Happy 2nd Birthday Ryker!

August 2, 2015

2 Year Photoshoot

Pirate Birthday Bash

Jake and the Neverland Pirates Cake

Me on the grill

Hair Styler!

Giant Cheeseburger!

Giant Kerplunk

Eating popcorn at his first movie!

Swimming!

Fade to Gray

July 24, 2015

“You make me happy when skies are gray”

Happy 4th of July

July 4, 2015

Disney World Trip 2015

June 30, 2015

Here are a few photos from my trip to Disney World. I will add more soon.

Exorcism in Hobby Lobby

June 10, 2015

My son got really bored in Hobby Lobby while my wife was shopping. She sent me a photo and I had to ask for the rest so I could make a GIF since it looked like an exorcism.

Exorcism in Hobby Lobby starring Ryker Briggs

Soul edit

4th Anniversary

May 28, 2015

Secured Futures of Iowa logo design

May 20, 2015

A past client came to me with a logo design job for a new project he is doing legal work for.

Secured Futures is an endeavor created by Bill Berg, a financial planner. He has a special needs child and he is now specializing in special needs financial planning.

Their web developer sent me this concept to start with.

I started with the concept and tried to work in a family as well as the Iowa flag in the icon.

early draft of my logo design

I refined the curves of the illustration and dropped the Iowa flag theme to make it friendlier to match the website design.

Final logo design

The client loved it. I will update this post with the site design and a link once it goes live.

Update: Their developer finished the website. Check it out at securedfuturesia.com

Bilotti's Pizza Garden Ad Campaign

May 12, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Hayley Peterson and led by Brian Tallman. I designed the digital/animated ads and Hayley designed the print ads. I also designed the logo because the client didn't have a consistent one. I based it off the look of their building and used neon letters because the locals know them by their neon sign.

Facebook Header

store front via Google Maps

My logo design

FSU Credit Union Ad Campaign

May 11, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Christine Thompson and led by Brian Tallman. I designed the digital/animated ads and Christine designed the print ads.

View HTML5 Pushdown Ad

Blank Park Zoo Trip 2015

May 10, 2015

We went to the zoo for Mother's Day and I got some great family photos and a few animal/nature shots for my portfolio.

Early to work

May 9, 2015

Iowa Woman of Achievement Bridge

May 8, 2015

My Diabetes Home Ad Campaign

May 8, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Krista Kent and led by Brian Tallman. I created the animated ads and Krista made the print ads.

Lakeland College Ad Campaign

May 8, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Jon Kytola and led by Brian Tallman. I created the animated ads and Jon made the print ads. We took some of their existing branding elements and made it more iconic and eye-catching.

Pushlee for Business animated video

April 21, 2015

Pushlee by RXA Technology

Jethro's BBQ ad campaign

April 21, 2015

This ad campaign was originally proposed for Jethro's BBQ N' BACON BACON's grand opening but that was delayed and we ended up reusing the art for an April Fool's joke. It was created with the GIADC Creative Campaign team by me, Hayley Anderson and led by Brian Tallman. I designed the animated digital ads in Adobe Flash and animated HTML5 ads in Adobe Edge. I also illustrated the new front facing Jethro character.

The final ad that ran on April Fool's Day. Click to view it in action!

Valley Popcorn Ad Campaign

April 21, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Kris Ahrens and led by Brian Tallman. I created the animated ads above and Kris made the print ads below. We had a lot of fun with making the color palette and writing some punny copy.

Des Moines Menace Ad Campaign

April 8, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Hayley Anderson and led by Brian Tallman. I created the animated ads and Hayley made the print ads. View the HTML5 pushdown ad here.

Ryker as the Arrow

April 2, 2015

original of Ryker

photoshop edit

final toning

KimCentral Credit Union Ad Campaign

April 1, 2015

This is a campaign that I worked on with the GIADC Creative Campaign team. The creative was developed by me and Ben Patin and led by Brian Tallman. I designed the digital/animated ads and Ben designed the print ads. I also designed the logo.

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2 Year Photoshoot

Pirate Birthday Bash