Right Brain Project

I was approached by RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council) to see if I could come up with an idea on how to have a student show that would travel throughout the region for 6 to 9 months. I have always wanted to use those moving PODS for something, and this was the project. A mobile (as well as storable) gallery that contained 3 monitor stations as well as listening areas.

Urban Golf-Portland

I am the organizer of the worlds largest gathering of Urban Golfers. Once a year we hold World Urban Golf Day, a collection of 12 countries with 45 cities that participate on one day around the globe. Portland is also the only city that regularly meets (every 6 weeks) to play one of 19 courses designed around industrial sections of Portland. All organizing and promoting any urban golf event happens only through social media communities such as Facebook, Wordpress and Myspace.

Holiday Show

B. Rogers Gallery aka Plan B's annual holiday artist show featuring works from west coast artist. Most works had a holiday feel to them. The bright image you see here was one of twenty designs that could be purchased. Not only did the buyer get the image, they also received the PSD file that could be made into cards, Christmas paper or inserted into a web mail blast.

HBO Original

Video walkthrough showing project between Dish Network and HBO. Movie and show preview with option to pay-per-view episodes of ones favorite shows. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Adidas Originals

Graphics project for Adidas and Foot Locker USA. Image was placed atop Originals shoe rack and changed every other month. Most pieces were marketed towards the Hispanic Community in the US, Spain and Portugal. Other projects include Adidas Bounce campaign and Adidas Soccer for Sports Authority. Photoshop and Illustrator used.

Casual Construction

A two month show created out of painted pallets. The viewer was invited to move, stand or play with any of the 24 pallets. During the second month, the viewer was invited to become the artist by sketching out what they would do if they had 24 pallets at their disposal. Two ideas were then picked and created, lasting about two weeks each. At the end of the show, pallets were placed curbside, picked up and put back into shipping rotation.

Words Without Walls

This was a Caldera Arts inspired project working with students between the ages of 13-17. The project included a television wall which displayed videos created by the students; a 'Pod' wooden structure that projected the students poems and videos simultaneously; students poems printed on clear overhead projector plastic (this made the words hard to see unless something was behind the poem like a hand or a piece of paper). Shown at the W+K building in Portland and gallery space in Redmond.

Nooka Watches

Print advertisements for Details/Conde Nast Publications.

History Channel's Battle BC and Ice Road Truckers

Video walkthrough of application based on popular shows on History Channel. Sponsor based games that would challenge the viewer to answer questions about the episode being played. Viewer would then have a score that would be tallied and kept track of through the cable provider were a winner would be crowned at the end of the season. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used.

Nike ACG Olympics

Illustration and motion graphics used in videos at Niketown's leading up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Marketing artwork promoted the holiday, spring and summer leading up to the games. Artwork was picked up and used as a branding tool for the ACG line. Aftereffects, Illustrator and Photoshop used.

Red Light Project

This project happened in correlation with Affair, an art show at the Jupiter Hotel. The Jupiter Hotel was changed from their distinguished blue glow to red in a course of a few minutes. The hotel stayed red for the weekend and then slowly changed back to blue on a lazy Sunday evening. Most of the lights were donated after the project and some can still be seen on the outside of the Hearth building at Caldera in Central Oregon.

The Love Show

Massive group show by Launch Pad Gallery in Portland. 100+ artists created works that were housed in a refurbished industrial warehouse and shown during the month of February. The piece you see here was created from six rings of plastic cups that sat on top of each other. It was one of the only floor pieces to be submitted to the show which made for an interesting place for children to play in.

Holocene Artist Mini Putt-Putt

A collaborative project with artist John Larsen. The idea was centered around the name Tiger Woods. The hole was a collection of abandoned pallets that were cut up into pieces and arranged to look like a tiger. The space itself was filled with a yellow glow to give the feeling of being in the bright sun of the Serengeti. This was my third Holocene Mini Putt Putt where past holes included an outhouse and a minimal one putt hole.

Moblin.org

Design and banner adds V1.0. Flash banners for Moblin through Livengood|Nowack in Portland. Moblin is a company that created a platform in Linux that provides positive user experiences in mobile devices. Eight different designs were created that are still being used as promotional material. Photoshop and Flash.

