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Instagram Explorations

I use my Instagram to challenge myself to create quick 20-30 minute designs without any particular direction. Here are some of my recent posts. 

View fullsize Texas, I love ya, but damn… (CW) Children being shot en masse in their classrooms while paramilitary police dick around on their phones and play Punisher Project Runway in the halls. Leadership dismantling the safeguards that keep ARs out of
View fullsize On October 9th, Emma and I traded our old anniversary for a new one surrounded by family and friends in Austin. I couldn’t be happier with our wedding — an evening full of great food, moody colors, Negronis, and a stunning wife. I want to
View fullsize Y’all can keep your White Claws and Trulys and Topo-Chico’s this summer – you can catch me rippin YooHoo hard seltzer’s 😎😎😎 nothing like floating the river on a hot summer day and tossin back some cold alcoholic chocolate w
View fullsize ahhh! u scared me 😨 ok so I don’t really have anything to say, but here I am!!! I do kinda like this weird little shitty gold type tho, so I thought I’d share. Maybe more shitty gold type in the future? Maybe not. I guess we’ll hav
View fullsize YEEHAW! A few months ago, my friend, Kevin, from @blueletterfilms, asked me to put together some graphics for a series of videos he was shooting for @charleycrockett. We took heavy inspiration from Ernest Tubb and George Jones and all those other cow
View fullsize 7 days until Election Day. If you’re in TX, that means you have until Friday to vote early, then you have one last shot on Nov 3rd to vote this guy out. I happily voted early this year for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, because I don’t like
View fullsize Here’s a fun one from a few months ago for the good folk (and great friends) at @blueletterfilms (!!) lots of cool grungy tx black letter vibes going on here, exactly what I love to do 🀠 the delivered branding is very clean, very fresh –
View fullsize Y’all remember Roxanne from A Goofy Movie? Well this what she looks like now. Wow what a weird thing for me to post. I bought an iPad this week and have been having fun illustrating in ways I haven’t had the patience to try before. Maybe
View fullsize Remember that time only five years ago when same-sex marriage was illegal? Happy pride month famo, and happy 5 year anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges. 🏳️‍🌈🏴
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View fullsize Well this is something new for me. I don’t really do fan art, but Orville Peck came out with a new music video today that’s got me feelin cowpoke vibes. Plus Yeehaw has got to be one of my favorite words - I have it tattoo’d on my a
View fullsize I don’t really have much to say except: Ugh, dude. Just kidding, here I go... I don’t know about you guys, but today marks the end of 6 weeks of quarantine. I feel like I have kept a pretty positive attitude about this whole thing, but t
View fullsize Here’s a lil thing! Is the ol’ ‘rony keepin you inside? Yeah, same. It’s wild out there, yo. I’m not gonna preach to ya but y’all stay safe and stay inside and wash your hands and don’t be an asshole that hoa
View fullsize Well gorsh I guess it’s Valentine’s Day. Today is the 5th Valentine’s Day I have gotten to share with Emma. Through long distance, multiple cities and jobs and homes, I have loved her more every single day. Emma makes me a better an
View fullsize 𝘧𝘳π˜ͺ𝘀𝘬π˜ͺ𝘯’ 𝘩𝘦𝘀𝘬!! Sometimes you just gotta write something dumb and make it look all shiny and gold i guess. There is really no point in this post, I just thought this looked fun. Also let’s get a shout out to my fellow dudes wit
View fullsize 2020 babyyyyy! Dis my first post of a new decade I suppose. Who’da thunk it would have been something dumb?! Me! Is it a stamp or is it a tab of LSD? You tell me famo. Regardless, I think if you compare it in size with that lil bb price sticker
View fullsize Yo this is gonna be my motto in 2020. “If it ain’t fun, then my dude, we’ll just quit the thing.” 2019 has taught me to take things little less seriously. I’ve learned that nobody really has any idea what they are doing,
View fullsize Is this a meme account now? pfft might as well be. Let’s talk about how cute baby yoda is! I’ve been watching The Mandelorian (like everybody else in the world) and all I really care about are the scenes with this little dude. Shoulda nam
View fullsize Dark mode is here famo!! You know ya boi likes to keep things nice and dark (see profile) so I felt like I had to say something about it. If you use light mode, give ya damn rods n cones a break and make that transition. Praise be to our dark mode ov
View fullsize I got a new phone and my new favorite thing is responding to to every text message with this lil dude throwin up a thumb πŸ‘ what is WACK MODE you might ask? idk I just needed something to put in this post as an excuse to share this bomb Memoji. I gue

CAPITAL ONE SHOPPING

I CAN NOW ADD β€œMADE A CUSTOM SUBLIMINAL SEQUIN PILLOW FEATURING SAMUEL L JACKSON’S FACE” TO MY LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT’S NOT THE BIGGEST IDEA, BUT IT WAS ENOUGH TO WIN THE HIGHEST AWARD ADVERTISING HAS TO OFFER: A LOCAL BRONZE ADDY.

Armor Defense - Playing Cards

Armor Defense is a cloud security company that needed a unique promotional item to show off their new branding.

We created a full deck of playing cards with custom illustrations throughout.

Gig Posters

Because what art director’s website is complete without some gig posters?

Every few weeks, Cramer-Krasselt brings in musical talent to perform for the agency’s right-brain sessions.

As an intern, I was asked to design posters for the event to be hung around the office.

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