My Alaska

Project 3: "The President and Congress have decided to redivide the country and concentrate people of like minds and interests together into specific states. You are tasked with creating one state of single-minded interests—any of the above or one of your own choosing—and creating an overview brochure on your state."

I decided to make Alaska the state for all things snow- snowboarding, skiing, glacier hiking, eskimos, ice sculptors, etc.. The brochure is designed to be saddle stitched, but these are the spreads I created starting with the cover. I was lucky enough to get most of the full bleed photos I used from photographer Paul Hassell, who spends a lot of time traveling the globe taking beautiful shots like these.

Setting the Mood

For Studio I, I made a mood board to help me get started on my next project. Here's a hint on the subject...

Threadless Tee Design

For my Drawing & Design for Illustrators class, we were to create a t-shirt design for Threadless and have it be somewhat inspired by a song. Once I finished my graphic, I figured it was well described by the first line of Brad Paisley's song "I'm Still a Guy": "When you see a deer you see Bambi, and I see antlers up on the wall".

The Buying and Selling of America

First project of the quarter is done! Just spent a good hour at the printer trying to get the color right. This poster is for Graphic Design Studio I, and the prompt was to design an 17"x24" poster that aims to create public dialog regarding Lobbyists and Lawmakers. Like most of my previous projects, the subject was my choice so I tried to stick to something that I feel strongly about. I chose to speak out about the lack of nutrition in America. Instead of taking preventative measures for their health, many believe that their health problems will later be fixed by modern medicine.

NattyEm's is Live!

NattyEm's Cupcake Company's new website is finally up and running so check it out! And go order some cupcakes if you're in the Knoxville area :) www.nattyemscupcakes.com

NattyEm's Website Final

My final project for Digital Page and Web Graphics was to redesign a website of our choice, creating at least 10 pages. I chose NattyEm's Cupcake Company, a small cupcake catering business out of Knoxville, TN which is co-owned by Natalie Thomas, Alexander's sister. The website should be live within the next few weeks, so when it is I'll be sure to post the URL. Below are screenshots of each page. Is it bad that I enjoyed all of this tedious work?

HUCK Redesign

Project II for Digital Page- redesign a magazine's cover (including logo), spine, contents page, and the feature spread. I chose Huck magazine, a surf/skate/snow culture magazine published in the UK, and got to learn a little more about Spike Jonze.