Fall met winter this week in Truckee. Here is a color palette made from this beautiful encounter.
Ako and JP Martin just launched Cloudline Tours and I had the fun opportunity to be part of their logo and branding experience. Below is the logo, decal and custom business card that I helped them design, along with their kind testimonial: Sara is professional, responsive and always willing to help. She efficiently figures out …
When job hunting, it can be challenging to get your resume seen and heard by the human resources department. Let’s face it: you know your Microsoft Word 2008 Word doc standard-looking, black and white resume, typed in a Times font, doesn’t really stand out among the hundreds of applications these HR folks are sifting through. …
Hand-drawn and hand-painted elements really make designs pop and stand out from the rest. Here is a painting I created for the primary use of being a main element in this fundraising poster (left, below): First I painted the painting. Then scanned it in and cleaned up the image. Next I started the design of …
Logos, colors, fonts and background elements are all components of “branding.” One of my favorite things to do for clients who need branding is to incorporate hand-painted elements into their designs. For one, this adds some personalized flavor to their business identity. Second, unique branding makes these clients stand out among their competitors. Below is …
Here’s a fun and fresh color palette inspired from one of my photos of a blossoming crabapple tree at my mom’s house.
Facebook has recently made their timeline format available for business and fan pages. One of the greatest visual features of this change is the addition of the cover photo. The cover photo provides businesses an opportunity to make a big visual impact for new visitors, (even though there are some Facebook guidelines to adhere to). …
You have seen barcodes forever, but now there are those funny black and white squares appearing all over the place too. These are called QR codes. A QR code is a two-dimensional code that stores information. Unlike the barcode, it allows for more storage and quicker readability. QR codes are becoming more and more popular …
Are you a business or organization in Truckee/Lake Tahoe? Do you want to win $2,000 worth of marketing and design services? If so, the Stoke the Fire Contest is for you. The Contest “Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.” ~John …
On January 5th I had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by small business consultant, Sue Whitaker, owner of the The Business Lovemaker and talk show host. Sue and I worked together on her branding and new Business Lovemaker website. During the project, she asked if I would be a guest on her radio show …