"Go Ask Alice" Book Jacket

"Go Ask Alice" Book Jacketmedium: Gouache on bristol 5x7, Photoshop, InDesign.
Typeface: Futura. 2009.

Poster - "American Repertory Theater: Hamlet"

"American Repertory Theater: Hamlet" Poster

medium: Pen on bristol board, Adobe Illustrator. 11x17.

Parson's Challenge

The object I chose to focus my designs on was a Japanese maple tree in my front yard, which I overlooked in my daily travels.

I wanted to first interpret the tree in a photograph. The idea I wanted to convey through my first perspective was something soft, light, and friendly. I took several photos at different times of day and at different angles to play with composition and lighting. During my interpretation, I found that the strongest composition was the one in which the lamp was in the foreground. The shape of the tree stands out against lightest areas in the snow and sky. Both the tree and the lamp create an asymmetrical balance in the image. I captured the sunlight shining right at the top of the lamp to draw your eye away from the center of the composition. This photograph captures the interesting shape of the tree, while creating a dynamic relationship between the lamp in the foreground and the tree in the middle ground.

Watercolor - "Absente" Absinthe Bottle

"Absinthe Bottle".
watercolor and graphite on watercolor paper. 2008.

Drawing: Self-Portrait Bust

Drawing - Self-Portrait Bust.
20x36. 2008.

medium: vine and compressed charcoal, conte, tan charcoal paper.

Drawing of Skull

Charcoal Drawing of Skull.
18 x 24. 2008.

medium: vine/compressed charcoal, drawing paper.

Illustration - Globe Article Illustration

"...even geese need crossing guards."

medium: pen on bristol, Adobe Illustrator

Graphic Design - Press Kit - "The Model Pilots"

Objectives:
*Design a flexible identity, then apply the identity to design a coherent press kit.

Logo/Identity "The Model Pilots"
Promotion Flyer *(4.25x5.5, CMYK).
Album Cover *(Screen-based [context: iTunues]).
Tare-sheet *(8''x10'', CMYK).
Business card (standard dimensions).

Promotional Flyer: The Model Pilots debut album "Fly"

Type and Image Poster: "And Then There Was One..."

Type/Image Poster: Genocide/Nuclear holocaust.
medium: Adobe PhotoShop. 11x17. 2007.

This is an image and type poster on the theme of nuclear genocide. I used Adobe Photoshop to combine a photo of myself walking through a cemetery with the found image of a mushroom cloud, and the words: "And then there was one..."

Here, I merged images to create a visual metaphor. The poster is meant to convey, through image, the idea of the last human on earth following the nuclear holocaust. I used bold colors along with an edgy typeface to visually communicate a powerful, socio-political statement in poster form.

Typeface Poster - Hobo

This piece is a poster advertising/displaying the typeface "Hobo." I focused on the use of transparency and color in the design. I wanted to convey the essence of the use of Hobo in posters/art popular in the psychedelic movement of the San FrancisTypeface Poster - Hobo
medium: Adobe Illustrator. 11 x 17. 2007co area in the 1960's.