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2011 Christmas Card. Design & Illustration by Jeff Sipe.

This is a small section of a much larger piece that I’m working on. My original idea was to actually have a small run of 18” x 24” posters printed, but that will depend on how the whole thing ends up coming together. I am pretty happy with this section, though… So I figured I might as well post it.

There is also a close-up to show the detail in the textures. This is the most texture I’ve put into a design in quite some time.

The black text is a font called Hobo Nickel, crafted by my dear friend Landon Sheely.

Subtle Fyrecode Logo Revisions.

©2011 Fyrecode, LLC

The first app that I have been working on with my friend Charlie has launched! Charlie is a very talented programmer, and we have teamed up to create several apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

I have been placed in charge of more or less everything visual for Fyrecode (Charlie’s company), including this app, as well as future apps that are also in the works. This has truly been one of the most fun projects that I’ve ever been a part of, and I can’t wait to continue working with Charlie.

You can check out this app by searching for “PassIt” in the iTunes App Store, or by clicking here.

© 2011 Fyrecode. All Rights Reserved.

This is the t-shirt design I did for this year’s ‘Stache Bash. My friend Jack hosts a bar crawl for his birthday every year, and the proceeds from the sale of the shirts goes to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. There will be an estimated 80-100 of these ordered.

We had been brainstorming ideas for a few weeks when we decided to sit down and hammer it out. We were having trouble coming up with an idea that would be fun, cool, different than previous years, and most of all, original. 

After an hour or so of thinking, the idea struck and we were on our way. Overall, I’m very pleased with the final result. I think we were able to nail exactly what we set out to do, and there has already been a lot of positive feedback from the event’s participants.

For more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109745129106999

This is a logo I did for a Madison, WI-based Post Punk band called Sinking Suns. Their guitarist Scott is a good friend of mine from college, so this project was a lot of fun to work on.

They were looking to have frequency waves that morphed into a rattle snake, with circles going around it that would have a somewhat trippy effect, and confuse the eye. I added the rays around the perimeter of the circles to fill in some of the empty space, as well as tie their name into the design. 

Scott had a pretty good idea of what they were looking for, so I got to spend most of my time on this project playing with different things to make it happen, without spending time conceptualizing the design itself. I think it turned out really cool, and the band digs it, too.

Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/sinkingsuns