my portfolio
christmas card 2007
i wanted this Christmas card design to be a fun play of urban and traditional. so the “star” is more symbolic in this design.
divine word lutheran - website design
the goal for this website was to create something that could be very easily updated. so i set up the whole site on wordpress, and gave pastor gaeta the login information and let her go to town with adding content. i also created a flickr account to make it easy for anyone to upload more pictures.
divine word lutheran - logo design
after joining divine word lutheran church, i was quickly put to work with helping out. one of the first projects was a logo design. after several other ideas, this design was created using an actual small communion glass from the church that is used every week. one of aspects that stood out to me about this church (and one of the main reasons for joining) was the strong sense of community. in a very diverse congregation, in a very diverse area of the city, the community remains one of the key elements of this church body. another goal of the logo design was to illustrate the “traditional” and the “new” coinciding together in harmony. also it was my distinct goal to stay away from any form of cross, for many reasons. but the main reason is because many of the church members and visitors have been hurt by, discriminated against, or just plain rejected by Christians and people who claim to be Christian. divine word lutheran is a much different church, and needed to be represented as such.
senior pictures
my goal as a photographer is to capture the subject and their personality in real ways. i will never be that photographer that makes you tilt your head 45 degrees to the left, while having your left hand on your chin and your other hand on your hip… no.. tilt your head more… turn this way.. look over here… no.. put your hand on your shoulder…. tilt your head more….
ps. there’s more pictures over here
on3design - website
on3design is a husband-wife photography team. the goal for the website was to basically create a nice simple “canvas” to showcase their photography. their photography is amazing and i wanted all focus to be on their work.
miltown kings - website design
the miltown kings are a drag king troupe here in milwaukee. their website was very out of date and not very user friendly to update. since most of the “kings” had full time jobs and were not web programmers, they needed a website that could fit around them. also, through getting to know them personally, i learned how much deeper the troupe’s passion was. the drag kings had plenty of fun, but were serious about social justice and raising awareness for a wide variety of causes and organizations. this website includes space for all of those aspects, as well as an easy to use “back end” so that anyone can update the website. i also had the opportunity to be the official photographer for one of their shows. (those photos can be found here.)
fuller still - poster and press kit
bands need good marketing pieces that can easily be identified as “theirs.” i’ve had the privilege of creating nearly every piece of fuller still’s band marketing. this upcoming concert poster and press kit follow very closely to the design of the cd and webpage.
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i have over 7 years of graphic design experience, and have been developing websites for over 10 years. here is a collection of some of my work. to filter the entries by project type, please select a category below.