Ford Sync

Video walkthrough for application showing off all brands of Ford cars produced in 2008/2009 through Dish Network. Viewer wold be asked during a commercial for Ford if they wanted more information on the product. From there the user was directed to a page that looked much like a web page were they could scroll through information on new cars and at the same time sign up to receive information via mail. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

World Urban Golf Day

Print and web illustrations for NW Urban Sports League. Twenty plus sports related posters, three t-shirt designs and a slew of other marketing tools. Photoshop and Illustrator used.

Lincoln MKS

Video walkthrough for application showing off the MKS produced in 2008/2009 through Dish Network. Viewer wold be asked during a commercial for the MKS if they wanted more information on the product. From there the user was directed to a page that looked much like a web page were they could scroll through information on new car, watch short movies centered around the car and at the same time sign up to receive information via mail. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

100 patterns

Project involving fiber glass, plastic resign and stenciled patterns. All patterns were first created in Photoshop and/or Illustrator, printed and cut out on clear transparency sheets. Sizes varied from one to two foot squares that glowed in the sunlight.

Rosie Awards

After party for the annual awards ceremony for regional design firms.

Lompoc Brewery

Label, print and site design for this small artisan brewery. Project included shooting all images for site, developing branding standards and strategies and implementing them into the brewery as a whole. Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop.

Major League Baseball Mosaic/MLB.com

MLB and Ensequence walkthrough were a subscription would let the viewer watch up to six live baseball games at once. Features included live stats as well as notifications of when a team member was up to bat and individual and team stats. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used.

The Bird and Garden Show

Getting to show work outside park setting rarely happens in Portland. I was given a chance to show at a community garden under a freeway in Portland, and jumped at it! The show included minimal pieces that doubled as bird houses. Pieces were placed throughout the garden in many forms that resembled flowers and vines. All works were created from plastic cups.

Adidas Racing

Carlo Gruber Tour line.

W+K 25th Anniversary/Founders Party

I was brought in as a stage manager for the entertainment that was going on around the main entertainment (that you see in this image). The Beasties performed a show for about a crowd of 300. Many people left prior to the show thinking that the music guest was going to be Phil Collins...

The Nice Plastic

A show that consisted entirely of plastic cups, bowls and serving dishes purchased at 13 of the local Target stores. Stores were completely bought out of cups and bowls for this project which consisted of pieces numbered in the thousands came in only 4 colors. Pieces included standing flower like objects (as seen here) to what I like to call a 'poor mans Chihuli' chandelier composed of over five hundred pieces.

World Urban Golf Day

I am the organizer of the worlds largest gathering of Urban Golfers. Once a year we hold World Urban Golf Day, a collection of 12 countries with 45 cities that participate on one day around the globe. Portland is also the only city that regularly meets (every 6 weeks) to play one of 19 courses designed around industrial sections of Portland. All organizing and promoting any urban golf event happens only through social media communities such as Facebook, Wordpress and Myspace.

MTV Music Video Awards

Video walkthrough of application that asked the viewer to answer questions on present and past award winners. The sponsor based questions (Pepsi) would challenge the viewer to answer questions correctly would gain points and then tallied at the end were the viewer would be given a code that could be redeemed online. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

John Fluevog

Ideas for the Vancouver icon. Hand drawn then scanned image.

String Project

Several string projects exist throughout the city of Portland. Two office buildings have permanent pieces that measure over twenty-five feet long and three feet wide of rich colored string and thread. This thread is wrapped over and over to create thick bands of color that resemble ribbon. This tactile project is constantly touched by viewers investigating what material was used to create these wall pieces. Smaller versions which were called 'Portables' were also created around the larger pieces.

Portland Parks and Recreation

Newspaper adds promoting classes.

International Symposium of Art and Design

Ulsan, South Korea hosted this symposium working with artists and designers from around the globe to promote cross continental sharing of ideas visually. My entry was 'Second Place Americana', which was images taken after a bowling tournament where the team had come in second place. Korea (I came to find out) is a country that takes bowling very seriously. Images were not for purchase but could be downloaded online for free when asked about in the gallery.

