My Creative Process
- brainstorming, word-listing & mind mapping
- sketching, writing & doodling
- creative thinking, trial and error & hypothesis development
- concept development, experimentation & research
- problem solving, educated speculation & theorizations
Mediums Used
- print design
- sketching & writing
- web design
- thoughts & ideas
- logo design
- web development
- my voice
Particularities
- I'm an obsessive list-maker
- I favor even numbers—from the volume level of my music to the temperature of the house
- I'm constantly taunted by grids—from print design to arranging items on my desk
- I collect business cards, coffee cup sleeves, and fake, paper credit cards I get in the mail
- I'm a stickler for preciseness and consistency, even to one one hundredth of an inch
- I'm a compulsive learner whether it be a new process, program, or hotkey
- I eat peanut butter from the jar—with a spoon (eat at your own risk)
- 8th particularity listed to fulfill above particularity
Features/Awards
Print Magazine: Regional Design Annual : Publication
» Concept development for The Barley Oak Kask Club passport : a customer rewards program piece.
December 2010, page 126
Letterpressed Business Card : Feature(s)
» Print Design for Virle Reid.
American Advertising Federation of Shreveport-Bossier : Award(s)
» Design, development and direction of team of students to create a logo, container design, bag packaging design, bumper stickers and a newspaper article for Woodland Park Zoo Doo campaign.
- 3 Gold Addy Awards : District
- Special Judges Award : District
(2 awarded from 90 winners)
- People's Choice Award : District
(1 awarded based on attendees votes)
- Gold Addy Award : State
- Qualification/Entrance into National Addy Federation Show
2003-2004
Louisiana Tech University article here & here
If Given the Choice
- Coffee, whiskey, beer, cigar—in that order