graphic design

Click thumbnails for full size, as most are cropped, revealing collages or animated GIFs.
No artificial intelligence was used in the first four galleries.

MEMES

Composites including copyrighted sources are intended as satire for social-media amusement. Please credit my site if sharing.

We took some team shots on grey paper at the office. These composites were a hilarious afterthought.My take on the primary function of the four major social networks in 2020, the so-called 'Dolly Parton Challenge.'Each Beatle released a solo album in 1971. Not being alive yet, I imagine it felt something like this.Ozark's opening titles feature thematic icons relevant to each episode, in the shape of letters O-Z-A-R-K. What would my own be?With intense speculation over character fates as the Game of Thrones finale approached, I offered my own predictions, set in the universe of HBO's Veep.Venn diagram concept based on song lyrics.Simply changing one letter in a name can inspire all sorts of visual amusements.When Alex Smith's dominant 2017 KC Chiefs season coincided with the release of a film starring his doppelgänger, I couldn't resist.The stock foreground photo gave me the idea for a modern take on MC Escher.Promoting a podcast episode about ghostbusting (my co-host morphed with Slimer)A British friend posts winter scenes of his neighborhood that I enjoy enhancing from a galaxy far, far away.My friend just wanted a shot of his head; I 'shopped him on a yacht instead.A friend made the misheard caption joke, inspiring me to create this image supporting it.

FOR VIDEO
I record character performances on my phone and superimpose those heads onto static bodies with rudimentary animation, sometimes in VR.Ad for a theater concession in an MST3K-inspired videoOpening title for a corporate band documentaryTo warn about the dangers of insider trading, I created an homage to blockbuster title sequences.VHS-style dating service profileI composited the background graphics after shooting the foreground elements on greenscreen, including flashbulbs popping from multiple angles.I shot two actors on greenscreen, looping animations and graphics behind them while they broke down retail performances on the imaginary side monitor as a virtual set extension.Original photo was an empty bus in traffic. I shot and composited the humans, the USB modem product, then cut it into layers by depth for a multiplane animation.

FOR PRINT
A disturbing short story inferred through a progression of receiptsFlyer for a reading event at the 2010 AWP conference in DenverAlternate cover concept for my first novel, Major Inversions. Land and sea are inverted, get it? Plus you'd have to turn the cover sideways.From a PDF distributed back when we were a duoFull-page ad in Guitar Player magazine. Client supplied amateur pics of their display walls (which I stitched and perspective-corrected) and the monkey, which had to be separated from its original background.I made this for a Father's Day gift, as surprised as you by the result.Unused logos for three of my bands: modern rock, '80s tribute, acoustic duoUnused logo concept for Important Question? Podcast.

FOR WEB

The first three images are animated GIFs that emulate site navigation between pages.

Pages from a 2003 site for my '80s tribute band (animated for demonstration purposes).Pages from my site G Dot Com 2005-2010 (animated for demonstration purposes).Cinema reflects how what scares us evolves over time.Looping GIF to promote our podcast, pulled from video footageVarious graphics I built as admin for a fan community devoted to a trio of neo-noir authorsCreated for an essay about MPAA film ratings; based on a food labelDesktop pattern created as a downloadable for for my acoustic duo

A.I. GENERATED

Three galleries follow. All prompts were original, most images sourced from my photos. Text overlays clarify other manipulations in addition to the subject treatment.
1) brands, games, toys, mashups and misc. memes
2) film and TV looks
3) artists, textures, genres, media 

tower
waterline
skull
The Jetsons
Buck Rogers
The Matrix
Coca-Cola
hologram
Vietnam
The Doors
AC/DC
Veep

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Pepé Le Pew
Smurfs
Scooby-Doo
South Park
G.I. Joe
The Flintstones
Beavis and Butthead
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Ren & Stimpy
Rick and Morty
Rugrats

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