NoPdxAntiCon

A couple of weeks prior to the announcement that Portland Santacon was being held out in Hillsboro, a plan was conceived of holding our own version in North Portland. In the mass confusion of were the con was being held we were only expecting about 75 Santa's…. by the first watering hole we had 200+, by the second 300+, by the third 500+, then we stopped counting. Promoting the event was all done through Wordpress and word of mouth.

NBC Olympics

Video walkthrough of application developed by NBC and Dish Network letting the viewer watch olympic sports live and at the same time find out news and information on what was happening around the Olympics. Up to date stats, metal counts and interviews with athletes were included. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Bock Fest

Promotional poster for Portland event.

Pediatric Otolaryngology (ENT) at Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Logo/branding.

Spike Video Game Awards

Video walkthrough of application shown live during the VGA's. Viewers were asked to interact with their remote control to get up to the minute stats of winners, play games and unlock cheat codes to popular video games. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Caldera/Dan Wieden

Email blast and graphics work promoting Caldera.

Guerrilla Plastic in the Parks

Large sheets of painters plastic were placed in between paths at various parks throughout the city. The sound of the plastic in the wind, as well as the translucency of the material, made for a calming effect. The thin plastic had the feel of puffy clouds or water ripples when blown by the wind.

Nike Zoom featuring Ladainian Tomlinson

Video walkthrough showing project between Dish Network and Nike showing television interactivity through the use of a remote control. Several section could be selected to see commercials, LT's training regiment as well as the shoes he uses on and off the field. Think of it as web browsing but on your television. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Hoyt Street Building

Ceiling installation made from white plastic waste baskets and lit from behind with fluorescent colored lighting. The project planning for this instal included measures to protect the exposed timber that the project was attached to. The plastic receptacles were used several times for other projects before placing them in retirement after the Rosie Awards in 2005.

World Urban Golf Day

Print and web illustrations for NW Urban Sports League. Twenty plus sports related posters, three t-shirt designs and a slew of other marketing tools. Photoshop and Illustrator used.

Hand to Word

A collaborative, anonymous exchange between a writer and two artist. Poet Lacey Young, artist Kamaya Lindquist and myself participated in a secret collaboration involving the trade of ideas that started from a poem, then responded to through a piece of art. This process was repeated over the course of three months. At one point during the exchange the poet was asked to place herself in the seat of the artist which was done by handing her a map that led her to a camera to record her thoughts through images.

Adidas

Logo treatment for store signage.

Oil Of Olay

TV and online application letting the viewer get more information on product. Included testimonial videos and a request form to have coupons emailed as well as receive a free sample. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Elizabeth Leach 25th Anniversary Party

Party in Pearl District warehouse celebrating the 25th anniversary of the gallery. Event included video installations, music, live entertainment, food and more for 300+ people.

01, 02, 03, 10. A Video Installation

Traveling video installation of projected color fields through the use of televisions. Ten one hour videos were created on DVD's. Staff were asked to pick two or more DVD's each morning, the combinations of colors created from the projected light was always new to the viewer depending on what video was selected to play.

City of Portland's PDX Lounge in Denver

Promotional material that included illustration, web, print and animation promoting Portland's green buildings and architecture firms and companies keeping the city at the forefront of the green building trend. With this very large scale project I was very lucky to get the chance to design a bicycle bell that was given away in Denver in helping promote the cities large bicycle population. Flash, Illustrator and Photoshop.

Bravo Top Chef Season One and Two

Dish network and Bravo application letting the viewer vote on their favorite and not do favorite chef. Information about contestants, judges and sponsors at a click of the viewers remote. Aftereffects, Final Cut and Photoshop used. UI design, development and testing.

Dove Lewis

Once a year local animal hospital Dove Lewis has artists donate works created around animals. This piece was created out of printing dog images on tracing paper, then hand painting bits of color and covering the whole thing in plastic resin. The painting/collage was turned into a calendar.

CNN for Dish Network

Flash project showing interactivity through the use of Dish Networks remote to get up to the minute news stories as well as advertisements from sponsors. Viewer could enter email, mail address or telephone number to receive more information. Flash and Final Cut used. UI design, development and testing.

Adidas Super 64

Basket ball training/camp for the best highschool players.