poster
MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT are headlinging the Halifax Pop Explosion.

website
TWO HOURS TRAFFIC

With each new album TWO HOURS TRAFFIC have had me design them a new website, this latest one was a collaboration with friend and designer Mark Bennett.

illustration: magazine cover
the scope, st. john's

I was asked to depict "staying in to make music" for a Valentine's issue of the scope, a St. John's bi-weekly.

tour admat/posters
WHITE ROCK MUSIC PRESENTS

Another poster designed to look hand screened. The colours, font and illustration were all kept whimzy.

bus wrap design
DRUM!

Each year I create a double decker bus wrap for DRUM!'s month of performances in Halifax.

"Moving galleries of steel"
Buck 65

poster
BRUCE TRIBUTE

A crew of local musicians do a Bruce Springsteen tribute show each year. The show is always a big hit.

website
DEPENDENT MUSIC

The little record label that could - label and management sites are always interesting to work on. Creating a website for one band can be fun, multiple bands on one site is far more interesting.

website
SCREECH COMEDY FESTIVAL

St. John's finally has a Comedy Festival. I take care of all the festivals branding; posters, ads, website and more.

logo design
FOLLY

I was hired to create a full branding package for Folly, a restaurant that appeals to young people that stay out late. I worked on this logo, business cards, menus, flyers and a website. The owners have become great friends.

busines card design
SOUND SALON SPA

This two colour/two sided business card design is not as tall as a standard card. By having its final cut size a little smaller the card has a more sleek modern feel.

album design
MICHAEL HANRAHAN

Not every artist has what it takes to put a photo of themselves this big and blatant on the cover of their album - Mike looks amazing in this shot (taken by Mark Bennett). I'm very happy with how it turned out.

album design
TEENAGE HEAD & MARKY RAMONE

Legendary Canadian punk band Teenage Head teamed up with the last remaining Ramones member, Marky, to make this amazing record. I was honoured to be involved.

album design
FADED BLUE

Retro collage featuring one of my favourite cars, a '70s Gremlin. If anyone has one for sale (the car) please contact me.

tour admat/posters
HALIFAX POP EXPLOSION

I designed this poster backstage while my old band was on tour playing rediculous frosh week shows with Metric. They say 'the kids are alright', but I'm not really sure...

album design
TIM CHAISSON & MORNING FOLD

I worked on this album design which also led to tshirt designs and a new website.

website
HEAVY MEADOWS

A clean organic looking site, make up entirely of digital ones and zeros.

album designs
WINTERSLEEP

Wintersleep is my old band, so I was involved in the design of their first three albums. The first I did entirely on my own (trees cover), the second was a collaboration with Toronto designer James Mejia (and received a Juno Award nomination for its design) and the third was a collaboration with Paul Murphy who drew the cover illustration.

website
NORMA MACDONALD

A beautiful website - clean and modern design.

tour admat/poster
metric/tokyo police club/etc

Fellow designer Mark Bennett and I teamed up on this design. It was our first collaboration - first of many I expect.

website
MONDAY NIGHTS

I created this band's logo, album design, tshirts and micro-site. Click the enlarge button to view the album art.

poster
HEY ROSETTA

Hey Rosetta went on tour through the arctic of Canada. I am jealous I didn't get to go as that would be the trip of a lifetime. I created this illustration and poster for their tour.

album design
TWO HOURS TRAFFIC

Brand new album for a band that is on a huge upward momentum. I created their last album, Little Jabs, as well.

dvd
DRUM!

DRUM! is produced by Brookes and Fiona Diamond. This DVD was released in 2009 and showcases the entire production as well as bonus features.

album design
The NAVIGATORS

The Navigators wanted an album that was based around good design rather than photography or narrative imagery. It was a fun and challenging project.

album/logo design
DRUMLIN

This young family band are steeped deep in tradition, classic folk songs, and Nova Scotia heritage. The logo and album design do their best to present those themes.

album design
RYAN NEILSON

Ryan asked to have his face on the cover, and for lots of colour. This project was fun to create.

poster
WINTERSLEEP

Like most nerds, I find stormtroopers to be pretty cool. This entire poster was illustrated - a kick I was on for quite some time and still go back to quite often.

tour admat/posters
SUM 41

The promoter of this national tour asked me to create "the ultimate rock poster". Skulls, zombies, stars and guitars... done.

album designs
MATT MAYS

I've worked with Matt Mays on a couple album designs. His father always creates the cover illustrations and then my job would be to come up with a layout and design.

website
SEAHORSE TAVERN

One of Halifax's oldest pubs and live venues were looking for a simple website to regulars and tourists to keep up with what was going on.

website
CUFF THE DUKE

This Toronto band have a great new album and I was honoured to be asked to make this website for them.

album design
DAMHNAIT DOYLE

Damhnait has been a friend for years, I've created a number of websites for her but this was the first album she let me design.

website
ARE AUDIO

Rich and Ross create amazing boutique hi-fi speakers. I've got a couple sets at the house and can attest to how awesome they are. I've created the ARE AUDIO logo, website, business cards and art directed their product photoshoot.

logo/business card
ENCORE

A logo and business card design for a company that manage and promote musical acts.

tshirt-jacket illustration
WINTERSLEEP

A cute two-colour illustration that looked amazing on shirts and track-jackets.

tour admat/posters
RON SEXSMITH & JILL BARBER tour

The idea here was to create the esthetic of a hand silk-screened poster, but don't actually have them silk-screened. I was very happy with the finished result.

CD/DVD designs
JOEL PLASKETT

To date I've created four CDs for Joel Plaskett and his DVD (the missing CD was the Australian released Make A Little Noise, a compilation of Joel's top tunes).

tshirt design
GREAT BIG SEA

Moby Dick - it was fun creating this simple, yet endearing, shirt design.

admat/poster
KLONDYKE CONCERT

Have fun with an old style poster for this large outdoor festival in Bay Roberts.

album design
REBEKAH HIGGS

This was the third project I teamed up with Toronto designer James Mejia on (the other two being albums for Wintersleep and Contrived).

poster
BYE BYE BRAD

A friend was moving away so we threw a show/party to see him off. I did a little illustration and included some items that I thought he should pack for the trip.

website
TERESA ENNIS

I've been creating and maintaining Teresa's websites for a number of years now. This one I was especially proud of.

website
SOUND SALON SPA

I've worked on a huge rebranding project for SOUND SALON SPA. This website is a very important part of the puzzle and is consistent to all the other elements.

website
PAUL FRECKER AUDIO

Paul Frecker sells and installs all the best in hi-fi audio video. His expertise has been leading the hi-fi community in Atlantic Canada for more than 30 years.

shirt
DUANE ANDREWS

A two colour tshirt design. Various colour schemes were printed.