“Skwerls are the people who make the internet useful.” -Joel Stein, TIME Magazine (9/7/08)
Client: Justin Dettle
Role: Designer / Developer
When: 2009
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.
Client: Antiquiet
Role: Founder / Designer / Developer
When: 2009
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.
Client: Me
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2009
(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.
Client: April Schutte
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2007
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.
Client: Gorilla Nation
Role: Graphic Designer / Flash Developer
When: 2006
I did this in one day. The idea was silly- maybe even dumb- but sometimes, those are the best kinds of ideas. I was working on location at Gorilla Nation at the time, and we came up with the concept during a brainstorm session with the sales team, who were pitching ideas to promote the would-be cult classic film Snakes On A Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson.
It was a huge hit- G4 talked about it on their Attack Of The Show TV program, and it was featured as an outstanding campaign in a Gorilla Nation company profile published in the July 2007 issue of Business 2.0 magazine.
