Here is the site concept for Happy Paws Pet Sitting & Dog Walking. Sam wanted a simple clean site that said everything she needed to say in a few pages. To add in a few morsels for the search engines, I put in the javascript slider on the homepage to put in a bit more content without cluttering up the layout.  The finished product was a fun departure from the in depth plugging away of a content managed site. If anyone needs a great pet sitter, give them a call!

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Sam Brit with Happy Paws Pet Sitting and Dog Walking contracted me to develop a logo and website for her new small business. Sam provides pet sitting services to Greensboro, Asheboro and places in between. I initially developed two different logos (the second pictured below in the gallery) one serious and one a bit more fun. After initally approving the serious look (the version below), she quickly decided to follow through with the "fun" one with a few tweeks (a more serious type face). The final version is a fun and clean version that makes for a bold display on the web or other marketing materials.

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A delicious project to work on, my friend and neighbor Judy Ward asked me to come up with a label for her award winning cakes at the upcoming farmer's market. Judy won 1st place at the NC State Fair for her "Plain Mock Pound Cake." For her caricature, I tried a new route: a recently acquired Wacom tablet. I've been holding off for years before finally breaking down and purchasing one of the "Bamboo" tablets, and I must say, I'm hooked (though, I really wanted the 21" Cintiq, but my family has to eat, ya' know). If offers up a whole new level of illustrating and logo design. I did a loose pencil sketch, scanned it in, then "inked" and colorized the design with the tablet. Later added in text with Adobe Illustrator. More fun than one guy should have, or stay up to the wee hours of the morning working on.

Another friend from ASheboro High School, Adam Whitaker, owned a moving company "Moving Men" and wanted a unique logo featuring a caricature of he and his business partner.  This is the resulting logo. Be sure to check out the additional images below for the applications on which the brand was used.

The 3 Sign Guys were an offshoot of my previous company, MainSales, where we differentiated the sign area of business from the design and print area. The idea was that the "Sign Guy", David Whitaker was the center of the Sign department withe Scott Smith (on the left) and myself (on the right) as the supporting "Sign Guys." This logo was pretty strong and got a lot of notice, but eventually, the guys retired it to pursue a new business name, Able Custom Signs (which made sense as there were only two "Guys" after I left). This was a fun logo to create and I've included the shell of our original website and a promotional card in the additional images below.

Another friend from ASheboro High School, Adam Whitaker, owned a moving company "Moving Men" and wanted a unique logo featuring a caricature of he and his business partner.  This is the resulting logo. Be sure to check out the additional images below for the applications on which the brand was used.