Archive for the ‘Work’ Category
June 12, 2009
The logo I designed for chip-musician Doctor Octoroc will be featured in PRINT’s Regional Design Annual. This was a really fun project to work on. Doc and I spent many hours playing old NES games for typographic inspiration, but the real challenge was coming up with a clever way to take advantage of the shared letters between the two words in his stage name. In the end the best solution was simply to allow them to share the letters and use color to make the abbreviated “Dr.” pop out so the eye reads “Dr./Doctor” then bounces back to the “O” and reads Octoroc.
Posted in Design, Juried Competitions, Work | Tagged 8-bit, annual, award, band, Chip Music, chip tunes, Doctor Octoroc, Logo, nintendo, pixel, Typography | Leave a Comment »
May 27, 2009
The following pieces were chosen for American Illustration 28:
“The Next 150″, Client: Minnesota Monthly (Art Director: Brian Johnson)
Opener for a two-spread feature on what Minnesota would look like 150 years in the future. To see the full spreads check out my website.
“T.P.S. Reports”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition
“Stapler”, Client: Gallery 1988
For their annual “Crazy 4 Cult” exhibition
The Minnesota Monthly piece was also selected to appear in 3×3’s Pro Show 2009 annual.
Posted in Illustration, Juried Competitions, Press, Work | Tagged 3x3 pro show, american illustration, annual, award, brian johnson, editorial, Illustration, jude buffum | Leave a Comment »
April 24, 2009
I recently worked with Art Director Jamie Leary on an illustration for the cover of GRID Magazine, a local publication that focuses on living more sustainably in Philadelphia. Each issue focuses on a particular issue, and this one is the FOOD issue. They wanted a cover that communicated the idea of local farmers banding together via a co-op to take on big agribusiness. Read the rest of this entry ?
Posted in Illustration, Work | Tagged amish, co-op, cover, editorial, environment, farm, farmer, food, green, green giant, grid, Illustration, jamie leary, jude buffum, lancaster county, magazine, menonite, sustainable | Leave a Comment »
December 20, 2008
I mentioned in my last post that I was designing the packaging for a holiday album by chip music artist Doctor Octoroc. Above is the new cover, and you can download the full album for free (donations encouraged) from his website. I am also providing them for download here as his site has been crashing from all the traffic.
If you do download it from me, and enjoy it, please consider donating to him. His Welsh Corgi puppy Ein needs to have expensive surgery. The only thing worse than making the baby Jesus cry is…
Okay, guilt trip over. But, if you grew up on old school Nintendo games like I did, you will absolutely love this album. Each track brilliantly marries a classic Christmas carol with the musical style of a specific classic video game (even the non-geek will hear the Super Mario influence in the track “Super Jingle Bros.“).
Posted in Work | Tagged Carols, CD Packaging, Chip Music, Chiptunes, Christmas, Doctor Octoroc, Holiday, MP3s | 2 Comments »
December 9, 2008
If you’re anything like me, you have a love-hate relationship with Christmas songs. Sure they might fill you with a warm and fuzzy sense of nostalgia, but at the same time most of them are so badly done and played ad infinitum that they also fill you with sweet, murderous rage. This is why I love holiday songs done in a completely different genre than I am used to hearing them. Read the rest of this entry ?
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October 11, 2007
Well it’s official. As of today I am no longer a part of Headcase Design. I am on my own. It’s a little scary, but I’m truly excited. For the first time in my life, I am in complete control of my career. And it feels good.
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