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Designed for a children's clinic that targets ages 7-12 mostly. The client wanted it to be very kid-friendly and showcase figures that children would be able to connect with and still maintain a level of professionalism.

This is my dad's business card for his construction company.

type: book redesign

This is a book redesign for the type class. The original was not that bad, just lacking in something. It was a plain khaki-color background and utilized somewhere around five different typefaces - a design no-no. The only thing that it had going for it was a map that outlined the "lay of the land," physically. The back cover was very ordinary with the comments about the book in a typeface that was hard to read in such large blocks of text. The redesign I chose is in full color. I chose a darker color for the background to emphasize the dates that the book is centered around. That's also the reason I chose the typeface that I did. The map of TN has it's middle behind the name of the book and wraps around the cover and into the side flaps.

type: glyph project

This project is a "type" portrait of my sister, Meagan...
The glyph and orginal photograph is here...I took the orginal photograph with my own camera with b&w film, processed, and developed it on my own. The glyph portrait copies the important features of her face and of the picture with letters, glyphs, and numbers.








The colophon will be posted later.

type: pistol creek band logo

The design for the project was finalized by incorporating different elements of design technique and typography. The typeface selections that I chose were Gill Sans Regular and a display font, "Cracked." The hook was designed to incorporate the "Catch of the Day" title into the Pistol Creek in order to draw reference and attention. The simplicity of Gill Sans helps to incorporate the hook illustration and not become the central focus of the piece. Each typeface can be paired with the other and neither becomes the outstanding focal point.

The color choices are red and black because of the nature of the design. The black has a multi-use function for either color or black-and-white formats. The red draws emphasis to the "Catch of the Day" and also offers a break from the black on the rest of the logo. Adding the red square around the piece helps to hold the design together and offer a sense of balance in contrast to the offset hook/P.

Adding to the design are the rough outlines of both the "Catch of the Day" and the square around the logo. This suggests the idea of an outdoors setting and also gives insight to the type of music that this particular group offers.

type: world envrionment day poster

this poster design is for the world environment day 2008 (june 5). i was only allowed to use one font, excluding the UNEP logo. the typeface is called "resiple." the strengths for the piece were the ability to merge the "80" and "08" to read 80 ways to celebrate world environment day 2008. filling the numbers with the 80 ways enabled the background to be neutral and emphasize the "80-08." The slogan at the bottom works to create a moving feel to the piece and create contrast among the strong white in the numbers.

thesis: page previews

type: one typeface only

type: history timeline

The first type project consisted of constructing a time line that represented a specific period in history for typography. My process for this project included researching my time period in depth (1780-1820) and finding specific type-related history and also random facts that occurred during this period.

My design style is reflected very strongly in the piece that I chose. It was originally in grayscale, but I chose to include gold to make the black lettering stand out more and give it some color.

After printing it, I was not particularly pleased with the layout of the transparent "AbC" lettering behind the information. I would go back and make them even more transparent and resize them so that more of the letters can be seen, making them a bit more distinguishable.