Sunstone Records hired me to design the album cover for Stella and the Storm. They wanted a vintage feel with imagery and lettering to mirror the sound of this music collection. Photography by Ari Woeste.
Custom lettered letterpress print. Printed by the good folks at Typothecary Letterpress in Lancaster, PA.
Experimentation and study with custom lettering in the style of chromed vintage car badges.
Alessandro of Fancy Factory in Italy asked me to design and develop his new logotype. He wanted a custom script with a little vintage vibe while keeping it clean and simple. Be sure to visit his website (www.fancyfactory.it) for some inspiration in Food, Drink and Travel!
This super fun project happened in conjunction with and teamwork with Jen at Hoot Design Studio. Jen was creating the poster series for Baltimore’s Monument City Brewing’s new live music sessions and brought me onboard to create the logo for the events.
I was commissioned The Casbah in Durham, North Carolina for the married music duo Mates of State. I designed and produced this 3 color screen print in a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign style to give some of my own heritage to the overall look. This poster was printed in an edition of 50 and was sold out at the show.
I had the pleasure of working with Jesse and the women at Biggest Little Fashion Truck in Reno, Nevada on their new line “Murdock’s”. The new line will focus heavily on custom hats and apparel for Women and Men. The client wanted something a bit vintage looking. The upright brush script style adds a bit of mid-century flair to the finished piece.
I had the pleasure and opportunity to help out on a poster design for The Minks, a band out of Nashville, Tennessee. I drew this custom lettering of the band’s name for the poster title treatment.
Brand and package design for a new coffee business in Philadelphia. The client has roots and heritage in the Hawaiian Islands and wanted a custom drawn script logotype melded with simplified Hawaiian imagery.
I began working on the 2021 edition of 36 Days of Type and I’ll be adding more work to this page over time. I will also have prints available of the set as well as individual letters. Stay tuned!
The good folks at Monstercat reached out to me regarding their new sub-label Monstercat Silk. They wanted to retain some of the DNA of the original Silk wordmark while also adding in that good Monstercat flair. Read more about Monstercat SIlk here.
“INSPIRED BY THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF MUSIC, MONSTERCAT SILK’S MISSION IS TO SHARE THE MOST EMOTIONAL, INTELLIGENT, AND VISIONARY ELECTRONIC TRACKS. WITH A FOCUS ON INFUSING “EMOTIONS INTO SOUND,” WE RELEASE NEW MUSIC EACH WEEK FROM A DIVERSE RANGE OF ELECTRONIC SUBGENRES, INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE HOUSE, DEEP HOUSE, TRANCE, AND CHILLOUT.”
This series of custom lettering and type treatments is a set of some of my favorite places in my hometown of Lebanon, PA. I have fond memories of these places and used to frequent them whenever possible. This will be a growing series of work each with a re-imagined lettering and type style. Stay tuned for more!
I had the wonderful pleasure of working with Rajeev over at Cartoon Couple to come up with an energetic, loose and fun script logo. Check out Rajeev’s incredible cartoon work over at www.cartooncouple.com
Custom drawn lettering. Originally drawn in pencil and vectorized in Adobe Illustrator.
Custom logotype and layout work done for Wink, a project & talent management agency.
Copper foil letterpress print made by the good folks at Gilah Press + Design in Baltimore, Maryland. 11” x 14” on black stock.
I had the pleasure of working on this custom logotype for the Sommerland Cordials - a service organizing seasonal and regional White Parties.
The Felice Brothers commissioned me to design and produce a gig poster for their show with Conor Oberst at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. This was a big show as it was the venue’s final show before they closed their doors for good. The poster sold out during the band’s performance and the design was also included in the book Creative Anarchy by Denise Bosler.
Sage Screenprinting in Baltimore, Maryland approached me to create a custom lettered logo piece for their printing business. The client wanted a piece that had a vintage, 70’s vibe with lots of juicy curves. I exaggerated the letters to the point that they seem to meld together into a single entity where the counter spaces become very small but also supremely important to identifying each letter.
This logo work is a study in taking an older, obscure logotype and redrawing it to improve the clarity, flow and overall impact and effect. Tri-State was a smaller bottling company out of Baltimore, Maryland in the 1940’s.
Better Devils is a custom lettering piece with a backward, left leaning slant which changes the dynamic and feel of the piece overall. The backward slant allows for opportunities usually not afforded with lettering that has a forward, right leaning slant. An example of this is the unusual ligature of the letter ‘R’ in “Better” where the loop sweeps back to cross the two T’s. For balance and continuity/flow, the letter V in “Devils” also has a backward swept upstroke.
This piece is a re-imagined spin on the current logo of the model rocket making company, Estes. Using a custom script with a vintage vibe adds some nostalgia to the visual effect to help bring us memories of our childhood and model rocket building. This piece was a blast. Pun intended.
Branding and layout work for a new, upscale speakeasy.
Custom lettering made for advertising my lettering workshops.
Custom drawn logotype for a brand new supper club which also serves as an exclusive event room. More to come on this project when I can share more.
Some juicy, custom lettering for your eyeballs! Intended to be a large format peel and stick wall mural.
I had the honor of working with Ryan at Sunstone Recordings again for the Heavy Echo album release “Dangerous”. The imagery was created with a large brush and black ink, then photographed and reversed in color tone to produce the effect seen here.
Sinclair is a brand new upright, mid-century typeface/font system currently in development and will be available for purchase and download later this fall. Stay tuned!
This project was a super fun set done for Collusion Tapworks in York, PA for their new beer release “Optical Delusion”. Work done in collaboration with The Parliament Arts organization.
Custom lettering and design piece intended for other designers as an uplifting reminder that your time and talent have value and should never be undercut or or reduced. Artists and designers should always be paid fairly for their time, expertise and talents. This is a two color screen print on white stock.
11” x 14”
More to come on this custom logotype development. Stay tuned!
I had the fun opportunity to work on a portion of the identity for Social Stock - a new upstart social media company focusing on the importance of your most cherished friendships and experiences and how much they affect the other people around you in your social circles. The client wanted a soft but powerful custom script to keep the humanistic element of the site and users always at the forethought and front of mind.
The tightly connected letters are a subtle nod to our close proximity to each other even when we are physically far apart.
Anne Stahl , a talented interior designer in the Baltimore area, tapped me to create the logotype for her new studio: LUUA. Anne was looking for a clean and approachable aesthetic with the letter and character set. The 4 letters in “LUUA” were redrawn based on the Avenir typeface with some modifications in letter width, spacing and softening of corners.
This piece is part of a larger set of commissioned work by the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCAD) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This lettering serves as the elegant footer on the bottom of every PCAD special citation.
Some fun, juicy custom lettering intended for peel and stick wall murals.
Custom script lettering logo for Layer Cake, a brand new skateboard company out of Baltimore, Maryland.
I had the privilege of working with Christa Stauch of Proud Fitness on her new logo. Proud Fitness is a new fitness studio and gym in York, Pennsylvania. The client was looking for something that reveals the fun and energy of exercise and body positivity embracing the body’s curves. Be proud of your body and your fitness progess!
Custom logotype design for Dame Williams, a well known DJ in Philadelphia and beyond.
Custom lettering done for the band Los Toros.
I had the pleasure of teaming up with Melissa and Britt of Outcalls in Baltimore to create their album cover for their new single “Stay”. The custom lettering is heavily influenced by the typeface Stunt Roman.
