Neuarmy™

Happy 5th Birthday, Swissmiss.

Neuarmy — Wed, 26 May 2010 16:35:03 +0000

(L)EARN™

Neuarmy — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:56:58 +0000

It Don’t Make Sense.

Neuarmy — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:42:04 +0000

National Record Holders | World Aid Haiti

Neuarmy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:15:33 +0000

I was invited to take part in a Haiti relief poster project, initiated by Lancaster-based studio, Infantree. Projects like this are almost obligatory for me — if there’s an opportunity to make a difference through design, I fully support it. It was also a chance to team up with my partner Mike, from National Record Holders.

We ultimately designed a series of 3 pretty powerful posters around the reality of the situation: the loss of 230,000 lives.
That’s a lot of people. And that’s a lot of heartache.

This series speaks to that tragedy in a few ways:
- Mike’s stunning, yet disturbing portrayal of humanity (and loss of).
- The threatening, red, “Who What When Where Why” reveals the event in it’s simplest form.
- A typographic treatment that reflects the destruction of the earthquake.
(The posters work together as a series, as well as individually.)

The show opens tomorrow, Friday March 5th, 2010 and will benefit Build-A-Bridge, a Philadelphia-based non-profit arts organization that uses the power of the arts to bring hope and healing. Its Haiti response includes art therapy to help children who may not have the emotional outlets or tools to cope with the tragedy.

DJ (Drop)Shadow

Neuarmy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:28:44 +0000

This was just waiting to happen.

The Warfare of Deception

Neuarmy — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:40:29 +0000

The Warfare of Deception started out as a personal project that I was able to adapt and re-interpret for a group show titled, Duplicate of a Duplicate. When initially concepting for the show, I was
challenged by the over-arching idea of duplicating a duplicate and how to convey that visually. My thinking was initially consumed with some (rather expected) solutions of repetition and pattern,
but ultimately my executions fell flat. At some point I had a shift in my focus and addressed the problem in terms of how one goes about actually creating a duplicate of a duplicate and what is the
original source of what’s being duplicated. Eventually, the idea of a covert operation started to take the form, where the main objective was to duplicate secret documents.
Out of this concept came 7 posters, which ultimately form a Basic Field Guide consisting of 6 sections: Survival, Objective, Protocol, Safety, First Aid, and Communication
(Communication is based on a Flag & Dash & Dot alphabet using HUSTLE as an example.)

These are 12″x18″ prints on generic brown school paper using archival inks.
Individual prints are available at Neusprint.

Computer Arts | Typography Tips

Neuarmy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:25:12 +0000

I was asked by Computer Arts magazine to contribute to a feature (with beautiful type illustrations by Deanne Cheuk) pulling together some great advice on typography, typographic design, illustrative type and font management. I wrote 4 brief pieces (see below) about Woodtype, Color in Type, Best Type reference, and Font Mangement.

Against the Grain: Wood Type

If you want to achieve the look and feel of wood type but don’t have access to a press, you can still capture the unique aesthetic using an alternate method. Purchase or find a physical set of wood type characters from a local defunct print shop, or ebay. Set your type, transfer it to a scanner, alter the type image in any way you want. You could buy a “wood type inspired” typeface, but there’s nothing quite like handling physical letter blocks.

Elements of Typographic Style

Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst is considered by many to be a typographic bible. If you’re serious about typography, study it’s history, learn the basics, and understand the guidelines until you’ve gained the knowledge to break them.
Also consider (among many others): The Typographic Desk Reference by Theodore Rosendorf, and the online resource I Love Typography.

The Color of Type

Most of what we encounter is black type on a white surface: books, periodicals, newspapers, documents, online, etc. The use of color with type, especially display type, can have a huge emotional impact on a project as long as much consideration is given to maintaining strong contrast, clarity, and readability. It’s common to work in black initially, adding color when appropriate.

Font Management

Unfortunately, when it comes to font management there isn’t a completely viable solution. This is a good reason to be selective with the amount of typefaces you collect and activate on your machine.
Collections can become bloated quickly, causing font management software to become unstable. I’ve tried several font management applications, but Linotype’s FontExplorer® has been most reliable.

Militarie

Neuarmy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:08:36 +0000

Illustration themed around military terminology and iconography.

A Better Tomorrow | QBN Book

Neuarmy — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:45:29 +0000

4 pages in ABT. Self-promotion illustration piece, and 2 pages consisting of a collection of work from the past several years. Click here to see an enlarged view of the flats.

