This gallery is a small sample of work that I’ve done for various clients and employers.
The goal is to highlight recent/relevant work and show different types of projects. These are more "fun" projects than higher level corporate stuff.
A Stearns ad for the Federal Buyers Guide. If you are working on an aircraft carrier, Coast Guard cutter or Alaskan crab boat, chances are that you're wearing a Stearns PFD.
UTV Sports Mag Cover January 2024. I always do many, many different versions before presenting them to the other folks. Sometimes I’m surprised by the version that gets picked but usually the winner is clear ahead of time. I’ll post some alternate versions here to illustrate the process.
Stearns 2013 Military and First Responder Catalog (24 pages). This is one of my favorite covers. I built 15+ catalogs for Coleman, I learned a lot on each one and they all got progressively better.
Shirt graphic for a local restaurant fundraiser during covid.
This is the digital file.
Photo of the final shirt.
2013 Coleman catalog (124 pages). The catalogs took many, many 100 hour weeks but I enjoyed doing them.
Stearns Professional Mariner print ad.
UTV Sports Mag Cover (2021)
UTVSports Cover. Also, see the process behind adding the storm to the cover in the “retouching” section.
Ironwood Construction Logo
Ironwood Construction business cards. After unsuccessfully pitching gold leaf on business cards (for decades at this point) it was Ironwood who finally said “heck yeah!”and they look great.
Feature image for UTVSportsmag.com post
A massive (20' x 6') Coleman Billboard for the Wichita Airport. I liked the version with the classic stainless steel cooler but as it's an ad, a new (at the time) model was used. The red backgrounds were the hardest part of this, it was surprisingly difficult to make it look just right for the size it is going to be. Also, please see the photo correction in the retouching area.
Raffanero Labels print file.
Raffanero product lineup. More of a fun project than an actual portfolio piece.
Calling cards for my friend Eddie. Old news as he’s moved on to bigger & better things up the road a bit in Las Vegas.
New logo for Mohave County AZ ED&T. This was definitely a collaborative effort with my boss Keith Hook. I had nothing great but we pulled together some ideas and the clients loved it.
Brand guidelines I created for the new Mohave County Economic Development & Tourism logo.
Coleman print ad for Wichita Business Images magazine .
BodyLab FB ad
UTVSports Mag Cover. I always do many, many versions before I decide on the finals to present.
My first cover for UTVSports Mag (June 2020). It was a HUGE departure from what they had been doing but they liked the direction and I did almost all of the rest of them before the magazine wrapped up in 2024.
William Wallace Skates! Print flyer for a friends event.
Stearns print ad
DiningOut magazine print spread (Denver).
DiningOut magazine print spread (Seattle).
Coleman Canada print ad (with the requisite French version).
Stearns water rec. catalog.
Dual Stearns/Sevylor 2014 Water Recreation Catalog.
Stearns print ad
UTV Sports 2022 Media Guide opening spread.
Dual Stearns/Sevylor 2014 Water Recreation Catalog. The entire catalog can be seen here: (https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Af845faf4-c56c-477b-ae23-639ecc69dd84)
Dual Stearns/Sevylor 2014 Water Recreation Catalog.
New 270” x 48” window sticker I did for the front window of our shop that’s all about Lake Havasu. This is the whole image.
Closeup of the “painting” to show the texture.
This is a photo of the actual window @ 597 Lake Havasu Ave.
Here is some photo retouching work. It varies from simple recoloring to more extensive, color-crucial projects.
Some of the work is for the product packaging, so color matching was critical. I had to change existing tents to match the factory-provided, sample cloth color.
(All of the provided examples pre-date Photoshop’s AI assistance).
Captain Keith Colburn is a real pro. At the shoot we said “Hey, pretend you’re on the water and there’s a storm coming”.
And after I added the storm.
I used that photo on the catalog cover.
A shot at the Coleman factory in Wichita. We needed some action shots for the catalogs and packaging.
(Before)
Cleaned up and ready to use.
(After)
A damaged glass image of General Sheridan
(Before)
And the digitally repaired image
(After)
Original shot to be used as the cover photo.
After I added the storm and made things gloomier to add some drama.
The final cover. A lot less content as at that time, we were putting out weekly editions.
