Tag: Art

#Drawlloween2017: Week 4

Day 29: Sunday Bloody Sunday

More drawerings from the challenge … Click to open in lightbox. I almost got this one spot on. Bill Pullman is hard. Troll in gold. A pet peeve of mine. And probably his too. Rush in. Yeah. We’re all Negan. Nothing is recession-proof. Some of my favorite Dr. Who things.

#Drawlloween2017: Week 3(ish)

Day 20: Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Friday

More drawerings from the challenge … Click to open in lightbox. I like capers. Putting this a day out of order so the next can have more space. I think I nailed Captain Spaulding here. Yeah? A crypt and a creep. Fuhgettaboutit. A nightmare hipster. This might have been my absolute favorite. It’s definitely the… Read more »

#Drawlloween2017: Week 2(ish)

Day 10: Martian Mayhem

More drawerings from the challenge … Click to open lightbox. This is probably the edgiest of the month, but only if you get it. I misread this one. Sort of. This ended up being one of my favorites. Matt Day-mon! Swamp Citizens ONLY! Make the swamp great again. Where are the classics now? This one… Read more »

#Drawlloween2017: Week 1(ish)

Day 2: Summon Day

I like to draw. But I don’t draw very often. I’m not even sure why. I just don’t. In 2016 I happened upon a 31-day drawing challenged called “Drawlloween.” I caught it mid-stride so I didn’t try to participate. But I did decide that I would go for the 2017 expedition. As the name implies,… Read more »

Union of Bad Decisions

Union of Bad Decisions

In early 2016, I helped a friend come up with a concept for a crowd-funding campaign to help move his bar (Bad Decisions) from one location to another. We decided to not use Indiegogo or Kickstarter for a few reasons. First, he could actually accept money through his current business. Secondly, he didn’t need the… Read more »

Never Be Normal

The Never Bee

NeverBeNormal.com (currently offline) is a website where I’d like to make and sell odd, weird, cute, and not normal designs. On t-shirts and mugs and dog vests and stuff like that. I actually got a good start at this back in 2016, but as time became more precious and I closed up my LLC, I… Read more »

Decent Intel Official Seal

The Decent Intel Logo

When I started up an all-digital, all-remote marketing company in 2016, I wanted to play up the fact that it would be comprised of somewhat secret experts–freelancers. It would be a decentralized agency. There’d be no main office to come visit and have donuts in a conference room. Which, should have an appeal when you… Read more »

Branding: Next Show Lighting

Next Show Lighting's Logo

A past client of mine runs a stage lighting rental company. After some conversations, I learned that while rental income is the primary source of income, resale is also key to a rental shop’s success. For a couple reasons. First, if you’re selling your equipment on a regular basis you can be buying new equipment… Read more »

Creative: Stolen Creative? You Be The Judge …

The hand-made envelope that contained a pitch for a history-related organization.

This is a little bit of a touchy subject. But I would like some due credit. So even though I cannot mention the name of the history-related society that stole my creative, or the advertising agency I represented at the time, here we are. As part of a pitch for a website overhaul, I conceived… Read more »

Product Development: Battle of Midway CD-Rom (Flip side of my biggest failure)

Cover of the Clickabattles: The Battle of Midway CD-Rom cover

This is the story of the actual product development without the financial disaster that is “my biggest failure.” Read about it in “Marketing: My Biggest Failure – Battle of Midway CD-Rom.” Backstory At the turn of 2002, I took a concept for an interactive project for The Battle of Midway to the executives at The… Read more »