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Rare Bible Photographs
I was allowed to photograph several rare Bibles this morning. Hardin-Simmons was recently given a collection of old and rare Bibles. You can see a few of [...]
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new logo for Logsdon
Logsdon wanted to simplify their logo and also achieve an updated look with a new logo. Their old logo was hard to reproduce in print or in [...]
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Range Rider cover design
I designed this cover for the Spring 2009 issue of the Hardin-Simmons alumni magazine, Range Rider. The feature section of the magazine showcased alumni who are working [...]
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Blacklight Breakdown poster
Tried out some new techniques for this design. Wanted to create some depth of field and the look of light. I added some neon looking paint blobs [...]
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3G Motorsports logo
Logo design for a new scooter dealer. Flames weren’t my original idea, but the client mentioned flames somewhere along the way, so I decided to give it [...]
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i’m hooked on a new font…
I can’t stop using Archer, the new font from H&FJ. Seamless patterns are fun too.
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Fall Preview…
I haven’t designed the mail-outs for one of these preview events in a couple years. I was excited to get to work on one. The client mentioned [...]
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employing the 12-part grid…
If you would like to employ the 12-part grid in your magazine/newsletter/brochure layout (I suggest that you do) please read on. Assuming that you use Adobe Indesign [...]
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RR redesign…finally.
Well… I finally get to redesign the Range Rider from scratch. Until now there has been some need to stick with the old layout and sortof update [...]
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Postcard #2 of 24
This is the second postcard in a series of 24. This one uses the same textured base photo that I layered with a campus shot and a [...]
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A new postcard…#1 of 24
Here is new postcard design.. We’ll call this #1 of 24. Yes.. that’s right. 24 total postcards I get to design. Should be fun. These will end [...]
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logo for ARCADA…
Recently I was asked to design a logo for the Abilene Regional Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse. Whew… I was excited about working with a [...]
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latest t-shirt design…
It’s amazing how much work I’m willing to do for a good laugh. This time it was for a friend’s 30th birthday party. I drew this design [...]
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Great tip… for Camera Raw.
One of my favorite things about working in Camera Raw is the ability to tweak my exposure. Lately I’ve been reading and testing out various lighting techniques [...]
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HSU football seniors 2009
The 2009 seniors of the Hardin-Simmons football team. They chose the location and props. I just showed up and took the photo. Turned out to be perfect [...]
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Polk-Key City logo design…
This year I was able to start working on the logo for the Polk-Key City basketball tournament much earlier than usual. I was able to go back [...]
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That time again…
Its that time again… the time when I start pulling my hair out… cursing about all the stuff I have to cram into 72 pages… Drinking insane [...]
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Posters for Choir & Orchestra…
I created these. Orchestra Poster Choir Poster This was a rush job I cranked out yesterday morning. I don’t know why… but sometimes the really fast jobs come out better [...]
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A new volleyball shirt design…
This design was created for a club volleyball tournament involving high school/junior high girls here in Abilene. The client wanted a design that would be liked by [...]
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West Texas Heat…
The volleyball coach at HSU came to me needing a logo designed for her club volleyball team. She stated that the previous coaches logos were really terrible [...]
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Greatness ads…
We’ve been doing a series of ads for over a year now that feature graduates and students from HSU. I’ve done all of them and until now [...]
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Photoshop CS3: New Black and white adjustment layer.
Tutorial #2 is finally here. This is the best way I’ve found to convert color photos to black and white in Photoshop. It gives great control and [...]
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new logo/seal for KCOB…
A professor from the KCOB came to me last week and wanted a new design of their seal. Their old one is really detailed and has to [...]
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Range Rider hits the street…
If you were lucky enough to get the latest edition of the Range Rider, be sure to check out a couple of my top 5 favorite parts [...]
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athletic t-shirt designs..
I designed a couple of t-shirts today. Actually I did about 7 or 8, but I thought I would blog about these 2. I like em.. so [...]
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Shout logo…
Along the same lines as the Dust logo I did…. I made this Shout logo for the same minister. He asked for a logo for their new [...]
