Stephanie Louden Trade Show Banner

The final product was 2-feet wide by 6-feet tall. This is one of many banners that were put on display at the 2008 PGA Merchandise show in Orlando Florida.

The phototouches done on this piece were done by Steve Davis, a talented designer from Rexburg Idaho.

The white hat

Last night I started a poster for Comic Frenzy. I had this idea and I was really exited to see what it would look like. It turned out better than I thought it might. The girl is made up of vector shapes and scanned textures – all masked. I had a houndstooth scan that I was going to use for the hat, but I was very happy with it white.


I think it's awesome how as you make something, the concept and idea evolves. Cheers.

Koviss Catalog Folder

This catalog was handed out at the 2008 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida.

Koviss needed to be able to give some people a price list and product info while giving others the product info alone. The catalog was easily amendable thanks to loose catalog pages.

Shawn Murdock helped with the design of this piece.

Making it

Things have been kind of nuts. Finals are coming up and I can't wait till the end of the semester. Come Christmas.

Work is going crazy. We are designing like nuts for a PGA trade show in Orlando. We are designing all new packaging, a trade show booth, a catalog, brochures, and so much more. Pressure from our Korean manufacturer is pretty heavy to get things in soon. Pressure to hurry isn't the only thing up against us. Language barrier, different styles in different cultures, and more are making so much harder to be a designer.



The photos you see above do not reflect the finished product. This is the French/English version for the Canadian market. Note that the product is measured in millimeters — one source told us this was what they wanted, then Golf Town said to go with inches. The finished product is the same, but with the units changed to inches.

In designing our booth, Steve drew up a concept that was simple and sleek. Unfortunately, the Korean market doesn't like simple. We are trying to find a way to meet in the middle. One of the biggest challenges I have ever faced in design is when the client wants something that I (or any designer) feels is bellow par. Still, the biggest successes is when the finished product meets the clients needs and still ends up being a good piece. With the ideas we threw around yesterday, I think we might be able to pull it pull it off.

One thing that I did for Koviss that I was able to do without any kind of resistance was their corporate site splash page. You can see it here. The fun new thing I learned was how to do the foreign characters (fun? haha).