David Kaloyanides, certified specialist in criminal law and defender of alleged federal criminals, is one of the most badass people I’ve ever met. When I did meet him, however, his website just didn’t do him justice. We fixed that.

I worked with him to design and build a site that would effectively display his record, his approach, and perhaps most importantly, his commanding personality.

Check out the live site at federalcrimesdefender.com.

Justin Dettle reviews extreme heavy metal music for Antiquiet. He’s got so much to say, we decided to give him his own blog dedicated to metal. I threw this together one weekend, after commissioning a badass logo from the very talented Wes DeSoto. Designing this site was so fun. The stone texture is a photograph I took in my backyard.

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It’s about time I add this one. I created Antiquiet in 2007 with Johnny Firecloud. I designed it (we’re on our fourth version), I built it, I write for it, I shoot video for it, I edit video for it, I record and edit live sound for it, I throw events, design flyers, design ads, sell ads, traffic ads, I manage our SEO- which is great- I do business development, I administer the server, the works. I don’t know why this wasn’t the first thing into my portfolio, but when I say I can do it all, Antiquiet backs it up.

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(DOT) SQUIRRELS is my LLC. For the corporate image, I wanted somehow to play off the idea of industrious worker squirrels building stuff, without being too literal. In my head, I was picturing the old boxes of screws and nails in my Dad’s basement growing up.

Am I weird for being inspired by a box of nails? The nail is just so iconic to me. So simple, so direct, so effective. That’s the kind of work I want to be known for.

Anyway, the cardboard texture (box of nails idea) worked great for the business cards, but for the website, I didn’t like it. So I put together the tiling wood texture you see above, and deteriorated and sliced the logo subtly to make it look like it was painted on the side of a toolshed. Same concept, different angle.

For a minute, I got sidetracked by a more squirrel-centric idea, inspired by those ancient National Geographic documentaries my high school science teachers made us watch. They still used reel-to-reel projectors in my school, through the 1990s. Ghetto, but I wouldn’t trade the experience / point of reference for anything.

http://dotsquirrels.com

Almost forgot about this one… Not everything I do is loud and in your face

One of my most satisfied customers of all time. I grew up with April in Philadelphia, and this logo & business card I created was perfect for her. A little girly, a little rock n’ roll, the right shade of pink and a leopard pattern that might almost be classy.

What’s with the mouth? Well, the company’s namesake had a reputation for being a bigmouth. I thought it’d make for a striking, memorable image.