Peru State College - Misty Blues Show Choir

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 My son is part of the Peru State College Misty Blues Show Choir. So I ask him if his group would like T-Shirts. Sure, he said. So I gave them two concepts and they loved both of them. They took it to a vote and went with the simpler of the two. We used our Direct to Garment printer to print them. But if I could do them again I would screen print them.

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PLAN - Nellie Sweet Nellie

Plan is the Papillion LaVista Arts Network which puts on art camps for the youth in the local area. This Design is for the play that the youth art camp put on July 2013. The play is in the style of Dudley Do-Right – the villain, with handle bar mustache, tying the damsel in distress to the railroad.

Vatterott Concert Help

Vatterott was holding a concert for a student appreciation and enrollment drive. The local school wanted to provide the students helping a special shirt to thank them for the help. This design was to have the similar feel but unique from the T-Shirts that corporate office provided.

Table 16 Reunion

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Back in October of 2012 I was ask to make some t-shirts for a group of ladies that met at a wedding where they sat together at table 16. They had such a good time together that they now have a reunion every year. They find a place to go and have a good time together, ladies only vacation. So when I was asked to come up with a design they sent me a picture of their last one. While they where quite happy with their last t-shirts, the design went against everything I have learned in design. I felt I could offer them something much better that would reflect them as a group.

The design was required to have a pink Gerber Daisy, the 4 cities they visited in the pass and the shirt must be navy. After thinking about it I thought there should be more color that would work with the navy shirt.

New Design for Table 16 Reunion T-Shirt (click to enlarge)

New Design for Table 16 Reunion T-Shirt (click to enlarge)

I wanted to add green and yellow along with the required pink Gerber Daisy. When I think Gerber Daisy I think of the wonderful flower gardens that my grandmother grew. Her gardens where always full of color. I also wanted to have more than just one flower. This was a group of ladies that are coming together and I thought a grouping of flowers would better reflect their coming together. I used a script font to resemble the vines in a garden, but colored them white find a visual balance with the powerful imagery of the flowers. I also wanted to continue the scrolling elegance of the font behind the flowers by using floral scrolling to representing the stems of the flowers. The list of visited locations was located at the bottom of the design where I used an orange color found in the yellow flower to help give a little more balance and unify the colors. Finishing it off I added a touch of scroll elements in the same green from behind the flowers to help bring everything together.

The client was quite happy this layout and ordered 12 t-shirts for their next trip. I look forward to their next trip t-shirt design. It should be a challenge to come up with something different.

Once Upon A Lawn Business Card Redesign

Once Upon a Lawn, LLC Business Card after redesign (click to enlarge)

Business Card before redesign (click to enlarge)

This Business Card redesign came to me from a client that just wanted to order business cards from me. But after they sent me a picture of their card I just couldn't help myself in suggesting some design changes. This card also has a back that has a BBB logo and what they do in black in white print. While the customer was set on their logo and colors that is being used in all their materials, I thought there could be some design improvements. I felt that the design was not unified nor read well. So I changed the top bar by using the shape of the leaf and move to just the upper corner, this fit well with the larger logo. I also placed a brown strip next to the orange, holding a brief description of what they do to the front of the card. This gives the viewer a quick explanation of what they specialized in without the need to flip the card over. I also changed the half circle to the lighter color of green in the logo and over lap it a little on the brown stripe to help unify all the elements which helps with the flow of the card. The mount now looks more like a mount of lawn or landscaping. I also used the same font which is in the logo, Bakers Signet, in some areas complimented with varying weights of Helvetica and eliminated unnecessary verbiage "phone:". This helped add interest as well as adding an additional element of unifying the overall design. While I considered a matte finish for their earthy feel, I opted for glossy for its durability of looking sharp longer after being carried around in a pocket, toolbox or in the ashtray of the pickup.

Yard Sign

Vehicle Magnet

Thanks to this business card redesign, it has brought us additional business from this client. I have carried the design over to vehicle magnets, yard signs, and soon to letterhead and apparel. In addition to this, I am confident they will be reordering these items from Jalapeño Designs in the near future.

Springfield Tigers T-Shirt Design

I have been designing and printing t-shirts for Springfield Elementary PTO over the last 5 or 6 years. Their mascot is a young tiger that was created by me the first year Jalapeño Designs printed for them. For every year that we would print shirts for them, except for 1, I would add a new design for the students, parents, faculty and staff to pick from. While we printed a 2 color version, black and white on red shirt, of the round layout, the school decided to print all future shirts black on red.



I put together a brochure to be handed out to each student and posters to be hung throughout the school to help promote the sale.