My new website is up and running!

An ad idea I got from an Instagram photo I took on a road trip yesterday.

 A preview of my new web site.

My handmade portfolio is complete. I just need to finish the work to put in it!

Labels I created for my portfolio.

So, I stopped at Boston Market for some dinner before going to take photos last night, started eating, and thought that the food could use some salt. I looked on the table, and there was a pepper shaker, but no salt. In its place was this placard. You can't read it all, but it says that the salt is located at their beverage center. The reasoning is that they are trying to cut back on customer's salt intake. I was going to go get some, but you know what? I didn't. Not because I didn't want to walk over and get it, but because it made we think twice about really needing more salt. Genius! They still offer it if you really want it, but they make you think twice. Love this kind of marketing!

An ad I created for my portfolio.

The first in a series of posters I am creating for my portfolio.

Some graphic symbols I created for my portfolio. They were really fun to do!

I had a busy creative day today! I finished this sculpture that has been in the works for awhile. Just for fun!

Getting crafty today! :-)

This is a package that I have been working on for my portfolio. It is a concept package for Lipton tea.

A recycling symbol I created to go on a box of tea bags.

I've been away for oh so long! I am hoping to post more now that my kids will be in school again. This is a pattern I created. I did the original drawing in Craypas, and made it into a pattern in Photoshop. Fun. Looking ahead to Halloween...BOO!

Awesome new packaging from Suave. They have a new line of shampoos and conditioners that are botanical in nature. The packaging speaks very well to this, from the graphics, to the color choices, to the wavy die cut on the packaging. They are comparing their products to Aveda products, and the packaging looks very similar, but not infringing. The price point is great, as usual with Suave products. And I LOVE that they have pump dispensers! No more wrestling with trying to open lids with wet, slippery hands. Kudos to you Suave!

Just for fun.

A geisha that I created in Illustrator for fun and practice.

Two ads that I created for Sect wear. I did the photography and graphics work under the art direction of Ben Prescott.

Yesterday's project. A cork board.

My DIY project yesterday. This is a light that I found at the thrift store, which was originally dingy ivory with a rusty chrome cage. I loved the design of it, so for $4.00, bought it and painted it one of my favorite color combinations. The bottom is original. Love the old Kenmore label!

Some good-looking young people in some good-looking clothing!

Photos from a shoot for Sect Wear clothing. This is Cam, who is a student at MTS where I teach for the BrandLab.

This is a point of purchase display that I created for my packaging class. The frame at the top would be playing lifestyle photos portraying the vineyard and consumers enjoying the wine. I built the pop in Illustrator, enhanced it in Photoshop, then placed it in this liquor store photo from the internet.

The skyline of my beloved Minneapolis. :-)

Fictitious wine labels that I created for my packaging class.

Absolute GENIUS product and marketing by Duncan Hines!

I've been gone for so long! Last week was crazy!!!!! I am working on a campaign for Collateral class - House of Kolor is my client.

Package redesign

I am taking the advice of my portfolio reviewer and working on redesign of an existing package. It really is geeky just how much I enjoy this stuff!

Cool new packaging

I got these bags of apples and peppers at the store today. They are very cool. The product looks very appealing in them, and there is more of an opportunity for graphics and text on these over the traditional bags. On the apple bag, there is a Facebook icon on the front, and a QR code on the back. Pretty nifty!

Controversial

Hi there fellow creative freaks. I will be posting about relevant (mostly) creative events in my day and life. I invite you to do the same!