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Katie came to me a few years back needing a logo for her website, yarnlove.com and the design that I came up with for her fit the style she was going for at that time.

She has come back, asking me to update not only her logo, but her site as well. This new logo incorporates the modern look she was going for while still being fun and creative to fit the craft and artistic feel of her site using typography and the yarn ball graphic.

The mixture of chocolate, antique rose and sage green that will be carried over in the design of her new site which is currently being mocked up now.

Friday night was the opening of the 600 sqi mi: Hidden exhibit featuring two of my pieces.

First off I want to thank Ali for pushing me to do this and everything else she does for me, my parents and Aunt Michelle for helping me with the framing costs and Steve for always being willing to lend me his cameras.

When we first walked in I saw my first photo, “Happiness ♥” was in a prime spot right at the door. From that moment on I did not stop smiling. Seeing something that I did hanging in a gallery with 60 other equally incredible photographs is an awesome feeling that I can’t even begin to describe.

It was a great night put on by the Houstonist and Xnihilo Gallery (pronounced na-hi-lo). I can’t wait to go back to the gallery when it isn’t crowded to really study each image.

There are a ton of pictures from the event online, here are some links to them (make sure you click through the sets and galleries):

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

As most of you know, a while back I entered some photos for a chance for them to be shown in an exhibit here in Houston and two of my photos were chosen!

Well the show, 600 sq mi: Houston, is coming up on Friday October 9th and I’d love to have everyone who can come there.

After the show we’re going to go to dinner at Gravitas which is right by the exhibit. If you’d like to come with us let us know as soon as possible so we can make reservations.

Directions: Take I-45 into downtown and take the Allen Parkway exit and continue on Allen Parkway (going away from downtown) until you reach the first light. Make a left there, at Taft Street. You’ll go through 2 lights, one at West Dallas, the next at West Gray. Once you go through the light at West Gray it is about four blocks up on the left hand side.

The street address is 2115 Taft Street, Houston, TX 77006 if you want to do a Google Map instead of following my lousy directions.

Click the above thumbnails to see larger versions.

Mark Richmond needed a logo, business card and yard sign for his Real Estate business. Mark’s client base is high-end urbanites and he wanted that to be reflected in his logo and brand.

The fonts are nice, clean sleek fonts that reflect Mark’s brand image. The use of green and black is a very contemporary and simplistic color scheme that makes the graphic elements pop.

The business card was printed double sided on high-gloss card stock. The reverse side was Mark’s logo along with his tag line “Real Estate for your lifestyle.” The decision to print the information side vertically instead of horizontally as well as rounding one corner was to make it stand out from other business cards.

Taking The Planet Partner Plus logo from the previous update The Planet needed large booth banners for an upcoming convention. These banners were created in Illustrator and Photoshop and were printed large scale 4 feet wide by 8 feet tall each and will be hung at either end of The Planet’s booth.

I will update this post with a photo of the booth once the event happens later this month.

The Planet logo had already been created but they needed a variant for the sub-brand Partner Plus program to use in branding and marketing of this new program.