ALAN VALEK | art direction + graphic design

Baker Skateboard Graphics

Designing graphics for skateboards is an interesting process. First off, you’re creating something that will be destroyed in a matter of seconds! Regardless, these designs need to have strong shelf appeal by conveying the team rider’s unique personality, which... Read More [+]

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Hawk Clothing Print Ads

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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Flip Extremely Sorry DVD

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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Lauren x Jared Wedding Invites

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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Heather & John Save the Dates

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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Latest blog posts

Playing with Light

Here’s a quick post with some photos that my buddy Brian Garcia and I played with over the weekend in preparation for the Black, White & Fargie 2 photoshoot coming up this weekend. Read more [+]

Lino Block Valentine

¡¡WARNING!!
When you are in a relationship you have tendencies to say rather odd lovey dovey things to your significant other. Read more [+]

1000 More Greetings

Rockport Publishing recently released their new book—1000 More Greetings, and I was lucky enough to have a couple of my personal wedding invite designs showcased in it. Read more [+]

HTML5. The Logo.

It’s official, the W3C has unveiled the logo for HTML5 today Read more [+]

Typeface

Here’s another film for all you designer type buffs—Typeface. The film takes you to The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and shows you the lost art of wood-cut lettering & printing. Read more [+]