Tribute To Sneakers

I have a real problem with sneakers ! In the remix for "Rehab" by Amy Whinehouse Jay-Z raps " six pair of kicks is my definition of twelve steps." As a sneaker head I wanted a poster done that would showcase that. So this was one of four concepts I was working on.

Suave

I was asked to help design a shirt for Sebastian Suave. He was looking for a varsity style t-shirt. Something like you would find on any school campus. Something simple and easy. The t-shirt itself did start off that way, but later evolved. Some more fancy elements were introduced and in the end I think the final product is really well done. Sebastian's color selections were also very good, they help to pop the gold text.

T-Shirt Design

Never Used DVD Covers

I'm a big fan of Indy wrestling, in fact its the only wrestling I watch. WWE and TNA don't really have anyplace in my life. Indy wrestling is perhaps the greatest entertainment value out there. For $10-20 you get to sit 10 feet away from some great athletes. These guys work hard to make sure all us fans have a great time.

One of the things I liked doing best was making my own custom DVD covers. So I was thrilled to begin doing designs for CWR. I would often (when I had time) work on concepts that could be later adapted for any company. Here are two designs that were never used.

* the wrestlers featured could obviously be switched out with a wrestler on the card *

House Of Virtue

The 1st t-shirt I ever designed. Simple concept, it consists of a stylaized V and some script at the bottom. I submitted about nine different V's and nine different fonts. It gave them (the House of Virtue) a chance to pick the two elemtns they liked best.
Sometimes simple is best !

EWLS Tag Team Belts

I was asked to see if I could design a tag team belt for the EWLS. It was a real challenge. They wanted to have a sticker printed out that would be applied to a metal plate. I looked at tons of belts online, and it was really hard to take these beautiful 3D belts and make it into a simple sticker. In the end this is what I came up with.
They were said to be happy with the design.

Dan Payson

In the last while Ive been to a good amount of Indy shows. Ive noticed that guys like "Canadian Crazyhorse" Michael Elgin and Dan Payson are over huge! Yet i've never seen them pushing any merch. I thought to myself those two guys need a t-shirt....so I started a ruff (very ruff) concept for Dan Payson. I saw Dan at the last UWA show and he did have a new shirt oddly enuff. This is what I had come up with for him. Its a direct take on what WWE is doing for Santino.

CWR Event Poster

Here is one of the posters I did while CWR was running. Something simple and last minute to help promote a show.

CWR Logo Concepts

The first time I saw a CWR show I became an instant fan. They put on a great show despite the fact that the "headlining" talent was unable to get across the border into Canada. With some last minute reshuffling of the cards an tremendous event took place. I was sold ! I went home and joined the form and contacted Frank "the Tank" to see if I could help out in anyway. I started to make DVD covers, did some logo work, and even tried some t-shirt concepts. In the end CWR is no longer, but I still enjoyed what I did see. Here is some of the work that I doubt will ever get used.