Promoting A New Life: Harlem

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SUMOS ARE COMING!

Working at Whole Foods is pretty fun, but for me the challenge is finding ways to sneak ideas in that a gigantic global grocery store doesn't usually do. When we had some Sumo Mandarins coming in (said to be the best Mandarin you have EVER had), I thought it would be fun to play off the name a little to hopefully build some hype. I created a fun image and then plastered it all over the store in weird places, my hope being that people would see it briefly, walk away, and then remember once they see the product in a week or so. It is a "little details" kind of idea.

Promoting A New Life: Ginger

More info: http://www.familydogsnewlife.org/?p=22918

Promoting A New Life: Haimish

More info: http://www.familydogsnewlife.org/?p=21648

Promoting A New Life: Brownie

One of my favorite place is Family Dogs New Life shelter, a no-kill dog shelter in Portland, Oregon. I love the concept and passion of no-kill shelters, I wish there were more of them out there. I am very proud to offer my design skills to FDNL in the form of Promoting a New Life: Adoption posters for some of the amazing dogs in their care. I am kind of looking at them like weird movie posters, meant to promote a single stars vehicle. I am going to hopefully keep doing this for a while, and will post the better ones up here.

For more info on Brownie and to learn how you can adopt:http://www.familydogsnewlife.org/?p=21098

Random Chalk: Pizza

I know I didn't actually draw a pizza, but man does the word make me hungry.

HSH Posters

Some posters I made out of the coloring book images.

Health Starts Here: The Coloring Book!

I don't know if all kids hate vegetables, but I know I sure did. When Whole Foods wanted to come up with a way to promote healthy eating ideas to kids, I came up with the idea to do a coloring book about all the people who eat vegetables. I just filled it with all the stuff I loved as a kid, robots and aliens and monsters. We printed a bunch of them and give them out to kids all the time along with carrot sticks.

Random Chalk: Summer!

I got together with some other Whole Foods artists and we collaborated on this giant Back to School chalkboard! I was tasked with the concept, and feel back on my childhood friends of robots and dinosaurs.

Wedding Video

I am not really a video guy, but I managed to cobble this together from my Brother's shot footage. It kind of feels like the Blair Witch Project, but with a happier tone.

Random Chalk: Back to School

Poor kids.

Married!

I got married! I know it is not really a career/graphics thing, but look at the invites and leave me alone.

Concert Poster: J Roddy Waiston and the Business

Random Chalk: Raw Foods

Whole Foods Market Pollinators Week!

A campaign I did for Whole Foods promoting Pollinators Week. It's more then just bees!

Santa Fe Arts Festival

I know, it looks a lot like the Palm Springs stuff I did for the Ace (which was just a rip of Hatch Show Print stuff in the first place). My response: I don't care, I like it. Eventually this will probably turn into a full campaign, but for right now it is just an announcement splash page.

Dial M for Murder

The kid is back! It has been a while since I posted anything, which is mostly because it has been a while since I had something worth posting. But thankfully the self-pity streak has been broken with the completion of the Dial M for Murder poster! Made for the Albuquerque Little Theater production, it is easily my favorite Hitchcock movie. And overall I am really happy with how the graphic came out. Of course, anything rendered only in black, red, and white is bound to look pretty good. Mostly I guess I am just happy that it doesn't look like total red barf. Which is really really gross. Take my word for it.

Pinball Publishing Interview

I was interviewed! The awesome people at Pinball Publishing talked a little to Jeremy Pelley and myself about the work we did for the Ace Hotel over the past 2 years. See inside my brain! Steal our techniques! Thanks to the Laura at Pinball, one of my favorite printers ever.

Check out the interview!

Shakespeare In Hollywood

I have just recently started volunteering my design skills to the Albuquerque Little Theater, this is the first poster I have done for them. I, like many Americans, love the idea of volunteering, but generally find it hard to find time or a way to volunteer the only thing I am really any good at. But designing theater posters is something I have always wanted to get into. Concert posters are great and all, but there is so much drama and story and comedy to convey in a theater poster. And what a rich history! I first started really loving theater design seeing the work Portland Center Stage did in Oregon. Great bold illustration and colors, imagery that fit in with current design. They made theater look so much more inviting. My favorite part was the way they found new ways to show iconic plays. Later in the season I'll be doing a poster for Dial M for Murder, one of my favorite movies ever. Hopefully it wont, you know, suck.

Santa Fean "Flow" Feature

Back working at a magazine! This time it's a art and culture mag in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is way out of my comfort zone, so to speak, but certainly a learning experience. This feature is all about a Santa Fean couple's 2nd home, which is more expensive then anything I will ever ever ever own. I just wanted something that felt as modern and clean as their house, while avoiding being a total snore festival. Hopefully this came close. I kinda like it, anyway. PS: I didn't choose the article title.