This Time Let’s Try Harder Poster

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This Time Let’s Try Harder Poster

This poster entitled “A Lifetime of Getting Better” was a poster originally conceived for Version Fest’s Printervention show. The words directly reference the quality of the poster - very rough lettering and doodles printed on thin butcher paper and hand cut into circles - as well as being a general life mantra. Recently the graphic has been digitally reproduced at four feet tall, adhered to giant concrete tubes and displayed around France for the Chaumont International Poster Festival. Purchase here.

High Fives Poster

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High Fives Letterpress Poster

Another print from a Hamilton Woodtype museum visit. A phrase that started as an inside joke between Tony Francesconi, some others and I really puts a smile on peoples faces when letterpressed and hung on a wall. My apologies to anyone that will have to work at a merch table selling this poster. Your hand will be really sore at the end of the night. Buy it here. Thanks to Margot Harrington for the extra hands while photographing the poster.

Edelman Chicago Consumer’s Creative in Residence

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Edelman Chicago Consumer’s Creative in Residence

Edelman has asked me to join their team here in Chicago as “Creative in Residence”. It was a very humbling experience to have the largest independent public relations company in the world recognize my community involvement and collaborative efforts over the past few years here in the City of Big Shoulders and ask me not only to join them but to join them completely on my own terms including flexible part time work, mostly off site, and the opportunity to hire creatives in my network to execute projects when the work load becomes too heavy. My main responsibility is making new business pitches more engaging utilizing not only my problem solving skills but my printmaking and book making skills. So far I have done everything from design inner office invites to creating meeting leave-behinds to developing an artist grant program. Above are a few digital pieces I have done for my introduction to the team. Thanks to Amanda Mooney of We Are The Digital Kids and Matthew Clay (and Edelman!) for making it happen.

Cover for Chicago Culture Publication NewCity


NewCity Cover

Cover for Chicago weekly culture publication NewCity for their Education issue released on January 7th, 2010.

Life Long Work Week Poster




Life Long Work Week Storefront Sayings Poster

Here is the big collaborative poster that Jesse Brown and I did during our Life Long Work Week residency at Renegade Handmade here in Chicago. Purchase here.

Analog Print

Letterpressed Analog Poster

Another poster printed while at Hamilton Woodtype Museum. This run of ten was done on a show card press which gave me the ability to ink the forms once and print the entire run with each poster getting a lighter ink hit than the one previous (print one-of-ten being the darkest). Most letterpress prints are priced pretty high so to keep the cost down the posters is printed on text weight pink paper so it is easier to transport and keep shipping costs at a minimum. Folded and shipped flat directly to all you handmade nerds, letterpress lovers, and record collectors. Purchase here.

Life Long Work Week Products





Life Long Work Week Products

The end results of Life Long Work Week #001 — a storefront residency project I conceived and executed with with Jesse Brown. As you can see, these screenprints are an extension of my ongoing ebonics motivational posters project. More info at the LLWW site linked above. Check out the Life Long Work Week Store.

Couldbe.me Contribution

Could Be Me Contribution

Pictured above is my contribution to the Could be me but it’s actually Paul Paper project. I’m very excited to be included in such a stellar lineup of artists.

Get It Together @ Co-Prosperity Sphere

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Get It Together @ Co-Prosperity Sphere

I curated a show at the infamous warehouse gallery known as Co-Prosperity Sphere here in Chicago’s Bridgeport area. I made the mistake of not only curating the show but also creating new work! Who am I kidding… there is no way anyone can have enough time to make some work, curate, and promote a show simultaneously. Somehow I made it work. The show turned out pretty stellar. Pictured above are the show flier and grocery store installation which were both done in collaboration with the very talented Adrianne Goodrich. Also my hand painted five-by-eight foot Get It Together beer caddy for the front window. Check out more photos as well as the press release and a short video about the show at getittogethershow.com.

Illustrations for Ogilvy and Mather Sharpie Pitch










Sharpie Pitch

Here is some work from my project with Ogilvy and Mather for their pitch to Sharpie Markers. During the project I was lucky enough to work along site Eric Ellis, Delicious Design League, Rod Hunting and the rest of the Illustration Corporation crew.

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