Below are logos I’ve am working on with the Amherst Senior Citizens Foundation. The most recent is at the top and it’s earlier edits and ideas follow. At this stage it is in the final stage of approval, if there are any changes I’ll post the distinguished final.






Ideas and exercises previous to the ASCF board leaning toward the ‘Lighthouse’ concepts.

Conservative at first and exploring more symbolic ideas, e.g. Pillar of the community, Torch for those who’ve championed the years ahead of retirement -- a shared idea to the Beacon, the Lighthouse, its sister notion. The Acorn concept for oaks only yield acorns at a mature age. Also the acorn alludes to squirrels’ habits of ensuring their future well-being.

My penchant for Frutiger Bold on this job was fortuitous to find a solid ‘Capital A’ shape (for Amherst) that provided for a decent go at negative space to lay the (bottom) acorn over, and later the Lighthouse scene as above.

I’ve decided to try to get my work up to date-- stuff that doesn’t necessarily fit or make the final cut for the portfolio will be logged here. I’d also like this Dispatch to be something that I can also reflect the topics, items and notions that are changing my points of view in work and play...

So here’s what I have done this week... (aside from the 20 hours of drawing for Project Macchiato {!} Spot work will not be posted until the initial work is going up on the wall) more work from SPoT since January will be going up here until I get photography of the physical pieces.

My work here is in collaboration with Joshua Assad, who has given me a great source of well-educated visual direction. Please visit Babik at www.babikjazz.com

This ‘one-sheet’ for Babik will be going with their upcoming Orchestral Sampler.



The Orchestral Sampler full bleed.



The disc for the Sampler



Babik just published their second edition of American Gypsy, October 2009
Here again, the guts of the layout work, until I can get the portfolio shots of the finished product.



Here is the disc and layout sequence for the 12-page booklet in the package