https://backwardsgun.com/home daily 1.0 2024-11-22 https://backwardsgun.com/bio daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/dc8b5761-d9a3-4cfc-8cb8-2a794911a206/alittledark_armscrossed_BW.jpg Bio - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://backwardsgun.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-11-22 https://backwardsgun.com/a-little-dark daily 0.75 2024-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/33b73d5b-8b04-49ba-a22a-46da9d1e2f30/a-little-dark_FloorPlan.png A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - Make it stand out The floor plan and original curation at 55 Bond Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151389003-GYSV9VAOC04F1TO17DUJ/conductor-of-the-symphony-of-war_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - Conductor of the Symphony of War Conductor of the Symphony of War portrays an insidious figure standing atop his orchestra of child soldiers, exhausted and too small for their uniforms. The drawing confronts how the collateral damage of war can begin with the very soldiers that wage it. 40" x 60" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/cd69b2a8-7683-4e2e-8ca5-a8d7fa5f8c19/self-portrait_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - self portrait Self Portrait is a satirical depiction of the artist where a literal take on the subject matter of his work is reflected outwardly to a deranged life of extreme violence. To complete the faux autobiography, the drawing is literally stitched together, and the mediums are uncommon...including the artist’s own blood. In this way, the most fraudulent depiction of the artist also has the most of himself in it. 35.5" x 36" Graphite, ink, acrylic paint, petroleum jelly, brown string, and human blood on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151457218-TXTZS5CZIVXWQKB2UZ2I/first-impressions-are-everthing_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - First impressions are everything First Impressions Are Everything surfaces the cost of institutionally forced tribute to authority visualized here via an outdated tradition of bringing an apple to the headmaster’s desk. The pulled pin in the grenade begs the question if the tribute is one of revenge...or mercy. 22" x 27" Ink on cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151364202-5K4FT148GGMPZW2VXWZV/make-believe_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - make believe The misguided childhood game of cowboys and indians is replayed in Make Believe utilizing the contemporary canvas of political greed and hate mongering. The setting changes thus transforming from a game and into a morbid reenactment. 36" x 24" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151199686-8D6KGV9POAKDEFK80HN1/sacrifices-panel-3_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - sacrifices Panel 3 of 3 Sacrifices originally displayed in the exhibition entitled ‘Peace By Piece’ at the Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY, and was subsequently invited to the 60th Anniversary Hiroshima Memorial Celebration, Old Bank of Japan, Hiroshima (2005). 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151567516-X8U9GLJHMJ0TY4YLJP0U/smoke-show_2016-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - Smoke show Smoke Show explores the suffocating intoxication of fashion and beauty. The female figure is held in mid air as if suspended, draped in fine clothing and jewelry, the helmet is poised to snap shut at any moment as the viewer awaits the other shoe to drop. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151436889-E55TP53QKAZZKOVS261S/all-work-and-no-play_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - All Work and No Play All Work and No Play traverses the ideology of public shaming framed by the familiar childhood scenario of classroom punishment. The innocent offense of talking in class is overtaken by a darker hidden admission and the question as to whether the punishment is the end or the beginning of something much worse. 22" x 27" Ink and crayon on cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151485684-QJ03IKEWF4ASPK7W0NJY/irl_2019-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - IRL IRL or ‘in real life’ reflects a moment in the pinnacle of human appetite. In a satire to the contemporary human connection, the female figure is caught in a moment of pure ecstasy or horror straddled atop a male figure twisting in agony or pleasure. The drawing depicts the search to feel something...real. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732152256607-PKMVQVBZYF2W8O7WX62M/the-rain-to-the-wind-once-said_2008-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - the rain to the wind once said “The rain to the wind said, You push and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.” Inspired by the poem Lodged by Robert Frost, this drawing explores human loss and grief. Death perches on the exhausted man’s back while holding a sack over his face, which is either an act of delivery, or an act of taking. 40.25" x 52.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151320799-DBGQE3XYXK71WO7PN7IB/santa-is-coming-3_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - santa is coming III This work is the third installment in a series of drawings entitled Santa is Coming trolling the holiday trope of children writing to Santa Claus with their wish lists. The insidious undertones of the letter’s request protrude from the inline edit that portrays the insatiable need for more and more. