Feelin’ the Love

Ah we miss you guys.

Add comment August 7th, 2008

Soft & Furry Submisson

Finally managed to squeeze out my submission to Soft & Furry last minute. Chcheck it out! Some other gems this week include from left to right: Scot LeFavor, Markham Maes, and Tilt. These are f-in sweet! It’s a shame we can’t all make the final round!

Add comment August 4th, 2008

Bastard-Ray Gamma Assassins!!!

Sevnthsin’s Ping Pong Championships start tomorrow and has gathered quite a solid line up of studios and designers. Although my Ping Pong Kung Fu is not what it used to be, I still have a couple tricks up my shorts. From a quick glance at the teams, it looks like we’ll have some competition from Pop Life, EightHourDay, Make Visual and Spunk to name a few. I haven’t gotten the quick chance to wax my rear and file my finger nails but I did make time to slap together a nifty little logo & shirt for our team. Now only if my Ping Pong reflexes can match that of my mouse hand, I might just make it through this thing alive. Bastard-Ray Gamma Assassins ATTACK!!!

Add comment July 17th, 2008

Chicago Recap Pt. 1

Last weekend Celeste and I spent 3 days in our favorite place, Chicago. We had an opportunity to meet up with our close friend Todd from C13/JoyEngine to do some top secret plotting and scheming. It was the first time we had been there with someone who was familiar with the city and gave us a bit more time to just sort of relax and enjoy what Chicago has to offer. We hit all of the dope little boutiques in Wicker Park, shopped a bit on Michigan Ave, hit up Rotofugi and ate some of the tastiest food I’ve had in a long time. Although it was only a three day adventure, our 6 hour drive back and forth, seemed effortless. Our last day there was spent wondering side streets, soaking up the Lake Michigan breeze and perusing the Jeff Koons exhibit at the MCA. In the end, it was sad to leave Todd and the wonderful city of Chicago yet again, but let it be known that slowly but surely, it will be our home. Stay tuned for part 2 with more photos, more sneaky diabolical dealings and tales of our narrow escape from death’s greasy grip!

P.S. Check out Todd’s post on JE about his recollection of of the trip.

Add comment June 29th, 2008

Soft & Furry

As some of our loyal artistically vertical peoples may already know, Soft&Furry is about to round up week 3 of its logo submission contest. As its final weeks grow near, both Celeste and I (along with a handful of other crew affiliates) are chiseling away at some things to submit. It’s really a great exercise and could end in a whole mess of magical prizes if one of our logos makes it to the end. Here are a couple of the things I’ve submitted for this past week. I will attempt to add more along the way and in doing so, frolic through my whimsical array of stylistic maneuvers to tear apart all else who attempt to trump me. Well, maybe not all of that, but I’ll sure try to make some things sparkle.

Add comment June 28th, 2008

Obama Rally, St Paul

So, I kind of slipped on making sure I got this up in a timely fashion, but I think it’s important to bring mention to it and to share our funtastic experience. The rally was held on the 3rd in St. Paul at the Excel Event Center which holds about 18,000 people. We waited in a 3 hour line and just barely got in at the last minute. At one point, the line was actually over a mile long! Hahah. It all sounds pretty ridiculous, but we figured there was nothing better to do for the rest of the night, and aimed to stick it out no matter how long the wait. According to news sources in the area, there were the 18,000 people inside and another 15,000 outside. Those numbers are estimates, but you can clearly see that a shit ton of people showed up to see this speech. It was completely surreal to see that many people in one spot for something like this. To see someone speak in real life is completely different than on TV. I’m sure that sounds like an expected response, but it’s not anything I’ve really experienced. It actually made me want to get more involved and inspired me to do something (both, the speech and just being there). Here is a good link to check out for line pics and the map of the line.

Add comment June 13th, 2008

Sevnthsin Blog Gets Facelifted

Check out the new face of Sevnthsin’s blog. Aaron just put the few last finishing touches on things this afternoon. Alongside the renovation of the blog, there will be a huge update and redesign of the Sevnthsin main site as well. The whole team will be participating in the blogage so keep your pupils on point. For more related info and fun shit, go here.

