Hello

Creative Musing

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Hello
A very cramped hello wordmark featuring a custom typeface designed by me.

 

Fast Company – Portraits

Client Project

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Fast Company – Portraits
Fast Company commissioned me to create a series of illustrative portraits for its Define Your Purpose Special Edition. The work focused on capturing each subject’s character and perspective through a restrained, graphic style that aligned with the magazine’s bold editorial voice.

 

Climbing Out

Creative Musing

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Climbing Out
For some, climbing out of 2020 feels like this… carefully ascending out of a hole, while perhaps navigating loss of a loved one, a job, anxiety, depression, long covid. Wishing all a good year of hope and renewal. As Ian Maclaren wisely stated, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

 

Lost Privacy

Article

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Lost Privacy
Illustrative concepts exploring technology, who owns our data, loss of privacy, and our mental health. Technology (specifically the smallish computer in your pocket) has been a wonderful tool for us. But, they also have been used unethically for data collection, observation of dark patterns, and social network disinformation campaigns. Like warning signs located on products that are dangerous for us, should we do the same for technology products?

 

Dark Side of the Moon

Product

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Dark Side of the Moon
A modern take on Pick Floyd’s, Dark Side of the Moon album cover.

  • Dark Side of the Moon tee is available for purchase on Cotton Bureau. Check out more graphic tees on my Cotton Bureau profile page. All Cotton Bureau apparel comes in a variety of clothing types, styles, fits, sizes, materials, and colors.

Crow & Pitcher

Creative Musing

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Crow & Pitcher
This weekend I read several fables by Aesop to my kids. One of the fables, The Crow & the Pitcher draws a relationship between problem-solving and wit (critical thinking), and perseverance. Within my own practice of strategic visual communication, these two attributes are critical in the process of developing and building brands. Without it, the ability to perceive, create and innovate is deprived.

 

Illustrious Peacock

Creative Musing

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Illustrious Peacock
Fun illustrative exploration, though it was difficult to get the tail feather effect I wanted.

 

King Lear

Creative Musing

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King Lear
Simple lines to create this portrait of King Lear for a book jacket. The typeface used on this book jacket is ITC Franklin Gothic designed by Morris Fuller Benton from Monotype.

 

Nook Real Estate

Client Project

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Nook Real Estate – Illustration
Nook Real Estate, nestled in the heart of Newport Beach, California, epitomizes modernity in the realm of real estate. With a team of astute industry leaders, they specialize in handpicking lifestyle properties that captivate discerning buyers. I've was hired by Nook to craft simple illustrations showcasing the diverse architectural styles of California, enriching their marketing arsenal with visual allure.

Employing my minimalist illustrative approach, I visually captured 20 distinct architectural styles. These illustrations were subsequently compiled into a poster, presenting a comprehensive showcase of the diverse spectrum of architectural designs found in Newport Beach, California.

 

  • Nook Real Estate
    Real Estate

  • + Design Direction
    + Graphic Design
    + Iconography
    + Sketching & Ideation
    + Qualitative Research

  • MKN Design Team:
    + Michael Nÿkamp, Design Director

    Nook Real Estate Stakeholder:
    + Derek May, Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

  • This poster is available for purchase in my shop.

Saint Tikhon

Creative Musing

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Saint Tikhon
Simple line and dots illustration of an Orthodox Priest in his vestments and staff.