Project: Smithberrie Accents

My sister Charnette has always had an entrepreneurs mind.  So during the 2011 Holiday Season, she asked me to help her with logo concepts for her latest venture, Smithberrie Accents.

Smithberrie Accents is a seasonal giftwrapping service that was opened in the main shopping area of Twelve Oaks Shopping Center in Novi, MI, right outside of Macy's Department Store.  Services included basic giftwrapping to specialty wrapping for all gifts large and small.

I had the pleasure of assisting my sister through designing some of her promotional products, which involved graphic design and a little bit of photography.

 

She was really happy with the logo design concept that I came up with for her that she immediately sought to have it grace her storefront (as you can see in the photos above). Fortunately the whole thing was a success.

 

I imagine that this will be a continuous "yule time" effort for her, so I look forward to another holiday season of helping her out with it in 2012.

 

Must be nice to have a Graphic Design Dynamo in the family...lol.

Project: HockeySled.com

My good friend Dave Utley was approached by a local entrepreneur by the name of Kirk Schlappi who was interested in promoting his innovative product, The Hockey Sled.

The Hockey Sled is an on-ice resistance training device, first used by Kirk himself (who happens to be a hockey player and coach) to help build the necessary muscles needed to get better performance results for his team during games.

 

The concept was the first of its kind and unlike any other resistance training device out there... but Kirk needed to get the word out.  He needed a website.  That's where my good buddy Dave Utley came in, and guess who he asked to be his wing-man... your's truly.

It was up to me to help refine the logo as well as come up with the look and feel of the site.  It involved assisting in the development of the story-boards for the opening animation as well as some of the cool roll-over effects that you will see for the main navigation buttons.

I also had the privilage of taking some "on ice" photos of the device in use... which was a very interesting experience being that I never been inside a hockey rink before.  Hey, I live in Hockeytown U.S.A., it was bound to happen sooner or later, right?

Here is a video of Kirk in his element:

Project: NV Designs 2011 Spring/Summer Collection

Natasha Tipler is the very charismatic and energetic designer of NV Designs.  She has been making clothing for quite some time and approached me about helping her out with her portfolio along with Mario Walden, Brian "Bugsy B Fresh" Buggs and Nathaniel Lindsay; All of whom are/were students at the International Academy of Design and Technology.  

This was really an interesting project that required alot of energy in a very short amount of time (3 Days).  Fortunately for Natasha, our combined efforts produced wonderful results. Have a look for yourself.

!!!! PEEP MY NIFTY DANCE MOVES @ 2:50 !!!!

Project: The Brian Alexander Experience

Brian Alexander is a standard when it comes to live entertainment in the Metro Detroit Area.  His interactive style of performance mirrors that of what you would see in a show in Las Vegas!

My involvement with this project was more-so as a videographer as opposed to focusing primarily on photography and design.

 

Have a look at the results.
 

I was brought on to capture footage at various performances around the Metro Detroit area. My primary function in this project was working with the sound, video and special effects that would eventually end up in the production and authoring of several different versions of a promotional DVD.  The Video below is the final product for the main promo vid.

 

Brian Alexander Promo Video: