Reno, Nevada

A quick graphic I worked up for a press release that featured Multnomah’s Reno-Tahoe campus.

Rio-Style

I’ve liked how this is shaping up each step of the way, with the initial steps easier to pull off. Finding a good balance in the finer details has been a bit more tricky (too much, too little), but when I get there it really seems to complete this style of illustration.

I’ve really enjoyed fine-tuning my Adobe Illustrator technique and exploring another style of illustration. Now to add some background and foreground styling…

Personal Project Update…

During the last night of my three-day weekend, I had a chance to do some updates. This personal project has been a lot of fun.

Here’s a sneak peek of a little project I’m working on. It’s inspired by one of my favorite album covers of all time. I’m trying to see how little detail I can use and still have the end product look like the person it’s modeled after… something new for me, and a lot of fun!

Reid Saunders Association - Trifold Brochure

Over Christmas break I had the pleasure of working with a new client — the Reid Saunders Association (RSA). They wanted to freshen up their brochure with a new design, and really liked the piece I designed this past Fall for Multnomah University. I enjoyed revisiting some of the foundational elements of the design, and taking them a new direction with a different color scheme. RSA was happy with the final product, and so was I.

How did my 75th Anniversary logo for Multnomah University end up in this x-ray? Read the (mostly) true story here.

Retro Car Show Promo

This postcard is the first piece in a series of promotional items for a car show fundraiser this summer at my church. I had a lot of fun exploring a different era of design for this one using halftones, ghosting, a basic color palette, and a bit of rockabilly (translated to a graphic style, of course) mixed in for fun.

Oh yeah, the “real” car in the original photo was built by one of the guys organizing the show. He does good work! I’d love to take it for a spin.

I’ve always loved retro-futuristic art, and this was my first opportunity to create something in the genre. The character illustrations and rockets were especially fun to experiment with. The prints turned out amazing and will be seen around campus any day now.

Spring Thaw is a large-scale youth event hosted and organized by Multnomah University (my employer). Since the branding is being handled in-house this year, I jumped on the opportunity to work on it. The visionaries behind the event wanted a retro-futuristic look, which is a style that I’ve always enjoyed but never had the opportunity to delve into.

Next up… a Spring Thaw webpage design template and event booklet.

My latest logo project. This one was for a good friend of mine who is now a pastor at a church. He needed a logo that captured the concept of unity to promote his new small group ministry.

This is the complete travel piece for Multnomah University’s undergrad programs. I used this as is the “kickoff piece” for the design I developed, which should function as our recruitment branding for the next couple years.

The icons at the bottom of each page are custom-made (including the one for the MAX, which now features their new train). I am especially happy with how booklets turned out in print; I used a metallic PMS for the wood-grain background, which created some great depth and an unintended three-dimensional effect in some places.