No Punshment Too Severe // No Salvation Too Sincere

I’m Board IV presented by Chad Landenberger has proven again to be a shredding success. With record submission levels and a packed out house this show is quite the force to be reckoned with. I love that we are seeing the development of more themed shows and learning that the demand is certainly there within the art community. This show gave me the chance to finally complete the second deck the two part Revenge series. The first completed last year for the I’m Board III show featured a severed demon head and read “No Punishment Too Severe.” This year’s piece was a bit more subdued to juxtapose the prior violent rendition. It features a mother tiger with her cub tightly in mouth and blood on her paw symbolizing a valiant battle to protect her young from harm. It reads “No Salvation Too Sincere.” You can view a final pic of the pieces here on my Behance page. Photo by Spencer Miller.

Bobby the Robot - May you rest in peace (2009-2009)

I couldn’t possibly have been more excited than I was in anticipation of the AIGA Jacksonville Designers in Toyland show this past December. I love to collect designer vinyl toys and customize them as well so I spent about 50 hours painting a Monster Hunter from Tyler Coey. I was really excited to work on it and even more so to show it as I really enjoyed how it came out. So I put the LAST coat of clear on it, left it on the back porch to dry over night and went to bed. What’s the worst that could happen? My 10 month old boxer, Dexter got a hold of it and chewed it to shreds. Needless to say I was S.O.L on having anything for the big show that night. Luckily I was able to take a good picture of it the day before, and I printed and mounted it bearing the phrase “My dog ate my homework.” I was pretty upset about it, but ultimately it made for a great conversation piece. Greenhouse Studio was even nice enough to blog about it! In addition to that, Tyler alerted John a.k.a Spanky Stokes at spankystokes.com and he wrote up a story on it too. Check out his blog, he’s got the one-and-only pic of it eaten up.

Thanks everyone for the support. Made the death in the family much easier!

Courtney Cotten :: UX/IA Design

I love to share stories about design with fellow creatives, so naturally when my buddy Courtny Cotten asked me to chat with him on his blog I was excited and glad to participate. Courtny is an incredible designer from Indianapolis, Indiana, and is a proud member of the Indy chapter of AIGA | the professional organization for design. He has a fine portfolio of identities and interfaces even though he is at the beginning of what is sure to be a long career.

Here’s a bit about Courtny from his site: I am a graphic designer focused on delivering beautiful and practical solutions. I have experience in a broad range of design disciplines: print, 3D, video, as well as web. My current passion is emerging information technologies, user interface design, as well as communication architecture. I work and play in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Read the interview on his blog

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Brand Sprout™ by Greenhouse Studio

As many of you may already know, I have been working with a new brand development studio here in Jacksonville Greenhouse Studio. As part of our one year anniversary, we put together a program, Brand Sprout, that aims to give back to the business community and illustrate the importance of a strong brand development with a new company. We will create your identity, messaging, vision, website and overall brand framework. We’ll even host your site and support your branding initiatives for one year. We will also document your growth, month by month, and continue to help you out along the way for 2010. We have amazing campaign partners that will also help get you started with communications, PR, signage, hats, shirts, launch gifts, catering and even printing. We love the entrepreneurial spirit and want to help those who have the same passion we do for risk and reward.

We want you to tell us WHY. The brand sprout campaign contest will run for the month of October 2009 and close on Thursday, October 29th at noon. The top 3 candidates will be chosen for phone interviews on Friday, October 30th, and then the finalist will be announced Monday, November 2, 2009. Your new brand will be launched for growth for 2010. Please read our rules & regulations and note that your company must be less than one year old.

Patrick Carter and Uncle Eddie at Always Summer

So opening night has come and gone and the 2009 AIGA Jacksonville Membership Drive was a fantastic success. With nearly 50 submissions in total, the gallery like setting provided by The Jacksonville Landing was the perfect atmosphere for some seasonal socializing. The atmosphere of Always Summer, as it was deemed, was set by creative lighting, stunning live entertainment, cold local beverages, and delicious organic foods.

Music was key to this AIGA Jax bash, as the playlist was generated and compiled by local designers’ selections. Each poster entry was paired to a favorite summer song and designed to its likeness (or loose interpretation in some cases). The DJ booth was alive with energy featuring Joey Marchy of urbanjacksonville.info and DJ Squints (Dennis Eusibio) of Thought and Theory. Not only did they seamlessly play all of the songs from the posters and an incredible display of their own tastes and talents, but also managed to VJ a visual show of summer themed delights.

If the sights and sounds of Always Summer Poster Show + Mix Tape weren’t thrilling enough, the food and drink were sure to win you over. With local Bold City Brewery favorite “Duke’s Brown Cold Nosed Ale” running the show, guests also had a selection of wines, soft drinks and more available. Native Sun Natural Foods Store provided delicious and healthy black bean and chicken quesadillas and multiple varieties of their famous wraps including a vegetarian selection. When combined these refreshments pleased even the savviest critics: art, food or otherwise.

As an interactive touch to the event, attendees were encouraged to vote for their favorite poster to take the acclaimed Jax Choice award. Designers faced off for the chance at 3 price packs containing many books, posters from Dog and Pony and one from yours truly, design goodies, and creatively packaged in summer beach and pool gear, which always comes in handy ’round these parts. It’s no surprise that 1st prize went to vector and poster master Levi Ratliff of Halftone Def Studios, 2nd prize went to Brittany Norris and 3rd place to Ben Windsor. It’s also worth mentioning that AIGA Jacksonville President Varick Rosete initially took both 2nd and 3rd prize, but nobly forfeited his winnings to the next two participants with the highest votes. There were so many excellent posters and it was a very tight race making us lucky to be able to narrow it down to 3 with the help of out guests.

AIGA Jacksonville was please to see so many new and old faces at the event. It was truly an eclectic mix of creatives (and creative lovers alike). Be sure to join us for Art Walk on October 7 for an encore presentation of the event. We would like to thank participants and attendees for making it such a fantastic time and encourage you to join us more often!

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