One of my best friends turned 30 on the 25th of August. And for Marty’s birthday, he wanted to have a bar crawl. As, I am in Monterey and not Michigan, I, unfortunately will not be able to attend. So, I suggested to Marty’s wife, Sarah, that I design a t-shirt for the bar crawl. She didn’t end up getting them printed, but I thought the designs that I came up with were pretty damn sweet.

I liked the design so much, that I started to play with it a little in Photoshop. Here’s an image that I came up with that could be used as an invite or something fun like that.

So a lot of designers have taken to designing some song lyrics or a movie quote. I thought I’d take a stab. Just music I like. Or a particular lyric that I’m fond of. I’m not going to say anything like I’ll do one each day, but maybe every now and then.

“Bartender” -Dave Matthews Band

“Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby” – Counting Crows

“Dreaming” – Blondie

Not really sure what I am doing with these designs, but I am trying some new stuff. I haven’t had much time lately to just sit and design. So this is just all for fun.

This one is just playing with a geometric shape and some different typography.

This abstract image I had created before. This time I just added some type to it.

Just a ribbon. Well, you know, because I am #1.

Here’s another little tidbit of work that I have done recently. Wedding invites! I did this set for my great friends, Mandi & Kevin. They were married on June 12, 2010, sorry wedding crashers!

Hey friends, I know I haven’t posted that much lately. Or in a month or two. It’s been busy. You know, weddings, garage sale, packing up a house, moving across the country. And then on top of all of that, still not knowing where you will end up!

But I did want to post some current work. Here’s a logo that I did for the guys at LureSecure

Hope you enjoy it. More work soon.

Here’s some random stuff that I’ve been designing, well for the fun of it!





Here’s an invite that I did for my friend Lauren’s Bachelorette Party:


And the back of the invite (I blurred out the contact info so Chelsea doesn’t get bombarded):



Hope you enjoyed it!

I found this Vintage Poster Tutorial on GoMedia for a vintage poster. Specifically I enjoyed the type.

I’m not really into gorilla art, so here is what I did for my version. For those of you wondering, this was complete in Photoshop. I used turquoise because apparently, it is this year’s it color. And well, Bekes, because it is a nickname.

Everyone’s see the new Michigan State Logo that has been proposed. And if not here it is:



Apparently MSU has worked with a team of Nike’s designers on this logo for 2 years. And apparently it doesn’t look like they did any test groups on the logo because there has been an uproar of hatred against the new logo. I looked at the old and the new and came up with a different design. So this is my version of what should be the new MSU logo.



It’s not too much of a leap, but it incorporates some of the new and the old. And really I think just looking at the old and the new that it was right there staring the designers in the face. But these are just my thoughts as a MSU Alum & lifelong fan.

Let me know what you guys think of my design.