U of M Spring Football Invite

Here is the Spring Football invite I did to send out to recruits this week. With the 2011-12 recruiting season wrapping up earlier this month, the 2012-13 season is now in full swing!

U of M to the Big East? I've Got a Piece for That...

Upon reading the article on ESPN that the U of M was moving to the Big East, I had to dust off this piece and throw it on the blog. I believe I did it a few months back, in case this day arrived. Now that it has, feast your eyes on the announcement!

More Work for the U of M

These are a couple pieces I did for the Tigers last week. The top one is an invite to their upcoming Junior Day, and the bottom one is a flyer they sent/will send out to those recruits that sign with them. I had a lot of fun creating both, especially the bottom piece. I tried a couple new techniques and effects on that piece just to see what would happen with them. I'm not calling it totally perfect, but I definitely like the result.

BBQ Bash Flyer: Before & After

The top 2 images are before...

 ...and here it is after I got my hands on it.

It has been a little while since I have posted some work so here is a flyer I recently did for a BBQ contest. The top 2 images show their flyer from last year. It took several read-throughs to dissect it into my solution below. I tried to break up the "muddleness" (yeah, I made up a word) by creating a little more space for the contests and awards. I also wanted to clean up the backside and clearly show the title of the event and all the information that was need. I don't know what drew me to the S-curve design for the front, but in one of my sketches I just saw the page expanding out from a center circle. I never really wanted the center circle to be a grill, as I thought that would be too literal, but I thought the circular shape lent itself to an interesting design.

My Artwork on the Ice

 The logo hanging in the rafters...

 ...flanking center ice...

 ...ready to be skated over at the face off...

...and above the goal as well.

My fiancee and I attended our first Knoxville Ice Bears game last night and had a great time. She has decided hockey is her new favorite sport...not because of the game itself but because of how the fans are during the games. She gets an absolute kick out of their love of brutality and brash chants.

I, on the other hand, enjoyed watching some hockey and seeing my 10th Anniversary logo plastered all over the Knoxville Civic Coliseum as well! I knew it was going to be on the ice but had no idea it was hanging from the rafters as well. I must say I was pretty excited to see my artwork being used so much. I had a great time creating the logo and am loving all the use it is getting from the team. They also happened to move into sole possession of first place in the SPHL last night too, so I'm glad that my logo is part of such a strong season as well.

Skating by my logo

Well, I should say attempting to skate by my logo. Anyway, I've spotted my Ice Bears 10th Anniversary logo again. This time it was on the boards at Holidays on Ice at Market Square. To all those who, like me, spend most of their "skating" time stumbling around, don't crash into it too hard. Thanks.

A Welcome to Coach Fuente

Here is the introduction piece I did this weekend to introduce the recruits to new U of M football coach Justin Fuente. I had fun playing with some different techniques on his photo to give it that high contrast/lightly desaturated effect.