YELLOW.

i made these for a student group on campus. they came up with the name, hence the "u." ugh.

LASAGNA

this is just spectacular. garfield comics without garfield.

THE TIPPING POINT

newsletter for school. seven spreads plus front and back cover.

WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

first, let's all get this haircut.

ROBERT E. LEE MOTEL

this past weekend, my buddy max put on an art show at byu even though that place sucks. it was called the alphabet show. he had some of my art up under the letter n for narrative. on a side note, i enjoy using italics. the whole thing was pretty cool. as part of the show, he got funding to fly out clint miller, who is quite possibly the most talented man i have met in person. for a little background, he is an incredible musician who can play a crazy amount of instruments, is an internationally published poet and philosopher, is an award winning playwright and also goes to harvard. yeah, i feel unaccomplished.

my friend tyger knew clint from his hometown of abingdon, virginia and gave me clint's cd a couple years ago and i've been hooked on it ever since. i think that was a run-on sentence. damn.

here are some pictures from the art show. they're kind of crappy because they're taken with my phone so don't judge me. that would make me sad if you did that.









did i mention that byu sucks? everyone there is only interested in flirting and finding a spouse. that's the only reason they go to any kind of event. they're rude and don't pay attention to anything. it feels like high school there. i wanted to punch a bunch of people in the face while i was there but i didn't because that would be assault.

anyways, tyger tried to get clint a real show while he was out there, but couldn't find anything (which is a shame) so we had a nice little show in tyger's basement. it was pretty sweet anyways. did i mention clint is an absolutely amazing musician? here are some photos of the show.





here be some videos to enjoy. sorry, some of them are kinda dark. DEAL WITH IT.

part of a hank williams tune


skin games


story of how he wrote sally doll


ballad of sally doll


amazing cover of house of the rising sun


after the show, cole, kesia and i took clint and tyger to my place where we laughed merrily and discussed many things that were humorous and funny in nature. then, in the morning, i took clint and tyger to the airport and i was sad.

suffice, to say, clint is a great guy and all of you should go buy a copy of his album, ballad of a modern day cowboy. it's well worth the money.

you can stream his album and buy it herrrrrrrrr.

after listening to this amazing piece of art, think of how cool i am because the man you heard singing and playing all those instruments slept on my couch last night.

BEES!!!! SAVE YOURSELF!!!!

Sweet Pea,

So I'm sitting here in Sanctuary waiting for my friend Kesia to get
done her spa stuff. I'm bored. However, there is something good to
report to you, good reader. I bought some dirty nasty new shoes. They
are my present to me because I got the internship at Richter7. They
are the premier ad agency, creatively at least, in Utah. They're
pretty well respected. I am excited because this internship will be
great experience and an awesome thing to have on my resume when I
graduate. That way, when I finally do graduate, I can get the job I
want at some sick design agency in Los Angeles, where I would never
have to bitch about the weather and where the beer flows like wine and
women flock like the salmon of capistrano and where run-on sentences
aren't looked down upon. That would be great.

-Destin "Hammertime" Cox

I FLY LIKE PAPER

Ah, the wonders of the iPhone. Mobile blogging. (Mogging?) I'm posting this on the bus right now.
I'm probably the only person that rides UTA that has an iPhone, but
whatever. I'm an anomaly. Chicks dig that. Anywho, the sun was out
today and that makes me happy. Let's get rid of all this crap the
clouds keep pooping all over us. Its terrible.

THE FUTURE

listen to her.

UNA ENTRADA GIGANTESCAS

i'm not sure if that spanish is correct. one semester of spanish and a one week trip to costa rica doesn't make me fluent. deal with it. stop judging me.

so yeah, this is gonna be a biggy. i figured i'd post some of my school stuff, new and old.

logo for: vuelo


we were to create a travel company, name it, and define the type of travel they would cater to. for example, mine caters to the first class demographic; people who have money and like to have things taken care of for them, so that they can simply relax.

vuelo is spanish for flight. the idea of the duck/goose is to play on the idea of freedom and flying and migration. the subtle, soft, abstract shapes help to support the relaxing aspect of the company. the three shapes are also abstract enough that on second and third glance, one can see different things, almost like looking at clouds.

i'm not sold on the color version yet. there are a million different color palettes i could go with, and none of them seem to look right to me yet. i might just keep all the shapes one color. i don't know. we'll see.


website for: trill


this was for the magazine we had to design last semester. the first one's color is a little messed up and i can't figure out why. the magenta is supposed to be like in the second subordinate page.


direct response mail for: trill

plus

equals

we had to design these direct response packages that would normally be sent by our magazine to potential subscribers. i designed mine to have a letter printed on vellum that wrapped around the actual card. that way the potential customer would have to interact with it a little more.

the back of the card:


it would be mailed in envelope that was 7 1/2in x 5 1/2in.


annual report for: cox mediacorp




this was the last project last semester. after we had created our magazine, we had to come up with a parent company that would have owned the magazine. i settled on this one. the most boring name ever. whatever. anyways, we had to create a theme for this annual report, explain why it would be a relevant theme to the company, and then design it accordingly. i chose connected, with the basis that a company that strives to keep connected with its customer base will stay relevant and thrive.

we had to design the cover, opening spread, president's letter, and financial pages.


now praise my design skills in the comments. i am very insecure.

escuche esto

bon iver's for emma, forever ago is, without being too dramatic, stunning. justin vernon (bon iver) wrote it while holed up in northern wisconsin for three months. he didn't see or talk to anybody during that time. knowing that, this music is perfect. his falsetto tv on the radio-esque vocals fit perfectly with the lo-fi recording of the whole album. it's folky and soulful and beautiful. fans of iron & wine, m. ward, and devendra banhart will love this album. i can't stop listening to it.

now you go listen.

i am hilarious.

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omg wtf

weird. really weird. but hilarious. so, i'm cool with it.

it has begun...

hey jude

highly recommended––and i hate musicals.