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I was happy to work once again with Roy Baudoin of Smyrna Bowling Center, who also acts as President of the TSBPA to create a new business identity for the organization. In addition to a striking (no pun intended) new logo design, we applied the new logo to the business papers for the TSBPA to give mailings and such to its members a separate identity from that of the Smyrna Bowling Center. This is an excellent mark and I have been happy to assist Roy in creating something singular for its members to identify with.

Smyrna Bowling Center is the largest most modern bowling center in the state of Tennessee. I had the recent pleasure of meeting owner Roy Baudoin at a Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce event being held at the Smyrna Bowling Center facility. They will be receiving a new web design. In addition to the web design, we are giving their corporate identity, or logo a facelift in the process, to help create stronger brand awareness. The logo can be seen at left. As a result of the new corporate identity’s creation, we are giving their business papers a matching facelift.

King’s Funeral Planning is a startup that I am now working with to assist in branding their company. To start, we have produced their logo mark which figures prominently into the design of a beautiful tri fold brochure which will be their primary first marketing vehicle. I am very excited to assist this company in creating their branding and marketing materials as they get of the ground. All the more so, as the company is the brain child of Jessica and Karen King, my own niece and sister. I wish them much success, and look forward to assisting them with their future marketing needs.

I designed the reunion book for my 20 year reunion. I was very pleased to be able to offer my classmates a keepsake that will I hope they will treasure for years to come. It represents a level of design work which a high school reunion committee budget would not be able to normally afford. It now resides proudly in my portfolio of work.

(internship — Dakini Graphics)

Produced a half page advertisement for the book When You Come Unglued… Stick Close to God for the General Board of Discipleship, the publishing arm of the United Methodist Church. This was a project secured by Dakini Graphics and turned over to me to work up.

My first paid job! Woot!

(internship — Dakini Graphics)

Continuing internship with Dakini Graphics in Nashville, I created submissions for a set of business papers (business card, letterhead & envelope) for sister companies Oxford Real Estate and River Birch Homes.

The design on the sets of business papers were quite daring. While they were not those chosen for print and usage by the companies, I was very proud that Rita felt that they were strong enough to put in front of one of her higher profile clients for consideration.

(internship — Dakini Graphics)

Under the art direction of Rita Frizzell at Dakini Graphics, I have been asked to try my hand at creating graphic poster submissions for Hickory Ridge Mall. Rita and I both created submissions for the poster series to give me experience and to give the client a wider selection. They loved them so much they bought them all!

Completed semester long project in Graphic Design program culminating in a showing in the Todd Art Gallery at MTSU. The body of work, entitled Sp34k 2 M3 consisted of no less than eight major pieces including a web site. Subject matter dealt with social relationships and interactions carried on by people on the world wide web.

Ad campaign Pets Do It Too. wins a Gold Student Addy award in the 2005 7th District Addy Awards in Atlanta. The 7th District of the AAF includes work from Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee and eastern Louisiana. This sent the ad campaign on to be judged nationally in the National Addy Awards in San Francisco in 2005.

Ad campaign, Pets Do It Too., a collaborative project with fellow design students Matt Thompson, Courtney Edwards (now Courtney Burgess) and Bryan Kemp brought home a gold student Addy award from the Nashville Addy Awards. This sent the quartet of pieces on to be judged in the 7th District Addy Awards in Atlanta.