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151254914-0G7QDJO83MVTMZ9GMZPB/family-portrait_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - family portrait Inspired by Women forming a skull by Salvador Dali, this drawing confronts the commonly staged portrait depicting a perfect family. Representations of the members of the artist’s family struggle to pull the fabric taught to form a face that is equally imperfect and haunting. 40" x 60" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151276899-1LROTL070TSYE17IILO8/profile_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - profile Profile is an end-to-end narrative carved out of an unfortunate life beginning with unresolved trauma and ending with violence. This work is split across two panels that can be rearranged to be displayed top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top symbolizing a tragic cycle of chicken or the egg. 40.25" x 52.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/06748c2d-0029-414e-801a-80c495fb72cd/precious-moments_2024-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - precious moments Precious Moments dissects how the priority to capture special memories alienates can alienate us from the moment. The drawing is a satire on what siblings would be willing to do to win the favor of the camera lens while the mother fiddles with the filters to ensure she doesn’t miss a thing. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151217549-YSG0R2K2KPPSX1MXM75X/sacrifices-panel-2_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - sacrifices Panel 2 of 3 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151231964-R77KR6W161ZFC29VGAMB/sacrifices-panel-1_2004-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - sacrifices Panel 1 of 3 The three panels interconnect to depict a chronicle of war. The chaotic imagery of lost innocence flies under the banner of collateral damage. The background is dotted with endless hand-written stories of victims of war with no punctuation to emphasize the endlessness. The three panels are individually violent, but it is only when the panels are viewed end-to-end that the full story emerges like a terrible Rube Goldberg war machine. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/997ee719-c4bd-459c-889f-f41d56c95234/the-fit_2024_lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - The fit The Fit plays on the modern terminology for ‘fit’ to mean “outfit.” The inhumane use of the straight jacket forcibly put on another to prevent bodily injury is seen here as a statement piece of personal high-fashion adornment. The drawing explores the pinnacle of human insanity when we sacrifice comfort, fortunes and emotion to be fashionable...and put the jacket on voluntarily. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/6a24122d-305e-4f27-b741-3fe546b2751f/gallery_wide_bg.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - A Little Dark Entrance at 55 Bond Street, New York, NY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151343659-HBXD9OB8YH15RFLVUU2C/love_2005-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - Love Love explores the power of communication as connective tissue within a romantic relationship. A figure with no mouth is tangled in an intimate embrace with a partner with no ears while a third figure whispers secrets in his ear. The viewer is confronted with the question if the whispers are reactions...or instructions. 26.125" x 40.25" Charcoal and ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151536098-N2V1YJRO3SF99QPEP2Q0/the-weight_2014-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - the weight The Weight explores the emotion of heartache. The male figure’s brute force strength is powerful but fumbling while the woman’s is lighter, but with a restrained accuracy. They are locked within a gallery of events that lead them to this moment frozen in time. 40.25" x 26.125" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/b39deaca-f86b-406f-a3ab-68f77ad6bddc/the-dorian-gray-diet_2023-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - The Dorian Gray Diet The drawing is inspired by the allegory, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde and explores the tragedies of body dysmorphia. In the story a young man exchanges eternal youth at the expense of his soul. In a similar transaction, the male figure’s emaciated reflection pleads with him to stop his destructive course, making this scene either an internal conflict or a darker foreshadowing. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/dadeeff4-dcf3-494e-b5af-f14e4113b278/primal-urge_2020-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - primal urge Primal Urge utilizes the act of the selfie as a microscope into the history of humanity’s desire for its manicured image. A warrior out of time poses with her phone to frame a kissy face photo which is itself overshadowed by her natural strength, power and adornment. She needs to be seen...but can’t see herself. 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151408041-RIGF03Q4640OVP4TM7CG/falling-off-the-horse_2006-lo.jpg A Little Dark • Exhbition 2024 - falling off the horse Falling Off the Horse is part of a series that frames social violence as a reflection of repercussions from our use of public shaming. The dunce cap is symbol for the human need to point and stare in order to provide a sense of normalcy. 