Cross Country Camp T-shirt Design 2015

I don't always share my corporate-like, graphic design work on this little blog.  And the main reason being that is isn't usually as exciting.  I mean, design can be nice or well done without being blog worthy, ya know?  Business clients don't always like it if you go crazy creative and have fun on their medical brochure or mailer... so sometimes it's just there, and you only notice if something is wrong with it! haha

Anyway, here's a new design that I made for one of my favorite clients: the Hubbard ;)  He coaches the high school track and cross country team, and each year I have the fun challenge of coming up with a new design for their team shirts.

I decided to go a little more rustic and give the nod to vintage signs/stamps that I've seen popping up everywhere (and by "everywhere", I mean "Pinterest").  Because this is not my typical style, it took a few tweaks and adjustments before we were satisfied with the result, but now we are excited to hand them out to the team and sport them around the campground!

Would you like to see more of this style of work on here occasionally? Client designs (not the "boring" ones, of course haha!), personal designs, and maybe even a few tutorials?
 Let me know!

Logo: TIMESPAN

Above is a recent logo design that I did for a trivia app.

The product is not out on the market yet—in fact, the only reason that I'm sharing it with you now is because the name was changed and we are going in an entirely different direction with the logo and visuals.  But don't worry, the real thing will be out soon and I'll be sure to let you know!
Over
and over
and over again! ;)

Anywho—what do you think?  Have you ever finished a project and then decided to toss it and go in a different direction?

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Branding: Upstream

 I recently was given the opportunity of working on a branding team for a sermon series at Woodside Bible Church.
The title of the series is "Upstream", and the idea/theme behind it is that followers of Christ must move against the "steam" of the world/culture that we live in.  My challenge for this design was to convey the feeling of movement and "uphill" work while still remaining readable.  The design that was chosen had two variations, and the more conservative version was selected (which is not unusual and totally not a problem!).  However, since I did like my original thought, I decided to share it with you.  Maybe I'll do this more in the future...?

I preferred this design and the opportunity that I was given to play a little more with the typography

The design that is currently in use.  More readable while still conveying the idea of moving through space—think "Star Wars", haha

Which do you prefer? Am I too steeped in design to recognize when enough is enough? Or do you also prefer the typographic "play" created by the arrow in place of the "p"?

 

Which design do you prefer?
	The design with the arrow—way more fun
	The simple design—don't go overboard
	I don't really like either
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