Harbor Seals

Art Information:

title: Beauty of Sonoma

client: self

creation date: 2010

location: Goat Head’s Beach, California.

While i was out with Andrew, we decided that we would go and see the seals. Truthfully, i think i was more excited about seeing the seals more than he was. Both of us were armed with our canon cameras and took some pictures of the beach itself before finally finding some seals. Sadly, there were signs all over the place saying that it was illegal to be less than 500 feet away from them.

That was a bit too far for me poor little camera…

i think i managed to snag a few good shots of the seals before spooking them out!

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Art Information:

title: Oppose Ab2072

medium: Digital: Website and design.

creation date: 2010

client: Various nonprofit organizations of California

Oppose Ab2072 was one of my volunteer projects based on the Probama theme. My responsibilities were to set up the website, make it navigable, design the logo, and few other things. This is a WordPress powered website. Videos were made possible by YouTube. In conjection with BrilliantEcho, a deaf company.

This campaign lasted from mid-april until late june of 2010.

http://www.opposeab2072.com

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Website Screenshot

Art Information:

title: Eco-Art CSS Website

medium: Digital: Website and design.

creation date: 2010

client: benvess.com

One of my side projects I decided to do inspired by the green movement. This website has been created purely from HTML/CSS and the images were created from scratch. I wanted to pull of a feel that would be “organic-like.” The stamp icons are downloadable in the sample website for your use. The plan for this theme is to lead it into becoming a theme for WordPress.

http://www.benvess.com/ecoart/

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WaynErica at Lake Perris

Art Information:

title: Family Portraits

client: Erica Tara Lily Parker and Wayne Wadler

creation date: 2010

location: Lake Perris, California

Before my move to NorCal, I decided to stop by my good, old friends’ place over at Lake Perris. Because I hadn’t really “moved,” I still had a lot of my stuff in my car and I brought out my photographic portfolio. Erica was in it (from New York, 2006).

Somehow, we decided that it would be a great idea to take the dogs and show me Lake Perris. I said, “Yes! A lot of pictures!”

So, they wore matching outfits and the sunlight was more than perfect.

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SWSE Stamp

Art Information:

title: Sonoma Wine and Sign Experience Stickers

medium: Stickers, print media.

creation date: 2010

client: sonomawineandsign.com

Coming soon to an event near you! (DeafNation’s DeafExpo, Vegas)

Sonoma Wine and Sign Experience now have excellent stickers for you to wear or put on your fridge so you can always feel close to the amazing Sonoma Experience you’re going to get when you sign up for it!

a ben vess design.

Casino Night

Art Information:

title: Casino Night 2009

medium: Digital media and print.

creation date: 2009

client: DeafHope.

DeafHope is presenting their Casino Night over at the Bay area and they asked me to design a ticket for them. This was a chance, so I thought, for me to bring in a bit of a poker side of me in this design.

Casino Tickets

The goal here was to make a worn-out looking stamp of a poker chip (See photo on right) but apparently there are some out there who think it’s a roulette. A poker chip or a roulette–they both still represent gambling and both are casino games.casinotickets

They were kind enough to send me a sheet of tickets for my portfolio (without that, there wouldn’t be an entry here!) and I can’t thank them enough. Before I wrap this up, don’t forget to support DeafHope (www.deaf-hope.org).

Art Information:

title: TownSigner, business.

medium: Digital media, photography, and website.

creation date: 2009

client: TownSigner.com

TownSigner is Virginia’s premier deaf-centered online news and social hub. We combine breaking news, future events, resources, information, and so much more to provide you with the full spectrum of Virginia’s deaf community.

At the forefront of digital deaf-centered resource hub, we are constantly innovating our offerings, resources, and information to bring you the most comprehensive, easy to use, and rewarding experience possible!

My role in TownSigner is being its founder and webmaster.  I did the design for logo, header images, advertising space, and promotional materials for the website. TownSigner.com is powered by WordPress.

http://www.townsigner.com

theurbanfly.com: Obama

Art Information:

title: Barack Obama

medium: Digital Photograph.

dimensions: 8MP

creation date: 2008

photo source: dreamstime.com

Glimmer of Hope 2009

Art Information:

title: Glimmer of Hope 2009

medium: Digital media and print.

creation date: 2009

client: DeafHope.

Not too long after designing and making their blog work, Julie Rems, the executive director of DeafHope, asked me to create a design for their 2009 Glimmer of Hope so that it would seem cohesive with the new blog’s theme. I came up with something simple and was one of DeafHope’s guests to their benefit dinner.

This design was used for flyers, cards, banner, and digital formats. Photo used from Fotolia.

NAD Front Page

Art Information:

title: National Association of the Deaf, Website graphics

medium: Digital media and photography.

creation date: 2009

client: National Association of the Deaf.