22" x 27" Ink and crayon on cardstock https://backwardsgun.com/art daily 0.75 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151567516-X8U9GLJHMJ0TY4YLJP0U/Smokeshow_2016.jpg Art and Illustration - Smoke Show 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732152236819-IGIT44TIC7OSA7Y2R3WM/image-asset.jpeg Art and Illustration - Auto Tune 16" x 20" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151536098-N2V1YJRO3SF99QPEP2Q0/image-asset.jpeg Art and Illustration - The Weight 40.25" x 26.125" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732152256607-PKMVQVBZYF2W8O7WX62M/theraintothewind_2008.jpg Art and Illustration - The Rain To The Wind Once Said 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151508294-4LR0U31A5ZAENMA49B6K/whispered_2007.jpg Art and Illustration - Whispered 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151485684-QJ03IKEWF4ASPK7W0NJY/IRL_2019.jpg Art and Illustration - I R L 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151457218-TXTZS5CZIVXWQKB2UZ2I/firstimpressions_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - First Impressions Are Everything 22" x 27" Ink on cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151436889-E55TP53QKAZZKOVS261S/allworkandnoplay_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - All Work and No Play 22" x 27" ink and wax on cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151408041-RIGF03Q4640OVP4TM7CG/fallingoffthehorse_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Falling Off the Horse 22" x 27" Ink on cardstock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151389003-GYSV9VAOC04F1TO17DUJ/Conductor-%282006-retouched%29.jpg Art and Illustration - Conductor of the Symphony of War 40" x 60" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151364202-5K4FT148GGMPZW2VXWZV/make-believe_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Make-Believe 36" x 24" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732244968066-RSEURMR9Y2FQ8A6VC817/mothersday_3_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Happy Mother's Day 40.25" x 52.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151343659-HBXD9OB8YH15RFLVUU2C/love_2005.jpg Art and Illustration - Love 26.125" x 40.25" Ink and charcoal on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151320799-DBGQE3XYXK71WO7PN7IB/SantaisComing%283%29_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Santa Is Coming 3 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1372805493986-AQ59UNIG7Q0L6ZFIW32Q/SantaisComing_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Santa Is Coming 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1372805387134-0KC856MZRKJERBHVHP8H/SantaisComing_2006.jpg Art and Illustration - Santa Is Coming 2 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151299413-QL3GBB6XSMQUG3QKMFZ1/Criteria_2005.jpg Art and Illustration - Criteria 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151276899-1LROTL070TSYE17IILO8/profile_2004.jpg Art and Illustration - Profile 40.25" x 52.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151254914-0G7QDJO83MVTMZ9GMZPB/familyportrait_2004.jpg Art and Illustration - Family Portrait 40" x 60" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151231964-R77KR6W161ZFC29VGAMB/sacrifices_pbp_2004_1of3.jpg Art and Illustration - Sacrifices 26.125" x 40.25" Panel 1 of 3 Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151217549-YSG0R2K2KPPSX1MXM75X/sacrifices_pbp_2004_2of3.jpg Art and Illustration - Sacrifices 26.125" x 40.25" Panel 2 of 3 Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151199686-8D6KGV9POAKDEFK80HN1/sacrifices_pbp_2004_3of3.jpg Art and Illustration - Sacrifices 26.125" x 40.25" Panel 3 of 3 Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1732151105250-UEYA8H46R6EFOD9D7AUO/beauty_2003.jpg Art and Illustration - Beauty 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1373333209307-NKEQE85X5T9VMD2S56C8/WATN_eeyore.jpg Art and Illustration - Where Are They Now (Eeyore) 6.75" x 6.75" Graphite, ink and wash on drawing paper. "Where Are They Now" is composed of 24 individual drawings. Purchased by the Pigozzi Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/b39deaca-f86b-406f-a3ab-68f77ad6bddc/the-dorian-gray-diet_2023-lo.jpg Art and Illustration - The Dorian Gray Diet 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/cd69b2a8-7683-4e2e-8ca5-a8d7fa5f8c19/self-portrait_2004-lo.jpg Art and Illustration - Self Portrait 35.5" x 36" Graphite, ink, acrylic paint, petroleum jelly, brown string, and human blood on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/06748c2d-0029-414e-801a-80c495fb72cd/precious-moments_2024-lo.jpg Art and Illustration - Precious Moments 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/997ee719-c4bd-459c-889f-f41d56c95234/the-fit_2024_lo.jpg Art and Illustration - The Fit 26.125" x 40.25" Ink on cold press watercolor paper https://backwardsgun.com/design daily 0.75 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1629075975786-2Z9886YYPRBJPKFSEBNS/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Calendar App https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1725932577349-PZGFR4B2OYW67Y6QA7S1/wcm_drupalstyling.jpg Design and UX - Drupal Website Design System This new design system successfully implemented the new Weill Cornell Medicine brand within a new design system using the Drupal CMS. The website architecture, navigation and content strategy successfully solved for the needs of 200+ website properties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107033420-KCLLSP7YA7ECJNW5QEUM/wcm_iconLibrary.jpg Design and UX - Weill Cornell Medicine Icon Library The new brand identity for Weill Cornell Medicine (formerly Weill Cornell Medical College), incorporated increased vector graphics including a new icon library that was used for both digital and print collateral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107256440-35KULA6GR5JAQ7N2OWM0/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Qwil Ad Graphics These images sourced original photographic content and incorporated image manipulation to incorporate the Qwil branding for a combination ad