When I started this blog, the intent was mainly to showcase some of my graphic design projects as well as photography I've done more recently. But I thought I would stray for a moment and share some of my artwork from college. These are a few excerpts from my sketchbook when I attended Iowa State University's Rome Study Abroad Program in the fall of 1998.  My sketchbook served as a sort of "illustrated" journal of my travels throughout Italy.  I saw many great works of Italian art as well as architecture.  I have highlighted a few of these sketches alongside the original artwork/architecture they were sketched from.  Thanks for perusing!

Misti Munson, owner of Sassy Cat Kitty Care, came to me in need of a logo for her new business.  
Her vision was to have a cat be a part of her logo and to have the cat's tail form the "S" in "Sassy". 
Misti also wanted the cat in the logo to resemble her own cat, Sylvester, so we added the white spot on her tummy.  
We were both very pleased with the end result!

RBC's former worship director, David Ward, came to me to format this Gospel tract.  Along with formatting, I also selected/or created the imagery for the illustrations.  This is a portion of the finished product that was published by the church in 2009.  Pastor Ward, who wrote the tract, uses the word Gospel as an acronym to explain the meaning of the Gospel. It was very rewarding project to be a part of!

Logo and postcard design for the 2013 RBC Women's Retreat,
"Women of Impact".

Dr. Joe Halama D.PSc came to me with the first ad seen above (along with the
existing Nutrimost colors and imagery).  It needed some freshening up as well as the

addition of his business information.  The second image is my redesigned version.