Ever wondered how to make your own beer? Our State has you covered. Go here to download a PDF guide I illustrated. It’s a bit slow to load (3 hi-res pages) … just have patience; it’s worth it.
Category Archives: illustration
Homebrewing Guide
Sneak Peek…
Here’s a look at just s snippet of a freelance piece I’m currently working on. An infographic. I love designing infographics!
Saxophone Studio Logo
This is a project I’m really excited about. A sax player (saxophonist?) came to me to brand his private saxophone studio based in Greensboro, NC. The logo is the first part of the project and will be followed by business cards, a letterhead, and a website. I love to put pen to paper (or stylus [...]
Consignment Designs Continued…
This is an illustration I did for a blue jeans promotion. Your Stuff Consignment Boutique wanted to encourage consignors to bring their blue jeans to sell, so I was asked to create some designs with the simple message “we buy jeans.” This illustration is for online promotion. The store shared the image on Social media [...]
Tree Hugger Logo
Every year, some of the Digital Video and Cinema (DVC) students in the School of Media Arts and Design at James Madison University premiere their films at an event called SMAD Fest. I have quite a few DVC friends (and I started out as one myself) so I’ve always enjoyed being involved in their projects [...]
E.A.R.T.H. Club Logo
Designing a logo takes a lot of brainstorming! For this logo, I did over six pages of sketches before narrowing them down to a few options. In December, JMU’s E.A.R.T.H. Club came to me wanting a logo. They weren’t really sure what they wanted, but they requested that it be organic, fun, hand-drawn, and reflect [...]
Christmas Cards
I’ve always enjoyed making Christmas cards. I normally just whip out the colored pencils and do a custom drawing for everyone (normally just family). This year I had a long list of people I wanted to send cards to, though, so I decided to put my graphic design skills to use. I actually came up [...]
This has nothing to do with design.
I wrote this article a few months ago, and though it has nothing to do with design or web development, I still think it’s worth sharing here. I did quickly doodle that illustration for the article though. That makes this eligible to appear on a design blog, right? Here it is: Recently, I went online [...]