View it here.

New decade means a new deal.

In need of a way to showcase some new deals, a new recording space, ]]>

New decade means a new deal.

In need of a way to showcase some new deals, a new recording space, and its standard product,  the Jam Room enlisted me to fashion several pieces that the owner could use for 2 sided handbills interchangeably.

View the four angles to market below:

• The Mega Special
• The Control Room
• Vocal Room
• The Military Discount

With the budget akin to that of a state university’s art department that gets shafted like a porno for a ]]>

With the budget akin to that of a state university’s art department that gets shafted like a porno for a lame football team that loses year after year and has an otherworldly knack for humiliating legendary coaches,  Diesel , Death Becomes Even the Maiden’s first lady, and I produced this video.

The idea from the beginning was not to rely heavily on technology or a complex set but to assume a brisk and choppy editing style that would evoke a manic mood which mirrored that of the frenzied musical style.

This idea was accentuated through covering the drums, cymbals,  and “stage” with lots of flour.  While its manifest purpose was to provide visual emphasis on how hard the drummer mangles his set, it also conveniently provided for a latent misinterpretation that was too delicious to try and circumnavigate:  a group performing in a setting which is littered  by mounds of cocaine.

Diesel, in the driver’s seat, and I  poured over the editing for several weeks with Chill’s in hand. I was responsible for the titles, and created them in AfterEffects.

View the video on Vimeo here.

I’d talk about these guys, but there is little to no reason to try and pole vault over what my ]]>

I’d talk about these guys, but there is little to no reason to try and pole vault over what my toxic twin Logan K. Young already scribed perfectly the first time:

“Get ready fo’ us to blow yo’ dicks off next Saturday,” or so swears a recent Tweet from wankster emcees B-Money and Ginger Snap. Every bit an idle threat as it is infantile lyrical promise, on the surface, these foulmouthed undergrad joke-hoppers offer about as much street merit as Asher Roth.

Listen closely though, and what you’ll eventually hear is one of the most erudite post-modern discourses on popular music this side of a Greil Marcus tome. Self-conscious, self-aggrandizing and, perhaps most importantly, self-parodying, Sweet Vans “rap” about everything from local music blog scenesc.com to rape prevention in Maxcy Gregg park to, as quite often aired on WUSC, Chic-fil-A’s waffle fries.

And with stellar remixes, done mix-tape style, featuring other local artists, the entire meta element only thickens. Given the right vehicle, kids will say the darndest things these days, so do yourself and your cred a solid and holla at these two. Or in their words: Treat yoself, bitch.

View the flyer I designed to promote their November 2009 gig.

Then, treat yoself:

Listen to Sweet Vans

For this website overhaul, I acted as lead designer and worked in conjunction with a fluent action scripter to bring ]]>

For this website overhaul, I acted as lead designer and worked in conjunction with a fluent action scripter to bring the final deliverable to mechanical life.  The site’s focus was to revolve primarily around Mashburn Construction’s extensive portfolio.

View select screen shots of the website below.

• Angle 1
• Angle 2
• Angle 3
• Angle 4
• Angle 5

And, view the entire website here.

Whaley Foodservice’s website was, for lack of better words, a bit out of date.  I acted as the lead designer ]]>

Whaley Foodservice’s website was, for lack of better words, a bit out of date.  I acted as the lead designer to assist the company with their facelift.

I also created the animation on the front page of the website.  While I’m usually not into elastic easing, for some reason that particular technique seemed to fit for this site.

View select screen shots below.

• Whaley’s Homepage
• Select Internal Page
  

Or, view Whaley Foodservice’s website  here.

( Since I’ve become uninvolved in the project, the type within the animated section has changed.  The hierarchy of size is destroyed, the leading is poor, and the gangly gaudy glare of the glow of the orange type interferes with its legibility.  Please disregard. )