These print advertisements were created with input from the Hawk Clothing Creative Director & Brand Manager. The brand direction before this campaign was looked at as "too kiddy" by Quiksilver (they had recently acquired the Hawk Clothing brand), so we all want... Read More [+]
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With Flip Skateboards launching their 3rd and final installment of the "Sorry" series they commisioned me to take care of the packaging & DVD menu design as well as orchestrating the entire project with all vendors. This film used multiple claymations made by E... Read More [+]
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Once and a while you get a client that comes along with a great idea and this is definitely one of those times — Lauren x Jared's Dia de los Muertos wedding invites. The main invite card features the words "Amor Eterno" (eternal love) draped across the banner an... Read More [+]
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Wedding planning can be a daunting task, so the less for the bride & groom to worry about the better — I stepped in to alleviate some of that pressure by designing this save the date for Heather & John's Summer 2010 Wedding. Under a tight one week turnar... Read More [+]
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More and more of my clients are reducing the amount of print collateral they run — case in point with Baker Skateboards' Spring 2010 Web Catalog. They requested that the pages be designed as if it was for a print catalog, but wanted them shown in a slideshow pres... Read More [+]
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Hello, my name is Alan Valek and I'm a Freelance Art Director + Graphic Designer residing in Houston, TX with my beautiful wife and quite possibly the craziest yor... Read More [+]
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Whiskey at 8 in the morning is brutal to say the least — and that’s exactly how this day started. My friend John was about to get married, and like my other buddy Jared, he decided to take all the boys for some straight-blade shaves, booze & good times before the ceremony. Read more [+]
This seems pretty interesting — Flipboard, a social media magazine for your iPad. It looks like a Twiiter / Facebook app mash-up similar to TweetDeck or Socialite, but presented in a magazine format instead. It feeds in content based on you and your friends likes & interests. Read more [+]
Here’s the brand new trailer #2 for the upcoming Empire BMX + Dave Parrick film (yet to be titled) Enjoy. Read more [+]
Adobe has just released a sneak peek of their software that created the much talked about Wired Magazine for the iPad. Adobe states they will be releasing the software later this summer on their labs site Read more [+]
Last night I stumbled upon this little gem via Kevin Rose’s Twitter post — 8 Faces, a new print magazine devoted to typography. The magazine is based on asking one question to top typographers, designers & artists — “If you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, which would you choose?” Read more [+]