Release the Kraken!
Holy mackerel, do I LOVE these spots for The Kraken Rum! The art direction, writing and web presence are just brilliant. And these all came out of the beautiful packaging and other print / tangible items. Brooklyn-based Dead as we Know It ties everything together so well it takes this whole campaign to another level. I definitely look forward to watching this campaign evolve.
Shiny Street Art
Over the past several months, my good friend Paige has been experimenting with paper street art installations inspired by naturally formed geode crystals all over LA. She painstakingly takes molds of cracks, holes and any other interesting recesses in a wall or other surface and creates tiny paper shapes that all work together to form these awesome little gems.
Vintagespiration
Check out these sets of vintage vinyl record artwork put together by Jive Time Records in Seattle. If you’re looking for some graphic inspiration you won’t likely find in your library, look no further.
A Rad Collab
Check out this sweet little soundboard site with quippy phrases by some of hip hop’s more popular talking heads. Pretty fun to click a bunch in a row to get a feel for what your beat dream team might sound like.
A Bloody Book
Check out my book cover re-design for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, just in time for Halloween. It’s for a design challenge to create new covers for old classics and I’m really happy with how it turned out. Nothing like a grungy vampire face with vagina fangs.
Bike Porn
Here’s a couple really pretty videos of two different takes on motorcycle building from Machine Shed and Chabott Engineering. Great stuff to kick off the weekend, enjoy.
Apple
I’ve lost count of how many times a client has said, “We want to be like Apple.” In that situation, we nod our heads in agreement, say that we feel the same way and will do our best to help them get there. But the truth is, they never will, and as professional bullshitters, we don’t have the heart to tell them.
Start
I built this website a year ago to showcase my work and talk about the creative industry. It was a really fun project to create something and watch it grow. Others have apparently been watching, too; I recently noticed that my site has had over 10,000 unique visits.
Time for a Birthday
My friend Paul Trillo of The No Problem is working on a new short entitled Happy Birthday Mr. Bracewell, a quirky story about a lonely man who travels in time. Watch the trailer and please help out by donating on Kickstarter.
