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Handpainted Vans #2

Hand-painted Vans

Painted these for the Canvas Art Show here in Oklahoma City. The show was amazing. I believe 1500 people made it through the door that night. The venue was incredible—hardwood floors, track lighting, full bar, dj’s and a huge dance floor with over 125 shoes on display. We danced our asses off to DJ Diverse — he’s the shit. There was also a 4 x 8 art piece that all of the artists collaboratively worked on at the show, which was auctioned off at the end. All of the shoes were amazing. This event put the one in Portland, OR to shame, which I never thought I would say that, but it’s true. Oklahoma City has a great art scene and some really bad ass artists. I feel fortunate to live here. I can’t wait till next year’s show. Enjoy!

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New Skateboard Deck

Hand-painted Skateboard

This is a hand-painted skateboard deck for a local skateboard shop, Arockalypse. Their latest art show, “On Deck”, featured about 40 custom-painted decks. The show was amazing. Lots of great artists on the wall and the crowd was awesome. Think Ink’s artists were there (Josh Crain, David Bruehl and Fernando) representing some really nice talent. And as always, TDS (The Death Squad), Oklahoma City’s premiere skate crew, were there with a blinged-out board on 24’s, well they were 5’s but they kept ‘em clean. If you live in the OKC area, visit Arockalypse for all of your skating needs and fashionista apparel.

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DCSF Poster

Dreamer Concepts Studio Poster

I just finished this poster for the Dreamer Concepts Studio Foundation (DCSF). They are a nonprofit art gallery dedicated to providing an avenue for young and upcoming artists. This poster is for their current “Call For Entries”. If you are an artist this is a great gallery to submit work to. They have monthly exhibits and draw a large crowd. After meeting the founder, Amber Clour (who is an awesome person) she asked me to sit on their board. Honored, I said yes and have since taken on some responsibilities trying to help, which explains the poster. Hope you enjoy. Visit DCSF’s website.

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Tall Cotton Poster

Tall Cotton New Year's Eve Poster

I just finished this poster for the Tall Cotton String Band and their New Year’s Eve concert at VZD’s in Oklahoma City. I did this all by hand with Prismacolor markers and a white paint pen. The only part that was done by computer was the lower right call out for the door cover. This was a lot of fun, especially doing something without the computer. We as designers seem so tied to our comps that we forget what can be accomplished without them. Granted, the comic book style fits the theme and required a hand-illustrated look, but nevertheless it was fun to work without the computer for once. If you’re in the Oklahoma City and are not going to see the Flaming Lips for New Year’s Eve 2007, then you should go see Tall Cotton at VZD’s, for sure. Peep their MySpace here.

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Cottonseed Oil Tour

Cottonseed Oil Tour Website

This website was a ton of fun to work on. All in all, it went off without a hitch. Harvest PR brought me and the team on to design a website to host an awesome PR campaign to promote the use of Cottonseed Oil in the restaurant and food manufacturing industry. They came up with the concept, which they let us run with and run we did. I absolutely love the way this turned out and I think we all agree that we were privileged to work on such a nice site. AMS did the coding (of course) and the launch and Tim Hill did the flash animation on the Tour Page. I designed all of the graphics and Art Directed the project. Visit site, here.

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Oregon Dukkah Boxes

Oregon Dukkah

Oregon Dukkah is an addictive dry dip of hazelnuts and exotic spices. It’s a great product and I was honored when the owner approached me to redesign their packaging and brand. We dived into research and established the brand identity of Oregon Dukkah. With that knowledge, we developed this logo, website and packaging. The packaging was printed at Rose City Packaging & Printing with 5 colors and a spot gloss…yummy. Since then, we’ve developed a whole slew of items like sell sheets, business cards, advertising and letterheads.

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Lanikai Properties

Lanikai Properties Website

I was really excited to be included in this project, given to me by AMS. Joseph and Mike Lepis put me down as Art Director on this project and also allowed me to design the majority of the graphics. The website was a huge success with the client, Lanikai Properties. It functions as a real estate website for Lanikai, HI, which was challenging when trying to incorporate lots of custom graphics. The design incorporates images that conjure the Hawaii lifestyle — surfing, lounging at the beach and other things like bamboo and palm trees. I also designed the logo version for the site, which I really like. Visit site here.

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Enlyten Folder v.1

Enlyten SportStrips Logo

This was a design comp that I did for the Enlyten Sales Kit Folder. This particular one did not get picked but was later used as a poster in the corporate office. I have always been a big fan of splatter, clouds and collages. This was built in AI after the images were posterized in PS. So the majority of it is vector. Let me know what you think. It was pretty fun hammering this one out. Learn more about Enlyten SportStrips here.
FYI: CURRENT WEBSITE IS NOT OUR DESIGN!

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Enlyten Logo

Enlyten SportStrips Logo

Enlyten SportStrips was a client of ours for about 9 months through ‘06 - ‘07. They hired Phillip Dillon and I to handle their branding, website and marketing design. Together, we banged out a ton of work for Enlyten. This logo was basically our first project after developing their new name. Through researching competition and market-place history, we presented a list of names of which Enlyten SportStrips was chosen. We worked with Dan Kelly, the president, and Jim Kelly, Dan’s brother and Hall of Fame Quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. I designed the above logo, which represents a cycle of hydration and dehydration. The strips are designed to hydrate without excessive liquid consumption. Learn more about them, here.
FYI: CURRENT WEBSITE IS NOT OUR DESIGN!

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Gunnison Brewery

Gunnison Brewery T-Shirt

This is a t-shirt design that I did for the Gunnison Brewery in Gunnison, Colorado. I’ve never been there, but I’ve done posters and designs for several bands that have strolled through their venue on Colorado tours. After seeing a poster I did for Mama’s Cookin’. Lori, the owner, called me up and asked if I would like to do their annual t-shirt. So, I illustrated this with paint markers and finalized it in Photoshop. Lori said that it’s her favorite t-shirt they’ve every done and have had to place several reorders due to the shirts selling out! Awesome.

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