Crayola Crayons

Creative Musing
September 2023

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Crayola Crayons
During my childhood, one of the highlights preparing for the first day of school was going school shopping and selecting a brand new box of crayons. I recall carefully unwrapping the box, ensuring not to tear the packaging and being greeted by its unique waxy scent. These illustrated posters are a tribute to this moment and to all who remember the scent and the joy of creating coloring masterpieces. The left poster is a 24 pack of Crayola Crayons with a Walmart price tag and the right poster is the unboxed pack of Crayola Crayons.

 

Graphis, Designers for Peace

Creative Musing + Product
June 2022

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Graphis, Designers for Peace
I submitted a "Designers for Peace" poster series (A.K.A. Ukraine War Series) for the Graphis poster competition. It received an Honorable Mention. This series began as a personal project sparked by Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine. My aim with this project was to capture a powerful, somber, and raw portrayal of the global emotional response to the conflict.

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Accolade from Graphis
Congratulations! Your excellent poster design has been chosen as an Honorable Mention in our international Designers for Peace competition.

— B. Martin Pedersen, Creative Director & Publisher

ReVox

Creative Musing + Product
April 2022

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ReVox
I’ve always had an affinity for vintage electronics, especially buttons, knobs, and sliders. The illustration is a ReVox Studer 700 Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorder⁠, designed, engineered, and manufactured in Switzerland in 1973.

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Unite & Vote

Creative Musing
June 2021

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Unite & Vote
In addition to offering strategic design communication solutions for my clients, I also create illustrations, design posters, and sell them on my shop page. A poster from my collection is currently en route to a fortunate recipient. If you're seeking distinctive illustrative posters to adorn your empty walls, explore my shop page. Every poster is carefully curated, illustrated, and designed by me, then printed locally at Mercury Head Gallery in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Each piece is meticulously printed on 100% cotton rag fine art paper using archival inks for lasting quality.

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Fulton Street Farmers Market

Creative Musing + Product
April 2021

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Fulton Street Farmers Market
An illustration I have been working on the last few weeks is finally finished. Fresh fruit, friendly farmers, and artists provide a diverse, inclusive, vital, and vibrant community marketplace that offers high-quality, locally grown, farm-fresh products.

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A Year Of Prints

Creative Musing + Products
December 2020

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A Year Of Prints
Some prints from others and some of my own. From left to right, 1. Architectural Styles via Michael Nÿkamp. 2. Black Cat via Little Friends. 3. Goodbye 2020 via Michael Nÿkamp. 4. House Industries via David Dodde

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Architectural Styles and Goodbye 2020 posters are available in my shop.


Goodbye 2020

Creative Musing
December 2020

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Goodbye 2020
A poster designed to say goodbye to 2020. It’s was a colorful and topsy-turvy year and I’m glad that it’s over. Perhaps we should celebrate its end—Goodbye, Au revoir. Adiós, 잘가 (Jalga).

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Stayhome Friends

Creative Musing + Product
May 2020

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Stayhome Friends
Amidst the U.S. stay-at-home mandate, I crafted a series of playful illustrations, each carrying messages specifically designed for the stay-at-home orders. These illustrations served not only to entertain but also to reinforce the importance of staying home during this time.

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United & Vote

Creative Musing
November 2018

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United & Vote
“If we don’t vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future.” This quote by Pat Mitchel reminds us of our obligation as U.S. citizens to vote for our future. Absorb these words, take action, register and head to the polls when you are called on each election day. Vote!

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This mark is available as a poster in my shop and can be purchased on a tee at Cotton Bureau

MYD Studio, Architectural Styles

Product
May 2018

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MYD Studio, Architectural Styles
My poster was bought, and the customer sent me a photo along with this friendly note from Lauren Moss, purchaser and owner of MYD Studio, “Framed minimally and placed on the ideal wall space, this Architectural Styles poster is the latest addition to our studio storefront, serving as a beautiful and fitting source of graphic inspiration.”

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Fultonwood Type Foundry

Client Project + Product
September 2017

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Fultonwood Type Foundry
Collaborated closely with Fultonwood Type Foundry to create an illustration highlighting their design process and homage to traditional typeface tools, echoing the stylistic elements of typefaces they craft.

  • + Poster Illustration & Design

  • + Illustration
    + Graphic Design

  • This poster is available for purchase in my shop.

  • The posters is paired with the typeface Bronkema designed by Zac Freeland from Fultonwood Type Foundry.

Suburbia

Creative Musing + Product
June 2017

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Suburbia
A dizzying illustrative representation of endless suburban rooftops.

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Illustration Society

Article + Product
January 2016

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Illustration Society
I contributed several limited edition screen prints from the Citizen Project, specifically the poster Thirteen Stripes, Fifty Stars, to the Illustration Society, Silent Auction (organized by Kendall College of Art and Design). The proceeds will support Kendall’s illustration program and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.

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Related Content
Read an article about the Citizen Project by Emily Pots from Against The Grain.