Once again, it was time to begin promoting the upcoming square dance fly-in for Ties Squares. For the previous three years, club members wore the t-shirt to give other square dancers something to talk about in Rehoboth Beach, DE at the Chesapeake Squares’ fly-in, “Pass the Ocean, Hon!” usually held late April. The theme “Run,…
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The 50th commemoration of the Stonewall riots of June 1969 was being organized, and everybody was going to be there. The Heritage of Pride march in new York City is one of the largest LGBTQIA+ events in the world. 2019 was going to even more impressive, with even more people coming to NYC to participate…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [Square Up at Stonewall 50]
The square dance weekend theme is “Sci-Fi Swing By.” A sleek space craft racing through the Milky Way was my vision, and translating this to a clothing design was challenging. Printing multiple colors is still costly, but going monochromatic was not so interesting. So, printing with the minimum colors on a deep blue background struck…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2019 Peel the Pumpkin]
An annual square dance event, Peel the Pumpkin, is held in late October and hosted by Time Squares. This year’s theme for a circus theme “Under the Big Top.” In an effort to create a cohesive brand, the original design for the flyer was consistently modified to 10 other marketing items. The key element were…
Read more Client Project : All Things Publicity [2018 Peel the Pumpkin]
My goal this year for LCFD is to present a cohesive marketing portfolio, using a stable and identifying graphic across all media outlets. I chose a prancing woodland creature, specifically Squirrel Nutkin from Beatrix Potter. Nutkin entered the public domain in 2016, which now allows others to interpret and transform this work for any purpose.…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2018 LCFD Dance Camp]
Fonts: Front: Neutra Text SC, Neutra Text, CF Quebec Stamp, Neutra Display Titling, Neutra Inline Back: Neutra Display Titling, Neutra Display, Neutra Text
Read more Client Project : Postcard [2017 Autumn Dance Camp]
The annual square dance weekend, commonly referred to as a fly-in because people flew to these events, of the Times Squares club is approaching. 2017 did not have much a theme, and definitely was not branded. In fact, that group’s board voted to discontinue the event due to [perceived] lack of volunteers to organize it.…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2018 Peel the Pumpkin]
The Thesier-Tessier-Dechene-Brunet Family Reunion is celebrating its 90th anniversary family reunion this summer. A website was created to more easily share family history information, and a business card will be passed around at the reunion to help people stay connected. The maple leaf border motif is used to honor the family’s Canadian roots. Text font:…
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After a successful revival of the mandala tshirt, I thought it was time to bring back an annual t-shirt for Lavender Country and Folk Dancers. Contradancing is very aerobic and makes you sweat, so having extra t-shirts is useful. Plus, it’s an advertisement for the events, so I opted to make one that could be…
Read more Client Project : T-shirt [2017 LCFD Dance Camp]
This postcard was created for the promotion of the spring dance camp, an annual event of the Lavender Country & Folk Dancers (LCFD). LCFD is an organization that promotes gender-free community dancing, with a focus on contra and English country dance. The dance weekend is held at a YMCA camp in Woodstock, Connecticut. FUN…
Read more Client Project : Postcard [2017 Spring Dance Camp]