30 Days of Design

Day 1

This is the first design. It is the name of a friends business. They make home made dog treats. They are starting up pretty soon and getting ready to get a holiday selection ready for you. The dog treat in this logo was created by me using photoshop. The rest of it was designed in Illustrator. My inspiration that I had was my dog's, dog tag. Let me know what you think.

Day 2

Revelations Salon is a business that I know of and thought it would be neat to create a logo with there name. The "V" is inspired by hair folicals and strands of hair. I made one of the strands of hair flow downward to create the "S" for the word, "Salon." I wanted to keep it tones that you would normally find in hair. Let me know what you think.

Day 3


Ok, I know this isn't a business name but it is a mast head. I couldn't come up with a business name last night so I decided to make a mast head for my 30 Days of Design.

Day 4

This is a logo that I should have been working on several months ago. It is a small business where they make hand made lotions using all natural products. The owner really likes sunflowers so I thought it would give it that fresh natural look to the logo.

Day 5

I was learning a few new effects and this is what I came up with. I did this whole thing in photoshop. I am going through a retro kick I think.

Day 6



Here is a different view of the same type of techniques as the one above.

Day 7


Some other techniques I have been playing with in photoshop. Again, everything was created in photoshop in this image.

Day 8



Here is another exhibit ad. Again everything here was created in photoshop.

Day 9


I thought I would do a little DVD cover. This was just me messing around.

Day 10


I created this entirely in photoshop. I was just playing around with effects and thought that it turned out pretty neat.

Day 11


I decided it was time to create a new header for my blog. I created everything you see in photoshop except for my monogram, I created that in Illustrator.

New Work

I have 4 years of experience as a professional graphic designer. These are just a few of examples that I have of some of my latest work. I have experience in product design, advertising, sign design, logo (branding and Identity) design, sequential design, and much much more. I hope you enjoy the work that I have done as much as I enjoyed doing it. Please feel free to leave any comments about any of the work at the bottom of this post.

This is a logo I made for my own freelancing business that I have on the side. I wanted it to be modern but also have colors that represent me. I am swedish and so I thought it would be appropriate to include the swedish colors (Blue and Yellow)

Below is a logo design for a client for his farm equipment sales and rental business. He was looking for a brand and identity because he goes international. His only requirements were that the colors were red, white, and black.

This is a self portrait that I took. It has become my signature trade mark for my frelancing design and photography.

This is a logo I designed for a customer. The customer is a promoter for english and spanish music. To the right is the business card design I created with his logo.

Below is an invitation I did for a persons bridal shower. She wanted it to be simple but elegant and the main color to be a celery green.

This is an baby shower invite I did for someone. She said that she wanted it to be elegant and not have the typical pink for baby girl. Didn't want it to have pacifiers and rattles. She just wanted it to be simple and elegant.

I did some business cards for a client. I have changed the name and contact information of this person to conceal their identity. I also was the photographer for this shot.

This was for an event at my church. I designed the flyers that were handed out to everyone.

I designed this for a contest that Radio Head was putting on for their next cd album. Unfortunately they didn't choose mine. I wanted to create this to show what someone might feel like while suffering from amnesia. I think that someone suffering from amnesia would see the image in their mind and try to make sense of it but to the rest of the world it is just static or confusing.

Gift Card Concepts

This is a logo that I designed for a Haitian organization for an orphanage. I incorporated the placement of parents with a child by putting their silhouettes in the wings. The center (body of the butterfly) is the child with outstretched hands. A butterfly is a symbol of hope, symbolizing that the child is hopeful to have parents some day.

This is a masthead that I created for a magazine that I designed the layout for. I wanted it to symbolize the loudness of music because the magazine theme is how music effects the mind.

This is the cover of the Euphorial Magazine that I created.

This is the First book of a 3 children's book series I designed and illustrated. It is based on one of the seven deadly sins. This one is based on gluttony.

This is the 2nd children's book from the 3 book series I created.

This is the third of a three book series that I did for childrens books. They are based on 3 of the seven deadly sins. This one is base on lust.

This is a little flyer that I created when I was art director of the social board at school. It was just a little incentive to get people to the dance.

This is a book cover I designed for a clients book of compositions. It is now published and can be found in select music stores.

This is a flyer I did for a huge event that was going to be held at a church. It was expected to have a couple of thousand of people come. There were 1500 that ended up showing up. Huge Success.

This is an image that I created just for fun. Everything in this image was created by me in photoshop. The only photo is the one that I took of the apple. Everything else is hand rendered in photoshop.

Thank you for taking the time to view my latest work. Please leave a comment. It helps me out with my designs in the future.

Tshirt Design

This is a T-Shirt that I designed for the Bakery Team at BYU-I Food Services. These are caricatures of the actual bakery staff.

My Portfolio

I found this quote and I thought that it applies well to me as well. I stand by it and feel the same way about my portfolio.

"My portfolio is me, everything I am and it's everything I'm not. It's m weakness and my strengths. My self-confidence and -esteem. My past, present, and most definitely my future. My portfolio is where I'm going, where I've been, places I shouldn't have been, and just a book, it's my inspiration my generation and it's never finished never done, it's always a work in progress, it's everything I've ever seen, heard, touched, smelled, sensed and believed, and my worst fears, and all my hopes at the same time. It's the beginning of the beginning and the end of an era. And so much more than a phrase. It's my portfolio and describing it is describing me."

