is covered with it, like every slide. ugh. so on that note, check out these crimes his teacher commits weekly.

- the papyrus eradicator

exhibit A

exhibit B

exhibit C

smoked salmon snacks.

one more for yah.

this was for a friend. he is a real salmon fisherman, from alaska and everything. fun little belly band that would go around a paper board box with the salmon inside. *the fish would be a die-cut so you could see the product. i am going to make a mock up to see if its worthy of the portfolio or not. ill post those once i get them done.

berserker cycle design.

told you ive been busy.

well this one was done a while back. done over summer, but just finally had time to dig it up and post it. ill have even more work to put up soon! i seem to be just cranking stuff out. lots of little fun things for friends... *i seem to be doing a lot of others peoples homework, but its fun and sometimes way better then my homework. anyways berserker. ta-da.

oh yeah i would have to say they were my first real client. thanks!

hi hi.
so just an update.

just did hound hooks for a group of IT students at cal poly. it was for for a product they designed, created, and sold.
this was the final the logo of the few I made. the leash still bugs me a little so i might need to go back and fix it.

an end to the swag.

hello all.

i know i have been away again for good amount of time. the sad part is i currently return with nothing. i learned first had the hardships of being a freelance designer since i was last here. i found out just because you design things for a client, (getting deep into the process aka almost having the whole identity completed) doesn't mean they can't say, "nah we changed our minds we are going to go with something else." meaning my fun designs i created ( posted in my previous post for "swag" ) aren't being used. which i am totally cool with cause i can use the ideas/styles another time, the coolest one wasn't even posted, but it will be eventually I am gonna rework it a little and maybe make some shirts with the mark. ill post it once i finish it up. so as that door closed i got a cool chance to work with a friend on a project he is working on. he has a company, Berserker Cycle Design, that i am designing the logo for and maybe some other stuff. will see. i will also post those once the design gets finalized. check back soon, i should have some fun stuff up in a week or sooo. its summer soo posting is a little slower, sorry design'y friends who read this expecting more.