July 18th, 2012 at 10:34AM

This is a first draft for a 4-page magazine layout.  It is in the style of Ceramics Monthly’s Studio Visit series.  I chose to profile one of my favorite ceramic artists: Kristin Kieffer.

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July 12th, 2012 at 9:22PM
I love this color scheme, and the original illustration for the logo.  It’s very clean and modern looking while still being very decorative and pretty.  This was a brand identity design for Bloom Bake Shop.  The design was done by Gage Mitchell at Modern Species, and it won a Corporate Identity award in winter 2011.

I love this color scheme, and the original illustration for the logo.  It’s very clean and modern looking while still being very decorative and pretty.  This was a brand identity design for Bloom Bake Shop.  The design was done by Gage Mitchell at Modern Species, and it won a Corporate Identity award in winter 2011.

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June 27th, 2012 at 9:39AM
The same first draft with a light tan background.  Personally I think I like this one better.

The same first draft with a light tan background.  Personally I think I like this one better.

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June 27th, 2012 at 9:38AM
This is my first (rough) draft of a poster for natural flu remedies.  The sketches will be updated to something more sophisticated but this gives you a good idea what I’m going for.  The light green background was suggested by the class, but I will also post an image with a light tan background.

This is my first (rough) draft of a poster for natural flu remedies.  The sketches will be updated to something more sophisticated but this gives you a good idea what I’m going for.  The light green background was suggested by the class, but I will also post an image with a light tan background.

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June 21st, 2012 at 7:30PM
This logo design by Matthew Legrice in Boulder, CO won 3rd place in American Design’s semi-annual contest for summer 2011.  Why do I like it?  It’s a freaking BEAR with a freaking MONOCLE.  Also, super clever capital B=bear paw.

This logo design by Matthew Legrice in Boulder, CO won 3rd place in American Design’s semi-annual contest for summer 2011.  Why do I like it?  It’s a freaking BEAR with a freaking MONOCLE.  Also, super clever capital B=bear paw.

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June 13th, 2012 at 11:39AM
Exerise 7: Letterforms as Positive and Negative Space

Exerise 7: Letterforms as Positive and Negative Space

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June 13th, 2012 at 10:56AM
This was a branding campaign for a luxury condo development.  I picked it as a favorite of mine, mostly because I love the color pallet.  I have a thing for orange.  Plus, the attention to detail and consistency with which the colors, fonts, and overall style was carried across so many media is very impressive.  You can see more about this brand at the design firm’s website.

This was a branding campaign for a luxury condo development.  I picked it as a favorite of mine, mostly because I love the color pallet.  I have a thing for orange.  Plus, the attention to detail and consistency with which the colors, fonts, and overall style was carried across so many media is very impressive.  You can see more about this brand at the design firm’s website.

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June 7th, 2012 at 5:29PM
A new color scheme suggestion for Everybody’s Whole Foods.  Everybody’s may be a small and relatively unknown company, but it’s by far the largest organic food market in our neck of the woods.  Unfortunately (in my opinion) it’s fallen into the color scheme trap of most organic and environmentally themed companies: they use a dark forest green as their main color. Personally, I think a more uplifting scheme that still incorporates earth tones as accent colors would update this company’s look nicely.  I selected a bright tomato red as the primary color, and a deep cooling blue as a secondary contrasting color.  The surrounding shades and tints compliment and soften the whole scheme.

A new color scheme suggestion for Everybody’s Whole Foods.  Everybody’s may be a small and relatively unknown company, but it’s by far the largest organic food market in our neck of the woods.  Unfortunately (in my opinion) it’s fallen into the color scheme trap of most organic and environmentally themed companies: they use a dark forest green as their main color.

Personally, I think a more uplifting scheme that still incorporates earth tones as accent colors would update this company’s look nicely.  I selected a bright tomato red as the primary color, and a deep cooling blue as a secondary contrasting color.  The surrounding shades and tints compliment and soften the whole scheme.

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June 7th, 2012 at 4:45PM
In this exercise we took a very simple design element (a horizontal line) and created an original composition.  My goals with this exercise were to create something well balanced but not symmetrical, employ a wide variety of lineweights, and basically keep it from looking too much like a bar code.

In this exercise we took a very simple design element (a horizontal line) and created an original composition.  My goals with this exercise were to create something well balanced but not symmetrical, employ a wide variety of lineweights, and basically keep it from looking too much like a bar code.

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May 30th, 2012 at 7:43PM
Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Howard Thurman