Once again I have had the pleasure and privilege of designing a poster for the annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert, a benefit for the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) scholarship program, in Ithaca NY. As a Joni fan, songwriter and musician myself, this is a distinct pleasure. Thanks to CSMA Board member Joe [...]
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Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert – poster design
Posted in design, Music, Posters, tagged design, Joni Mitchell, jonimitchell.com, Poster Design, Posters, singer-songwriter, tribute concert on January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments »
CD Design: Jennifer Haase, ‘No More Invitations’
Posted in CDs, design, Music, tagged CD, CD design, graphic design, InDesign, jennifer haase, new CD, Oasiscd.com, Photoshop, singer-songwriter on July 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CD Design No More Invitations (Jennifer Haase www.ryhmeswithclassy.com) Several months in the making, singer-songwriter Jennifer Haase’s long-awaited CD is now out. I found an amazing photo of antique Edwardian doll’s heads at the Flikr photostream for alliesadornments.com. We were given permission to use this photo, which is so perfectly in keeping with the thread that [...]
Poster: Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert
Posted in design, Posters, tagged ads, Joni Mitchell, Poster Design, Posters, singer-songwriter on October 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have been a devotee of Mitchell’s songs and guitar playing for almost 40 years. A few years ago I started a tradition of “Only Joni” open mics featuring local musicians performing Joni Mitchell songs.
New CD: Jennifer Haase, “No More Invitations”
Posted in design, tagged CD, CD design, CD packaging, folk-pop, graphic design, jennifer haase, new CD, singer-songwriter on July 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By sheer dint of optimism, Jennifer has raised more than $10k to fund her second album project. I’ll be donating some of my time and a discount to help her make it happen.
Finished Product
Posted in design, tagged CD, CD packaging, design, graphic design, Photoshop, Sera Smolen, Susan Hoover, Tom Mank on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The finished CDs came out looking exactly as hoped for. Everybody happy!
TMann’s blog, “the sober guy”
Posted in design, tagged blog templates, blogs, soberguy, TMann, wordpress blogs on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve been longing to start your own blog but don’t know where to begin, I can help! My friend TMann writes about recovery, sports, and American culture. He is also a house painting contractor here in Ithaca, NY. While painting a room in my house, TMann confessed he had been thinking about creating a [...]
Mock-Ups Give Clients Perspective
Posted in design, tagged CD packaging, comps, graphic design, mock up, Photoshop on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Proofs from the layouts are fine but it helps some clients to see digital mock-ups of the finished CD packaging.
Paper Kisses
Posted in design, tagged CD, CD packaging, Coldbrook Productions, graphic design, InDesign, Julie Last, Oasiscd.com, Photoshop, Sera Smolen, shutterstock, stock images, Susan Hoover, Tom Mank on February 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“Paper Kisses” is the forthcoming CD from Tom Mank & Sera Smolen. Layout in InDesign, image prep in Photoshop, and “green” packaging design template from Oasiscd.com.
Sea Green and Go
Posted in design, tagged blog design, Custom header, new blog, writing on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two things: Blogs are often the perfect substitute for a top-heavy website, and Green is the new black! Ceci (who happens to be my sister) is launching a new venture — literally — a travel blog with “the planet and pennies in mind.” She asked me to help her set it up, design a custom [...]
