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their before:

my after:


also! check out nthWORD.com. it's a great online magazine that features a lot of really talented writers, poets and visual artists. i was recently asked to contribute my "Zip It" photo to their site. be on the look out, and be sure to check out the magazine - they've got somethin good goin.

Casaña

wine labels i designed for my packaging design class: castillo juan navarro - casaña, tempranillo and granacha.

more work in progress...

rebranding of 'music go round' a buy/sell/trade music shop.




typeface i'm in the midst of designing...

do you see it?

or not? if you know me well enough, and you have a good eye you just might...

and the project that came in at a close second to destroying me last fall semester...





there is so much i want to fix about it. but after all the frustration and aggravation i can't even stand the sight of it, therefor... i think it's a lost cause.

me beside you besides no one else will do besides...

second week of school is comin up... this semester is going to blow up my portfolio. i'm so excited and nervous at the same time. i'm feeling inspired though, so i can only hope that means i'll be producing some good things!

ce valley 09

worked some designin into the mix at summer camp..


got about six months to figure out where the heck in this country i'm gonna end up.
prospective future homes and grad schools...

valencia, ca California Institute of the Arts

los angeles, ca UCLA

savannah, ga Savannah College of Art and Design

nyc, new york School of Visual Arts

i'm all over the map again... funny thing is, these were all the schools i wanted to apply to before enrolling in BU....

zippity doo dah

i wanna get back into my surrealist/manipulation project. i've got lotsa ideas brewin, but no time or space to take em on.



click to see more and better quality.

summer celebrations

i shot two weddings this summer with my good friend rosie licavoli, and believe it or not, i thoroughly enjoyed the experience. it's a good feeling; capturing one of the biggest/happiest days in a couples life. so many genuine, happy smiles... it's such a heartwarming job. i could get used to it. but first, i need to invest in a flash and telephoto lens.

man, i hope i find a love like theirs one of these days...



(click the photo to see the rest of the set, plus photos from the schultz wedding as well)

this is goodnight and not goodbye

summer camp.

"Everything Will Be Just Fine"

dear eduarado recife, you're my favorite...


and i can't seem to get this phoenix tune out of my head... give it a listen and join me, will ya?

Love For Granted - Phoenix

bonnaroo 2009

Set up a photobooth for Asics Onitsuka Tigers at Bonnaroo. Jonny brought me along as his assistant. We were gifting performing artists and shooting them while they tried on their shoes. I met a lot of amazing performers... all of those photos are for internal use only so i can't show them, but i did manage did get in the photo pit for passion pit and shoot for fun.







To sum things up.. I'm pretty sure Jonny and I dominated Bonnaroo 2009. ALTHOUGH... Bonnaroo did take it's toll on me Saturday night mid-bruce springstein set, which was a little unfortunate. I caught myself a bit of the bonnaflu, which I am still trying to recover from, but I think my decision to call it an early night gave me the extra boost I needed on Sunday to take it home. Nice try Bonnaroo.

We worked a lot more than I anticipated, which I didn't mind at all. There were tons of people at the fest and I much rather enjoyed being amongst the performing artists and celebrities than out trying to catch shows in the smoldering heat and sporadic torrential down pours. Dominated the boss wooing, broke numerous bonnaRULEs that I can't even begin to explain and slept so peacefully each and every night thanks to the free artist's hospitality drinks and fellow friendly substance abusers. Bonnaroo was pretty much all this girl could ask for; music, drinks, photography, camping -- it was like everything I loved wrapped up into one week.

I was certainly spoiled though - I don't think I could ever do Bonnaroo without my artist's pass. Guest camping, free hot showers, backstage access, free drinks and catering are just too much to give up.

The only thing I would do differently in the future is better prepare myself: Emergen-C, DanActive Immunity Boosters and rain boots are a must.


(got a lil wet)

<3

Josef Müller-Brockmann

FINAL Sign, Symbol, Image project...
we had to create an organization/museum, research the subject, create a family of marks, and organize a poster that best represented our designer(s).

I chose the swiss designer Josef Müller-Brockmann.
My poster layout was inspired heavily his very own piece below... (can you tell?)

Baskerville Typeface

Baskerville is one of my favorite serif typefaces... Didot is up there with it, but I chose Baskerville for this project because the type designer, John Baskerville, has an interesting historical background.



I'm hoping to create a few more different takes on the poster... when i have more time.

wood type project.

intermediate typography wood type poster project:

lots to share..

the semester is winding down and my work is building up.
i've been pretty pleased with how things have been going this semester and i am really excited for the future freelance projects i have arranged in these upcoming months!

typography..



sign symbol image.. national flag design (nation creation write up as well)

josef muller brockmann

this is awesome:

these events are fictional.. made up for the purpose of this type poster project..




this second piece is inspired by the Kandinsky posters that Bayer did.

working on an emblem for a flag project in my ssi class.
my "invented" nation's primary fruit is the guava... so i'm playing off that.
we'll see where that goes.


fun potential new logo for my new portfolio site. who knows?

who am i kidding?
design makes me so happy.

plus.. i need an excuse to purchase this:

helvetica.

northern california

inspiration, please.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. [Mark Twain]

Intimidation is my biggest adversary.
I am too afraid to be anything but average.

I need to change myself.

final water crisis pictograms

water crisis pictograms

unfinished.

i say it too much...

...but i always believe it.

electric president.

i just can't get tired of this song...

pretty much the story of my life written with his words.