Make it last.
This is where I tell you about my journey as a creative and tell you that I've been creative as long as I've been breathing. That's not untrue—it is indeed, facts ...crayon drawings, refrigerator sketches, macaroni and all that. (You know the drill).
I can also tell you about the awesome art school/college I went to and how that just set me up for success and opened my world to the great associated network. No wait, I finished college in Oklahoma and there's not much out there. I went to a commuter school with retirees and Army Snipers returning from Afghanistan or Bull-riding Cowboys that didn't quite get the "art-thing" but liked working with their hands. I've worked my way up, determined to do great work and make a dent as a creative in this in this little world.
Why do I say all this? Because your journey makes you. Not every story, path or solution needs to be the same. Welcome to my tiny soapbox. In a world of extremely homogenous design and marketing—why not get out of the box? Differentiation counts in a world full of slop... Insert a little craft and care, and see what happens next.
A collection of small moments and fun experiences that have made the last twenty years unique:
Bittrex - Trade On won a Telly and a Collision Award. Bittrrex would get flagged by the FCC and forced to shut down their bit currency operation right before our release. We worked in conjunction with Not to Scale + Airplan Studios.
Seattle Kraken: Where It's Going to be/Blink - Craft-Generative. Never saw the light of day despite earning a Bronze Telly. Sam Holloway and Tod Leiweke had cameos.
Designed the Daytona 200 trophy which was taken away from the winning driver for cheating.
Painted murals in the Washington State Historical Society to look like the graffiti and alleyways of OIympia during the hey-day of K-Records. (They ended up plastering over 80% of my work with flyers).
Worked for a Christian Book Publisher, (whose owners were slimy af) but I only had to draw Jesus once—Phew!
My work for I-Tech was largely in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana. Thanks to the posters there was an increase in participation in PREP within several communities: Design literally saving lives!
I've had the privilege of working with a number of brands and clients over the years. Here are a few:
Mcdonalds, Weyerhaeuser, Protas, Seattle Kraken, Cargill, Lego Education, Tegria, Honeywell, Horizon, Gilead, Promethean, Bittrex, Trend Micro, Banfield Foundation, University of Washington, I-TECH/Checka Status, Amazon, Boeing, Washington Tribes, FMSIB, Washington State Historical Society, Port of Seattle, Downtown Seattle Association, Alliance for Pioneer Square, Waste Management, Seattle Seahawks, Mohai, Seattle Center, City of Seattle, Connelly Skis, Proline, Osprey Packs, Thule, New Era, Patagonia, Decked, Stanley, Smith, PXG, Canyon, Olukai, ETR, Healthyminds Innovations, Microsoft, Candela