graphic designer with a proclivity toward batman, the arcade fire, world peace and other awesome things
sleeping at last is one of those bands that have almost cinematic song structures. they’re songs have been in twilight and grey’s anatomy. this poster is for an imaginary show i would love to see happen. mostly i wanted an almost real situation to experiment with poster design.
good night states gala release show to celebrate the release of their album country/static, good night states is hosting a show at the new hazlett theater in pittsburgh. it was a great honor to contribute artwork to a band i love. personally i loved playing with the typography and the kerning. i’ve never really used tungsten and it seemed to fit the mood right for their needs and using the whole gotham family.
zach becker’s identity system
my good friend zach becker is an incredibly talented human being. let me rephrase he is incredibly talented at being a human being. for his 30th birthday i made him his own personal branding system to aid him on his job search.
i stuck with monochromatic color scheme and simple illustrations. for typography i chose gotham because it has a lot of weights to create a good hierarchy.
blood:water supporters have had the opportunity to literally walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. these “water walks” have offered advocates an invitation to take part in one mile and back walks to collect water in their own cities. the walks are based on the recognition that every day, thousands of young africans must hike miles each day just for access to water, water that isn’t even safe to drink. in fact, over 1 billion people don’t have access to safe water. that’s 1 in 6 people, and water-related illnesses account for the largest disease burden in the world, costing more lives than anything else.
i was honored to get to design these posters for our celebration of world water day. more formally, i played with textures and was more casual with my typography while furthering my fidelity to using knockout. i kept within the blood:water branding. partner with us in our efforts empower communities to work together against the water crisis in sub-saharan africa. come out for the event too.
video here: http://vimeo.com/9858976
more info here: http://www.bloodwatermission.com/take-action/water-walks.php
these spreads appeared in the summer issue of heretic press. i mainly wanted to kick at some of our conceptions of what christian art is and who qualifies as a christian artist. visually i wanted to just plainly demonstrate kanye west simplistically. simple is always better than complicated. both visually and conceptually kanye has a wide pool of inspiration to dive in, making him a great subject matter.
