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Arrested Development has always been one of my favorite shows of all time. So when I heard that I'd get to art direct the entire campaign for their new season, I almost blue myself (those who watch the show will get that I'm not perverted, nor do I misunderstand basic grammar skills). Over the last 6 months I've been lucky enough to work on a team of ridiculously talented creatives and account managers at Ignition to come up with one of the most influential entertainment marketing campaigns in years. Extensive in scope and relevancy to what the show is about, we created a 360 degree campaign that celebrated the comedy and brilliance that the shows writers and actors have crafted over the years.

The media buy for this was extensive as well, with more than 500 posters in the NYC subway system alone, Times Square video screens, billboards and wildpostings.

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Second year in a row I've done the apparel retouching for Nikes new university sports apparel. Always fun getting back into the threads and details of product post-production. Here are Oregon States new football digs:

More can be seen HERE at Yahoo! Sports, and HERE at Nike INC.

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This is a story of how small the world (industry?) is. Years ago, my friend Graeme was asked to shoot an ad campaign for Adidas out in Los Angeles, we were living in New York at the time. He hired me to fly out with him and run the digital operations for the shoot. The day before we were set to leave, he told me to get to his place early because we had to shoot a director, Derek Cianfrance for City Magazine. Not a big deal. So Graeme and I packed up his gear along with our luggage and went to Brooklyn and to Dereks house in Brooklyn. Immediately when you meet Derek, you can tell he's someone you want to be around. Kind, energetic, passionate about his work and ours - which when shooting portraits makes for beautiful imagery. We shot him for close two hours and then headed straight to JFK an on to LA. Had a blast.

Years later, here I am living in Los Angeles working as an Art Director for an advertising agnecy. At the time, I was burried in a TV ad campaign but noticed that we were working on the ads for his new movie coming out: "A Place Beyond the Pines". Considering I met the guy and was in his house - I jumped over to my account execs office and told her I wanted to pitch in, but could only do one comp because of my work load with the other projects.

Next day Jen came into my office and told me they were going with my design. Certainly a small world. Ad turned out nice.

Here's Graemes portrait we shot that day. Check out his site, HERE

he's a hell of a photographer: 

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My buddy Jeff and fellow Ignitioner did the teaser posters for The Purge. They're sick:

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Forgot about this one.

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Forgot about this one too. Did this at Swanson Studio. Shot by Sean Reynolds.

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Heidi digs Ignition ads:

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Finished product:

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Domination.

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Ah, New York...

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Was driving the other day and remembered this photograph, then realized its not on my website or blog.  Shot at 2009 NYC Fashion Week.

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Retouched this:

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New Nike stuff that I did at Ignition. Looks mean.

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Other fun random stuff that I've done in the last few months:

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Everyone needs a home.

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Friend asked for portrait. Friend flies me to Portland. Friend gets portrait.
Portland, circa 2012.

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Fun work, did the finishing for this:

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Accepted an Art Directing position at Ignition today.

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"I hate it when you dream only when you're sleeping"

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New Nike NCAA work I did is up on CBS Sports. You can check the whole shoot out on Nikes Facebook Page