Harvest Christian Centre Billboard Design

Here is a billboard design & layout I did for my church. The photo has a watermark on it because it is just a place holder. The company that actually prints the billboard will replace that image with a high rez photo that they have the rights to. The bottom design was my original concept, the top is what actually will become a billboard. Although I like the bottom layout better, the top design should hopefully be easier to read zooming 65mph past it.

ONE Initiative Logo & Branding Elements

I actually made this a while back but forgot to post it so here you go.

Here is a logo design and some other promo stuff I did for a local body of churches that have banded together, regardless of denomation, to reach out to the teens/youth in the area. About every 3 months or so, we get toegther and have a large youth rally with high enegry music, games and several speakers that speak and teach on the bible in a way that youth can relate and understand. Here is a link to the one inititave's website: http://www.theoneinitiative.org/. You can also view a poster I did for the last event back in March.

Spins a Web Any Size, Look Out Here Comes...

Here is a Spider-man standing pose I did recently to work on a redesign of his costume. After several attempts and 3 erasers later, I have personally come to the conclusion that his costume is just about perfect. I just wasn't happy with any of the overhauls I came up with. I don't think there are too many comic characters out there who's costumes are able to stand the test of time (see my Superman redesign for an example of this) like Spidey's. I believe it still has a nice modern feel and look even though it's over 40 years old.

I only made a couple of slight alterations in my take on Spidey. I simplified the webbing pattern on his costume to make it almost just straight lines intersecting the vertical lines. I also made the spider emblem on his chest more angular and less rounded. I think it makes it more stylized and slightly edgier. Probably the biggest change I made was removing all the blue on his suit and replacing it with black. Typically, Spidey's suit has blue with a ton of black shadowing drawn into it. That always confused me as a child. Was his suit red and blue with black shadowing or red and black with blue highlights? Well, I have removed all confusion.

You are welcome.

Vibrant Glow Logo & Business Card Design

Here is a logo and a business card design I made up for a friend who starting up a spa. The design of the logo came about with inspiration from the sun and how it causes us to "glow," is a manner of speaking. How the sun component is breaking apart and peaking over the horizon line signifies how her spa can "break part" the current condition of your skin and revitalize your skin. The color choices where made off of the initial idea made by the client because she said she liked the color orange. : ) No other reason than that. Sometimes it's just that simply, LOL!!

As she gets her new business endeavor up and going, her primary focus is on spray tanning. I made the business card design reflect that.

You Belong Banner

This is a vertical standing banner I just designed for my church.

Superman Redesign

Been a while. We had our baby, Lincoln Wade Finch, on Nov. 12th so life has been pretty hectic but awesome as well. I've wanted to do a Superman redesign for some time and just last week I finally got around to it.

I have always felt like that Superman's "S" was always to obvious. It should not just be a "times new roman" "S" pasted to his chest. It has more meaning than that. It's his Kryptonian family symbol for crying out load!! I have tried to make it more than just an "S" but still have it recognizable as an "S".

I also wanted his suit to be updated to fit a more modern world. I got rid of the red underwear because it seems ridiculous to have this as part of his design in this day and age. Instead, I added the gauntlets to his forearms to help add more red accents pieces. I attached the symbol to his cape to make it one piece that comes down over his chest. I think this helps makes him look more powerful and imposing.

Most use a shade of yellow and some even use black for the color behind the "S" in their suit designs. I felt like both were too harsh for this look and went with a darker shade of red.
I left the look of the boots mostly in line with what is traditionally done for his suit.
So there you have it. I would love to know what you think.

Element Youth Ministry Logo

Here's a logo I just redesigned for a local youth group. The youth group is actually a part of "Harvest Christian Centre" so I wanted the logo to have a similar look. I basically took what they had been using and tweaked it to be something all their own. I also created a unique type face (much like I did for the Harvest Logo) for the text associated with the logo.

Sentinel of Liberty...

Here is a project I just finished for Project: Rooftop, a website that issues design challenges dealing with redesigning comic book characters costumes. The recent challenge, in light of the movie concepts coming out, is to redesign Captain America. I choose to go with more of a WW2 style redesign. I got rid of the traditional red and white stripes on his torso in my design, also thought it kinda made my look like he's wearing a corset. Instead, I put the stripes on both the belt around his waist and across his chest. The belt around his chest would be used to attach his shield to on his back when not in use.

I also posted this on my coroflot account and it has already become a featured item on their featured work section! So hopefully good things to come with this!!

Finalized Harvest Christian Centre Logo

Been a while.....but here is is the finalized Harvest logo. We decided that a much smaller, compact design would better serve the purpose of this logo. This design still keeps the essence of the designs below but is much more complete.

Harvest Christian Centre Logo Process Work

Here are some logo options I've been working on for a local church. They want to update their look to have a more current design. I'm still tweaking the details but the majority of the designing is done. Take a look and let me know what you think.

Get Pumped Walk Results

The walk to raise money for juvenile diabetes research my sister and mother organized raised over $15,000!! Not bad for the first walk in farmington and really only being put together with two people.

Notice all those blue t-shirts? Pretty nice uh? Over 500 t-shirts with my design on them were sold for the walk.

Best Models We Could Find...

Here's a pic of my sister and I wearing t-shirts with the logo I designed for the fundraising walk she is organizing. All the proceeds collected go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to help find a cure. The walk is in early April. Brianna (my sister) has all ready raised over $2000 by herself! Scroll down a bit to see the original posting of the logo.

Just For Fun...

Just a fun exercise to get my back in the swing of things. I haven't just sat down and drawn something for fun in a while. I found an image of Wolverine I liked and went to town. Top image is my pencil work and the bottom image it the inked version. I'm going to try and to more of these as a way of disciplining myself to draw more.

Fly Me to the Moon...

Here is a piece I've been working on for a while now. Just a fun take on "Old Blue Eyes" himself, Frank Sinatra. It's a mixed media piece much Like how I handled the John Wayne piece. Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think!

Get Pumped Logo

This is a logo I'm working on for a JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) fundraising walk my sister is organizing. The design is centered around an insulin pump, a device used by many diabetics as a way to help control their disease. This project is near and dear to me because many members of my family are diabetics including my mom, dad and sister.