These are a few of the things that I did for MetroValley Magazine. I was a designer, photographer, photo-editor, compositor and illustrator as well as being responsible for the development of the layout of the magazine. I will have an in-depth discussion of the blueprint/prototyping process for MetroValley Magazine. The logo was not designed by me.
This poster was commissioned for a Fund-Raising Excursion on the Potomac Eagle. The shoot took place at Wappacoma Station outside of Romney, WV. I donated my time to this, as it was a worthy cause. Pavey is a very sweet and deserving individual, and it was an honor to help.
The murder mystery train poster was an interesting job from the start, as the owner/operator was very specific about the style. He saw a proof that was very retro, a 2-color design that wouldn’t look out of place in Nashville. I opted against the red, yellow and black since that was one color too many. I liked the blue overprint so well that it was the final choice. I enjoy overprinted color very much, especially the style of Aesthetic Apparatus and their contemporaries. I am an abstractionist, in the sense that I like to take things out of context and manipulate ideas, but I disagree with the “medium is the message” school of thought in that a poster has to just be cool. I feel strongly that a concrete idea has to be conveyed beyond just “cool collage.” Most of my work is very driven by idea and concept with a strong echo of the content. It makes it easy to over think an idea, and even be pedantic… I think that is the biggest challenge in modern design.
One of the things that I like to do is comics. The fact that they are typically indie horror comics is just icing. This is the second installment in a series of Graphic Novels about a WWII Pilot, a Mentalist/Sorcerer and various Pop Mythology Beasties. It’s fun, full of action and leaves you hanging.
The Feast is a Collected web comic (link) that was written by Bob Tinnell. Bob was a recent client of mine when he approached me about collecting a web comic into a hardbound book. I checked out the comic and in the beginning I was taken a bit off-guard. It seemed a bit to psuedo-metal for me, but I was wrong. By the last day, I was a fan and was sorry that it was over. Bob came with a real challenge; create a book design that didn’t get in the way of the comic, but added to it and represented it with an exceptional cover. I like it anyway, the idea was to make it homey and it is. (more…)
