A Slow Tour Through France Book Cover

I'm not a big fan of design contests. Loads of graphic artists design the same thing and submit their ideas. The client looks them over and chooses ONE to be the "winner." The other designers really are the losers, because they spent their time and talent on a project they will never get paid for and will never see the light of day. Bull crap. But, every now and again, I participate just the same. Here is a book cover I designed through www.99designs.com. It's the story of a woman who travels across France on a bicycle. Her starting and ending points are marked with stars. It utilizes some stock imagery. The fancy font is Sugarbush Italic. The word "France" is set in Impact and there are raindrops within the text (the woman in the book encountered a lot of rain). Secondary text is set in the font Avenir. My design did not win, but alas, it is seeing the light of day on this blog. :)

Angela & Brandon's Wedding Invitation

This wedding had a rustic theme, utilizing burlap and lace. The theme colors were pink and orange. I incorporated multiple stock photo images and created the collage of flowers, lace, burlap, handmade paper, roses and ribbon. I added a little silver charm and designed a fun engraving using the bride and grooms initials and a heart. The font used was Barrett Ironwork. I also repeated that design across the top, alternating pink and orange. The rest of the invitation was set in the Italianno font. An RSVP card was designed using the same style.

San Diego Marine Recycling

Here is a logo design for a boat recycling business in San Diego, along with the front side of the business card. "San Diego" is set in the font Italianno. "Marine Recycling" is set in Aachen. Waves were added for interest and the dolphin appears to be playing with the dot on the "i".

This is the front side of the business card.

Freedom Ink

Here is a business card design for a local tattoo and piercing artist. A basic black & white theme was requested.
The image of the skull and text for the front of the card was supplied. I incorporated an american flag along with the skull and text image into the background. The clover was added in memory of the previous owner, who operated the shop under the name "White Clover."
The back side uses the Algerian font. The flag on the backside is an image of the tattoo on the back side of the clients hand.

2" stickers were later designed and ordered.

Black Sheep Chocolate

This logo was designed for a start-up company who wanted to produce their own organic chocolate bars. The logo above was my first, original idea. It utilizes the font FontleroyBrown, a face that the client picked out themselves. I incorporated parts of the capital "S" in the horns of the sheep, giving it a unique style that mimicked the font.

We looked at many alternate ideas. None of these ideas made the final cut.

Here is the design that won my client's hearts. . . starting with the original sketch. . .

Below is a selection of different labels for the chocolate bars. . .

And the head only which will be stamped onto the chocolate.

50 Shades of Jade

My client Jade Beaty contacted me to revise her business card. I used the existing logo that I designed for her some time ago. The background image is royalty free stock imagery. The fonts used are Jellyka Delicious Cake and Antique Olive.

2015 SAL Golf Tournament Tshirt Design

I never grow tired of designing these tshirts. It is so fun to walk into the American Legion and see them worn by so many. This year's design features the font Shogun, which can be found here: http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/shogun.php
If you are a graphic designer, and like very cool fonts, this website is highly recommended.