One of the ways my performance is judged is by our covers. Yes, we judge magazines by their covers. It’s how we get the pick-up rate to increase, it’s how we tell people what’s in the issue, it’s political…it’s visceral. It’s beautiful.[...]
Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
June 8th, 2011 - 3:40 pm § in Design
Project – AlexLinnell.com
In the middle of May, I was contacted by a former coworker-turned-friend of mine. We’d reconnected over Facebook but hadn’t worked together since I was Director of Development for a nonprofit that raised funds for orphans in Latin America and the Caribbean…nine or ten years ago. [...]
June 4th, 2011 - 6:05 pm § in Design
Day 4 – 30 Days of Creativity – “3 Simple Lures”
Still looking to my cabin surroundings for inspiration, I give you “3 Simples Lures.”[...]
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm § in Design
Day 2 – 30 Days of Creativity – “Cabin Art of Cabin Art”
Made it to the cabin with just enough time to freehand sketch and color a piece with my set of watercolor pencils. It’s “Cabin Art of Cabin Art.” voltaren ointment ingredients side effects abilify weight gain cause generic isoniazid breastfeeding price allegra commercial 2011 hcl[...]
April 28th, 2011 - 5:45 pm § in Design
A Dangerous Book for Boys Meets Church Event Marketing
You know how sometimes you just need inspiration? Well, there’s plenty out there. And, I think that if I just give it enough credit, I haven’t done anything unethical by drawing from the inspiration. The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden? Design delight. H[...]
April 18th, 2011 - 1:46 pm § in Design
Project – Luxury Home Tour Promotional Materials
Back when I was in charge of communications & marketing for an architectural firm and building company, I had the pleasure of wearing many hats in a multi-faceted role. I threw the special events. I designed the materials. I worked the photos. I did the art direction. I wrote the copy.[...]
April 7th, 2011 - 11:57 pm § in Design
Project – Humble Walk Website Design
Humble Walk Lutheran Church in St. Paul is a mission start-up of the ELCA church. Limited budgets are benchmarks of these congregations-under-development, but this one has gotten quite a bit of press for achieving quite a bit using little-to-no money via online channels. What it needed was an up[...]
March 31st, 2011 - 1:16 pm § in Design
Project – Sara Renner Website, Poster, Email Template
The website for musician, Sara Renner, is a WordPress website using a free template that I customized as well as free Calendar, Media Player, Twitter, Shopping Cart, and Contact Form plug-ins that I customized for her content. The front page is a blog that the client authors; the rest of the pages[...]
March 20th, 2011 - 11:35 pm § in Design
Project – MOR-DOT Music Website, Photography & Design
I’ve got to say, I really like this website that I did for MOR-DOT Music out of Minneapolis. The clients are cool, the products are gorgeous, the spirit is strong, and the enthusiasm is deep. Scott let me basically run with the design, while he provided me with his text. He’s got [...]
March 7th, 2011 - 10:56 pm § in Design
Project – Choir Poster and CD Cover Design
Client: Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Dassel, Minnesota Photography and design, using both Photoshop and Illustrator voltaren gel lower back pain hcl propranolol high concentration pills elavil dogs drug allegra printing wethersfield ct hcl metformin diarrhea drug zantac 300 mg uses drug baclofen [...]
December 13th, 2010 - 5:08 pm § in Design
Project – A Few of My Favorite Things, Invitations
There’s something so fun about an event. And, when that fun translates to the event invitation, it’s even better. Here’s a smattering of some I’ve designed for various purposes, from a birthday party to showers to a yoga retreat. protonix rash tabs ditropan xl brain pills p[...]