http://www.smilingisfun.com Documenting the output (as it were). Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:43:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/04/party-on-the-vanguard-2012/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/04/party-on-the-vanguard-2012/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:40:00 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=151 Party on the Vanguard is the annual fundraiser (extravaganza). This design is a really simple and bold proclamation of what/when/cost. 2 different layouts — vertical (snail-mail postcard) and horizontal (email).]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/04/party-on-the-vanguard-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/02/civilization/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/02/civilization/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:03:38 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=146 How about I just quote from the play description: Set against the 2008 Obama campaign, this dark comedy explores the lives of seven city dwellers looking for more. A frustrated filmmaker, a suicidal comic, a career waitress, an amateur porn star, a failed academic, a fame-hungry actress, and a feral factory hog all pass under [...]]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2012/02/civilization/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/12/salon-vanguard-2011/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/12/salon-vanguard-2011/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:47:25 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=157 The Salon Vanguard is one of the annual parties hosted by SVT. This was to be a particularly classy party and I’m particularly pleased with myself for putting a silk hat atop the logo. Elitist? Well, I never! Postcard (8.5×5.5):]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/12/salon-vanguard-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/11/guest-by-courtesy/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/11/guest-by-courtesy/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:31:45 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=148 This was a blast to design with these awesome photos by Erica Nix. It was so much fun I insisted on different layouts for postcard and poster to highlight different photos. Plus I got to channel Pablo Ferro while drawing the title.]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/11/guest-by-courtesy/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/01/heddatron/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/01/heddatron/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:48:11 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=142 This is definitely one of my more peculiar constructions. It’s not a color palette that I would have initiated but with enough finessing I grew to love it like one of my own. Original wallpaper design with gold gun/robot motif and vintage enamel picture frame. ROBOTS! Poster (11×17):]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2011/01/heddatron/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/12/salon-vanguard-2010/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/12/salon-vanguard-2010/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:45:54 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/?p=155 The Salon Vanguard is one of the annual parties hosted by SVT. The diagonal striped background has become the signature design element of the Salon series of party invitations. And this being a sort of a holiday party, The background image is a blurred photo of some delicious, sparkly sugar cookies. Postcard (8.5×5.5):]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/12/salon-vanguard-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/02/a-brief-narrative-of-an-extraordinary-birth-of-rabbits/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/02/a-brief-narrative-of-an-extraordinary-birth-of-rabbits/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:38:38 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/cms/?p=65 This lengthy-named production of a modern play was inspired by an actual event from 17th century England. There was live-action acting, puppetry, and video projections. I combined an 19th century engraving of a rabbit with close crops of photographs of English Victorian paper dioramas that I shot on a vacation at a London toy museum [...]]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2010/02/a-brief-narrative-of-an-extraordinary-birth-of-rabbits/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/03/house-pizzeria-logo/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/03/house-pizzeria-logo/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:31:10 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/cms/?p=66 House Pizzeria is a fantastic independent restaurant that my good friends Scott and Sarah opened in the spring of 2009. It was in 2008 when they were still early in the planning stages and they asked me to design their logo. We went through a few rounds and came up with some good ones and [...]]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/03/house-pizzeria-logo/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/01/iphigenia/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/01/iphigenia/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:27:25 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/cms/?p=59 This play incorporated a lot of video projections and rave/club-style lighting which I wanted to express in the visuals. The type and SVT logo was composed in Illustrator and exported as individual images. There are overlapping color swirls (long exposure photos of xmas lights) that were also exported as images. These were assembled on a DVD slideshow [...]]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2009/01/iphigenia/feed/ 0 http://www.smilingisfun.com/2008/10/unbeaten/ http://www.smilingisfun.com/2008/10/unbeaten/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:32:58 +0000 derek http://www.smilingisfun.com/cms/?p=62 This performance was a series of improv monologues inspired by professional football. Now, I don’t know much about football but one thing I do know is that I like the look of my own handwriting. My other favorite element on this project was creating the little logo in the bottom-right corner for the fictional Professional Football [...]]]> http://www.smilingisfun.com/2008/10/unbeaten/feed/ 0