and marketing campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107492884-IFYKCPMO9YYZ9J2Y0S74/image-asset.png Design and UX - Decorators Best Responsive Website Conversion Decorators Best has been a leader in their space for decades, however their e-commerce website was lacking responsive templates. This project optimized on the UX of their website first and then focused on transitioning older page layouts into responsive templates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1725840219007-ZVJ044AELSICJCONOHXY/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Propio Inc. logo design This new brand identity is targeted at family services in the DC metropolitan area. The visual identity utilized rounded corners and comforting colors to provide a sense of peace and softness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107318068-HUN78W8OYAPY8VWD4Z2G/asm_svc_bulletinConcepts_2016.jpg Design and UX - SVC Bulletin Publication Redesign The client required a refreshed design concept for their publication entitled The Bulletin. The new layouts incorporated cross-bleed page spreads, additional cutout text columns and a new color palette and typographic styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1725839466152-KVIDWMGOM5RWYEMIQ88P/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - EDB Event Booth Signange The client participated in global l large format exhibitions and conferences. As part of this brand campaign, the goal was to provide simple messaging but to create an environmental wrap using the design elements from the ad campaign we created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1629065536904-WZ23I6T0UV3CE6RWOJ26/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Mountain View Management and Contracting LLC New Business Identity. Identity for use by small business. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107409260-1WS8V7S4RCFR4DAN75RG/image-asset.png Design and UX - ISTFA brochure design The ISTFA event combined sales and technology. The print material, including this brochure design, blended two-tone, high-contrast designs with highly-detailed technical illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1528852454104-PONVY2P5NVG4FV06RYC0/foundationSecurity_logo.jpg Design and UX - Foundation Security This logo was created for an exclusive private security firm. The logo would be represented in both printed and digital collateral, however the priority for the client was a logo that would translate optimally for 3-D printing into a metallic lapel pin for the security agents. Due to the sensitive clientele, the final logo can not be identified here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1563839677930-DPYGSQKSHLRDDWI74UMO/2019_origins_rebrand-tshirt1.jpg Design and UX - Origins Laboratory LLC Clothing Graphic - Ellipse Custom clothing graphic. With the relaunch of the Origins Laboratory LLC brand and a new brand mark, this was one of the alternate logo treatments repurposed for apparel with focus on the root construct. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726110040504-DAP3FN00M5TFY9X6PUYZ/2019_origins_rebrand-tshirt2.jpg Design and UX - Origins Laboratory LLC Clothing Graphic - Negative With the relaunch of the Origins Laboratory LLC brand and a new brand Custom clothing graphic, the client wanted unique clothing graphics that announced the new identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1570222195650-P775ZHE6ZH8NFORJ9EFL/2019_sundaysweater.jpg Design and UX - Sunday Sweater New Business Identity. Identity for use by small business to promote ecommerce website for resale of boutique clothing. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1570222341854-EI3S426JU7HM0OC10HVX/2019_teamcryptik.jpg Design and UX - Team Cryptik Jersey Design eam Cryptik required a new aesthetic for their eSports team beginning with their team Jersey. The new design exposed a modern pattern with elements of their team logo that appears on the front, back, right sleeve and left shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1496961162882-IC5E6GEVG6EWJPJF2EPJ/BdayBarCrawl2017.jpg Design and UX - J+M Bday Bar Crawl Year 10 Custom tshirt graphic. This illustration was printed in cold on navy blue tshirts. This was the ninth year design of this event. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726109598457-0LQSGEVYK1JSS64ZRSYG/elevate_logo_092016_fnl.jpg Design and UX - Elevate Brand Identity Elevate was a new exclusive event for the b2b travel trade targeting the high-end destination market. The logo uses the symbolism of a compass and the ad campaign and marketing materials optimized on environment photography to give a sense of exclusivity and place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726185745252-O42EY4FOLHTY7O9IT6VE/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT7.jpg Design and UX - Adfluence brand identity The creation of the Adfluence brand necessitated research into the competitive set, as well as originating a tactical brand strategy that would set its visual presence aside from other services in the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726109445576-K23CPOTT6Y2W5Y2LYM8F/image-asset.png Design and UX - CultureVoyage E-commerce Website Design This e-commerce website model included over a dozen unique page templates and required competitive review, and a brand new identity design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1725839323618-QAZV55B3TGRAKSQAID7C/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Life every day digital Ad This was a light and airy ad campaign that utilized destination photography with targeted messaging to provide a tongue-in-cheek set