![]() Roll it./ Take the lead./ School’s out city!” reads one of Burleigh’s clipped couplets. Mid-afternoon finds school kids on a public bus eager to get home and hit the streets on wheels of their own: “Step on it, Driver./ Show some speed./ Rock it. Each spread is snapshot of people happily in motion at a particular time of day, from the early morning garbage pickup to the time when late-night revelers call it quits (“Tired dancers/ slowly walking./ Subway riders/ softly talking”). ![]() “Wake up, city!” booms Burleigh in this companion to 2009’s Clang! Clang! Beep! Beep! In an imaginary metropolis (where coffee is still just five cents a cup), all the vehicles-from bikes to subways-spring to life, most of them with eager smiles and bright headlight eyes. Young vehicle-lovers will rev their engines for more. Done in a simple palette primarily of yellow, blue and red, with a base tone reminiscent of newsprint, the cheery artwork also captures the activity and grit of the city. Each spread offers something of interest, whether in pattern, composition or character. Carpenter’s retro-styled computer illustrations have a simple charm. The frenetic pace finally slows at day’s end, as stores close, parties come to an end, and revelers walk home. Rhyming text, jam-packed with action, propels the day forward, as each refrain announces the inhabitants’ intentions: “Work time,” “Lunch time,” “Play time,” “Party time.” Exuberant onomatopoeia incorporated into the artwork follows the refrains, as trucks vroom, vans dash, and firetrucks flash. Some of my design heroes today are illustrators like Brian Miller and Tad Carpenter, DKNG, and type enthusiast Bethany Heck.An energetic, multivehicle ride through a bustling city day.Ī cheerful sun awakens a sleeping metropolis, and garbage trucks and joggers take to the streets. Please shoot me a message to talk about any and all things design! I’d love to hear from you. ![]() I currently work at an amazing agency in Denver, and am taking illustration freelance projects. My knowledge of campaign strategy, data analytics, and storytelling were pushed beyond what I could imagine, and I've enjoyed a few turns on the mountain along the way. I later found my passion for design and the mountains blur together by designing for the Content Marketing team at Vail Resorts. ![]() That being said, I have a solid foundation of production experience as well from seeing projects go from concept to fruition. Being a part of a lean studio team, I was involved with projects on a very high level. It has allowed me to push my skills as a designer through several branding/identity projects, packaging, product development, and websites. I especially thrive working on projects that involve illustration and animation, but truly enjoy all aspects of the creative process. allowed me to delve into the agency world, working in a fast-paced environment. After interning for a year, I continued on a contract basis with DigitalGlobe until my first studio designer position at Terrain Collective Inc. I learned the ins and outs of production with massive satellite imagery files, and also about the discipline of beautiful corporate design. In late 2014, I became an intern for the in-house Creative Services team at DigitalGlobe, the world's largest satellite imagery company.
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