Provided vital selling points for a premium business program

Identity designed for a Los Angeles Unified District School. Developed to assist in fund-raising endeavors.

A stronger sense of group cohesion resulted among students, staff and outlying community. Two years of consistent fundraising improvement, and enthusiasm for donations and sales came about as well.

Gothic and Lolita is a combination of the Gothic and "Lolita" fashion, which combines the dark fashion of Goth with Victorian frills, resulting in massive experimentation, and a vibrant fashion subculture imported from Japan. Gothic & Lolita Bible is the premier US source for western fans/participants in this fashion subculture.

This magazine hosts material imported from Japan, as well as content original to the US edition. The US original designs create a fresh interest in the content, resulting in sales success that sees each edition repeatedly selling out on newsstands and in bookstores.

Designed for the purpose of fund-raising. Invites developed for the ACLU Foundation of Southern California annual Bill of Rights Dinner.

Conveyed the story of a young female adventurer taken to a world steeped in Chinese mythology. Best-selling young adult novel.

Reposition existing conference as multicultural, high impact offering for youth workers; Designed to include a promotional poster within the same budget as the previous year's brochure.

Deliver a photographer's stunning work within an unobtrusive, but suitably crisp and modern book design. Additionally, promoted portions of a photographer's stunning work through a public relations booklet, designed to emphasive the non-profit, fund raising intent behind the book. Forward written by Oprah Winfrey. Project Managed by Artisan Creative, Los Angeles.

Provided vital selling points for a premium business program

Convey corporate emphasis on bulk chemical sales. The goal was to increase the potential exposure for the organization by providing a visual makeover that was potentially unexpected for the product category in question. Photography by Trevor Pearson; Art Direction by A. Lashley.

Establish a distinct feel with a consistent look, on a boxset for the the company's flagship character and property. The packaging is both consistent with the established graphic novel series, and unmistakably in contrast with other books on a store shelf.

The shutter island graphic novel was based on Dennis Lehane's novel--and both were source material for the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The print and web advertisements focused on the nightmare painted by the graphic novel, targeting horror, noir and mainstream fans of the feature film. Included flash banner advertisements. Co-published by Tokyopop.

Convey the story of a young female adventurer, steeped in Chinese mythology---promoted in a retail environment.

Managed visual design and production team for 2010 TOKYOPOP Tour; Supervised and approved materials for national "roadshow"-style event. Senior Designer: Louis Csontos. Production Designer: Joe Macosocol. Photo: Nathan Rupert, Erinn Conlon

As a freelance designer, developed further implementation on an existing campaign using the work of noted international illustrator, Hanoch Piven. Used the fresh, vibrant imagery of his illustration to playfully express positive brand qualities. The vehicle wrap ad visiting nurses and doctors at a training event for medical practitioners who specialize in Oncology.

Designed Tokyopop 2009 Style guide. Thorough review of organization's content library, interviews and collaboration with Chief Creative Officer and other key staff unearthed several potential directions, from which this direction selected. Licensing and Merchandising arrangement with Toys R Us and Target Stores developed as a result. Produced in association with BIG TENT Entertainment.

Create a web site that visually reflected the brand, to an audience of teens. Visit the site.

Develop a site for a startup educational company, with features for community blogs, games and corporate communication. Visit the site.

Create front-end design for a collaborative art, design and photography web site. Re-skinned open-source Drupal theme with original visual assets.

The shutter island graphic novel was based on Dennis Lehane's novel--and both were source material for the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio. The print and web advertisements focused on the nightmare painted by the graphic novel, targeting horror, noir and mainstream fans of the feature film. Included flash banner advertisements. Co-published by Tokyopop.

Designed UI/Theme skins for Magento-powered online store. Provided guidance to programmers on effective means for implementation of theme for best user interface results. Visit the site.

Used the PHP Smarty template system (a precursor to Drupal) to reskin the TOKYOPOP site using html, css and light PHP. Applied visual standards developed in their company style guide. Project responsibilities extended to redesigning email newsletter to visually match the site reskin.

Designed visual theme using the PHP Smarty Templating system (a precursor to Drupal). Created according to standards developed by Big Tent Entertainment and TOKYOPOP. Extensive retouch was applied to illustration to allow for positioning on website.

Created visual design for Intranet. Evaluated content needs and balanced with updated look-and feel for latest branding.

Reestablished and redesigned the web presence and identity for a software development firm, as part of a brand refresh. Developed visual design for portfolio, using known jquery technology. Interviewed principal and key staff and integrated highlights of business practices into the design of the site, including staff profiles and blogs, highlights of programming languages used and services delivered. Visit the site.

Redesigned and refreshed the online presence for an online payment solutions provider. Visit the site