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The George Ghost Sign
In November of 2020, I was hired to design and install a mural of sorts at The George, a new combination music venue/recording studio in my childhood hometown. Venue creator Bob Rice commissioned a “ghost sign” (that is, a faux distressed vintage sign) on a brick wall on the stage.
Angelus Magazine
2020, though it impacted negatively many budgets, was thankfully no different in terms of our capacity for collaboration. I designed two covers in a row: the first was for their November election special, and the second was for an issue debating respectful social media usage.
OSV Kids Illustration
For the premier issue of OSV Kids - a children's magazine designed by America's oldest Catholic publisher, Our Sunday Visitor - I was asked to illustrate a scene depicting Christ’s calling of the disciples.
My Wedding Logo
Why brand our wedding? It’s a question I’ve been asked by more than a few of my non-designer friends (the graphic artists I know, on the other hand, totally get it). For my now-wife Jessica and me, it’s because our wedding represented more than just our union. For us, it represented our aspiring to a higher set of values, a collection of charisms larger than ourselves.
Aquinas 101
Aquinas 101 is the title of a video series created by the Thomistic Institute in order to promote thomistic philosophy to a wider audience. These videos in their first season featured several visually complex animated illustrations per episode. As the Institute entered their second season, though, they sought out a new creative team who could help them diversify the visuals while remaining flexible and financially competitive.
Save Local Waters Project
Each year, the Regional Storm Water Collaborative of South West Ohio and Northern Kentucky partners with the Cincinnati Zoo to raise money and awareness for the care of watersheds in the Ohio River Valley. In 2020, I contributed a custom-designed rain barrel to support this project.
Campfire Theatre
Campfire: Theatre in the Round began as a hypothetical solution to the lack of nighttime entertainment at a Midwestern amusement park inspired by the theme of the great outdoors. The question that inspired the project was this: if the campfire is where the community gathers at night, then how many more could gather if we made the fire larger?
God the Father and the Best Day Ever
God the Father and the Best Day Ever was authored to help children develop a personal relationship with the first person of the Christian Trinity. When the oldest Catholic publisher in the country asked me to illustrate the book, I jumped at the chance to bring the text to life and portray God in a new way.
Catholic Counselors Brand
Over five years, I spearheaded all multimedia and promotional design initiatives for the Pastoral Solutions Institute, an international telephone-counseling practice providing over 10,000 hours of mental health services per year to a global and diverse client network.
Mermay 2020
Each year the grassroots creative challenge known as “MerMay” invites artists around the world to creatively respond to a mermaid-related prompt each day in May. I use the opportunity to stretch myself creatively and keep my skills sharp for client work.
Pabst Blue Ribbon
In 2020 I participated in Pabst Blue Ribbon’s annual Art Can Contest inviting artists to reimagine Pabst’s classic beer can design.
Bohoho Holiday Parade
Inspired by annual creative challenges such as Inktober and MerMay, I challenged myself to develop a unique piece of concept art each day in December through parade floats, animated figures, and even costume design.
Inktober 2019
Each year the grassroots creative challenge known as “Inktober” invites artists around the world to creatively respond to a different prompt each day in October. I use the opportunity to stretch myself creatively and keep my skills sharp for client work.
Angelus Magazine: California Missions
Inspired by the response to our first collaboration, Angelus commissioned me to design another cover, this one for an issue exploring the complex legacy of Saint Junípero Serra.
Catholic Family Life Symposium Brand
The Catholic Family Life Symposium was looking for a mark which would feel equal parts traditional and modern, clean and symbolic. I chose to combine modern vector line art with traditional stained glass art to depict a family as forming the Church itself.
Theology of the Body Institute Brand
The Theology of the Body Institute is the preeminent organization for instruction on Catholic/Christian sexual teaching in the world. In 2019, after exhausting their budget with other designers, the Theology of the Body Institute approached me to ask if I could help them arrive at a new logo and brand identity.
Animals…In…Space!
I designed these three animals for the birth of my friend’s first son, to be displayed in porthole inspired frames on the nursery wall. An aerospace engineer, he wanted his son to have a playfully-space-themed room.
Christmas Charity Prints
In December, 2018 the Pittsburgh chapter of the professional association for design (AIGA) invited illustrators throughout the city to contribute original designs that would be carved and turned into stamps for a free printmaking event for Pittsburgh locals.
Cafe Fiona
Cafe Fiona is a themed restaurant designed hypothetically for the Cincinnati Zoo as part of my Masters thesis in interdisciplinary design. Inspired by the Zoo’s famous hippo, Fiona, this eatery allows guests to eat “with” Fiona while learning about human/nature impact.
Paul & His Friends
I illustrated the book Paul and His Friends: A Child's First Book About the Apostles". Written by Rebecca Hutto and published through Paraclete Press, ‘Paul and His Friends” introduces children to the colorful characters who formed the early Church. My illustrations recast these characters as a menagerie of Middle Eastern animals.