APPsolutely inGENIOUS!

Anyone who follows this blog probably remembers that I do work for an online magazine called Literacyhead. Last week I was contacted and asked to create 6 logos/identities in 24 hours; and yes, my jaw dropped with a deadline like that. It turned I actually had a weekend to complete the project for an education competition but that is still not a lot of time.

The identities were for a Suite of APPs called APPsolutely inGENIOUS! Each App uses art in different ways to teach story comprehension. The mix of Literacyhead being good about letting me be creative and clear communication, about the project, made these identities a success.


Art Starts uses art that relates to a particular story to help kids understand the story.



The Build App asks the readers to build a building, house, or room based on their level of comprehension of the story.


This one uses art to make analogies to help with reading comprehension.



Picture Problems uses Math to help with the comprehension of stories. Don't ask me how this works, I am terrible at math.



This App uses the different substance of cooked egg textures to demonstrate levels comprehension: Hard-boiled (understand clearly), Fried (kind of understand), and Scrambled (don't understand).

The Cave or IF: Deja Vu

Here is a vector illustration I did for fun. The idea of a lazy man taking a load-off being represented by a bear is a concept I have been thinking about for a long time. Working on this was kind of a Deja Vu experience because it brought back feelings I had back when I conceptualized the art. I never actually illustrated it until now. I put a little twist to the original idea by making the bear take back the cave from a man.

I went ahead and posted it to Threadless even the though the composition did not lend itself to a shirt as well as a taller composition might have. Here is a Threadless link if you feel so inclined:

War Games

It has been awhile since I have posted. Here is some new art posted in the Holiday Season's theme of Peace. This was drawn in pen and colored digitally.

Here is a link to it on Threadless:



Tidings of Peace and Joy to all.

IF: Burning

This is for a web magazine I am working for called "Literacyhead." This worksheet was created as elude to the game "Hot and Cold" that kids play. The farther your guess is, from being the correct, the colder you are, and as you get close, with your guess, you start burning up. At least that is how I used to play the game.

New Music Mixes to Check Out

A few posts back I mentioned that I have started creating music mixes on 8tracks. Here are some themed mixes, that I created, that I really like. Check them out if you get a chance.















And here is a Mix that won a Challenge on Threadless. In a blog we were all encouraged to create a Mix for the print warehouse. The theme was to make a Mix using "dead stars." I went the route of having songs about dead stars rather than songs performed by dead stars:

Rodeo at the Dude Ranch & IF: Racing

Here is another design and illustration that I have created for Threadless. I am very excited about because I know so many people who would wear it. It is an homage to one of the greatest movies of all time, The Big Lebowski. Please enjoy responsibly.

Here is a link to Threadless where you can vote if you feel so inlined:



IF: He looks like he could be racing, but it is actually a bucking bronco.

Some Dudical music to listen to: