Lion

Creative Musing

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Lion
Lion's majestic mane illustrated with eight concentric circles.

 

Word Visualizations

Creative Musing

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Word Visualizations
An exercise defining words visually. The custom typeface was designed specifically for this exercise.

 

Sleepy Cat

Creative Musing

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Sleepy Cat
My goal for this small illustration and animation was to depict a simple sleeping cat while maintaining its circular shape. During the sketching and ideation phase, I created numerous variations to ensure the effectiveness of how the animation behaved.

 

Patagonia

Client Project

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Patagonia
Patagonia, a renowned outdoor clothing and gear company, embodies a commitment to environmental sustainability and ethical business practices while offering high-quality products for outdoor enthusiasts. I was hired by Patagonia to create several sketches and illustrations based on their prompt, "Eat Local."

I created a range of concept sketches inspired by the "eat local" theme and collaborated with Patagonia, iterating until we achieved mutual satisfaction. From these skteched concepts, Patagonia chose a refined illustration titled "Eat Local, Watering Can," which was selected and printed on their tees.

 

  • Patagonia
    Outdoor Apparel & Gear

  • + Concept Development
    + Illustration
    + Sketching & Ideation
    + Qualitative Research


  • MKN Design Team:
    + Michael Nÿkamp, Illustrator

    Patagonia Stakeholders:
    + Geoff Holstad, Senior Art Director
    + Chris Teig, Director of Graphics & Illustration

Pelican On Water

Creative Musing

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Pelican On Water
Bold fill and rolling lines of a pelican on the water.

 

Happy Holidays!

Creative Musing

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Happy Holidays!
Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. The logo’s mark is paired with the typeface DIN Condensed designed by Manvel Shmavonyan and Tagir Safayev from Paratype.

 

Trio

Creative Musing

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Trio
Wordmark exploration with hand-styled lettering with some simple animation.

 

Factory Icon Set

Product

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Factory Icon Set
Some fun minimal vintage factory icons.

 

  • Factory Icons Set is available for purchase, email me for licensing and cost.

Wool Made

Creative Musing

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Wool Made
A simple mark for a Wool Made brand identity concept.

 

Horse & Flag Process

Article + Creative Musing

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Horse & Flag Process
The above video shows my streamlined process for crafting icon and illustrations. This is the same phased process that I use for large design projects albeit condensed to focus on a single artifact. While some may perceive this work as straightforward, it actually demands meticulous attention to detail and draws upon thorough research to effectively sketch, ideate, and achieve visual harmony, alignment, and readability.

 

United & Vote – Poster & Tee

Product

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United & Vote – Poster & Tee
“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!

 

  • Unite & Vote Poster is available for purchase in my shop. Unite & Vote Tee is available for purchase on Cotton Bureau. All Cotton Bureau apparel comes in a variety of clothing types, styles, fits, sizes, materials, and colors.

Flying Dutchman – Display Typeface

Product

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Flying Dutchman – Display Typeface
This display typeface embodies a minimalist, contemporary boxy serif style, inspired by my earlier creation, Dutch Mafia.

 

  • Flying Dutchman is available for purchase, email me for licensing and cost.

  • Take a look at Flying Dutchman showcased on a vintage skateboard deck by Moose Skateboards.

Wonder Woman

Creative Musing

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Wonder Woman
This illustration was modeled after the original D.C. Comics Wonder Woman and tv show star, Lynda Carter. Sorry Gal Gadot, I think you’re awesome too.