AIGA Jacksonville recently asked me to join 11 other members in interpreting the symbol most synonymous with love (the heart) for the 2012 I Love Design poster project. I was incredibly flattered that I was invited to participate, and the following is the write-up that I submitted with my entry: At the ripe young age of 37, I found myself a newlywed. When asked to define love in a heart-shaped box, I immediately thought of my wife. And did I mention The Beatles? I really, really love me some Beatles. If I’m not listening to them, I’m seeking out music heavily influenced by them, co-written by them or even vaguely reminiscent of them. So it seemed only fitting to combine my love for Kat with that of what I consider to be the greatest and most influential band in musical history. I give you… All I Need is Kat (and The Beatles).
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AIGA’s Always Summer poster show is a prime display of the creative excellence of Northeast Florida’s greatest design minds. The premise is simple. Design a poster of any size, in any medium, referencing a song that reminds you of summer. It’s a great exercise to brush out the cobwebs and create without limits. My entry just happened to celebrate a summer that happened before I was born. It’s of particular note to me because it’s when one of my favorite Beatles albums was released. Where I went a little different with it, though, was in how I portrayed the Fab Four: as actual peppers. To round out the food theme, the salt & pepper/fork & spoon combinations formed the shapes of Paul McCartney’s Hofner bass guitar.
For a conceptual thinker, I can be literally-minded at times. Last year, I was quoted as saying that what started out as a joke with my 3-foot Christmas tree “Doug” has now turned into a monster. So what better way to make that come true than with his very own feature film (or poster, at least) in the genre of 1950s sci-fi horror? For those of you familiar with downtown Jacksonville, you may notice that Kat and I are running up Read more…
Since the venue for our wedding is the historic 5 Points Theatre, I thought it would be fun to go retro with the Save the Date cards. After borrowing from the feel of old movie posters for the front and infusing a little Hatch Show Print-inspired rock n’ roll poster for the back, this came together nicely. The eggplant, split pea and robin’s egg wedding colors (yes, those are the actual names) are offset by a slight distressing Read more…
Imagination Squared is an initiative to show Jacksonville’s creativity and commitment to the arts in education and in life. These small squares (about 1,000) will be assembled into a giant mural to be displayed in Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Now I know it’s only a 5×5 inch square, but my big challenge was what to actually put in this thing. Being a music lover, my mind immediately went to my two biggest inspirations… Elvis and the Beatles. Read more…
This was a contest entry for a compliments website. I had the opportunity to write and… um, star in this. It didn’t win, but everyone involved had a great time and enjoyed their payment in happy hour beers. Read more…
For the past 10 or so years, I’ve had holiday pictures taken with my 3-foot-tall Christmas tree named Doug. I usually make them into cards and send it out to all of my closest friends. This year, Corey Grundsen from LastMinutePhotoStudio.com was able to make it by to document the event. Read more…
In a effort to spread my creative wings a little, I took a crack at concepting, writing, storyboarding and co-directing a new business pitch in the form of a music video/commercial for an iPhone application called Zhiing. We had a great team putting this together and the cool thing is, we got the account. Read more…
Ooooooh, I was half way there when the company-wide bowling outing served as inspiration for this Bon Jovi themed logo.
3rd Place Winner in the 2005 “White Line Fever” Jacksonville Library Film Contest. The challenge was to make a short film in the style of Smokey & the Bandit, Dukes of Hazzard, Cannonball Run and other such movies. With only two days to produce and no budget, this short has it all: bad acting, rough editing, missing sound effects, confusing ending and two Mustangs. Enjoy! Read more…
Although I didn’t write this spoof commercial for the Addy Awards ceremony, it was my advertising community acting debut. For wardrobe, I had to go no further than my personal closet. That’s right, those threads are keepers! Read more…
