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Recently I just finished a logo/brand for YNOT Athletics’ promotional uses on social media platforms. The following are the stages of development, from concept to finish. Quick sketches for concepts. Thoughts for logo placement and composition. The client forwarded me his company logo for placement purposes. The end result, below. (*Writer’s/Designer’s note) When doing such work, I never go into it blind past the concept stage and the client’s approval for commencement. Reference photo/pose for this piece was done by…
Whenever I get a chance to visit my parent’s in Manhattan, I usually like to search for things from my childhood and/or past that they kept. On a recent stop over for dinner, I searched for my Bacharach lacrosse helmet a.k.a. “the brain bucket” that I used in boarding school (1992-1996). I knew they still had it from numerous visits before and I wanted to take some pics with the blackberry to post up. The classic Bacharach helmet. I think…
Last weekend, I competed at the 2011 War at the Shore lacrosse tournament in Brick Township, NJ. I have been attending this tournament since 2005 when it was held at the National Guard Base in Sea Girt, NJ. It is one of the largest and most competitive summer tournaments in the northeast which happens to be located in an area of the state of New Jersey, that has been highlighted heavily on MTV. The Format. The facility that the tournament…