VCU Summer Intensive Work

3 samples from almost every project by my students from the VCU Summer Intensive. I realize it is a lot of work. (6 hours every day, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks) It felt like I taught an entire year of design in three weeks. I'm very proud of them.


Andrew Hawkins


Jill Ferree


Hana Sunny



Maleah Cooper


Jennerfer Osaki


Cullen Whitmore


Cullen Whitmore


Becca Medearts


Andrew Hawkins



Hana Sunny


Maleah Cooper


Cullen Whitmore


Becca Medearts


Jennifer Osaki


Cullen Whitmore


Adrienne Atkinson


Jessica Perez


Cullen Whitmore


Preston




Andrew Hawkins


Cullen Whitmore


Adrienne Atkinson


Cullen Whitmore


Andrew Hawkins


Jessica Perez


Andrew Hawkins


Becca Medearts


Cullen Whitmore


Jill Ferree


Jennifer Osaki



Sarah Erickson



Preston


Various

2nd place in Style Weekly's 2011 Comic Strip Issue!

Won second place in Style Weekly's 2011 Comic Strip Issue. There was some great competition this year. More info here.

PS I plan on continuing this strip as a web comic - including the stories of various monuments in Richmond. I'll keep you posted.

Class Illustrator Portrait Demo

My students and I were amused by this illustrator portrait demo I did. As soon as I added the type the entire class erupted in laughter.

Poetry Book

Here are some spreads from a book of poetry I designed for my wife. It was made to celebrate our most recent anniversary.

BFD X Illustration

Illustration for Best Friends Day X. The point of departure was Big Freedia and to directly reference an older Best Friends Day illustration (seen below).

Screenprinting workshop

I will be hosting a screen-printing workshop at the Petersburg Area Art League on Saturday, July 23th between 10AM-3PM. More info on PAAL's website.

Design Therapy: How to Fund and Launch Self-Initiated Projects

I am presenting a talk about self-initiated projects. More info below.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 9:00 AM
Lift Coffee Shop & Cafe
218 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220

Design Therapy: How to Fund and Launch Self-Initiated Projects
Self-initiated projects can function as therapy in a field that doesn't always meet the creative needs of a designer. This next coffee talk will walk you through the creative process and funding of a project by speaker, Bizhan Khodabandeh. He will discuss the necessity of self-initiated projects for one's sanity as well as his experiences with the funding platform Kickstarter.

Lucky Bird Identity

Above is a identity that I developed for Lucky Bird Tattoo using a typeface called Cream Puff. I had to modify parts of the type and fix the kerning. I've noticed that many display scripts tend to have inconsistencies in their strokes as well as kerning that isn't quite right. The most major change was the original typeface's "r" to a more cursive "r." Below is an image pointing out these inconsistencies.