Letterpress Printing
I create some work for Blue Camas Press using a digital process. I create files in Illustrator or InDesign and order a polymer plate of the image for printing on my letterpress. This process allows me to do custom work such as invitations, programs, poems, promotional coasters, or other print projects.
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2015 Farmers’ Market Poster
I created the 2015 Corvallis & Albany Farmers’ Market poster. This poster features an illustration of carrots which I printed originally as a linoleum block-print in two colors printed on an antique letterpress. This poster was created using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
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2014 Farmers’ Market Poster
I created the 2014 Corvallis & Albany Farmers’ Market poster. This poster features an illustration of a pear which I printed originally as a linoleum block-print in three colors printed on an antique letterpress. This poster was created using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. It is closely styled to the 2013 Farmers’ Market poster which was a collaboration between various artists and printers at the Merry Inksters, including myself, Ed Rettig, Christy Turner, and Yuji Hiratsuka.
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Willamette Valley Symphony Posters & Advertising
As a cellist in and supporter of the Willamette Valley Symphony, I offered to take on the primary advertising needs for the concerts of the 2014-2015 season. I created original illustrations for each of the five concerts based on the mood, featured instrumentation, and composer from the repertoire. I used these illustrations to create posters, electronic headers, program covers, and both full-color and one-color newspaper advertisements.
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Vivacity Spirits Rum Label
Local craft distillers, Vivacity Spirits hired me to create a front & back bottle label for their latest product, a traditional rum. I used their existing brand identity, chose a suitable antique illustration (an astrolabe), and created a nautical-styled filigree for the border. I designed these labels in Adobe Illustrator.
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Semiotics Infographic Poster
I created this infographic poster in Adobe Illustrator using original illustrations and diagrams that represent semiotics in written expression, as well as demonstrating the historical progression of various styles of alphabets from around the world.
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George the Chicken Story Illustration
This is an illustration and page layout that I created for a blog post written by a friend, former colleague and writer, Charlyn Ellis. The story is character sketch of her first chicken George’s life and death. In this layout, I chose to use a medieval manuscript style, venerating the fondly remembered chicken with elaborate illumination that reference aspects of her life as written in the text. I created all of the illustrations in Adobe Illustrator and used InDesign for the page layout.
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Corvallis Farmers’ Market Promotional Bookmark
This is the front and back sides of promotional bookmark that I made for the Corvallis & Albany Farmers’ market. It includes one of my original linoleum block-print illustrations along with a selection of photographs by Vonda Peters. I created this in Adobe InDesign.
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Tango Mike Theatrical Poster
I created this poster for the LBCC theatre department’s production of Tango Mike, a play about veterans suffering from Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. The illustration features words from a key monologue in the play which I created by inscribing the letter forms in mud, photographing, and editing them in Adobe Photoshop.
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