AwesomeGIFs Branding

AwesomeGIFs is a site dedicated to sharing the most awesome animated GIFs the world has ever seen. Once you lay eyes on the great content on the site, you’re likely to feel like you’ve been struck by something great. With that in mind, I customized some type for this and made a great, striking lightning bolt to compliment the logo.

Go have a look at the AwesomeGIFs site yourself!

See In Pixels Branding

For my new company which focuses on creating apps for both iPhone and Android as well as crafting other web apps.

Twalkin iPhone App

This beauty of an iPhone app was designed to seamlessly integrates with Twalkin’s upcoming service. It allows a user to browse, create and save twalks—all with just a few taps. The goal for this project was twofold: make the app smart but dead simple to use. In this app, you’ll see just that.

The iPhone app is available free in the App Store [iTunes link]

Barcelona iPhone App

This is an iPhone app I designed for a band called Barcelona. The idea was to merge pretty album artwork with their music and information from their blog, Twitter and other little goodies.

Among other things, users can get the latest news, find shows near them, view exclusive content and send the band a text message!

In addition to this app, you might also want to check out the record packaging and website I designed.

Saba

A set of promotional photographs for musician Saba. Check out her music on MySpace!

Twalkin Logo

Twalkin is a new service that allows you to have phone conversations with your friends from Twitter. For this project, I wanted to convey that idea in a way that’s both fun and simple. Combining the ideas of voice, conversation and Twitter, I came up with the logos you see above.

You can see this logo in action at Twalkin’s website. Twalkin is set to launch early November!

PR Loop Branding

I designed a new identity for PR Loop, a detailed style guide and all kinds of collateral. These guys allow businesses to syndicate press releases through their site that are automatically pushed to all their social networks. The goals for the identity were to design something simple, slick and bold. And also not to get tongue-tied from all that alliteration.

Brooks Wood Website

Brooks contacted me to design a simple, small website for his music that would serve up all kinds of fun things for his fans. He wanted to have the site act as a hub for his online activity, integrating his Twitter, Flickr and WordPress blog. He also wanted it to be easy for people to connect with him on every social site he frequents and be able to update it from his iPhone from backstage.

You might also want to check out the site for yourself and view the CD package I did for him.

Leyendecker Landscape

Portia is a Houston-based landscaper who believes in doing her job organically, sustainably and ethically. When she approached me about designing her site, I was happy to help. She wanted something clean, simple and easy to use—both for herself and for her visitors.

With that in mind, I developed a WordPress-based site that she can easily update and manage. I also got to use some fun new tricks like using CSS-based animations and found some ways of making forms easier (also less boring) to fill out. This site looks amazing in modern browsers like Safari, Chrome and Firefox, but I also made sure those without the latest and greatest can still have a great experience. Have a look at Leyendecker Landscape’s site for yourself!

Reality Photography Website

Debora, a Houston-based photographer, contacted me to refresh her outdated, all-Flash site. I wanted to give her something she could easily update any time she liked, as well as something that was SEO-friendly, kept in line with web standards and basically ran itself.

I wanted to make sure this site showcased her great photography, so I gave lots of room for her to show off big, beautiful images. I also incorporated textures that Debora had shot to make the site a little more unique. Her site also has an iPhone-optimized version of her site! Have a look at Debora’s site for yourself!

Loomis & The Lust – Nagasha

This EP was part of the initial press pack I helped create for Loomis & The Lust. We wanted to keep it fun and light, so we introduced some shots of the guys just having fun, some gorgeous color and a little texture.

I directed the design of the package and the logo, and Matt Jordan assisted on the cover. Photography by Tyler Shields. I also created a press site for them.

Loomis & The Lust Press Site

Loomis & The Lust came to me needing a small site for industry promoters. They wanted people to be able to quickly download tracks from their debut EP, get their logo and view press materials in a snap. And they had nothing to work with except a few photographs.

In light of that, I designed and completed an EP cover, the site and their logo in just a few days so they could get some attention. Here’s the live press site.

Icon Church Invite

This was a fun invite for a church’s first service. The goal of this project was to show that faith is a simple, meaningful thing that doesn’t need to be anything that makes you weird.

With that in mind, I found some old imagery and had a some fun with merging the theme of having your head on straight in with their message.

Barcelona, Absolutes 2009 Release

I originally did the packaging and photography for Barcelona’s 2007 release of Absolutes—seen here—and was happy to hear Universal Motown wanted to re-release their record.

Their new record features the original photo I shot on the cover as well as some fine photography by Jordan Butcher.

Long Nights Moon Poster

This is a promotional poster for an upcoming film, “Long Nights Moon.” It’s a great, beautiful story that involves a war victim who communicates and interacts with others through paintings. I also designed the film’s logo. Custom type goodness!