My good friend Marian Call asked me to create a poster for a music and spoken-word festival, featuring artists from Anchorage, AK. She wanted the piece to feel like an old travel poster, and wanted it to capture the breathtaking colors of an Anchorage sunset.

In addition to being an amazing singer and all around excellent person, Marian is also a graphic designer’s dream client. She knew exactly what she wanted, provided reference images, and gave prompt and useful feedback. I love all my clients, but Marian is a dream to work with!

This project came to me compeletely out of the blue. I was approached by a production company called Workaholic Productions, who were creating a pilot documentary series for Discovery called “Sci Fi Science”. They had seen my retro designs, like the BSG propaganda posters and the Blue Sun travel posters, and wanted me to create a series of 1950s-era sci-fi magazine covers.

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This image was created for the California Browncoats fan group to use as a postcard and poster to promote their Gender and Genre discussion panel at Wondercon 2007 in San Francisco. My challenge was to create something that would stand out among the thousands of free hand-outs at the convention. Continue Reading »

I designed the poster and marketing graphics for the 2007 Can’t Stop The Serenity events, a series of worldwide charity screenings of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, to benefit Equality Now.

More about Equality Now: www.equalitynow.org
More about Can’t Stop The Serenity: www.cantstoptheserenity.com

Designed 20-page document for the City of Sunnyvale, Calif., to give new residents a feel for their new home town, and acquaint them with local services.

This was a project for my 9-5 job with the City of Sunnyvale. We needed to create a guide for new residents to give them information about city services, important phone numbers, things to do in the area, etc.

The trick here was to prevent the document from looking dry and bureaucratic. We wanted people to be excited about their new home, and felt that the guide should reflect that.

One of the nice things about the design work I get to do with the city is that I often have an opportunity to have input on what the finished product should look like. This was a prime example of that. I designed the publication from the ground up, from layout to color scheme to font choice, and presented it to my bosses for tweaks and approvals. The result was a document I’m really proud of , and is engaging, useful and easy-to-read.

You can see the full document online at the City of Sunnyvale’s Web site: NewResidentGuide.inSunnyvale.com.

Among the elements I created for this project was a stylized map of the city for the inside cover.