Portfolio
Every now and then I’ve had the chance to make something really special. This is my short list of projects of which I’m deeply proud. Please take the time to read what I’ve written on each one. Often what makes a project remarkable is as visible in the story behind it as it is in the piece itself.
BLUEcloud Cataloging – User Interface Design
Perhaps one of my most complicated projects, this series of wireframes for the BLUEcloud Cataloging web app took about a year to create, from winter 2012-fall of 2013. Read More…
Connections Video – Illustration
This is an animation my team made. None of us had ever done animation before, but I think we did a pretty good job. My part in the project was conception, illustration, and story-boarding. Read More…
KillFood.com Logo – Identity
The Killpack family started a food recipe website optimized for sharing recipes within groups, with an eye down the road for sharing recipes fit for different food sensitivities. Read More…
80’s Tribute Party Posters – Illustration
These are a series of posters I created for an 80’s themed party SirsiDynix (a.k.a. SD) is throwing in April. This is part of SD’s biggest customer event of the year. I did all the illustrations myself and the concept for the posters was mine Read More…
COSUGI 2013 KEYNOTE – Executive PRESENTATION
Whew! This show was a doosy. I built this 3-hour presentation for Bill Davison and other SirsiDynix Executives in the first quarter of 2013. Read More…
eResource Central User Interface – User Interface Design
When I began this project it was a mess. The engineering department’s only UI designer had unexpectedly quit, and they emergency transferred me from Marketing to keep the 60+ developers headed in the right design direction on this and other projects. Read More…
API Infographic – Infographic
Have you ever needed to visually communicate the significance of quality APIs? For a long time SirsiDynix was the only company in the Library Automation Industry that Read More…
COSUGI Customer Party Poster – Print Advertizing
In 2015 SirsiDynix threw a formal customer party. I created this poster/magazine print ad to advertise the event at our biggest annual show, COSUGI. Read More…
SirsiDynix Tradeshow Booth – Large Format Printing
Tradeshow booth design can be a tricky beast. This project in particular, which included enormous banners hanging from 20-ft towers that light up, was a little bit intimidating. Read More…
SUPER HERO CARDBOARD CUT OUT – Large Format Print
This was a surprisingly difficult project. I had created an ad campaign about librarians being super heroes and the Event Planner at SirsiDynix thought we should make a man and a woman Super Hero cardboard cut out for our tradeshow booth to match. Read More…
Large Format Prints
Large format printing comes with it’s own level of stress and excitement. Here are some visual examples of my work in this area. Be sure to check out large scale print designs on my blog for more detailed information.
Advertising
I’ve had the chance to make a good deal of advertising in the course of my career. Here is some photographic proof. For more information explore advertising on my blog.
Branding
Identity design is not my strongest suite, but I’ve been given lots of practice with it. Check out my examples below, and look up identity design on my blog for more of the details.
User Interface & Web Design
Some of my most intense projects have been User Interface Designs. I guess that’s what you get when you work for a company that touts the “Best Library User Experience.” These have also been some of my most fulfilling projects. Check out the stories behind the images on my blog under User Interface Design.