I soon want an exhibition with all my poster work hung on crisp white walls. The poster I designed below ’27.5 in by 19.75 in’ would be the title and graphic for the exhibition. It’s true. I absolutely love design. I love seeing myself grow as a designer, seeing other designer’s work and how they influence me, how the world and the people around me influence my work. I can’t get enough of it. In the near future, I plan on creating an online store with all my posters available for purchase.

I know, I know.

I haven’t posted much this month. I am slapping myself as we speak. I have been rather occupied with this portfolio book, my internship at Hotbed Creative, AND my social life. I’m leaving August 2nd for San Francisco, California for a much needed two week vacation. I’ll be posting as much and as often with photo updates and stories. This might be my future home. Who knows?

Recently I’ve been busy prepping my portfolio book and beginning to organize my vacation in August, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been designing and creating. I recently designed a new logo, which unfortunately wasn’t used for Intelligent Weatherization, an Indiana Skills Verification Program aimed at maintaining a homes weathering process. However, the program ended up choosing a more conservative direction. The color choices were chosen to reflect the fight on different weather seasons within your home.

Also, I was updating my hard drives and noticed the early stages of The Freaky Afronaut’s latest album I designed. The cover originally started as a poster I had designed with TFA in mind.

I have attached Calvin Harris titled You Use To Hold Me off his debut album. It’s insanely full of energy and fresh. Enjoy a listen!

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This past week I designed a couple posters, one that reflected a recent experience and another that represented the upcoming holiday. ‘You Lack Direction’ sparked from a recent relationship I just went through where direction was far from the surface and it not only takes place in my relationships, but in my day-to-day life where I’m surrounded by several people who never travel in one consistent direction. I wanted to simplify this chaos into a poster and above is the final result.

Fourth of July is right around the corner and I wanted to create a dynamic but simple representation of our American independence. I didn’t want to tack the flag onto paper, but reference it through color scheme and fluid movement. I hope everyone has a great and safe holiday!