Add comment May 27th, 2008

3 Little Birds Salon

Here is a peek at an identity / collateral project I’ve been working on for 3 Little Birds Salon in Denver. The project is just about ready for print with a few tweaks here and there. I was pumped to hear how excited the girls were for the final version and to see young people striking out to start a business that aims to support the community in a fresh and creative way (visually and in mission). Obviously some of that was up to me to interpret and execute but it ultimately comes down to their business and involvement in the community itself. They are still working on getting their site put together and will surely be adding this beautiful logo to the facade of the building soon. Make sure to swing by their studio and get a trim from one of their “scissor ninjas” when you have some time to spare.

2 comments April 26th, 2008

Sevnthsin

It is official, I am now on board with Sevnthsin as a Sr Designer. I am totally stoked to work with these guys and have had my eye on them since my arrival here in MPLS in March. It should be a lot of fun and a great chance to collaborate with some super talented guys. My start date is thankfully set to mid May. It’ll give me a good chance to finish up some freelance projects and rearrange my schedule. By no means does this mean I won’t continue to pursue freelance. I would love to keep some side projects flowing… Make sure to check out their site and work. I think it’s rad!

3 comments April 26th, 2008

Sevnthsin, TheWorkSteady & a Job

On my recent job search, I found myself at the doorstep of a super fresh interactive studio here in Minneapolis called Sevnthsin. From first glance I knew they had their shit together and it was a place I would fit nicely. After an email or two, I was invited in to their shop to meet a few people, see the space and share some work. Everyone was way too nice and had a lot of good things to say about the creative community. When I gathered my clutter to take off, the boss man ran upstairs and brought me down the super sick, rad fantastic promo poster that you see up top. It was done by Colin Strandberg a.k.a. TheWorkSteady. Super fresh!

Add comment March 21st, 2008

The 30/30

I’ve just uploaded my first piece to the 30/30… and I have a few others in the works. Hopefully I’ll be caught up here shortly? For those of you not familiar with the 30 days 30 pieces website. The concept is pretty simple… turn off your computer and get your hands dirty. Spend 5 minutes, a half hour or few hours using your imagination and creativity… your medium of choice… be it a pencil, a brush, camera, or your body.

The 30/30 is the brainchild of David Schell, creative director at texturemedia, my boss, and all around the sexiest man without a beard! Dave had been going back and forth talking with friends about working on paintings, illustrations, and so on… but with busy schedules it seemed that personal artwork always took a back seat to client work and life in general. So he came up with the idea of committing to a painting a day for an entire month… he built a website w/ the help of flash master Miles Fenn and encouraged as many people as he could to participate. Personally it was awesome for me to stand back at the end of 30 days and look over an entire body of work… short sweet little bursts of creativity.

The idea moving forward with the website is to make it a monthly engagement… participants, themes, and the number of days might change from month to month, but the site will continue to grow and foster intimate relations outside of the almighty CPU! There is already a healthy amount of international peeps lined up for next month… Brazil is making a strong showing… Anyone out there who might be interested in participating in next months 30/30… should email Dave through the 30/30 website.

2 comments March 3rd, 2008

Project Runway Finale

Project Runway’s finale tomorrow night! Rob and I will be chillaxin’ at The Shoppe one last time before we hit the road to Minneapolis. Swing by eat some cupcakes, drink some coffee, and watch Christian/Jillian win the big night. It’s gonna be fierce!

Add comment February 26th, 2008

Project Runway @ The Shoppe!

Come out to The Shoppe tonight to join us for our first viewing party EVER!….here anyway. I’m not sure what the challenge is tonight… but suspense and excitement is always garaunteed! The Shoppe is located @ 3103 East Colfax right next to The Fabric Lab. Coffee, Cupcakes, Cereal and Fashion…. Denver can it get any better? Yes it can… but this is a start at least! HOLD IT DOWN!

Add comment January 30th, 2008

Maxxin’ and Relaxxin’

Our home base is being temporarily relocated to the Shoppe. We figured, what better way to spend a delightful day of designing, than in a place as warm, fuzzy and full of coffee and cakes as this. So far it’s shown an interesting mix of customers and had a steady plate of beats to keep our creativity flowing. I’m not usually to good with being out of my element when trying to work, but surprisingly, things are going swell. More updates and photos coming soon.

1 comment January 29th, 2008

Gettin’ Futuristic

We’ve jumped on the bandwagon, with our own steezy iPhone icons. Get yours today! For all you DIY’ers, instructions to make your own are here.

1 comment January 20th, 2008