CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster created for concert series held every Friday in the summer months. The client wanted a poster that represented the bands that were playing and would also attract to all ages to attend the concert series.

CLIENT: Frances Saxton Personal Trainer
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a postcard that would show how easy it would be to exercise. This promotional postcard would be sent out to new and potential clients. The postcard needed to look sharp and stand out among all the other pieces of mail.

CLIENT: Frances Saxton Personal Trainer
MEDIA: print

This is the back of the promotional postcard. The client wanted a catchy headline, to catch a potential clietnt attention, he/she would be ready to get in shape.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster created for community services project for Downtown Silver Spring and Montgomery County. The project was to create care packages for the troops. The client wanted to not only represent the community but also the need for the care packages.

CLIENT: Jessica & Dev Chakraborty
MEDIA: print

The client was looking for a wedding invitation that didn't have the basic look and feel as other inviations. The clientwanted something that represented both America and India roots.

CLIENT: Jessica & Dev Chakraborty
MEDIA: print

The client wanted the RSVP card to match the same look and feel as the other print pieces in the set.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster created for the Cinco de Mayo celebration. The client wanted the design to be fun and entertaining. There were also deals from the local Austin Grill that needed to be in a prominent location. The featured DJ from Hot 99.5 needed to highlighted. The poster design was something that represented all the request from the client and had a flair for Cinco de Mayo.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster created for the Summer Concert Series that was fun and using bright colors. The poster had to represent different music genres and be eye-catching. The client also wanted to incorporate headphones and music. I came across an illustration on istockphoto that did just that. I used the colors within the illustration for the text and border.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster created for the Ethiopian Festival. A poster that not only had a lot of color but also a poster that represented some of Ethiopia's traditions and the countries flag. The Ethiopia's coffee ceremony is an integral part of their social and cultural life. And because of that, I wanted to include the jebena (traditional coffee pot) within the poster.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster that represented not only the cherry blossoms but also the activities that will be occuring during the Big Cherry Block Party. I wanted to include the blossoms but at the same time, I didn't want to over power the information about the block party and the activities that were going to be taken place. The solution, using a white color for the background with black and pink accent colors.

CLIENT: Lakewilde of Santee
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a rack card to showcase the simplicity and the uniqueness of the property. The approach that I used is a blending technique. A blending technique incorporates two photographs, in this case a photo of a canoe by a lake and a copy of old paper. Using layers in Photoshop, I used a paint brush and a splatter brush along with opacity and color to create a life-like painting.

CLIENT: Lakewilde of Santee
MEDIA: print

The back of the rackcard for Lakewilde of Santee showcases the same technique that was used on the front of the card as well as introducing photos of the property itself.

CLIENT: Downtown Silver Spring
MEDIA: print

The client wanted a poster that represented a jolly old holiday cheer along with announcing Santa Claus and three other activities going on the same day. The obvious choice was to promote Santa because if a child wants to see Santa Claus, the adults would like to stop by to the other activities.

CLIENT: Alarid/Price Wedding
MEDIA: print

The client, which is myself, wanted a vintage circus theme wedding and with that wanted an old fashion look to the invitations, save the dates and other print material. The invitation is to the left.

CLIENT: Alarid/Price Wedding
MEDIA: print

The rehearsal dinner print piece. I loved incorporating the circus tents within the design.

CLIENT: Alarid/Price Wedding
MEDIA: print

The concept of the RSVP - was to recreate old circus postcards. There were three examples elephant (shown), lion and tiger. Showcasing a classic look and feel from the old circus days.

CLIENT: Alarid/Price Wedding
MEDIA: print

The back concept of the RSVP - was to give the invitee an option to come to the wedding. Since the wedding was a destination wedding, we had to make sure the numbers were correct.

CLIENT: Alarid/Price Wedding
MEDIA: print

I wanted to introduce the monogram in a distinctive style and thought to showcase it as a "big top". Incorporating the colors red and white as a sunburst behind the monogram.