GD USA: American Graphic Design Awards 2012 - Winner

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I done won it again! I am amongst those selected in this years 2012 American Graphic Design Awards - Brought to you by GD USA. The logo for Polln8 LLC was chosen among the masses and will be featured in the November/December GD USA magazine, online and App (iPad only for now of course o.O). Will post more info later once I receive it. In the meantime take at look at Polln8's site [Currently under a major revamp].
Polln8

More info on the contest...
The American Graphic Design Awards is our four decade old flagship competition, and is open to everyone in the graphic arts community – graphic design firms, advertising agencies, inhouse corporate and institutional designers, publishers and other media. Winners will receive an embossed Certificate of Excellence for each piece selected and become eligible for reproduction in the Graphic Design USA Awards Annual in print, on the web, and on our new iPad App — seen by over 100,000 colleagues and clients each year.

More art coming soon!

Photo of Butterfly-moth? ©Ginnefine

It's been a while and I've been working on 2 new painting series. One series will be an ongoing project; the other series has to do with FOOD and seasons. No idea when it'll all be finished BUT it is coming soon.

Featured: GD USA 2011 - American Graphic Design Awards Annual

GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards 2011 - Vol. 47/No. 9
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At last, the long awaited issue of GD USA: American Graphic Design Awards 2011 drops. Published within are the designs I created for Maasai Made: The Kenya Project.

About GD USA's Annual Graphic Design Awards Issue

The American Graphic Design Awards is our four decade old flagship competition, and is open to everyone in the graphic arts community including graphic design firms, advertising agencies, inhouse corporate and institutional designers, publishers and other media.

The award is for the Branding/Promotional materials of the project and falls under the Student category.

Page 227 in case you have an issue

If you don't have issues - check out the winning entry on GD USA's site.

HERE

Winning this award couldn't have been at a better time - especially fresh out of school. Just like any other call for entry, I entered on a whim...thought nothing else of it...SURPRISE! So the moral of this story kids is to at least try because you never know. Without input there can be no outcome - unless you're just that lucky.

Ye Olde posts on Maasai Made: The Kenya Project:
GDUSA MU Style
GDUSA Winner
Maasai Made - Product Launch Soon
Maasai Made - Project Designs

Featured: Billboard Art Project - Reading, PA Show 2011

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Finally got around to posting about this project. The actual show ran on Saturday, October, 22 2011 in Reading, Pennsylvania. Here's a bit of background on this initiative.

The Billboard Art Project is a nonprofit organization that acquires digital billboards normally used for advertising and repurposes them as roadside galleries. Projects are held in cities all over the country and are open to all individuals and groups who are interested in participating.

- taken from billboardartproject.com

courtesy of the Billboard Art Project - Reading, PA 2011

courtesy of the Billboard Art Project - Reading, PA 2011

This is definitely an unconventional art exhibition. The Billboard Art Project is one of the most popular and widespread (shows all over the U.S.) billboard art shows out there.

I appreciate being featured within the show. Most of these pieces have been featured on my blog or are somewhere on my portfolio. Since digital pre of artwork is the objective, I didn't have to lug around any of my giant canvas. Cropping the artwork so it actually made sense and didn't look crazy was a challenge but I think I did fine.  I was surprised all of my work was able to be photographed - night time looks nice!

 [All images courtesy of the Billboard Art Project - Reading, PA 2011]

Washingstein D.C.

Heatwave and Late Lady

The Figure

World Town

Right of Way/Safe Driving Campaign poster

Once I create/organize more work I absolutely plan on participating in another one of their shows. Most likely with more show specific graphic designs - the Right of Way is my favorite of them all.

Interested in a show or more info?

 billboardartproject.com

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GD USA Win: MU Style

MU just posted this article today about the GD USA: American Graphic Design Award I won.
It will be featured in GD USA's November/December issue - so within October I should have more details/links/etc.
Read it here: Marymount University Online Article

More info about the publication [online and magazine] coming soon.

Original GD USA post

GD USA: American Graphic Design Awards 2011 - Winner Winner

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I won! Well I am amongst those selected this year. I entered Maasai Made: The Kenya Project into the Brand and Identity category. My work will be featured in the November/December edition and also online. Will post more info later once I have it. In the meantime take at look at my original posts for Maasai Made.
Product Launch Soon
Project Designs

More info on the contest...
The American Graphic Design Awards is our four decade old flagship competition, and is open to everyone in the graphic arts community – graphic design firms, advertising agencies, inhouse corporate and institutional designers, publishers and other media. Each year, roughly 1,000 pieces representing all media appear in the printed Design Annual and online.