Rock Solid Design

03/04/2022

E-mail can be a very compelling means of connecting with users / customers / stakeholders. To be effective, it must incorporate: Eye-catching creative, a compelling call to action / value proposition and adhere to E-mail marketing best practice.

Rock Solid Design has more than a decade of design and deployment of effective E-mail marketing messages.

01/27/2022

Some projects you remember because of the outcome, or the challenges they presented. Some because of something special.

This poster, created while I was the Creative Director at Tribune Denver, is both.

It was certainly a challenge, as the only asset the band could provide was a black & white velox of their logo (a high-resolution black and white print on photo paper). I went to the record store, Tower Records to be specific, and purchased a couple of CD's and created the rest from a drum scan and Photoshop.

But that's not what makes it special. What made it special was Brad Delp, the former leader of the band, came to my office specifically to say "Thank You." Apparently they'd not had a concert poster created in years. He even signed a copy of the artwork, which I still have to this day.

It really made an impression on me, that a rock star would go out of his way to show appreciation like that.

11/29/2021

Super fun animation series to launch "OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE?" released by Philomel Books in early November.

This is the first of four Rock Solid Design created for the author.

Created in Adobe Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Rock Solid Design

11/29/2021

Can you spot the fake? One of these elements was completely created in Photoshop.

Rock Solid Design

11/18/2021

I designed the branding, opening credits and other motion graphics for "Mission Mt. Mangart."

The World Premiere was this past Veteran's Day.

So proud to have been able to work on this powerful documentary film.

Trailer for "Mission Mt. Mangart" Narrated by WW2 10th Mountain Division Vet Bruce Campbell Edited by T.J. Davis. As of May 18th the 70 Minuted…

11/13/2021

Just finished a new slider animation for a client's website. Always fun to bring things to life in Slider Revolution. Also added pageable content to the "In The News" section of the site.

A.V. Schmit

11/13/2021

Looking at some of last year's designs for inspiration for this year's look & feel. Love working for Team Primal | Audi Denver.

09/09/2017

Just found this in my FB feed. Shot the photo, did the photo manipulation and used in marketing materials for a landscape design client. Fun.

03/16/2017

Just finished turning a client's 2016 Annual Report into an animated flip book. Turned out pretty cool.

Check it out.

http://www.enterpriseethics.org/2016_annual_report_online/index.html

02/24/2017

Program from Corporate INTEGRITY | 2017. Designed the brand mark, the collateral, produced the live streaming video of this 3-hour long event for the Institute for Enterprise Ethics at the Daniels College of Business.

12/15/2016

Just finished a 6-page development brochure for the University of Denver's Institute for Enterprise Ethics. Turned out pretty slick.

07/15/2016

One of my favorite ad designs in recent memory, each one of the portraits that make up the "20" was an actual breast cancer survivor.

And the brand mark for the 20th Anniversary, that's my work too.

This appeared in Denver Life Magazine and in 5280.

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