Making Connections

I have always been captivated by the culture and community of Craigslist. I am glad to announce a new ongoing project of mine, which takes advantage of the infamous “missed connections” section on the popular classifieds website.

For those of you uninitiated to the splendor that is “Missed Connections,” it is a section of the personal ads that is dedicated to the little connections we make with strangers on the street everyday. Say you see an attractive person everyday on your commute to work, or buy coffee from some hottie at your local cafe, but don’t have the nerve to say something. Missed Connections is a place where you can post these interests, in the hopes that the person you are talking about somehow finds your posting, feels the same way, and gets in contact with you: a romantic shot in the dark, an amorous hail-mary. I have decided to try my best to drastically increase the chances that these people actually get connected with each other by extending the message from a mere online posting in a niche section of Craigslist to a series of small, targeted print campaigns.

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Harry Caul, Jazz Performer Sketches

Some posters for my boy Harry Caul. These will help him further deceive his booty call.
This is one part of a pretty extensive branding system that is currently in progress, but I thought I would share these.

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Afflicted Little Men

Some teaser/progress work for a freelance project. I tend to draw a lot of afflicted little people.

Drunken Surveillance Master

Messing around with some themes and characters from my favorite films tonight. Hoping to start posting more sketches and in progress stuff on here.

Flat-Back Hardcover Book Structure

Image on Flickr

These are my class “notes” on the flat-back hardcover structure for Gail Deery’s Papermaking and Book Structure class. If anyone is interested in the .pdf let me know.

My Tools

This is my latest project for my Artist’s Books class. The assignment was to bind together atleast 8 of something at a single point. Usually, this style of binding ends up functioning like a booklet of paint swatches, fanning out to be read. My book is all about the tools I use to create; it is both a reaction to my being the only male in my book arts class and people who assume design is synonymous with digital.

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A Second Orientation Leader Poster!

I had the opportunity to make a second Orientation Leader recruitment poster with people other than Kris and I available as for reference photos. Expect to see them both around campus soon!

Back In Baltimore, Posting Will Resume

Made it back to Baltimore and MICA last night just before they closed the roads for Obama. As I am now back at school and no longer wasting my time/life posting will resume and be of and about things that actually matter (hopefully). (more…)

MICA GD MFA Poster

30x22 print on pescia fine art paper

Poster I created for MICA‘s GD MFA Program. It was frustrating relying upon others to provide me with the information I needed to create the poster, but I am mostly pleased with the end result. Currently on display in the Brown Center.

John’s Hopkins University Holiday Card

5 x 7 and 4.25 x 6

Our Graphic Design class has the opportunity to compete for the John’s Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies’ Holiday Card. This is my solution, a simple illustration with hand-written text placed in the center of the cover. (more…)