Well not your arms but stickers! Decals rather, made from vinyl. We recently got some new equipment and I thought I would test it out. I design logos all the time and always get asked if I can make decals  or shirts out of them and I usually tell them I couldn’t or referred them elsewhere. Now I can! I will be doing small t-shirt runs and anything else you can do with vinyl like signs, window lettering and more.

 See you thought vinyl went out with the avocado green washer and dryers huh?

I know cheesy post title. This post was made possible by water; without it, there would be no boats. Without boats, there would no need for the Miami Industries Association of South Florida and no need for them to get a new logo design. Ok, again, sorry. So here it is, their previous design was a little  bland and had no pizazz. It had an illustration of a boat dock tie-down in it. Pfffft! I know right? Never fear I am here to help. They wanted something more “wavy” and wavy is what we came up with. Again, thank you water.

SMASH!

For this design I was able to create an invite for a little guy who is turning 3. Lucky for him Sergeant SMASH will be attending his birthday to ensure a “smashing” good time. Ok I know corny, anyway for this one I was provided a photo of the Sarg. and I looked to the likes of the Moster Jam franchise  for inspiration. Creating something for this is pretty much a no-brainer. I know it needs edgy graphics and lots of color with some “monster” fonts and then smash them all together. I hope you guys enjoy it. This was created in Illustrator and the truck was clipped out with photoshop.

Pipeline Pete will be a mascot for a trucking company safety program. He is a concrete pipe and will help promote safety anyway he can.

This one is pretty cool I think. The original one I created was a different color. This one should remind you have a whiskey bottle label. I used a lot of the elements you see on other labels. I thought this would transition nicely to a more masculine design

This invite was for a circus themed party. I tried to mimic an old circus poster.

Magnum Transportation, Inc.

I was commisioned to create a logo for another company. These guys already had an idea and sketch of what they wanted. They just needed someone to make their idea come alive. This will be on the side of those sand trucks in the DFW area so if you see one you’ll know where it came from. Also stay clear of those trucks for your benefit and theirs.

If you have any need for illustration design I can either create it for you or help you locate something for your needs. The designs I do the most tend to be for car related projects like logos and flyers for car shows. 

This Model A pictured here is something I’d like to build one day. It’s a good example of an illustration. Something like this illustration could be made for print as well and given as a gift. Z

Here is a shirt design I recently updated from a few years back. It was mostly made for fellow truck enthusiests over at 67-72chevytrucks.com. The original didn’t have the pinstriping or the word “Trucks”. I got a little flack from some folks about if a pickup could even be considered a true “Hot Rod” in the traditional sense of the label. I don’t care. I understand the definitions and can appreciate the concept, but all I am talking about here are guys who like to “soup-up” their trucks. Enjoy. I have a few of these left for sale in limited sizes so e-mail me for info.

Z

Original art work from an early 1960's ad campaign.

My family and I visited the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco today. I had never been and saw some really interesting things. They had a lot of ad art work that I didn’t think I would see there. Then I realized, why wouldn’t I see it? It’s a part of the history. The brand has been through numerous changes. Some good and some bad. The one common element is the maroon color. That has seemed to stand the test of time. We also got to see all the packaging from over ther years. Some I had seen before and some I had never seen. I was a cool place to visit and now my wife and I already have our sites on a Coca-Cola Plant/Museum type visit.

Have you seen these before?