University of Michigan Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, 2005
Book cover and detail
Date: Nov, 2004
Medium: 4 color on recycled stock
Size: 12” x 8”
Role: Art direction, illustration, design
Description: Collaborative work with classmate Anne-Marie Kim. This concept was inspired by the works of the artist, René Magritte.
University of Michigan Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium 2006
Theme: A time to Break Silence
Book detail
Date: Nov, 2005
Size: 8” x 11”
Medium: 4 color on glossy stock
Role: Art direction, illustration, design
Description: I composed several different portraits of Dr. King out of various news paper clippings about him at the time he was most vocal against the Vietnam War in order to convey the message of the symposium’s theme.
University of Michigan Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium, 2007
Poster detail
University of Michigan Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium 2007
Theme: Building the Beloved Community
Date: Nov 2006
a. Book cover
Medium: 1 color process on letterpress
Size: 6” x 10”
b. Book detail
c. Symposium poster
Medium: 1 color on letterpress
Size: 20” x 40”
Role: Art direction, illustration, design
Description: Collaborative work with classmate Anne-Marie Kim, who co-deigned this project.
PPP branding project
Date: April, 2008
a. Final logo concept
b. Drafts of the logo
c. Logo adaptations by band
Role: Art direction, design
Description: The band previously known as The Platinum Pied Pipers was served with a cease and desist notice by another band with a similar name. The band came to my firm, Colorblind Creative, to create a new name, PPP. They still wanted the look of their identity to convey the “pied pipers” aspect. This is the concept that, I, along with my partners came up with.
Now On Eye Level, Aug 2006
a. CD Cover
Date: May 2006
Size: 5 ½ “x 5”
Medium: 4 color, spot metallic gold on paper
b. Additional artwork
Role: Art direction, band brand identity
Description: Collaborative work with my Colorblind Creative partner, and designer, Jordan Rishel
Now On “DJ Essentials” 12” vinyl cover jacket detail
Date: Jan, 2007
Size: 12 ½” x 12 ½”
Medium: 4 color on paper
Buff1 There’s Only One, 2008 CD artwork
a. CD Cover (front and back)
Date: April 2008
Size: 5 ½ “x 5”
Medium: 4 color, spot metallic gold on paper
b. Additional artwork
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration, design, branding, marketing
Buff1 Pure, 2007 CD artwork
a. CD Cover
Date: May 2007
Size: 5 ½ “x 5”
Medium: 4 color, spot metallic gold on paper
b. Additional artwork included in CD packaging
Description: Buff1 is another member of my group Athletic Mic League. His first solo release.
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration, design, branding, marketing
Invincible ShapeShifters (additional works)
(Top to bottom, left to right)
a. Digipak spread
b.12” single labels
c. Invincible ShapeShifters presale voucher
Medium: 2 color screen print on recycled green stock
Size: 3 ¼” x 2 ½”
d. Invincible sticker
Medium: 2 color vinyl sticker
Size: 2” x 5”
e. Invincible “Mic/Hammer” logo t-shirt
Medium: reduction-ink mixed with pigment on t-shirt
Invincible ShapeShifters 2008 CD cover detail
Date: March, 2008
Medium: Recycled CD Digipak, 3 color spot color letter press
Size: 11” x 5”
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration, design, branding, marketing, management of artist and label, t-shirt printing
Description: Content of the album spans a gamut of topics including: urban gentrification, gay rights issues, mental illness, and the Palestine/Israel conflict.
8. 14KT The Golden Hour (additional works)
a. “The Golden Hour” insert poster (draft)
Medium: 4 color on glossy paper
Size: 11” x 21”
b. Detail of final poster
c. Reverse Cover detail
Medium: Spot UV gloss over spot color gold on paper
Size: 5 ½” x 5”
14KT The Golden Hour (additional works)
a. “The Golden Hour” insert poster (draft)
Medium: 4 color on glossy paper
Size: 11” x 21”
b. Detail of final poster
c. Reverse Cover detail
Medium: Spot UV gloss over spot color gold on paper
Size: 5 ½” x 5”
7. 14KT The Golden Hour 2008 CD cover (with detail)
Date: July, 2008
Medium: 4 color process on paper
Size: 5 ½” x 5”
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration, design, management of artist
Description: Artwork for instrumental album which is the inspiration for an unmade film project.14KT is a member of my group Athletic Mic League. Original hand drawn scripted “Golden Hour” typeface.
6. We Make Music series
(Top, left to right)
a. Title: Verse, Hook (detail)
Date: Dec 2008
Medium digital soon to be screen printed
Size: 15” x 23”
b. Title: 21 Beats
Date: March, 2008
Medium: 2 color screen print on t-shirt
Size: 22½” x 31½”
c. Title: Kick, Snare
Date: Dec, 2008
Medium: digital (soon to be screen printed)
Size: 15” x 23”
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration, printing (t-shirt)
Description: Series of posters and t shirts inspired by: 1. lyrics recited in influential Hip Hop songs, 2. common music production practices in Hip Hop. These lyrics and practices are then translated into text to be interpreted visually.
5. Title: Owls Not Fouls (It’s Still Happening)
Mock for screen-print
Date: Dec 2008
Size: 14 ½” x 22”
Role: Art direction, illustration, design
Description: Draft of 2 color poster print. This is the first print in a series of 3, illustrating government imposition of citizen privacy.
4. Title: Vespertine II: Out All Night
Date: Now, 2008
Medium: Digital print
Size: 13” x 17 ½”
Role: Art direction, illustration, design, original typeface design (“Vespertine”)
3. Detail of Vespertine print series
Date: Nov, 2008
Description: Displaying the process of creating two different pieces from an original abstract registration composition and displayed in the middle of the slide. Self-initiated poster series.
1. Title: Accepted
Date: Dec, 2008
Medium: sticker decal on plexiglas
Size: 30”x 36”
Role: Art direction, layout, illustration
Description: Installation piece composed of 2 pieces of plexigals. 3D portrait of President Barak Obama. Inspired by Barak Obama’s presidential acceptance speech.
