Me with “Dusty.” My trusted, old, beat-up acoustic guitar.
Me mountain biking above Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.
That’s me hanging out with an original ink painting by one of my biggest influences, Jim Phillips.
During the lockdown for COVID-19, working on some icons for Infection Prevention Lesson Plans.
Painting the mural of my Bears design for Vine Hill Elementary School. See the project details.
“Thank you Jack! It looks great! I truly appreciate your talent and efficiency in getting this done.”
I am passionate about visual art and design.
I appreciate the value of great imagery, typography, and graphic design. Using my experience with visual communication, my passion is to create captivating graphic art and page layout design, websites, illustration, email newsletters, motion graphics, and multimedia presentations.
I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, then moved myself to Berkeley, California in the early 90’s where I got to experience the epic Grunge era music scene circulate around the mighty Bay Area. I have lived in the county of Santa Cruz, CA for more than 25 years, and I currently live in the Santa Cruz Mountains where a great amount of inspiration for my creative work comes from. I love to create illustrative designs and graphics for the local community businesses and organizations.
If I’m not busy designing, you might find me mountain biking and hiking around the Henry Cowell Redwoods, playing my guitar and banjo, and tinkering around on my lap steel guitar.
Hit me up if you’d like to ride or jam.
Key Qualifications
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Download my Graphic Design Presentation for more information.
Download my résumé for even more detailed information!
My Clients
Throughout the years, I have accumulated many diverse clients ranging from public health professionals to emergency preparedness officials and beyond. Check out my client list to get a sample of the businesses and organizations I have helped meet their expectations and achieved their design goals.
Tools of the Trade
I have been working with computer graphic software since the early 90’s, and when Photoshop first came out... it blew my mind. I had to have it! Since then, software has come and gone and the technology has advanced to where it is today. It’s challenging to keep up to date with the newest of the new. The list below are tools I work with on an almost daily basis, depending on the design goals of my client.
- Design Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
Keynote
Hand Drawn - Web Tools: WordPress
Elementor
Adobe XD
Figma
Webflow
Bootstrap
jQuery
3Dcart
Shopify
Amazon Market Place - Email Tools: Constant Contact
Klaviyo
What’s Next?
I’m available to help you with your design projects. Contact me and let’s start a conversation, I’d love to hear your design ideas and goals.