Websites Featuring My Designs

I recently ran across two of the bags that I designed featured in a vendor's "private label" product catalog section when researching information for a project. It was kind of a thrill to see them featured. http://greenbagco.com/products.php

Also, the photographer who worked on the Thanksgiving Raffle sent a link to his website in the "new stuff" section. On it I found my design work that he shot the photos for. It was a very successful collaboration with him. (He is SO great to work with.) http://www.eckelman.com/

Dec. 2009 - Steelhead Habitat Info

These pieces were designed for multiple scholarship events to communicate what Lottery dollars do for the state of Oregon.

Publication Advertisement

Table Signs (Front & Back)

Poster

Holiday Cards 2009

This year for holiday cards I wanted to create something by hand rather than by computer, so the result is almost purely craft rather than design. I also wanted to incorporate sending an ornament with the card this year. Therefore, I attached a custom-created envelope on each card with an ornament nestled inside (kind of a prize within a prize idea).

The ornament consisted of three scalloped punched circles with the letters "J" "O" "Y." They were joined together with silver hoop rings. I hot-glued a loop of ribbon at the top for the ornament to be hung from.

All of the ornament envelopes that were attached to the card were sealed with a sparkling red snowflake and blue rhinestone.

Nov. 2009 - Turn Up The Heat

This is a black & white/color logo that I designed for a retailer promotion at the Oregon Lottery. The focus is for retailers to accomplish a certain checklist of tasks in order to be entered into a drawing to win a BBQ prize pack, thus the name "Turn Up the Heat."

This is a background that is used on multiple printed pieces.

This is a label design for a BBQ Rub that is in the prize pack.

I created this flame illustration for stickers that will be used on a tracking poster.

This is the bag that the prize pack will be delivered in.

OR Lottery - Thanksgiving Raffle 2009

Outdoor boards that I designed for the Oregon Lottery Thanksgiving Raffle. After the sell-out of the tickets, a "sold out" snipe was placed on the board. It was intended to look as if the sign had been ripped and tagged with graffiti.

Point of purchase posters I designed for the Raffle. Characters were pulled from the hip-hop-themed tv ad. The intent of the posters (especially the square poster) were to look similar to a hip-hop cd cover. The posters were two-sided to be switched after the sell-out of the tickets. The "sold out" messaging was meant to look as if the poster was tagged with graffiti.

I had the opportunity to design the set-up of the winning ticket announcement in the lobby of the Lottery building. We had the fortune, as we did for the St. Patrick's Day Raffle, to have Andy Carson and his team televise the announcement live on KPTV-FOX12.

Sept. 2009 - 25th Anniversary Bags

These are 25th Anniversary bags showing the four general areas that the Oregon Lottery financially supports. They will be handed out as premiums at events such as scholarship events, etc.

Sept. 2009 - OR Lottery 25th Anniversary Calendar

This is the annual wall calendar that I designed for 2010 (approx. size 22"x34"). Being that this year will be the 25th Anniversary (Silver Anniversary) of the Oregon Lottery I incorparated metallic silver ink as well as the Lottery's corporate Pantone 185 Red. Symbolized throughout the calendar are the areas that the Lottery financially supports: Education, Watersheds, Parks and Economic Development. (Click image to view larger.)

This is the calendar I designed last year for 2009.

June 2009 - Patrick's Graduation Book

My youngest brother graduated from high school this year and I want to give him a special gift to commemorate the occasion. I decided to make an art quote collage book filled with words of wisdom meant as enlightenment and a guide for the next phase of his life. I wanted to use my hands rather than my computer, so I decided to go old school and clip various images and type styles from magazines.

This is the cover of the book.

This is the binding of the book.

These are the backs of the pages indicating who the quote is credited to.

And of course, every graduate can use a little $$$.

Spring 2009 - Garden Art

This past Spring I took a garden art class at the Willamette Art Center in Salem from Doug Dacar and created these ceramic letters/words. I had wanted to make some for a long time. I plan to create more exploring new words and various fonts.

These are garden totems that I created in the same class. What is fun about these creations is that they are all seperate pieces that can be rearranged or added to. I look forward to making more of these too.