Faesthetic Magazine | Issue 11

Neuarmy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:19:46 +0000

New issue of Faesthetic, including 6-pages from Neuarmy. Based around the theme of Ghost Stories, The Land of Shadows is a reflection of my daily travels on public transit. I’ll have photos once I receive my issue, these are just comps, the final color was blue, not magenta!
Only $8 – Order at The Select Series.

Overspray Magazine | Issue 08

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:59:08 +0000

Love & Hate. Creative Direction, Art Direction, and Design.
Collaboration with Juxtavision. Buy it: Overspray Magazine.

URB Magazine | Kid Cudi

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:55:14 +0000

Type treatment for one of my favorite artists Kid Cudi, “Live at the BBQ”.

URB | Girls of Summer

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:49:28 +0000

Synths of Resistance - Type treatment.

Grab Bag

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:36:39 +0000

Artists from around the world were invited to contribute to this book. Each of them received a creative task picked at random from the Grab Bag. The National Record Holders were tasked with developing a “comic strip”.We decided to break the expected “strip” format, and go with a non-traditional family of characters.Work will be published by HOW books and feature 100 artists, be around 200 pages long, and will come out in Spring 2009. More info about the Grab Bag project here.

Overspray Magazine | Issue 07

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:19:17 +0000

The Materials Issue. Creative Direction, Art Direction, and Design. Cover, Threads type treatment, Materials intro and around 30 pages of Materials content. Collaboration with Juxtavision. Buy it: Overspray Magazine.

ROCKBOOK

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:44:50 +0000

Personal project – A play off of the first letter of our first and last names: Ryan, Olivia, Charlotte and Corinne Katrina. Illustrating strength, love, and family bond through the glamour of rock and roll, diamond rocks, and chain links. Here’s a few pages, followed by the originals.

Faesthetic Magazine | Issue 07

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:28:47 +0000

Faesthetic is a collection of art & oddities from around the world. The theme for this issue was Doomsday, this piece is based around the concept of “Doomsday Surplus” – a list of essential supplies for surviving Doomsday.

Summer Solstice

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:52:20 +0000

KDU limited editioned, hand numbered Royal Magazine special publication. The book contains inspiring works, all focused on the Future.

Vapors Magazine | Interview

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:45:24 +0000

Interview and Feature article in issue 41 of Vapors Magazine – Neighborhood Not Hollywood.

Newborn Group Show

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:39:06 +0000

Featuring the work of Aerosyn Lex, Nigel Evan Denis, Kareem Black, Matt Salacuse, and several others. Organized by Matt Rowaen. Check out some photos from A Supreme New York Thing.

Good Wood | Skate Project

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:12:57 +0000

Custom skate deck show in Detroit.

Organic Type

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:08:05 +0000

Typography developed using floral elements along with elements of nature. Birds nest, beehive, honey, alligator, snake, butterflies, ants, bamboo, mud, etc.

Organic Keynote

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:59:40 +0000

Pages designed for a keynote presentation to pitch the concept of “Organic”.

Overspray Magazine | Issue 06

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:27:50 +0000

Six page feature on artist Shepard Fairey. This Cali themed issue number six of Overspray Magazine showcases the man behind OBEY in a very unique choose your own adventure style feature article.

The Royal Magazine | Issue 09

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:24:57 +0000

Illustrations for a Talib Kweli and Blacksmith Entertainment Special Edition.

The Royal Magazine | Issue 08

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:23:39 +0000

Ads for Triple Crown bar, and a piece based on a Marshall Mcluhan quote.

L’Oreal | Urban Experiment

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:22:39 +0000

Neuarmy was approached by Redken/L’oreal to design a Tshirt for the launch of their new edgy line of hair products branded Urban Experiment.

My Brand Book Project

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:22:05 +0000

Illustration work for a publication about branding. Their logo “MyBrand” had to be placed somewhere in the composition, so I turned their brand into my own “NeuarMyBrand.”

Budweiser | Flavorpill | Select Flavor

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:21:37 +0000

Select Flavor is a dynamic creative collaboration between Flavorpill and Budweiser Select. Flavorpill is curating talented emerging artists to create their own unique interpretations of the Select brand. Neuarmy was honored with being the first designer chosen to kickoff the entire campaign.

D&G | 10 year Book Project

Neuarmy — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:21:02 +0000

Neuarmy was invited by Studio 65 to contribute to a book celebrating 10 years of the D&G brand.