The Sidekicks

This was a poster I created for the Sidekicks CD release show for their new album "Weight of Air." They were screen printed on 11x17 parchtone paper. The show was a ton of fun, and the new Sidekicks album is amazing!

Show Flyer for August 14th

Toothbrush Museum

For this second and final project of GD2 we had to pick a random object and create a fictitious museum for it. The object I chose was a toothbrush. For the first part of the project we had to create a 3 page ad series that promoted the museum. My concept was that in each of my ads they were showing one of the most prehistoric type of toothbrushes. For example, the first is a birds feather, the second consists of boar bristles, and the third consists of twigs.

The second part to the project is creating a guerilla concept. My concept involves using toothpaste as a way to graffiti on already existing linework. For example, it serves as wayfinding for the museum by making a toothbrush figure on the white lane dividing street lines. And then there would be an arrow on the next line to tell you which way the museum is.

The third part of the project consisted of making a 3D piece. I did an environmental mock-up as well as a 3D promotional piece. For the environmental portion I was just playing up the idea of using the vertical shaft of the light pole as the plastic body of the toothbrush, so on the right there would be bristles on the banner.

The other 3D piece is a promotional item that would be passed out at opening day of the museum. I wish I took pictures of the actual product, because it would make more sense. But The item is a toothbrush bracelet that you can make from your old toothbrushes. The bracelet would come with a double sided guide that would tell you all the possibilities to recycle your old toothbrushes as well as directions on how to make the bracelet.

GD2: Exercise 1

If I just update this thing regularly I wouldn't have to keep posting things out of order. Oh well, I would rather post my work, than not. This was the first exercise we had for GD2, where we had to create a book cover for a student in the class. The student I got paired with was Andrew Passwaters. His favorite band was Blink 182, and he wears mainly Famous Stars and Straps shirts, so I thought it was fitting to title the book "This is Growing Up." If you are unfamiliar with that title, it is a lyric in the chorus of "Dammit" by Blink 182. 

Dangerous Shoes

This is my most recent Illustration 2 project in which we had to create an editorial illustration for "Dangerous Shoes" that would be featured in Skirt magazine. 

Illustration 1: Problem 4

This is definitely an older project, but I really like it. This was our last project in Illustration 1, which I took last fall. The objective was to select a statistic from different statistic websites and illustrate it. The one I chose was "A bad case of laryngitis forced Abe Lincoln to lip-sync the Gettysburg address. Supposedly the speech was actually delivered by an aide hidden beneath the stage."

Junior Review

For exercise 4 of GD2 we were to create posters for Junior Review. All of our posters are put up for display in the Art Building, and the faculty choose the winning poster in which we will sign up. Junior Review is a two day event in which we, the juniors, sign up for a 15 minute time slot in order to meet with a panel of faculty who critique and comment on our work. Through this review we will find out whether we will enter the BA program, BFA program, or fail at life altogether. My poster is in the style of those old boxing posters. 

I signed up for 11:30 on thursday.