And the winner is...

I am excited to announce that my logo has been chosen for the 2015 Manitowoc Jaycees Beer Lover's Brewfest! 

Week of inspiration...

Last night I attended AIGA Austin's Under The Radar, lecture series featuring Trina Bentley. Trina is an award-winning designer and founder of Make & Matter. A few of the takeaways from her presentation were:

1. Observe everything everyday
2. Resource build
3. Make your method
4. Make Magic
5. Forget stress & expectation
6. Be reckless, break the rules, throw out constraints
7. Get crazy to get creative

"Commit to yourself and your work as a creative"

"GOOD WORK = GOOD WORK" 
(this means if you produce good work then other good projects will land on your lap to work on)

Ultimately Trina had great work and great words of wisdom. Very inspiring.

Tomorrow morning I will be headed to hear Chris McCray, speak at Creative Mornings Austin.

Late night brainstorming

Logo upgrade

Finally submitted the Spartan Family Tree!

Only requirement is that the design includes all 4 of the BancVue patch values.

Brewfest Logo Contest

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The garbage pile...

Final touches on the tri suit

Ideation for new logo

Hot off the press - Business Cards

New Freelance underway...

Working on a graphic for an upcoming event...

Creating a 14er Badge

My recent climb of the 14er, Mt. Elbert in Colorado inspired me to create a badge to remind me of the accomplishments made on that amazing trip.

Hiked my 1st 14er, Mt. Elbert 14,433ft, Colorado

Team Inspiration Is Born at BancVue

A couple months ago my coworker, Jorge Madrigal and myself began to brainstorm ways we could bring our creative team closer, as well as ignite creativity and inspire everyone to inspire each other. We like to say "inspire you to inspire me." Jorge had already been working with ideas for a team blog and we thought it would be awesome to role it out with a team breakfast around the topic of "inspiration." Jorge Madrigal, Nick Marcotte, and myself planned and executed the entire event. The morning turned out to be a huge success and a great team bonding event. This was just the beginning, we hope to lead various other events for the team including design competitions, after-hours workshops, lunches, and etc. I am so excited to be a part of this new creative venture at our company and eager to see what is in store for the future.

Creating a web presence for V-Star...

Running Ad

A few weeks ago I took a design challenge/test to create an ad for SPIbelt®. This was an exciting opportunity for me because it combined my passion for running with my love for design.

Playing catch up

Finally photographing some wedding invites I did a while back.

In progress: Collaborative UX Logo

The finished piece...

Below is the process I executed to create a logo for a small startup electrical company based in Wausau, WI. You can see everything from my exploration in my sketchbook to tweaks made in Illustrator and then the final logo shown on a business card. Enjoy!