I will have brochure with you, but not poster.

Eenteresting news. The Creative Circus poster Barrett and I designed was not chosen as the winner. How.Ev.Er, some people still took notice to the concept and want to push it forward as a brochure for the school. This actually makes me happier, as I'd prefer it be something more, and to have the chance to revisit the design. Woohoo!

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My first battle wound from my time at the Circus. This is too nasty to show, but gives me outrageous bragging rights later, and maybe a sweet scar or something.

Hail, Publications.

For Publications, we had the option of doing layouts for a coffee table book or magazine. I decided to do a black metal band compilation coffee table book. Black metal is a more extreme form of metal music, relying on fast paced tempos, lo fi recording and shrieking vocals to create a nasty wall of sound. To boot, black metal hinges on satanic beliefs, making it a very popular genre with almost no one. I find it favorable, sans satan. Anywho, here be my creation.

This is (obviously) the cover. There is a cross die cut into the front to allow the second image to show through.

A close up of the spine.

Anddd, the second image. This shows a bit of the controversy following the genre. Oh, you silly Norwegians.

This is the overlay to the next picture. The numerals were tabs that you lifted to reveal each wave of bands.


This is an example of each wave division page. The roman numeral would be die cut to allow a cd sampler of each wave to be held behind it.

Teams flim flam.

This quarter we had our first interaction with working with copywriters. We'll just say I learned a lot.
Project 1 - Two Minit Car Wash
Probably the most difficult project so far, but I think I at least pulled a revisit out of it. So, we had to visit a mundane, regular kind of business and do 4 pieces of collateral for it, none of which could be ads. Me und copywriter visited a place called the Two Minit Car Wash. (FYI, there is a animatronic gorilla out in the front of this place.) We decided the direction should be quirky, while also showing off different ways they could promote their speed.
The first piece(s) were posters that would be put on light poles at stop lights. The design makes it appear that the gorilla is holding it, but you can't see him. Because, he's sneaky. The idea was to liken things people might be doing at a stop light to how fast the car wash is. Excuse the copy. It's my doing. But it gets the idea across.

The next idea was for a window cling that had a barcode that could be loaded with currency. This way, a visitor would just have the barcode scanned and go through the wash without having to get out of the car or handle monies.

The banana peel business card. This was moreover for the challenge of creating a working template. It did. I win.

A brochure. The idea is that the cars are pieces of transparency film. When they overlap, it makes a darker orange color, so the car gets cleaner and lighter everytime you learn about a new service. There is a pocket on the inside that holds the prize, one of 3 of the next collateral pieces: Air fresheners!


The air fresheners! The characters are two guys that have worked there since the 70's, and good ol gorilla.

Project 3 - Design Poster
This was a design poster Barrett and I made for the Creative Circus. The dashed lines are perforated, so you can tear out the whole guide and fold it up, or take individual cards. Pay special attention to lucky rule #7. Kinko's, if there was ever a more useless business, it would still be you.

Fresh fifth quarter goodies! - Logos

Alright, here are some of the logos from Advanced Trademarks. Some still need work, but the concept is there for all of them.

The Kitchen Academy

Jucifer (A rock band)

Close Knit (Urban Clothing Company)

Turner Field

The J & J Flea Market

Battle and Brew (A Video Game bar)

Here be an alphabet. We created our own typeface based on tombstone rubbings. My tombstone had a condensed serif face.