Building an identity
I have been working late into the night working on my new web design venture and have come up with a smashing logo design. It was a bit of a process, and admittedly it was a bit rushed, but sometimes things just feel right, and this was one of those times. I knew I wanted [...]
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Category Sketchbook, Start-up
I need a new favicon.
It’s true. The current one does not match the site at all. I forgot about that when I re-did the site. I would never forget to design one for a client site but somehow, I didn’t make one for me. Oh well.
Wait, what needs to be changed? The favicon is that little teeny tiny image [...]
Hello, Thursday!
Today is a fantastic day! I have purchased my domain, started a trademark application as well as the application for a business name here in good ‘ol Illinois! I have started thinking about logos, the site design and all that fun stuff too, but that has to take a back seat to getting the work [...]
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Category Start-up, life or something like it
Naming a venture.
This is a dilemma faced by many entrepreneurs : you know your idea/service/product us great. In fact it is so awesome that you name it something off the wall thinking that it won’t matter or that everyone will get your quirky sense of humor.
Well, let me tell you I am facing this very dilemma. [...]
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Category Start-up, life or something like it
Building a website is not for a hobbyist.
At my “day job” I come across a lot of websites and have to work with code created by all sorts of people. Designers who still use GoLive (oi!), Programmers who dabble in HTML for fun (they might be worse) but the worst code to deal with is the code created by someone who [...]
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Category code monkey, life or something like it
Fresh Start
Well, I have re-designed the site. And, I think it looks pretty fabulous. I also know that I need to make a few changes. The navigation needs a kick in the booty, but I had to get it together for my web design final. This is ok, but not perfect, so [...]
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Category life or something like it
Print Ad
This is a second concept for the Volvo Overseas delivery program, this one targeting a decidedly different audience. This ad focuses solely on the feelings and only suggests the car. It is done in a rich chocolate brown to highlight the luxury of the product.
The ad was created in Illustrator CS3.
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Category Featured, Portfolio, Print, etc.
Mobile Site Design
I created a mobile application/site for YarnCon, Chicago’s own fiber nerd convention.
In keeping with the style of the logo & the current site, I changed it up a little using scraps of yarn as design elements and to create the map of the Chicago neighborhood where the event takes place.
The site was created in Flash [...]
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Category Featured, Portfolio, Web Design, life or something like it
Golf Outing Invite
The COD PCMA is having a golf outing to benefit Leukima and Lymphoma society on behalf of a member of their national organization.
The goal was to create a clean invitation while still managing to fit all of the required information into the tri-fold brochure. The format was chosen by the organization, and provided a challenge [...]
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Category Featured, Portfolio, Print, etc.
Charity Event Logo
The College of DuPage PCMA is planning a golf outing to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma society in July 2009. They were looking for a logo that represented the event as well as the cause they are supporting.
The logo is a golfer with a ribbon for legs, and is in the color of the leukemia [...]
Event Logo
Each year, the final design event of the year (and a major full portfolio review) gets a new logo. The logo is to be trendy, clean and well design. It is design for designers and design students.
For Portfolio Night 2009 at College of DuPage, I created a typography based event logo that was a visual [...]
Poster/Brochure
The goal of this project was to create a poster that doubled as a flyer, or a flyer that doubled as a poster to advertise the final design event of theto year, Portfolio Night.
I was the Art Director on the project and was responsible for the logo design. I also photographed the people and laid [...]
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Category Featured, Portfolio, Print, etc.