Logo/Mascot Design
AuctionMaster
Skills
Adobe Flash
Summary
AuctionMaster’s mascot was used in various poses in a series of flyers. The client specifically wanted a superhero body with a flatscreen television for a head — and were pleased with this.
info2eat.com
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop and Flash
Summary
info2eat.com’s logo/mascot was a fun project. The nameless gentleman depicted was used both online (in the website and promotional Flash movies) and also in print on membership cards. Original pencil sketches were scanned and imported into Flash for cleanup.
Lunatic Media
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop
Summary
Lunatic Media, a small publishing company, approached me to design a fun, bristly logo. Playing off a pun on “lunar,” we agreed on this design.
Virginia Beach Minority Business Council
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Flash
Summary
It was an honor to develop an official city logo. The wave motif invokes Virginia Beach; the colors represent diversity. My logo appeared in a 30-second television commercial to promote the Virginia Beach Minority Business Council. Launch the video clip at right to take a look (approximately 980KB; may take several seconds to load).
VaBeachDems.com
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop
Summary
I always enjoy a reason to use my cartooning skills. This site ran for six years and humor was a significant factor of the site’s appeal.
The Writer’s Block
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Flash
Summary
This is one sample from a series of concepts for a writer’s consulting firm. I used obvious visual metaphors for a strong but elegant design, including a block and book fashioned from the W.
SmileyBerks.com
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop and Flash
Summary
The gentleman responsible for SmileyBerks.com (no longer active) describes himself as a palindrome — a word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards, such as the famous “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama!” — which is to say, he considers himself a straight shooter, no pretences.
According to his website, “Berks” is Tagalog slang for “friend”; “smiley” is clear. I thought it would be fun to use the intitials S.B. in a palindromic way. Inspired by the artwork of Scott Kim, I designed the animation at right.
Keystone Staffing
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop
Summary
Keystone was interested in a new logo, since I had developed a number of website designs for them. This was one from the series (they decided to maintain brand consistency in the end and stayed with their existing logo).
Bayliner Bob
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Flash
Summary
US Marine briefly considered a website mascot, something along the lines of Clippy, the Microsoft Office assistant. The concept was eventually abandoned due to the cost of animating such a character, but this fellow was slated to be the one.
CoolFlow
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop
Summary
CoolFlow, an engine coolant manufacturer, was looking for a tough mascot. This character fit the bill (there’s a pun in there, somewhere).
MyHotrods.com
Skills
Concepts, Adobe Photoshop
Summary
I designed the MyHotrods.com logo before I delved into its site design. I especially had fun with the “muscle car” flames and chrome lettering.