Gather up yall, time to go dwell in the past
My graduation announcement
Creative Summit 25
Certificate of Creative Excellence
HOW Self-Promotion Annual 2011
Student Merit Award
AIGA Blue Ridge Flux 2011 National Student Exhibition
Selected Entry
My extended family has no earthly idea about who I am or what I am about. So, I took this opportunity to share my story using the skills I had learned.
I also made it abundantly clear that this is just an announcement, not an invitation. It worked.
I always thought it was funny/meta that a tastefully, over-designed graduation announcement about graduating from design school ended up winning awards for design.
Origami as a storytelling device
Creative Summit 25
Sue Reynolds Memorial Award
AIGA Texas Show 2012
2nd Place – Student Work Category
2010 Art Directors Club of Houston
Bronze Medal
This piece is based on the story of a young girl being trafficked. The story progresses as it is unfolded. When unfolded completely, a poster for the organization is revealed.
About a year or so after having this project online, some SMF board members discovered it. When the piece was on display in New York for the 2012 AIGA Texas Show, I asked that the pieces be donated to them.
Project from Michelle Hays’ Typographic Design class at Texas State University
Photography
“Angel of Cambodia” by lcphotography
“Somaly Mam” by Michael Angelo
“Investigating Type”
2009 Art Directors Club of Houston
Gold Medal (Student)
A themed series of button tags highlighting various typographical terms.
Project from Rose Newton’s Advanced Typography class at Texas State University
Fixing Haribo
AIGA Blue Ridge Flux 2011 National Student Exhibition
Selected Entry
We’ve all seen Haribo’s packaging and probably wondered how something so tasty can be packaged in something so tacky. This packaging system can be adapted to for any Haribo product with the exception of the Licorice Wheels—those already have the packaging they deserve.
Project from Michelle Hays’ Typographic Design class at Texas State University
My Saul Bass phase
2009 Art Directors Club of Houston
Bronze Medal (Student)
This show covers a lot of very real, scary, close to home topics, yet it is a comedy. With that in mind, a colorful and playful geometric visual style was used to lighten the subject matter.
Project from Ivanete Blanco’s Poster Design class at Texas State University
Failed dreams
2009 Art Directors Club of Houston
Silver Medal (Student)
The items found at a yard sale can say a lot about a person. A total stranger can see where someone’s been, their passions, their triumphs, and their failures.
Project from Ivanete Blanco’s Poster Design class at Texas State University
2019 Update: That headline is still funny.
Making the most of downtime
I had a ton of free-time after graduating. It felt weird. I took this time to revisit some old work. I don’t think it was ever submitted to anything, but people seem to like it when they see it.
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