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Brent Bel has finally released his first album. This country artist had an idea for how he wanted the album to look and asked me for help. I created the layout for the album and completed his logo design.

This International Harvester bean bag (corn hole) set was a fun project. I did research on official size and  the best materials to use for bags and boards. I really enjoyed the process of creating it and using different tools and materials to do so. 

When I started branding Holyland Hillside Brewing Company, I had some knowledge of this area, but I wanted to do more historical research. The Holyland is an area in rural WI, on the southeast side of Lake Winnebago, and is comprised of many little towns named after saints and biblical references. I focused on how the area is proud of it’s German-Catholic background, the history of when these small saint name towns got started, and that the people are environmentally friendly. The 6 main towns of the area are represented by a landmark, historical or environmental, from that specific town.

While doing research on "Kick Out the Jams" by MC5, I found one of the songs on the album is titled "Motor City Burning", which was about the 1967 Detroit Riot. I created the Fires Within Detroit Exhibition to have people walk through and experience on July 23, 2017, the 50th anniversary. Along with creating the identity I also created campaign items. This campaign idea is an image projection of fire along the base of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, where the exhibition would be held.

I'm a fan of Sheepshead & PBR and collected a lot of PBR caps. I cleaned up an old table and decided to create a design for the table and shelf tops using the bottle caps. The caps are layed out in Sheepshead trump order with fail in order below. The cards in the corners are cards not used in Sheepshead. After completing the layout I put several layers of resin on top to create a smooth surface.

Big Fat Designs designed the logo for Children’s Museum of Marathon County (CMOMC) and when they were looking to update their website, the asked Big Fat Designs for help. We came up with a Rube Goldberg Machine concept. I was in charge of creating the ocean bottom scene. I illustrated and coded the images into my part of the timetable. I also animated them to make them move with scrolling.

Global Water Stewardship educates people and engineers centralized sanitation solutions that keep waterways clean and communities healthy. Central States Water Environment Association needed information to give to local on a trip to Costa Rica. With the information and images provided, I created this handout for them in English and in Spanish.

Most condom companies do not target the highest population with HIV: homosexual males. I wanted to change that by targeting three different demographics: open homosexual males (with ROY), homosexual males that are out but not open (with G), and heterosexual women who want to show their support (with BIV). I wanted to keep it similar in style but having each box call out to their individual target. With each purchase of any ROY products, 15% of it will go towards HIV/AIDS research.

David and Ellyn are two awesome people that I had the pleasure of working with in creating their save the dates and wedding invites. 

Webbing is a puzzle game in which you must weave the web correctly to solve the puzzle. Test your problem solving skills or race another player to see who can solve it the fastest. To see if the web is correct, go to the Webbing website where it is also possible to purchase a new, replacement, or build your own puzzle boards. Webbing is based on research done about Watergate. In doing the research I have found out that it was a lot of pointing fingers, cover ups, conspiracies and lies. In weaving their lies they got tangled in their web.

Most of the paper I use for clients is from Neenah Paper and I am a huge fan of their environmental paper selection. While looking at a paper promotion for that paper, I latched onto some copy that I read about unique DNA. One of my favorite classes in my biology major was genetics. I combined my interest in genetics and my appreciation for the Neenah Paper. I created my own paper promotion for them on how unique DNA is created.

Simple Grade Soap Company is a man's man best friend. They believe in get things done right the first time with hard work, skip the frills and confetti. They believe washing your hands with Simple Grade soap will be that “one and done” and your hands will be free from that greasy, grimy, machine you were just fixing after the first wash. Based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin’s old Piffiner Building, previously a lumber mill, they wanted their soap to reflect their brand and their building.

Environmental Law had come to me to create their 2013 annual report. They asked for the design to be simple, have an open feeling, and to keep the environment in mind. With the text provided, and using my own images, the report is made from recycled paper and uses one color of soy based ink.

The Xtreme Birds Book people were looking for a fun way to have the birds look similar in style but still have each bird have their individual features. I illustrated 22 birds using a grid I created. It includes an assortment of circles and arcs, which were repeated throughout. It is not symmetrical allowing for more variety of ‘xtremeness’.

Herrschnners is a craft store in Stevens Point, WI that was looking to target a new demographic of college aged students and re-branding. I noticed that they had several different identities and knew that would be one of the biggest things to tackle. A purple button was created with a personalized font to give that crafted feel. The identity was placed on promotional material, stationary set, store front, and packaging.

The Hat Field Guide was created to help users understand the people in your surroundings by the hats they wear. Using stereotyping and Urban Dictionary’s definitions of people, this social media app will help any user understand other hats, connect with their fellow beanies, and to help find a potential mate. Soul not included.

While working at the Basement Brewhaus a coworker and I were making jokes back and forth and this was one of them. A tamp is a tool that is used to press the espresso down when making lattes, cappuccinos, americanos, etc. We thought it would be fun to make a shirt for all of the workers. I designed it to give the feel of espresso grounds.