Baker Boyer Bank’s 2010 Annual Report
Client: Baker Boyer Bank
Challenge: In a 12-page layout, I needed to convey the bank’s financials, while also displaying the organization’s personality and class.
Solution: Following a standard production schedule, I coordinated and constructed a print piece to fit the Bank’s needs. I also worked with a local printer to ensure a quality product.
Baker Boyer Bank’s corporate website
Client: Baker Boyer Bank
Challenge: Baker Boyer needed an in-brand, media-rich, client-centric site with a version-tracking CMS.
Solution: I conceptualized and developed Baker Boyer Bank’s Corporate website, focusing the content on client relationships and user interaction—making sure to create a layout that is future-friendly for multiple devices.
Custom promo lettering
Client: Industrious Industries
Challenge: Creating a classic, authentic logotype for use on posters, shirts, and post cards.
Solution: Many drafts, and hours spent vectorizing a hand-drawn logotype.
“Big Empty”
Client: Self
Challenge: Perspective with Photoshop
Solution: One of my first works in Photoshop, “Big Empty” is still a favorite example piece displaying perspective and shadowing, created entirely with tools in Adobe Photoshop.
A logo for a local bowling team
Client: The Bitter End bowling team
Challenge: The client needed an illustrated logo of a specific angle & scene, which could be used in a variety of mediums (embroidery, print, web)
Solution: I illustrated the requested logo, and paired it with a type face to complement.
Album cover design for Chairs in the Arno
Clients: Band Members
Challenge: Fitting production form factors while communicating remotely.
Solution: Several revisions using templates, mock-ups, and remote communications tools.
A website for a local eco-salon
Client: Four Feathered Sparrow
Challenge: The owner of Four Feathered Sparrow needed a branded website with easy access to make changes on-the-go.
I developed fourfeatheredsparrow.com on a Wordpress installation to allow easy mobile and desktop access.
New Years cards
Client: Self & family
Challenge: creating an annual greeting card
Solution: An entirely original project, I hand-lettered the type, laid out the press plate, letterpressed the cards, cropped, and glued.
2-color letterpress business cards
Client: Industrious Industries
Challenge: The client needed high-quality, traditionally-printed business cards with tight printing registration.
Solution: With hours of press adjustment and attention to detail, I printed and cropped an initial run of one hundred cards.
Photography Portfolio
Client: J. Franklin Willis
Challenge: The client needed a simple, functional portfolio web site for displaying and selling his prints. He also needed a customized content management system for managing all of his photos and their metadata.
Working alongside my brother, I created a layout designed to be flexible to the viewer’s screen size, utilizing as much screen space as possible for showcasing photography.
Professional employee portraits
Client: Baker Boyer Bank
Challenge: Creating in-house professional quality portraits on a tight budget.
Solution: Using a basic two-light setup and various natural lighting environments, I worked with employees throughout the bank to take individual and group photos.
Typographic mobile
Client: Self
Challenge: Creating a quality living room decoration that conveys my love for type.
Solution: Using 1-inch pine and a band saw, I crafted a type-themed mobile featuring a variety of letter forms: m = Old English; a = Helvetica; Z = Futura; s = Prestige Elite Std.; ΓΌ = Indigo Antiqua.
