Graphic Design, Marketing & Advertising Portfolio

Save the Date flyer and email design

2012-02-14T05:37:00.000-08:00

This piece was to be used as both a printed piece for snail-mail distribution and as embedded image for an email blast. Simple, effective...and fast. Created in Illustrator.

Flyer on the fly

2012-02-14T05:32:00.000-08:00

This is a flyer that was needed post-haste. Grabbed a licensed NYC image and played with the layout and content provided. Designed in Photoshop and Illustrator in pretty short order.

Banner ads and web site headers designed for next to nothing!

2012-02-06T07:56:00.000-08:00

In my neverending search for ways to make money online (check out my Get Rich Slowly blog), I ran across Fiverr. At Fiverr you can post products and services that you are willing to provide for five dollars. Everything is five dollars. People will sing for you, do promos of your business, writer you message on their lips. If nothing else, it's fun to see all of the stupid things people are willing to do for a five spot.

I'm not quite so adventurous and pretty much stuck to what I know. So, I offered to design a banner ad or website header for five dollars. I also offered to send an electronic version of the Dirty Joke Show Joke Book for five dollars.

Here is what I sent a client requesting a website header. In the future I will not probably give them so many options.

Four-page, four-color commercial construction company brochure

2012-01-04T05:57:00.000-08:00

In the past year I have been fortunate enough to have landed a number of diverse freelance jobs, from a brick-and-mortar bookstore, to a catering truck. I did a successful email marketing campaign for a tool repair company and created social networking projects and SEO and SEM for a number of new clients.

This is one of the pages from a four-page, four-color brochure I designed for a commercial builder. The company was expanding with a partnership with another builder and needed logos designed, letterhead, business cards and three brochures. All done to the client's satisfaction in very short order.

Tool Repair Marketing Piece

2011-11-09T17:12:00.000-08:00

Simple and sweet.

This marketing piece is targeted directly to machine shop owners who know that "Damaged Indexable Tools Suck!"

When the client called, I had no idea what an indexable tool was. I thought that if I broke my hammer I could just take it to this guy.

Photo images created in Photoshop, flyer designed in Illustrator.

Simple Save the Date post card/email graphic

2011-05-03T12:36:00.000-07:00

This was needed FAST! So, a quick trip to Illustrator and Photos.com and Voila! A simple, but effective Save the Date post card in fifteen minutes.

Sample of a bio sheet for clients

2010-12-07T04:35:00.000-08:00

Simple, straightforward bio sheet created in Illustrator (with an assist from Photoshop).

5.5 x 8.5 full page program ad

2010-11-30T12:57:00.000-08:00

I created this ad using Photoshop and Illustrator.

Michael and Heather were standing in a yard with a house in the background. I removed the pen in Michael's pocket, masked the subjects and inserted the red curtain background in Photoshop. Then I created the ad in Illustrator.

I only had a couple of hours to create this ad, and after all is said and done, I kinda like it.

One page piece promoting Employment & Labor law practice

2010-11-19T05:27:00.000-08:00

This piece was designed as a flyer from a larger 11 x 17, four-color brochure.

It was created in Adobe's InDesign with elements from both Photoshop and Illustrator.

Latest poster for the hilarious "Dirty Joke Show" currently at Hooters Casino in Vegas

2010-11-19T04:31:00.000-08:00

This is the latest poster for "The Dirty Joke Show" currently running nightly (dark Fridays) at Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas.

This piece was created primarily in Photoshop with some of the vector elements made in Illustrator.

You can visit the web site at http://dirtyjokeshow.com/

Holiday ad for a hospital

2010-10-01T07:46:00.000-07:00

This ad was created for an annual fundraising event for St. John Hospital System. Click on the ad for a better view.

Law firm ad for Michigan Medical Law Report

2010-08-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

This is an ad that will run in an upcoming Medical Law Report supplement in Lawyers Weekly.

This ad is targeted primarily to those in the medical field (hospitals, healthcare providers, long term care facilities).

Black & White graphic ad for Presbyterian Village

2009-10-09T07:40:00.000-07:00

Again, I was sent an email and instructed that an ad had to be submitted by the following morning. I had seen an ad that had the background from a photo in the background, but the people in the picture in front of a shape. It required masking (cutting out) the people in PhotoShop, then saving the full image at 60% opacity (or so). In Illustrator I placed (imported) the background image behind the shape and the exact size masked image of the man and child in front of the shape.

I kinda like the effect.

To see a larger view of the ad, click on it.

Full page ad sample from graphic art portfolio using PhotoShop and Illustrator

2009-10-08T06:22:00.000-07:00

This ad was never published but I had fun creating it. I started with a licensed photo of a guy ripping open his shirt to expose a bare chest. I wanted to turn it into a super hero sort of look with the company logo on the shirt. Enter PhotoShop and Illustrator.

I created a layer over his chest, trimmed it, made it opaque, created, filtered and scaled the logo and then played with the copy.

8.5 x 11 booklet cover sample

2009-10-08T06:14:00.000-07:00

This is the cover from a year-end meeting book. Most one page designs are created in Illustrator with the photographic images imported from PhotoShop. However, in the case of a complete booklet, the body was created in Adobe's InDesign.

For a larger view of the image, click on it.

Again, feel free to contact me for almost any reason.

Samples of a graphic design ad from my portfolio

2009-10-08T06:05:00.000-07:00

This is a graphic image from arecent project that was brought to me with a same-day deadline. Many of the projects I get may require designing ads, flyers, signage, booklets, brochures, document covers, etc. on very short notice. Luckily, I thrive on the pressure. I'd rather have more time, but if it has to get done, I get it done.

To see a larger view of the image, just click on it.

If you'd like to discuss a project or position, feel free to email or call (586.792.4242).