This was a poster I designed for the bi-monthly Drinks by Design event hosted by DC3 and Metro Times. The logo was designed by Skidmore design studio. I used a...

For this project I was tasked with organizing and shooting photos for our local comedian story "What's So Funny?" The banana phone concept was mine and initially,...

This is my inaugural effort at food photography. I went with my design director Justin Rose to Roast (A restaurant in downtown Detroit) where I lit and...

These were some poster and collateral concepts for the 2012 AAN convention (Association of Alternative News media). We were going for a retro race poster look,...

This is a cover photo taken from I-75 of the Marathon Refinery in South Detroit. I toned the color to match the design director's vision for the cover. Despite...

This project started with a logo design for Cinco Bash. I included a mustache because this bash means business (like a mustache). For the ad (which appeared in...

This was a collaboration project. My art director, Justin Rose, designed the logo for our football-themed Best of Detroit Party. It was my responsibility to treat...

Decadence was an event that contained drinks, desserts and burlesque. For the logo, I was thinking old fashioned spirits or wine labels. The girl was provided by...

This is a personal project involving traveling across the Salt Flats in Utah at 130 Mph with my best friend. It is other-worldly out there on the flats (hence the...

This is the poster design for the Metro Time Blowout 2012. All of the images put into the meat grinder were photos taken by our promotions manager. I edited these...

This was my first special project at Metro Times. It is a poster for our annual vodka tasting party. Soviet propaganda posters are so direct and to the point....

This was a photo I took while on the Salt Flats in Utah. I added the crack in the earth and the rising orange object in post.

This is an un-used cover for Beer Week 2011 for Metro Times.

There were several ideas floating around the office about our New Years Eve Party Guide. I was focusing on the end of times and the year of the dragon. The two...

This is a photo for a restaurant review appearing in Metro Times. One off camera flash was used with an umbrella diffuser over the top of the subject.

This is a poster I did for the Monroe Street Fair; I was going for a prohibition-era look using a greenish tone and an image of a lovely lady. The client was...

This is an 11x17 Poster I had designed for the annual Monroe Street Fair following the Hash Bash in Ann Arbor. I went with a nod to vintage fair posters and added...

Here are examples of some seasonal cover designs I did for the quarterly Metro Times Chronicle. The chronicle covers Medical Marijuana news in Metro Detroit as...

I designed this Detroit Movement guide from cover to cover. It was a project dear to me as I am a fan of the festival and electronic music in general. The design...

This project was an ad I designed for C & G Newspapers. I was given the information, and chose the artwork, color scheme, and type layout. I kept the ad open and...

These are some examples of spec ads I did for Laurel Park and Twelve Oaks mall. Ultimately they were unused due to budgetary constraints. They were holiday...

This was another week I was tasked with cover and editorial layout. I needed do design an illustration that portrayed the public's irrational disdain for Lady...

On this particular week, I was tasked with editorial layout. I was very fortunate to be able to utilize the iconic image of Aretha Franklin for the cover. I just...

This is the 2012 spring Chronicle Cover For Metro Times. This time, the theme is a spoof of national geographic. The Chronicle is a quarterly magazine for Medical...

This is a logo concept for a coin-op forever t-shirt design I am currently working on. I love coin-operated arcade machines. There is romantic about the simple...

This is a personal logo project poking a bit of fun at the "strong" former Soviet Union by portraying their gears of motion in pink.

These are some in-progress logo designs for an event called band practice.

This project is an ad for a benefit concert supporting the recall of Rick Snyder. I chose a vintage civil rights-style look to this ad. Concert ads/posters are a...