Oak Hollow Open 2015 Stamp

  Oak Hollow Open Tournament Director and friend of mine, Phil Lawrence reached out to me after seeing the recent Great 8 stamp. He told me to just "do what you do" and sent me past years event examples to get my wheels turning. As a fellow Graphic Designer/ Photographer/ all around graphics guy, he gets it.

The idea behind the stamp comes from memories of playing the temporary course as a motivated intermediate disc golfer back in 2010 or so. You see many new courses, new faces and make great memories playing the tournaments blind. I remember Festival Park. I remember it well. Driving into Festival offers you a beautiful hillside view of Oak Hollow Lake and wood dock for Hole 1.

Out of all the crazy ideas in the thumbnail process, the scene of Festival made the most sense. With the suggestion of Phil, we decided to use a scenic shot of the signature Hole 9. It's an elevated tee throwing over the water and tight landing zone onto the green. I wanted to create a sense of energy that was in the rough draft. To do that, I was able to live trace my pen drawing into Illustrator and then go back through and clean up trouble areas.

The end result came out killer and really speaks to why this tournament gets bigger and better every year. Thanks to Oak Hollow Disc Golf Club for giving me this opportunity!

Thumbnail session 

Final

Brooklyn Body Blossom

I received a call from a good budd of mine, Dr. Michael Murray over the summer. He was rebranding his practice to display more of his holistic approach to chiropractics. He needed my help to rebrand his business with a logo for the newly formed Brooklyn Body Blossom.

Key initial ideas were:
1. Display the Brooklyn Bridge in some form
2. Show cues of an inspirational artist; Alex Grey
3. Include a lotus shape.

First and foremost, I want to thank Dr. Murray for working with me through last summer. This was a tough assignment but he was great with feedback and as an artist himself, I think we collaborated well to create a logo we're both proud of. I'll show the finished product first and then a few pieces that helped lead up to the final design.

Clients quick napkin sketches

Inspiration board

1st pass of thumbnail sketches

Almost there! Final font selection