Emerald Cup Poster
The Emerald Cup is a benefit event in the northern hills of Mendocino County where they celebrate herbal living. Northern California definitely has it’s own idea of what it means to “go green.” This was a fun project to design as I was able to integrate ganja imagery into a stoic, competitive, championship trophy design. It’s not often you’re asked to surround your designs with pot leaves and I enjoyed the opportunity. The Emerald Cup is a benefit
Read MoreHydroPacific’s New Look
One of our favorite new clients is HydroPacific – a gardening supply store in Ukiah and Cloverdale. They’ve been wonderful people to work with and I’m really enjoying the project. We’re currently working on a mid-sized online store with over 2,000 products. We’re photographing every one and building the e-commerce system for them now. The design is looking good and I look forward to sharing it with you all when it’s done. Very exciting. For now, I can share with you some other design work we just completed. HydroPacific has had strong branding from the...
Read MoreThe Penofin Rebranding Process
I completed these designs a while back, but wanted to share a process I enjoy where I polish up and give a facelift to an already existing logo. I’ve been working with Penofin since mid 1997 and would have to say they’re my oldest corporate client. Great company, great product, great people to work with. Here is what their logo looked like for many years: This is what the final logo looked like after the re-branding process: Nothing like some effects and polishing to bring out the beauty of an already-effective...
Read MoreSea of Dreams Teaser Poster
I was happy to discover that the producers of Sea of Dreams sat down and considered a number of various designers in the music industry for this year’s campaign and they chose me! I haven’t designed the S.O.D. poster since 2005 and I’m excited to be a part of this project once again. Here’s the teaser poster that I created last night. Also, here’s another Art Nouveau version I created that they didn’t end up going with – but I did like anyway.
Read MoreBlossoms of beer…
Here are some designs I just completed for Hopmonk. The event coincides with Sebastopol’s Apple Blossom Festival (thus the apple tree in the background). I’ve never gone for that ‘ye old beer pub’ design look before, but very much enjoyed it. I hope you do too!
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