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Dust Ministry logo…
Been awhile since I’ve updated this thing.. I’m not apologizing, cuz nobody reads it anyways, but it is a nice archive of some of my work. This [...]
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Tytus and my new mac pro..
In the last month or so since i’ve posted anything… My wife finally had my son Tytus, and here at work I got a new Mac Pro. [...]
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Champions postcard…
Here is a postcard that we are sending to about 42,000 lucky people. This one took quite awhile to design. Finding photos, cutting out 2 players, adjusting [...]
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2 days.. 2 newsletters.
In the first 2 days of this week… I’ve managed to crank out 2 newsletters. One 4 pager for the president, and another 8 pager for the [...]
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Lights, Camera, Free Ride!
Here is a poster I did for our latest promotion… See what you think, and if you know any high school seniors, tell them to send us [...]
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RR hits the street…
The RR has hit the street in the past couple of weeks.. Here is the final cover. The cover photo was taken by a KC Kratt in [...]
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Wanted poster…
I did this wanted poster for student congress.. It isn’t the greatest thing ever, but I thought it turned out pretty cool. Done completely in Illustrator.
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tattoo t-shirt for orientation…
Here is a t-shirt i designed for NSO. This one I actually drew with our new set of prismacolor markers and then scanned it in. I was [...]
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my latest logo creation…
We are starting a new fund raising campaign, and the only info I get to build the logo is the name… although I believe the campaign is [...]
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Taking a shot at something different…
Sometimes the ole purple and gold gets a little old, so I tried something different today for the folks over in Student Life. This is their New [...]
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Award winning design right here…
Who would have thunk it? On Tuesday night, I won a gold addy for the playlist cd design i did last summer. It will now move on [...]
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Good photography makes my job easy.
Sometimes a project is super easy.. like this one. A poster for a speaker coming to HSU to speak about photography.
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Tutorial: Extending the dynamic range.
Here is my first attempt at an actual tutorial for photographers and photoshop users.If you don’t have the latest version of Photoshop, you can still make some [...]
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RR is almost done…again…until next time.
Well… it’s almost ready to go to proofing. That means that I get a break for a few days while they find a ton of changes for [...]
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Another day of designing the RR…
Today I got to design a 2 page obituary… We had some good pictures to use with this one.. so it came together pretty well. It’s one [...]
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more Range Rider…
The Range Rider is coming along nicely. This page was really easy thanks to my good friend Joseph. Girls like him, cuz he has skills… Check out [...]
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It’s officially getting crazy here…
Range Rider has begun the design phase (that’s my part for those of you who don’t know). There are all kinds of things to do in order [...]
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Preaching Conference Brochure…
Updated 1.22.07. Approved! It’s a new year and I’m ready to do some great designs in 2007. I started with this preaching conference brochure for Logsdon Seminary. [...]
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Holiday break…
It’s the best time of the year… and I’m celebrating by taking 2 weeks off from work and doing absolutely nothing. I thought I would share with [...]
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letterhead for the boss
I’ve been real busy lately trying to get ready for next semester before taking off 2 weeks for the holidays. If that makes you think I’ve really [...]
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Daily monster…
These are uber cool. I had the pleasure of hearing Stefan Bucher speak this year at the HOW conference. Check out his series of drawings that he [...]
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14 full color business cards…
These business cards (14 in all) posed quite the problem. Not only did I have to photograph some of them, I also had to attempt to cut [...]
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Maxtell Tech logo..
Here is a logo I did for a new local technology company specializing in computer/network setup, repair, troubleshooting and the like. I’ve done a few designs so [...]
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busy lately..
I’ve been busy designing 14 full color business cards and an end-of-year appeal piece. I’ll post something soon for you, I promise. Until then.. feel free to [...]
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Helpful little book…
It’s not often that you will find me reading a book… so take special note when i recommend a book. It’s really a rare sight. I just [...]
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Great looking cd cover…
There is a great looking cd cover that just came out… Check it out and see.
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Logo for Southern Little League Baseball
I designed this logo for a local baseball league for kids. I was going for an old timey classy look with this one. Comments are welcome.
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Website..
Hello peeps… I’ve updated the look of the website. My goal for rebuilding the website is to make it where I can post some of my designs [...]