Or, “I just don’t know how to make you care about Brown people.” WORLD – Two-hundred and sixty-nine days into genocidal conflict, the reasons for which obvious to any compassionate soul, the world’s top marketers have finally come together to brainstorm the perfect ad campaign to promote peace and a ceasefire.
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2019, Adobe Illustrator. MTAC’s theme for the big two-20s is “sports”! Get it? Score? I have to admit that sports are not my wheelhouse, so this was an interesting challenge to take on! In fact, big ups to Jon Wright, who saved me at the 11th hour with the inspiration to borrow from a certain […]
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2018, Adobe Illustrator. The well-received logo for the 2019 MTAC theme is finally here! Rather than pull total inspiration from Sailor Moon, NASA, or any one thing, this year’s theme was influenced by art deco, something that was also big 100 years ago — in 1919! I was inspired by many different shapes in art […]
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2017, Photoshop/Illustrator. Logo for MTAC’s 18th year theme, “18th Battalion”. War is hell. There should be a lot less of it, to say the least. But there is a lot of anime about war, and about the eternal struggle of humankind — our own personal wars within our hearts and minds. Originally going for a more Western-familiar and […]
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2016, sumi ink on rice paper, Adobe Illustrator. Logo for MTAC’s 17th year theme, “Haiku” — 17 syllables. This logo was created by scanning in and assembling strokes created on rice paper with sumi ink, then vectorizing them. More unused symbols were created in this way as well. Look at how the logo’s used in the reveal […]
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2015, Adobe Illustrator. I did the theme logo for MTAC 2016 — video games! The logo evokes a retro feel (think Pac-Man or Mega Man) while maintaining a crisp modern aesthetic. It also includes knock-out and flat versions. Its creation included a lot of variations at first… It’s easy to imagine such a logo animated — […]
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I had an idea while messing around with my Smash Bros. Fighting Polygon Team vector art. I thought the head for the Ness Polygon fighter had a cool, iconic shape, so I adjusted it as the symbol for a logo. With such a strong appearance, you’d almost think that head was Link’s, wouldn’t you? You […]
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As Visual Communications Coordinator within the creative development team of ArtsCubed, I collaborated with the marketing team to create promotional design pieces for Geek Media Expo volume 5. This included: Flyers (general and audience-driven) Web Ads and Graphics Newsletter Images Social Media Graphics (including promoting guests) Signage On-Location Tickets Staff Badges Display Banners Tweaks to the old […]
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