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Community Creative Center A Time For Art (from 2015 better late than never?)

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So in 2015 I created the illustrations and graphic design for a large project for the Community Creative Center’s “A Time For Art” summer art camp. It was a very fun project where it was themed around art from around the world and thought time. We went with a travel sticker theme and the images below are the result. This was one of my all time favorite projects to work on. It was a very graphic style with very fresh colors.

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Community Creative Center: All So Far

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The Community Creative Center is a really great place over in Fayetteville, AR where people can learn all kinds of art media from local, professional artists! “CCC is a real asset for the community and I am glad to have them and to design for them” – JD

Holiday Bazaar, Holiday Market and Gift Certificates, here is everything we have created for them so far:

 

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Ash&Ember – Tee Shirt and Special Card Designs

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Some great new specialty cards and a first!

I recently did some new design work for Ash&Ember a great and unusual shop selling the best in pipes, and blended tobaccos, cigars and a large assortment of collectible memorabilia and even some clothing items! I’d call it a curiosity shop for sure and a worthy stop if you are visiting North West Arkansas!

As for the cards, they are a Loyalty Card and a special club members’ card featuring design and illustration by JD Ray. As for the first there is a silkscreened teeshirt design and illustration by JD and a first for Stingray Grafik Wurks! The shirt is available in several colors and sizes. Only club members get the exclusive shirt with the club name, Society of Strange-Fellows, on the back.

Without further ado, here are the designs. (by the way these items are in print and ready for you to acquire from Ash&Ember!)

Designs
In print, apologies for blurry pic here!
In print, apologies for blurry pic here!
Designs for the teeshirt. The back two versions shown to the right.
Back of shirt for the general public
Front of the teeshirt!

 

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Ash&Ember: A Gentleman’s Shop

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Ash&Ember is another outside project I did through Inuendos design project and it was very exciting for me because I have designed quite a bit for them. And their proprietor Joe is a very cool and encouraging cat to work for.

Here is a gallery of some of what I designed for them:

The actual directional sign at work!
The back of the Gift Certificate seen in the first picture!
Ash&Ember is ’round back so a directional sign shows foot traffic where to go.
A gift certificate designed by me… no, printing it won’t help you, it will need the signature of the Proprietor or his agent.
Measurements are in Millimeters so don’t let the numbers throw you. This box features not only my design but my illustration and tag line.
My illustration and design based on a sketch I did in 2009. Joe at Ash&Ember collaborated with me telling me what he envisioned the final looking like. And here is Jade. She will, like Abe, be featured on a matchbox.
Jade matchbox cover design!
Ash&Ember’s business card
Joe sells hand blended tobaccos and required labels. This design is based off of my Ash&Ember sign design and the business cards.
The sign I designed for Ash&Ember. This sign was team worked as far as it’s final execution. It was to be lit which was pricey, I had the idea to make it in-house with plexiglass with frosted elements on standoffs, the production manager suggested lighting it from behind and using translucent vinyl lettering in black. In the end we came up with a sign that looks almost painted on in the day and saved Ash & Ember some scratch!

So if you like handcrafted pipes, cigars, tobaccos and yes even collectibles and graphic novels… head over to this very novel store in downtown Siloam Springs, AR! www.ashemberpipes.com