This project I was solicited by a start up airplane fuel company to develop an identity for them. During the creation process of the logo I was de constructing the name of the company, Dense Air LLC, and merged it with themes of aviation such as airplanes and runways. The end result is a logo
that incorporates a plane going up a runway, which is shown with the uppercase “A.” The reason why I used a bolder typeface for the majuscule “D” is to show contrast between the thin lines of the “A” and to give the text a “dense” feel.

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This is a book jacket in which I illustrated and designed during my internship at AK Press Publishing. The book, “I Mix What I Like! A Mix tape Manifesto” by Jared Ball, the host of Free Mix Radio and a professor of communication studies at Morgan State University, is about the impact of the mix tape on commercial mainstream radio. To show the revolutionary message of the book I choose colors that are analogous with African- American civil rights: a complementary mix of greens, reds and yellows. The use of illustration in this piece is in homage to design work of the 1960’s and 70’s where the issue of civil rights was the forefront of American society. The use of the turntable immediately informs the reader of the content of the book.

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