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VISUAL ART & GRAPHIC DESIGN Founder and Creative Director of art and design studio Plaid Design, I am an award-winning artist and graphic designer with over 20 years of professional working experience and a broad portfolio with clients such as professional baseball player Cecil Fielder, TV icon Bob Barker, writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait, Samsung, Best Buy, Autodesk, The City of Austin, and numerous musical artists, restaurants, companies, and organizations of all types throughout the world. My main tools of the trade are Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Wacom drawing tablets, and my trusty pencil and paper. While my main specialties are logos and portraits, I offer a wide array of related services: • Logo Design & Branding • Pop Art Portraits • Web & Social Media Graphics • Film Poster Art/Design • Album Cover Art/Design • T-Shirt Art/Design • Icon Design • Infographics & Brochure Design • Illustrations & Character Design I am extremely detail-oriented, an excellent communicator, and diligent about hitting deadlines. I ask A LOT of questions to ensure I know exactly what you, the client, want and need. My policy is that I am never satisfied until you are happy! I encourage everyone to view my portfolio and contact me with your requests so we can begin a conversation and complete your projects to perfection! MUSIC Music is my ultimate passion; I have been a working professional musician for over 25 years. I specialize in songwriting and composing, production, and music performance (vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, banjo, and harmonica). The Stan Laurels (2005 - present) are my most heartfelt musical creation. I take independent ownership of every aspect of music production, as I write, perform, sing, record, produce, and release my music on my label, Plaid Records. I have carefully crafted The Stan Laurels with a big, lush sound that feels both vintage and modern. Usually labeled indie rock, the music truly spans a myriad of styles that show my large range, including pop/rock, power-pop, folk, classical, progressive, art-rock, and psychedelic. Over the last decade, my broad stylistic range has expanded to include scoring two full-length motion pictures. I won Best Music & Sound Design for the independent film BILLI & THEODORE at the 2013 May Day Film Festival. My most recent record, MAYBE, is the soundtrack to the motion picture MAYBE SHOWER and has landed on several "Best of 2018" lists. And now MAYBE has received the highest accolade an indie artist aspires to achieve: a nomination for Best Indie/Alt Rock album in the 2019 Independent Music Awards, which is essentially the Indie Grammys. Whether you need pop/rock songs, score, or background music, I would love to work with you for your film/TV/video game music needs. I'm conveniently self-contained in that I write, perform, record, and produce everything myself in my home studio, making it easy for you to deal with just one channel for many needs. I welcome everyone to listen to my portfolio of music releases and get in touch to discuss your project!