Carnivals of Illustration

It was a ton of fun to be invited back to the Learning Carnival for the 5th year in a row! The Learning Carnival is for the gifted and talented students of Morris County schools. I think they allow kids from grades 3 to 5. The workshop I present is on illustration.

Riding in Style

Once again, Image Impact asked us to create merchandise for the Bike New York event, held every year in May. Excited as always to use our custom illustration skills for clients, we created unique and stand out shirts for the riders. The apparel can be purchased as a nice reminder of the event. Take a closer look at the shirts inside...

Historic Chester NJ's Holiday Promotions

We are in the middle of a very large campaign for the HCBA (Historic Chester Business Association). We created a marketing campaign aimed at increasing local shopping in the Chester area.

Beer Labels for Fun

I recently brewed my own beer with some friends for my bachelor party and thought it would be fun to have the team design some labels. There are three flavors; Evil Twin Octoberfest, Old Man Oatmeal Stout, and Robstellaboc Hefeweizen. The beer is not for sale, but I thought it was fun to show off. Here are the custom designed and illustrated labels.

Thanks Jeff and Alex for the time and work you put into this project. Also, thank you Brian for the fun beer experience. By the way they taste amazing!

Chester NJ Harvest Festival Promotions

Check out our new designs for the Chester, New Jersey's 26th Annual Harvest Celebration and Pet Costume Contest! So far we've produced postcards, posters and advertisements for the event. One of the advertisements is running in the Star Ledger.

The illustration was sketched by hand and illustrated digitally to look like a wood cut.

Burn Some Rubber!

The Historic Chester Business Association (HCBA) recently hired us to create promotions for Chester's events! Chester, New Jersey is a beautiful quaint town filled with nice shops, art and dining. We're very proud of our first promotion for their annual car show. We created postcards, flyers, an ad and posters so far.

Triathlon Season!

It's triathlon season and that means more illustrations for us! We are working with Rising Sun Sport, a sports apparel company, to develop new triathlon and sports jerseys for purchase at the events. Paul Kiesche Design is responsible for the illustrations and some of the graphics for the jerseys. The interesting difference illustrating for the jerseys is that the illustrations span across the front, back, sides and sleeves of the jerseys. We recently finished the New Jersey State Triathlon, the Lakefront Boulevard Bike Tour, and the Whirlpool Steelhead Triathlon. We are currently working on a new jersey for the Nations Triathlon in Washington, D.C. In the past we also completed illustrations for the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon, Bike Chicago, the Annapolis Triathlon, and others. Many of the jerseys are available for purchase on Rising Sun's site here.

The Illustrators Advantage

In order for you to be a great designer, do you need to be able to illustrate? Many graphic designers throughout history have been very good illustrators, but many have had very little illustration skills. Is it possible to create high quality design without knowing how to draw?