Graphic Design
Product Design
I recently had an assessment for a product designer position and had a total blast working on it. I was given a couple of trend boards that also included different fabrics and materials to inspire the design of Christmas ornaments....
May 18, 2021
Fan Art
Piccolo Day Illustration
In the Dragon Ball fan community, May 9th is known as Piccolo day in which fans create pieces to celebrate the green alien character in the series. The adjacent piece is something I drew to join in the celebration. I...
May 18, 2021
Graphic Design
Brand Development
It has been about 8 or so years since I produced a podcast, but thanks to The McElroy’s new book ‘Everybody Has A Podcast (Except You)’ I was inspired to get back into making auditory shows for others to listen...
February 22, 2021
UI
Learning UI Design
I wanted to get my feet wet in mobile UI design and came across a wonderful tool/service called Framer. It’s a website where you can sit down with a WYSIWYG editor to prototype out an app design. Animations, linking content,...
January 12, 2021
Graphic Design
Mosaics
Making a neat, simplified mosaic based on a real-life object.
January 5, 2021
Fan Art
Illustration and Coloring
I feel it’s always pretty important to be striving to improve yourself and learn new things. Thankfully, when you want to learn something new or get some tips the internet probably has exactly what you need. My main illustration software...
December 5, 2019
Graphic Design
Happy Holidays Poster Design
Part of my job is taking what a customer sees in their mind and designing it to meet their needs and, if I’m lucky, make them say “Wow! That’s even better than I had in my head!” Sometimes all I...
December 4, 2019
Graphic Design
Building a Brand – Saafi Behavior
While the brunt of the work I do at my current job is laying out and designing signs and displays, sometimes clients come to us to help build their brand and design logos and other assets they will use for...
November 14, 2019
Graphic Design
Concession Stand Menu Board
The State Fair in Minnesota is, to put it lightly, a pretty big deal. I was tasked with designing a menu board for a vendor at the State Fair. The vendor sent me a hand-sketched thumbnail layout and the information...