Looking back on some old stuff

I've been going through a bunch of old files and decided to share the designs I've done over the years...some horribly grotesque (looking back) and some a little smarter than I gave them credit for at the time.

BASELINE Flyers: my first time playing with a Wacom Tablet to reproduce an illustrated style for promotions.

 Annual BBQ for the ISCANS Membership

 Fast and dirty poster for the Impersonation show...literally 30 minutes and 8 people to pass it by before print.

 This would be the "slap/chop" style of producing a poster...love American Gothic style.

 Baseline reunion Facebook cover

 In-Town Show poster for ISCANS

 More modern rednition of the ISCANS BBQ with the annual host worked into a portrait of Queen Victoria

 Another quick and dirty poster, this time for  MENZ BAR

 ISCANS ICP Ball Poster....loved the prom theme, made it just a wee bit dark and gender neutral.

2005 Pride poster featuring RuPaul. Using one of the images provided by RuPaul's media team, I was told this was one of her favourite uses of her image.

 Another quick and dirty work, a full hour this time.

 My first attempt at making a 3D space within an ad...not bad for a first go at it.

 They asked for an "iPod" look for the comedy show with muted colours....

 One of my favourite events of the year, inspired by 1930's style baseball posters.

 O'Gurl Productions base poster for events held across the Maritimes

Halifax toen clock headpiece I built for a friend competing in the Halifx Pride Ambassador Pageant

Cafe Istanbul poster for Rouge Fatale of O'Gurl Productions.

Halifax Gay Garden Tour poster for 2005 Pride events. Worked the pride flag with close-up images of flowers.

Simple as it is, the debate for the first gay film fest was that it would most likely be a series of slightly pornographic films, I played with the text of POPCORN to make it NOTPORN.....I have to say, even with it's flaws, it's still one of my favourites.

I gotta say, looking back at these pieces, they are full of flaws, some bad design choices, and some elements that make me cringe a little. However, in these pieces I can see a the growth I've gone through as a designer and artist with my works. As bad as some of them are, I'm thankful for the chances I've had to play and be a little witty with the design project put before me. What could have been a cookie cutter copy ad of what was present in print and digital media, I decided to play with the concept a bit more and bring it to a different level.

Hope you enjoyed my little walk down memory lane. These represent less than a fraction of the projects I have completed over the last 10 years, but they stick out in my mind for one reason or another. Some because of the 20 revisions needed