Author Archives: Mike

Typography Tuesday #1

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Mike

Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of … Continue reading →

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Two more United Way designs

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Mike

  Here are two more designs I’ve done in The Helping Hands series. I’m keeping the style the same through line work and very limited number of colors, but using the hands in different ways and using different colors to … Continue reading →

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United Way drive designs

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Mike

Here’s my first design/illustration I did for the annual United Way drive at work. Our tagline for this year is Helping hands make for light work. I am currently working on five more hand illustrations for the rest of the … Continue reading →

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113th Annual Old Settlers Celebration cover

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Mike

Old Settlers has been around for over a hundred years! It actually started before the turn of the last century. This is another festival celebrating the very early roots of the community, so I had fun doing an old western … Continue reading →

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Sunday Drive won a Missouri Press Association Award

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Mike

I just found out last week that the Sunday Drive section I did illustrations and page layout for won a 3rd place MPA award. It’s always nice to get some recognition for what you do. So for this happy occasion … Continue reading →

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SantaCaliGon Days Festival Cover

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Mike

Here’s my latest cover design. This one is for a festival in Independence, MO celebrating that city’s history as the starting point of the Santa Fe, California, and the Oregon trails. This is the 39th annual celebration bringing in over … Continue reading →

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