-CMYK Magazine "Academy of Art University"

Work

I currently work for Brigham Young University - Idaho Food Services as their graphic designer. Here are just a few of my works that I have done through them.

This first is a poster for Cafe Kimball. Cafe Kimball is a little restaurant on-campus. This was created last June (2007). This poster was to advertise a new on-campus restaurant. The original is in 22"x 28" format.

This next poster is the Coming Soon poster for the new Garden View Café. I wanted to do something that was "eye" catching and fun. I hope that it was achieved. Let me know what you think.

This next one is a poster I did for Cafe McKay. This is another eatery on-campus which is located in the University Library. They wanted me to emphasize that students can now eat while studying in the library. I created the complete identity of this restaurant (the logo, colors, menu's, etc...) The original is in 22"x 28" format.
This is the first Dining Dollar poster I made in 2007. This is one of the first full size posters I made for them. They were looking for something risky, catchy, but with in the style guide as well. The photo was taken by me. This received a lot of positive feed back. But due to also receiving some negetive feed back we decided to change our image and that is where I came up with the next poster. The original size is 22"x 28" format.This next poster was an advertisement for the Dining Dollar Campaign. Dining Dollars are prepaid food dollars placed on a students student identification card (I-Card). They are a great way for a student to get a bigger bang for their buck. If the student buys dining dollars to use at all of the great restaurants on campus then they will receive a 5-20% bonus dollars placed on their I-Card to use toward purchasing more food, or even treating someone else to a great meal. So naturally University Food Services wanted me to create an Identity for Dining Dollars that everyone can have burned into their memory. So each time they see the Dining Dollar symbol they can automatically associate it with Dining Dollars with out having to read the actually letters spelling out "D-I-N-I-N-G D-O-L-L-A-R-S." The original is in 22"x 28" format.

This poster was created for another one of the eateries on-campus. This place is a little bakery which specializes in donuts, smoothies, and bagels. For this poster the client was looking to specifically advertise their donuts. I took the photos as well. The original is in 22"x 28" format.
This poster was created to advertise the food that this delicious Italian restaurant provides and also to advertise the new hours of operation. The original is in 22"x 28" format.
This is the new poster that is outside the galley's doors which advertise the new hours for this restaurant. The original size is 22" x 28" format.
This poster is to advertise that the Nordic Landing is under construction. Nordic Landing is a market place with several different food options. The original size is 22"x 28" format.
This is a poster I made for a Theme Night that the galley puts on each month. They change the theme each month and this months theme was Asia. This was the first poster I made with Food Services. The original size is 11"x 17" format.
This was the next theme night poster I did. The theme was obviously Brazil. The photo was taken by me. I took it in the amazon rain forest on the Ecuadorian side.
This is the next theme night poster that I did. The theme was Idaho. I got a picture of the tetons which are the mountain range that border our town.
This poster was designed for the next theme night. The theme was Russia.

Logo

This is the logo for the new restaurant on campus. It is going to be an italian café which also produces specialty sandwiches. I wanted to keep it simple because all the other logos that I have created for these restaurants have been simple but I wanted it to look classy as well as italian theme.

I created this logo for the new restaurant, Cafe McKay on BYU-I campus for Food Services. It is a restaurant that is located in the university library.

This is just one of the ideas of a logo for a business that I have been thinking about creating since I was a teenager. I have always wanted to create a business called DragonFire Design, Inc.

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This was a side project that I did on my own time. I don't reserve any rights to this design but it shows my ability to render in photoshop and make it look authentic.
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This is a work in progress right now. I am designing a logo for a Haitian Orphanage Organization for one of my classes and so it is not finished. I will be updating it as I finish it. There is still a lot of work to be done.

Brief History on Foyer de Sion

To give a brief history of this organization. First off, Foyer de Sion means "Gates of Hope" in an Ebonics language that they speak in Haiti. It is an organization to help find homes for Haitian Orphans. Haiti is the poorest country in our hemisphere with 80% of it's population being unemployed. Foyer de Sion is trying to build an orphanage in Haiti that will cost roughly about $300,000 to complete. They have finished about 1/4 of it. They are looking for people to help them finish this complex by donating to their organization. All of the funds that are donated go directly to the building of this building and for the education of these children. They are also trying to find families that are looking to adopt. So, naturally their identity is everything to this organization and I feel that they have chosen a well suited name. If you have any other questions about the organization, would like to donate money to help these children, or are looking to adopt a child, please visit their website.They are looking for a logo that demonstrates hope and does not demean the Haitian children at all. So I felt that a butterfly would describe this very well. It shows that the child is taking new flight as it enters a new home.

Ok now I am going to need all your help. I need you to comment and let me know which version of this logo you like. I will have them labeled by letters so just write the letter of the logo that corresponds to the one you are commenting about. It is very important that you let me know as soon as possible. I also love to hear your comments about why you do or do not like a specific logo. Please feel free to be open I take criticism very well. Also, I would like to know what you think of the Font choice. If you have any better suggestions please let me know. If you would like to look at it a little more close up than just click the image and it should open up in another window. Thank you.



I want to thank each and everyone of you how helped me out with your comments and you votes. It really helped me out a lot. Just to let you know I got feedback from the client and she liked E the best. I know most of you said that you liked A or B, I liked those two the best as well, but we will have to see how I refine it and hopefully I can make it better over all. I encourage you all to check back because I will be adding more on very soon.