UTEP SOCCER POSTER PREVIEW

Last week while at NACMA, I started working on the 2010 UTEP Women's Soccer poster. We had some issues with the photos, but after some work in Photoshop, I feel comfortable with what we ended up with.

Anyone else catching World Cup fever?

El Paso wins bid for 2011 Conference USA Basketball Championship

Back in March, I pitched two concepts to the UTEP athletic administration for potential logos to put an identity to the city's bid for the 2011 Conference USA Basketball Championship. I'm proud to say that UTEP, the City of El Paso and the El Paso Sports Commission used one of my concepts in their successful bid to bring the 24-team event to the Sun City.

I'd be lying if I didn't say I'm going to be very excited seeing this around the conference and city!

Catching up with UTEP

I've been so busy lately, I haven't really been able to add some of my most recent design work for UTEP on here.  This is only a small portion of two months worth of design work.

FREE MMMMMMMMMMMMMINER WALLPAPERS!

In honor of UTEP's CUSA 76-54 MBB quarterfinal victory over Central Florida, here are some free UTEP Wallpapers!

TO DOWNLOAD:
Click on each image (1280x1024's on top) (1024x768's on bottom). When it opens in a new window, right click and Save As. Then, set as your desktop!

Creative Invitations and Balloons I Las Cruces, NM

I recently had the sincere pleasure of working with the great folks at Creative Invitations & Balloons in Las Cruces, NM on establishing their brand identity. If you have an upcoming special event, Patti and Mike are the area's leading specialists on invitations and balloon creations! You can call them at 575.526.3343 if you would like to see how they can make your next event  extra special!

Turnkey Contracting I San Antonio, TX

Turnkey Contracting is a new venture from my friends at TC Austin Realty Advisors in San Antonio, TX.

UTEP Women's Basketball Senior Night

This is a splash page I made for http://www.utepathletics.com to create buzz for women's basketball final home stand of the season where we honored the teams three seniors.

El Paso Bids to Host the 2011 CUSA Basketball Championships

The El Paso Sports Authority, Convention and Visitor's Bureau and UTEP are working tirelessly to get the 2011 Tournament here in the Sun City. I figured a logo might help the selection committee visualize it a little better!

2010 UTEP Championship Logo

I designed this logo to be used on all departmental materials related to UTEP's 2010 Men's Basketball Conference USA  Championship.

We are the Champions-UTEP Edition!

I have been super busy lately, but I am very happy to be a part of UTEP's 2010 Conference USA Championship season! Here is a digital billboard I designed that's going to be used around El Paso!

Down in the west Texas town of El Paso...

...I'm getting settled in with my new GA gig at UTEP. While most of my friends and family are still overcome by the initial shock/disgust of me going from crimson-blooded (NM State) to orange-blooded (UTEP), I am settling in pretty well and having fun as a Miner(Both working and as a grad student).

I had my first design assignment with the program helping design a "Pack the House" promotional poster for their 2010 women's basketball event against SMU.

I'm trying to grow as an athletic designer, and I think this project really shows some progress from some of my last assignments.

It's not easy being green...

First post of the new year so here we go!

My old boss at TC AUSTIN in San Antonio contacted me a while back to help brand a landscaping company that is going to fall under their umbrella. Their initial direction was limited, but they wanted a strong image that was going to emphasize the 'green' aspect of their business.

They asked for a few more designs for a few more projects, those will come shortly.

On to the Next Adventure!

CONGRATULATIONS TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL!  If you weren't in San Antonio on Sunday backing the Bobcats, you missed a great performance as the team took it to Stephen F. Austin to secure a 3-1 victory for the SLC title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

As promised, here is a preview of my last design for Texas State Athletics, as my last day will be tomorrow.  I'm really happy with this design, I think it keeps continuity with my other fall championship design, and reflects everything that this program is about!

My time at Texas State was amazing and I am glad I had the honor of helping propel the program into a higher level of competition. I look at the growth that the department has achieved in the last year and I can see how I grew with it, both professionally and emotionally. I'll always remember the great students, friends, administrators and fans I had the chance to build friendships with, and I'll always be proud to say that I was a Bobcat.

Good luck to the Bobcats in the NCAA tourney next week, and don't forget to Eat 'Em Up!

Pack Wacker Time!

Huge game this weekend vs No. 10 McNeese State. Winner of this game gets the Wild Card TV game next week and comes one step closer to the Southland Conference title!

I helped the Texas State Student Foundation come up with a design for their '09 'Pack Wacker' shirts. All of the proceeds from the sale of the shirts go to scholarships for student leaders. As a former student leader, I know how much those scholarships are needed when you're putting a ton of work in to making your school a better place.


I tried to dress it up a little bit for posting on the 'ol blog.

I do have to say, I am rather proud of myself for making the rendering of the new West Side Complex in Illustrator! It was a major challenege, and in the end, I am happy with how it came out!

Texas State Football is rolling along!

Here is the new txstatebobcats.com  splash page that will be up this week to greet fans who visit our site looking for info about the big game this weekend vs. nationally-ranked McNeese State for control of the Southland Conference and the automatic post-season bid.

You have no idea what a relief it is to be involved with a program that has a team that closes the deal!

That's not a stab at my Alma Mater, but for the first time, I witnessed 'my team' claw their way to a victory with only moments left in a game to seal the deal.  It was such an AMAZING feeling!

We're going to be pushing hard for a sell-out and then some this week. Expect a few surprises!

Another Championship year

Texas State Soccer has already clinched at least a share of the conference title, so we diecided to make some championship shirts so we could give them out to the team come their final home contest this Friday.

I decided to use a sillouhette of the buildings around the field, because they're a picturesque backdrop and major part of our field's atmosphere.

Final Men's & Women's Basketball Posters (I think?)

After much vision and revision, here is what i think will be the final versions of the 09-10 Texas State MBB & EBB Schedule Posters.

MBB on Deck

Was struggling to get the MBB poster draft together, but in the last hour or so, things just started falling in to place.

Keeping the continuity going!

Remembering a National Championship 50 years later

This year Texas State will be honoring their 1960 NAIA National Championship team. I put this together yesterday so we could have a commeorative graphic to honor this accomplishment all year long.