Painting Process – Richmond Painting
Continuing on my path to try and be more abstract, this poor painting went through MANY iterations (not least of which was a completely new reference image after painting on […]
A Mighty Big Harvest Packaging Design
As a freelancer, it’s a fun treat when I get the opportunity to bid on a project, win that bid, and then work on that project from concept to completion with […]
History of Political Parties in U.S.
Here’s a personal project that I’ve been collecting the data for since seeing and being inspired by the hot Broadway musical Hamilton a couple months ago. It made me interested in learning the history of […]
International Women's Day Portrait Series
In honor of International Women’s Day (#IWD2016), I’m working on a series of portraits of some famous and awesome ladies of history. This is an ongoing project, so will be […]
Painting Process
I’ve been on a painting kick in the last year. Normally I don’t make time to get down into the garage to work on personal projects, but I’ve been trying […]
San Francisco Card Deck
This year, my client gift was a custom deck of playing cards featuring landmarks from San Francisco, a fun personal tribute to the city I love and that so many also […]
One Year Anniversary of Full-time Freelance
Hard to believe, but it’s already been a year since I decided to dive into the sea of uncertainty that is freelancing. I’m happy to report that it’s been a fantastic […]
Launch & Iterate Tech Talk
I was invited to Google last week for a really cool Tech Talk presented by the creators of the game Launch & Iterate, that I took part in the graphic design […]
Launch & Iterate: a Google Recruiting Card Game
I am so pleased to finally be able to post the final product of this project. It took almost a year to finalize, and it was so much fun to […]
New Series of Watercolor Paintings
Over the summer, I completed a series of watercolors, the second time I’ve done so for the Sereno Group annual calendar. The images are of points of interest in the South […]
Beyond the Sea Rebranding Project
I really enjoyed working on the mock ups for this rebranding project. The mission was to bring back to life a mom & pop business located out of San Francisco that has […]
Change of Address & Personal Branding Project
I worked on a personal branding project for a client who made a move from Seattle to Monterey. I worked up a change of address card showing the move from […]
Brain Dump
Deciding to leave my full-time position was not a light decision. I had been there a long time and felt quite comfortable. I started at Sereno Group as an associate […]
Going Full-time Freelance
It’s official. After nearly 7 years working as an in-house designer, Director of Marketing, and manager of both people and projects, I have decided it’s time to go rogue and […]
WooCamp 2014 Invite – Parallax Website
I did it! I’ve made a parallax site. For anyone who hasn’t noticed, parallax has exploded in the last year (or less?). It is such a wonderful way to create […]
New Year’s Party Invite Website
I have another Hype* creation to share. This project was a party invitation where I had the simple task of getting the attendees information about when and where, as well […]
Cookie Party Invite
I hosted a cookie party last weekend and made this little interactive website invitation for it. Using Hype again, I made it in 5 “scenes” – an intro (be sure […]
Coney Island’s Day Off
So I was going through updating my portfolio site, as one does, and I came across these illustrations I made back at Pratt, when I was taking Lynn Pauley‘s class. […]
Google Datacenter Manager: The Game
I was very pleased to work on this little side project that a Google employee requested design assistance on. He had in the past create a few Google fan/Google employee […]
Psycho Fruit
I’m definitely digging back way too far with this one, but it is pretty rare that I have a piece/body of work that I did half my lifetime ago that […]
Blast from the Past! But Still Presently in Use Somehow
I came across an amazing gem of retro graphic design and illustration not too long ago. I don’t mean to startle anyone, but not only is it deliciously retro, but apparently […]
Where’s the Beef?
It’s been a couple years ago now since I made this invitation, well before I started blogging about my favorite projects, but I was going through some old stuff and […]
Texas Hold Em Poker Tournament Custom Card Deck
Every year the company I work at hosts a Poker Tournament Fundraiser for Relay For Life (American Cancer Society). A couple years ago, I made a poster for the event […]
Saga Motor Hotel, Pasadena
This hotel was timeless, and by timeless, I mean totally dated. A relic from 1950 (60?), and loving it. I loved the typography of the name “Saga,” the two-toned peach […]
Pop-Up Invite
I have had the pleasure of making now 3 invites for my friend’s annual get-together called “Woo Camp.” It’s a casual get-together that he hosts at his family’s cattle ranch […]
Baby Room Mural
I had the pleasure of helping a dear friend by painting a little mural in her new baby’s room. I’ve been known to do a few murals here and there, […]
Notation Napkins
I love and hate these. I don’t go to museums nearly as often as I used to, so it’s not as often that my mind goes through the “art review” […]
Around San Francisco
Last Friday I had the privilege of going on a fun bakery crawl sponsored by Scharffen Berger chocolates. I wrote all about it here on my baking blog, but while […]
Custom Airbnb Resumé
I entered a very competitive field. Finding a new job is difficult for anyone, especially when the economy’s still suffering, but I can only talk about my own experience as a […]
Introduction
I have lots of things on my mind all the time. I enjoy tweeting once in a while to get them off my chest, but sometimes 140 characters doesn’t cut […]