31 May 2009
The company I work at was a key sponsor of Saturday’s “Glenn Beck at the Capitol” fund raising gala in SLC. Thursday night, my boss called to tell me that they (the coordinators) granted us permission to play a quick little video at the event—something none of the other sponsors received, so it was a pretty big deal. Problem was: we had no such video to show.
So Friday morning at 7:30, my boss, Dave, Joe (from Children Kids), and myself met up and ran over ground rules and a few basic concepts. By about 8:30, we knew we needed our stand-by musician extraordinaire, Micah (of Typophile and Children Kids fame… to name but a few) in order to pull anything even remotely ok off. He was there within the hour and we got down to business. With some help from Ashley Mackay (also of Typophile fame) and a few rolls of sushi from Demae here in Provo, we completed the piece from conception to final render in one day—done by 2:30 am.
Now, I know it’s not the world’s most perfect piece, but I think there’s some good foundational work in there. And, honestly, I’m pretty impressed with us for getting it done—period. Especially since I haven’t used After Effects since said Typophile fame…
31 May 2009
Over the past few weeks, we’ve finally begun to see some of the new branding come to life. These cards, I think, are one of my favorites so far. I love the simplicity of the design because it gets out of the way of the receiver’s experience with the card. Business cards are a tactile experience and these are great to hold—the two kinds of paper, the letter press print, the stiff sturdiness of card… even the audible tone—a hefty smack—with which they land on a desk is really enjoyable.
They’re constructed of a sheet of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and a French Speckltone Black sheet glued together, with black ink on the front and silver on the back (finally got to try this out… worked perfectly). Beautiful print work—as always—by Bryce at Bjorn Press.
A couple of guys from work took them to a convention back in Boston last week and amidst the various bright, big, and bold design that we did, feedback was that these cards made the most impact. I love that.
06 May 2009
Over two years ago I started working on a cartoon short called “Children Kids” with some friends of mine. Progress is really slow, but recently evidence has surfaced that there is indeed progress. And lots of it!
This particular piece is about a happy little boy named Zak who gets his Big Mac™ stolen by a bully named Jack. Have a look…
05 May 2009
Today at work I got an assignment to design an “ad” (no conceptual directions, copy, or liscenced images to work with) and it needed to be done in a couple hours, max. I spewed out like 10 different directions and ended up refining this one for submission. Hopefully I’ll get a picture of the print soon.