of messaging for the client's product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107597891-MZ3VFFDSERHHAOGXFE7U/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT9.jpg Design and UX - Luxury Travel Advisor Ad Design This was a first-time run of print advertisements promoting the mobile apps that were sister to the print publications. The imagery blended historically elegant photography with the juxtaposition of a modern iPhone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107648018-TR5RVO8UE9O7OSEM9QNO/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT11.jpg Design and UX - Virgin Atlantic Ad Design Some advertisements required sampling of an ongoing visual aesthetic that a client was running. This ad design mirrored the current marketing campaign of Virgin Atlantic but remained relevant to the trade audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1374968191149-ZLQFJCKU47CVF275QP6Q/UltraLE_logo_RGB.jpg Design and UX - Ultra Luxury Exchange New event brand development. This premium luxury event, launched in 2013, was the pinnacle of the Questex luxury portfolio. The brand aesthetic required sourcing of consumer affluent product brands such as Gucci, Guess and Prada. The full set of deliverables included logo art, ad designs, marketing templates and a complete brand identity guide. Download the brand guidelines here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107748157-C9ULADYVQCT3F6KG7VO9/image-asset.jpeg Design and UX - Belize Ad Design The Belize tourist board launched a new ad campaign that provided a combination of beautiful scenic photography and textured 'paper' decorations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1725934400799-A7UL0OIRYWANY7WWCHK4/Ultra_AdComps.jpg Design and UX - Ultra Luxury Exchange Brand To ensure this new trade event was recognized as one targeting the highest luxury, the brand identity included color and treatment reminiscent of Tiffany Co. to visually tie the travel trade event to consumer-based luxury markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107679604-2U7EC7QWUFMLYJTUHOZ1/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT10.jpg Design and UX - HA+D Ad Design Illustration The sample ad campaign viewed here utilized hand-drawn illustrations that were then juxtaposed to the magazine cover to emphasize the the extremely visual layouts of the publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726107960589-U8XD4VD3B1YNKTO55STG/Surfline25th_logo.jpg Design and UX - Surfline 25th Anniversary Logo Design This graphic was entered into Surfline's 25th Anniversary logo contest. The requirements of the entry were for the the 'Surfline' logo to be incorporated and for the inclusion of the '25' in some fashion. This entry was designed to be malleable to use case (clothing, equipment, etc.) with a 4:6 aspect ratio and simple color palette in the case the logo needed to be published in single color. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1374974138047-A0DN0EWMH58E8GJMPCG7/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT.jpg Design and UX - Five Star Alliance This consumer-facing luxury hotel booking website required a complete UX and aesthetic design refresh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1374974292821-JN6B88F4XA0K1ASQOHSG/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT5.jpg Design and UX - Digital Publication Mobile Apps The company's inaugural mobile apps required branded art for all cover screens, app icons and store art. Development notes and technical critique prior to (and following) production and publishing in app stores were provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726108977678-CBNW72AFPFJ0TWBEVUJF/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT13.jpg Design and UX - The Informed Traveler Digital Magazine The Informed Traveler was a concept exclusively-digital publication for the Apple iPad and incorporate interactive media and video through Adobe’s pilot program of digital publishing software. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726108530096-SX99JKE46LJYN7C50P2V/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT14.jpg Design and UX - HA+D Magazine Redesign Hotel, architecture and design (HA+D) underwent significant redesign in both branding and layout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1726108618746-M161M62GOJ2D7UKG2ODO/JamesYHuntley_Portfolio_2013_FORJPGEXPORT15.jpg Design and UX - Luxury Travel Guide Branding This design involved a new brand, publication layout and aesthetic to mirror the popular travel trade publication Luxury Travel Advisor as a supplementary digital magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1372812102483-JXC7OQK2BL4V8KKDWB2Y/RK_logo-ver1_4C.jpg Design and UX - Renegade Kumite This graphic was based on a reference graphic provided by the client. The illustration was drawn in Adobe Illustrator as a vector graphic with several detail improvement and edits. Colors and shading were split into layers for easy manipulation and hue modification. The logo type was built to mirror the aesthetic of the illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1372811623251-LF2D2R6PT609TKBPLFB4/wooogh-Thanksgiving-RGB.jpg Design and UX - Thanksgiving Tshirt This graphic was created for a yearly Thanksgiving celebration. The Illustration was printed on athletic jerseys on white. Published in Adobe Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51d22f4ae4b02caa0042cf0c/1629066656373-5JYVRAMRLPTTXXZZ0S9I/naturalchefniagara_4C.jpg Design and UX - Natural Chef NYC The client prepares natural foods and wished to have literal symbolism built into the design. Published in Adobe Illustrator.