Tent shot original image
(Before)
And the image after color correction (before the tent was made). Color correction has to be spot-on as this is the photo that will be used on the box (& show the color of the product). The boxes have to be printed & ready to go to hold the tents.
(After)
Original image
(Before)
Color corrected
(After)
Before
Color corrected
(After)
Before
After cleaning it up a bit and adding a little drama.
Before
Goodbye cars, hello sky.
This scenario made no sense to me…
So I changed it…
And used it for the print/digital ad for a Target–specific tent line.
Product photo for the packaging.
(Before)
Color corrected
(After)
I really enjoy the process of turning rough pencil sketches into complete vector images/icons/logos.
A logo I did for Desert Fox Inspections.
And the business card to accompany the logo
Outdoor and Motocross B&W catalog icons.
Water rec/industrial B&W icons for the print/web catalogs.
Water rec catalog color icons. There’s always the temptation to go back and update these but they are old and they were tiny to begin with so there’s no real point to it.
Two color yard signage I did while working for a “political strategist” in Denver.
An exploded drawing of a gun rest I did for the Allen Company to be included with the product directions.
A full-page spread that I did for a as-of-yet unreleased coloring book (2023).
Initial sketch for a very clumsy friend of mine who decided to remove a few of her teeth on the sidewalk for some reason.
The vector version of the pencil drawing. I also did a guache version (but it melted in the rain because I mailed it).
This started off as a joke amongst friends… So I went home and sketched it.
And this is the final, vector version of it.
This is the initial sketch.
And this is the vector version .
One day, boss man says “draw me a ribbon that we can use on a pink cooler that will be sold for breast cancer research”. A few months later, we all got new pink coolers!
This is a logo I did for a Denver Esthetician (and friend) who’s managed to build the brand from a one woman show to a whole new building featuring all kinds of services with multiple employees. BabyFace Skin Care at Spa Wailele in Golden, CO is doing well and going strong.
She wanted a “kewpie doll type thing”. The biggest challenge for this logo was making it look cute and not creepy.
The Spa Wailele logo was to be “simple waves”. It was pretty complicated to make these look so simple.
Font choice on both was by the client.
A menu I did for Café Wailele and a photo of the logo on the building. It looks great at night.
Some simple, 2 color icons I did for Coleman catalogs & web pages.
A sketch for a painting that I did.
And the final version is acrylic and Photoshop.
“Woodcut” two color graphics for Trail Hero T-shirts (digital version).
I did not create the logo .
“Woodcut” two color graphics for Trail Hero T-shirts.
Photo of three color shirt (black shirts looked better but they sold out before I could shoot them).
“Woodcut” three color graphics for Trail Hero T-shirts (photo of grey shirt). The black looked better but they sold out before I could shoot them.
Production isn’t glamorous, but it’s crucial. What’s the use in designing something that can’t be produced (and reproduced) correctly, on time and budget? I've been a production artist at a few great Denver agencies and learned quite a bit. This is a small sample of some of the accounts I’ve worked with/on.
Print brochure production on a Kellogg’s promo booklet to retailers for Integer.
More Kellogg’s print production work.
Some cereal boxes that I did production on at Integer. It’s fun to see your work at the grocery store.
Production work on Gemtech print catalogs for Beneski Design.
Production work on Gemtech print catalogs for Beneski Design.
Production work on Gemtech print catalogs for Beneski Design.
Production work on Gemtech ammo packaging.
Teatulia label production
Freelance work on Teatulia label production.
Packaging layout & production work for Allen Company. I also helped plan and shape the evolution of the brands look and feel to bring it out of the 70’s (as much as was allowed to).
Packaging layout & production work for Allen Company.
Print production & photo retouching on a poster series for Brine Lacrosse at Factory Design Labs.
Ad production work for Audi dealers at DiningOut Magazine.
Retouching and print production on Brine Lacrosse ads & posters for Factory Design Labs (RIP).
Ad layout and production of a Coleman magazine ad for a Canadian magazine with the requisite French version.
Huge production project on a 100+ page hard cover book about Red Rocks. I wish I could find a better image of it. It’s a beautiful, interesting book we did at Factory Design Labs.
These ads are the essence of production work. You get the original art/sketch/ow-res comp from the designer and then re-create it to fit any screen/print ad size/social media ad size or whatever destination it’s going to. You have to make creative decisions because often the size will be radically different than the original item was.
