Lo Bistro

I feel completely uninspired as of late. I sit at my computer and look at loads and loads of beautiful designs... I should be inspired, but when I try to make something of my own, it falls flat. I've been trying my damnedest to create something unique, something fresh... but then just go with what is easy. I guess that's why one goes to school. To learn the basics, the guidelines, to free the creativity which is hiding inside. I was accepted to attend OCAD in Toronto, so I'm packing up the computer, and moving on out east. It will be quite the adventure, and its what I desperately need.

Ampersand.

Corporate Invite

My friend Mark works for Hitachi and asked my to spruce up the invitation to an upcoming conference.

How boring is this?

42&43 Club

2 of 5 Chapter screens for an MTS TV production.

Beocenter 7002

I have always been inspired by Danish design, and Bang & Olufsen has always been at the forefront. Here I tried to create my fathers old 7002 Beocenter in photoshop. It's obviously a quick job, but I could spend a year on it and it would never be perfect.

Jen Delos Reyes Identity.

Here's something I've been working on for a while now. It's an identity for an artist friend who is teaching at the University of Portland. She needed a business card, letterhead, CV update, disks, and an envelope made up. She wanted something very minimal, yet would show her design sensibility. We both agreed on Helvetica and went from there...

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Valentines

A VERY quick Valentines day poster I did for Mike. I kind of like it tho. I think Firenze is now my favorite font. Unfortunately it can only be used in small doses. It has the most beautiful numbers of any typeface I've seen.

This is way over the top, but whatever. I really enjoyed making this poster actually, and learned a lot about some photoshop tricks I've yet to master. Clipping Masks are your friends.

Day Old Donuts

I suppose this is supposed to be some sort of abstract exploding day old donut. Enjoy.

Messing around with some poster ideas for a upcoming gig.

Waking Eyes

Septermber.

Me fail english?

Myspace Pages...

I've designed a couple myspace pages. Although they seem simple enough to make, they can also be incredibly irritating. What you think would work on the page, often doesn't once you have it up there. Just making the graphics is about 1/3 of the work, the other 2/3 is fiddling with sizes, text location, headers/banners, contact tables, creating and googling codes to make it all work, etc, etc.

Here are some of my favorites which I have designed recently...

Ash Koley
DJ Dougie B
Inward Eye
Tele

Some corporate stuff...

This is a logo I designed for the MTS on Demand TV series "Winnipeg in Bloom" Click on the picture for the larger version.

Long time no see...

A quick poster for a show we did with one of my favorite local bands, Quinzy. Love those geometric shapes. Reminds me of playing with those coloured blocks in Kindergarten.




This is the beginning of a poster for an afterschool happy hour at a local bar. I'll post the finished version as soon as it's done.

Stir Fri

A poster I made for Hifi club, the photograph is by the wonderful Kalle Gustufson.

Some recent artwork

Risky C

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Risky B

GREEN