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The Juneau Arts & Humanities commissioned me to design a...

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:02:38 -0800

The Juneau Arts & Humanities commissioned me to design a pre-show animation showcasing all their sponsors. This animation was shown before their concerts and events while people coming to see the show would take their seats. The animation video itself is just 8 minutes long and would loop until the show began. Depending on how much the sponsor contributed determined how large and how frequent their name displayed in the animation. It took 32 hours to make using Adobe After Effects.

www.insidepassagemidwifery.com was set up using Drupal for the...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:36:00 -0800

www.insidepassagemidwifery.com was set up using Drupal for the back end. This allowed for much more functionality than merely setting up a blog. Dr. Gillespie can control many elements of the site herself as well as her patients. There is a Newborn section that indexes all of the babies that Dr. Gillespie has delivered, which can be sorted by name, weight, date of birth, or searched through. Testimonials from the mothers are linked to the babies, and parents can submit photos after their baby is born. Ryan Stanley helped optimize the Drupal set up. I also designed the logo for IPM.

Rack Cards I designed for Above & Beyond Alaska, LLC. that...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:12:00 -0800

Rack Cards I designed for Above & Beyond Alaska, LLC. that are available at the airport, hotels, on the cruise boats and other tourist locations, promoting the different activities and services ABAK provides. Mostly Adobe In Design & Illustrator work, plus working with the printers to make sure these cards were at print quality. Initial concept by Bret Connell.

www.dremilykane.com was a fairly simple customized Word Press...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:00:42 -0800

www.dremilykane.com was a fairly simple customized Word Press install. I did apply some additional PHP database features that would automatically organize Dr. Kane’s published articles into an index for easy reference, and stay updated when she adds new articles. This was my first site were I could really optimize the use of google ads and google analytics. Dr. Kane is a published Naturopathic Doctore and a lot of her articles drive traffic back to her site. Using google ads I was able to create an additional income based on that traffic.

www.wostmann.com is the site I designed and coded in 2007 for...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:25:03 -0800

www.wostmann.com is the site I designed and coded in 2007 for Wostmann & Associates, Inc. This was a much more professional design than a sleek graphic design. The site was built primarily in PHP and some CSS elements, with a MySQL database backend. The top menu is the only DHTML/javascript element of the site. A backend CMS was developed so staff in Anchorage, Juneau, and elswhere can update their news items and project details. Wostmann & Associates is one of the largest private IT professional companies in Alaska and Alaska Grafix is proud to have designed their website.

Two poster designs I was comissioned to do for the National...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:24:00 -0800

Two poster designs I was comissioned to do for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) in 2005 to help promote Alaska’s new seat belt laws. These photoshopped posters were hung in Department of Motor Vehicle stations across the state.

A clipart series I designed for the Alaska State...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:08:00 -0800

A clipart series I designed for the Alaska State Legislature’s End of Session Press packet in 2004. The individual pieces were assigned to the pages of topics such as veteran’s benefits, fighting crime, education, resource development, government reform, etc.

The contreversial logo design for my funk/jazz band I played...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:08:00 -0800

The contreversial logo design for my funk/jazz band I played bass guitar for from 2004-2006, called “Satan’s Taint.” Yes, we had a lot of fun with the name. People didn’t know what to think. Most thought we were some heavy hard rock band and would come see us funk out or play Dave Brubeck. For the summer of 2005 we played at the Alaskan Bar every Tuesday for “Taint Tuesdays”. The T-Shirts were very popular and I still have some available at satanstaint.com.

A poster design I did for some friends of mine’s band, Dag...

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:10:00 -0800

A poster design I did for some friends of mine’s band, Dag Nabbit, for their Halloween show in 2003. It was a quicky last minute thing, but a fun project. I guess I was really doing the music scene in the early 2000s.

“False Feeling of Freedom” was the title of the only...

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:10:00 -0800

“False Feeling of Freedom” was the title of the only album produced from the band Contra Public, which I played bass guitar for from 2001-2004. This was the CD cover and booklet design I put together for the album. The design is a little retro by today’s standards with only using basic Photoshop filter effects. You can read more about the band at at the Rock Alaska Records site, and you can still buy the CD at CD Baby.

www.housemajority.org is the website I designed and coded in...

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:05:00 -0800

www.housemajority.org is the website I designed and coded in 2003 with the start of the 23rd Alaska State Legislature, for the Alaska House Majority Caucus, and have maintained and developed the site since it’s creation. The site contains bill tracking & revisions, search features, news items, polls & surveys, archives and Representative bios & committees. This site also utilizes some aspect of almost every web design element available including HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Ajax, Java, CGI, CMS, SEO, PDF, Flash. The file size for the whole site is over 3GB.

CD cover and booklet design I did in 2002 for Andy Engstom’s...

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:39:33 -0800

CD cover and booklet design I did in 2002 for Andy Engstom’s space opera project, Volitar.

One of my first photo “enhancements” in 2000 using...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:16:24 -0800

One of my first photo “enhancements” in 2000 using some 3D elements, 6 different photos, including the bear taken while in Denali, with some lighting and brush effects in Photoshop 4.6 (before the History panel).

There was a time when pen & paper were used to do...

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:50:00 -0800

There was a time when pen & paper were used to do illustration by hand. Here are a few pages from my senior college report on illustration techniques using perspective, shadows & reflection.

Chris Cornell portrait. One of the greatest voices in Rock &...

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:07:06 -0800

Chris Cornell portrait. One of the greatest voices in Rock & Roll. This was drawn during the late Soundgarden years when he still rocked.

“Out To Lunch” - The college newspaper comic strip I...

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:36:38 -0800

“Out To Lunch” - The college newspaper comic strip I drew with my roommate Noah Walden, who wrote the strips, circa 1990-1996. Shown are 6 of nearly 50 strips that were published at Western Washington University, including the “final strip”.

“Bladeships” - A 4’x3’ Sci-Fi...

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:20:25 -0800

“Bladeships” - A 4’x3’ Sci-Fi illustration I did in the mid-90s which is now framed and hangs in my son’s room.

A precursor to the OTL days. An early comic strip idea from the...

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:35:33 -0800

A precursor to the OTL days. An early comic strip idea from the early 90s. Thick & Crunchy.

At one point I studied Architectural Design. I am not an...

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:52:00 -0800

At one point I studied Architectural Design. I am not an architect, but the couple concept design classes I took were fun. This was the only illustration I could find from those classes.

Something crazy I drew back in the late 80s

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:18:00 -0800

Something crazy I drew back in the late 80s