My very good and very talented friend, Shawn Roberts will be showcasing some new work at Rotofugi‘s Chicago Variety Show beginning August 13th, 2010, with the opening reception being from 7-10 pm that night. The show goes until August 22 and the gallery will also feature work from Jeremiah Ketner, Myong Kurily, Jim Pavelec, David [...]
That exclamation point is very deliberate because I’m pretty excited about revamping my entire site. I got an itch to change something and decide that I really wanted to make it much simpler and more centralized. So I decided to drop the flash and build out something more blog-based. The site will look the same [...]
For about the past year, I’ve been doing volunteer design work for Tree House Humane Society, a no-kill shelter here in Chicago. I recently laid out their 2009 Year in Review booklet. Though I plan to incorporate it into the portfolio section of my main site, I wanted to share it here first.
A while ago, I promised a better picture of the headboard I built for my bedroom. Since then, I purchased some new bedding and realized that the red lettering wasn’t working anymore. So, I updated it to black, and I like it much better. Here’s how it turned out. I have to admit I cheated [...]
I’m a bit of a stickler when it comes to the correct uses for Adobe programs. I will admit that I do most layouts in Illustrator, but I know that at least the more complex ones should be pulled together in InDesign. It drives me absolutely crazy when anyone does layouts in Photoshop. It’s meant [...]
The last time that I mentioned Shawn Roberts, it was regarding his debut album, Traveling South. This go around, it’s to focus on one of his other numerous talents – painting and illustration. My design sister, Flora, and I are promoting Shawn’s upcoming gallery show on our blogs to help get the word out. Here’s [...]
I received a link to Vyre’s brand quiz today and thought I’d pass it along. It’s definitely worth checking out. It tests your brand recognition with a few clues– 2 colors, an image, and a phrase. Here’s what one of the “questions” looks like. Can you guess what brand this is? I definitely couldn’t the [...]
Sometime back, I shared my idea for a headboard made out of canvases, and I finally have pictures to show of the finished project. First, a little backround. If you’ve seen my original post, I had planned to create a headboard out of square blank canvases. I later decided to go with long vertical panels [...]
My good friend, Shawn Roberts is a renaissance man. He’s a very talented art director, designer and illustrator who has taught me quite a bit while we worked together. He has now added musician to his skillset as he’s putting out an album, Traveling South, after spending about a year visiting countries throughout the world. [...]
I’m excited to get some home decor projects underway that I’ve been planning, and I thought it would be fun to share the process. My first endeavor will be a headboard for my bedroom. I wanted to do something that was relatively cheap and easy, but stylish at the same time. I browsed a lot [...]
