The Sketch

The Illustration

The Finished Product

VOID Magazine – T-shirt

Surf, skate, music, fishing & eateries… VOID magazine covers it all, in North Florida. I recently ran in to Tye & Aaron (founders of V.M.) in the line-up… though none of us had worked together before, the conversation had come up several times, and seemed like something we were all interested in. So between sets of thigh-high summer mush, we started kicking around the possibility of doing some shirt designs for VOID. I was so stoked on the idea, I couldn’t wait to start sketching. It wasn’t long before before I had a rough line drawing for what you see above. I’m a huge fan of anything detailed/intricate, and given V.M.’s wide rage of coverage in NorFl, an “everything shirt” seemed like a natural fit…

If you haven’t already, check out the new issue of VOID in stores now, & don’t forget to show some V.M. love by picking up one of these crispy fresh tees’, available on their site.

Native Sun – Tummy Friends Tee

Here’s a fun tee-shirt project I worked on a while back at The Robin Shepherd Group for Native Sun Natural Foods Market. The goal was to create a few shirt designs for their staff that would reflect the friendly atmosphere of Native Sun as well as convey the benifits of choosing natural foods. Though the shirt was never produced, it was still a heap-ton of fun to work on… hope you enjoy!

Halftone Def featured in Void Magazine

So stoked to see a good surfing publication coming out of North Florida. It’s one thing to have rad idea over a burrito and beers, and another thing completely to make it happen… the boys over at surfjaxpeir.com have a knack for the latter. In May, 2010, the much anticipated first issue of Void Magazine hit North Florida like a rouge wave… 40 pages of glossy bliss covering music, skating, art, surfing, and everything else that is local beach culture. Halftone Def was lucky enough to invade a spread with a few posters designs and some complete randomness about their studio/bathroom habits. Big ups to Tye, Aaron & the VOID crew for including Halftone Def in the first issue, and filling the coverage gaps with their fine magazine.

Be sure to keep an eye out for issue number 2, due out later this month!

Rhett & Link – Magic Rugs

Here’s a fun one I worked on recently with the super talented internetainers Rhett & Link. Not long ago, the duo relocated to a new studio in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, and were looking to do a bit of decorating to make their new digs feel like home. If you’re even vaguely familiar with the comedy duo, you know that a couple of couches and a fresh coat of paint weren’t going to be enough. Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about Mythical Carpets, the single item that no internetainment studio should be without.

Although I had never designed a Mythical Carpet before, the boys assured me that if I handled the design part, they’d take care of “the Mythicalness” (something about a guy named “Unicorn Steve” down at the flea market, I dunno). So after a quick meeting and some back’n’forth with Unicorn Steve, the two Mythical Carpets pictured above were born, along with a brief & highly entertaining demo video.

Big thanks to both Rhett & Link for making this thing called work waaaay too much fun. Hope you enjoy…

Rhett & Link featured in CA Illustration Annual

Stoked! Thanks to Sue & all the awesome folks over at Communication Arts for including the Rhett & Link CD packaging in the EXHIBIT section of the 51st Illustration Annual.

Liquid Muse Logo

Here’s a fun project I just finished up at The Robin Shepherd Group with Tom Schifanella. Liquid Muse is a benifit concert put on by The St. Johns Riverkeeper to help raise funds/awareness for the ecological preservation of the St. Johns. Our hope was to convey balance, ecology & music in a single mark…. we also tried to keep in mind production costs & practical uses across multiple applications. So far the client seems pleased with the result & plans to start rolling out promotional materials in the coming month… there’s even been talk of screen prining a few posters for the event… hope you enjoy

She & Him – Poster

Here’s a fun one I just finished up with Halftone Def Studios for the Savannah Music Festival, She & Him performance. The 3 color poster measures 14×24, & is hand screened on French Speckletone, Brown, 100# Cover (edition of 75). We were stoked to find out that the 37 posters sent to Savannah sold out by half way through the performance!! The first mailing of the remainder of the prints went out earlier this week, with the second wave making thier way tomorrow… there’s still a few available at Halftone Def for any folks who missed them at the show. Big Thanks to Lauren & Maria @ The Savannah Music Festival & She & Him for making the project possible.

Bold City Brewery – Abby’s Ale

Here’s a fun one I just finished up at The Robin Shepherd Group, for Bold City Brewery. This time Bold City features a patron’s beloved dog Abby, for their Belgian Abbey Ale. And, no that’s not a typo, there’s actually a type of beer called “Abbey Ale”… I know, I know, it was news to me, too! The names alone make the brew & happy go-lucky weimaraner a fitting match up, but like many of the tastey beverages that come from the brewery, there’s more story to tell. So next time you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to swing by Bold City & throw back a pint of Abby’s finest & don’t forget to ask the brewmaster, “what’s up with the scissors?”…hope you enjoy

Face the Cakes

Eventually we all reach a point in our lives when the meaning of birthdays start to change. Instead of teen years, drivers licenses, adulthood & the coveted 21 to look forward to, it’s just dentures, adult diapers & medicare, right?… as it turns out, not so much. Here’s how my good friends Levi & Sarah kept it fresh in their post 21 celebration.

Big thanks to Marisa for setting up the festivites & Sean Tucker for helping me lay down the ink for the Face the Cakes birthday extravaganza, invites. hope you enjoy…

Rhett & Link featured on CommArts

Cheers to the fine folks over at Communication Arts for posting up the Rhett and Link CD packaging!