Illustrations for a series of folded maps and mailers for Better Place Forest.
These illustrations for the Santa Cruz Mountain Trail Stewardship are to help announce the development and work bringing new trails to life. It takes a lot of community support and coordination to keeping the trails open for everyone.
A small stop motion piece for Avocados and Coconuts. Creative Heart, Production Brain.
Farmlevel Digest Vol. 2 Panama- Illustrations for Verve Coffee Roaster’s journal focusing on the stories of the pioneering families of Boquete, Panama. More on the project, including an interview with Chris, can be found here.
Better Place Forest illustrated instructions that accompany grow kits.
Another fun one for Avocados and Coconuts. This story is part of a collection of stories on PROCESS. In this case, peoples thoughts on processed foods (which are hilarious). Original concept and creative direction by Amani King.
A short, strange holiday story for the irreverent Low Pressure cycling journal.
For Sea Otter 2019, Ibis commissioned a series of illustrations based on the ideal trails for each bike in the line up.
Scot Nicol from Ibis developed the Migrations
Illustration for Dara Kerr’s story in the Mark Up- Working For an Algorithm
https://themarkup.org/working-for-an-algorithm/2022/06/09/an-amazon-warehouse-workers-life-turned-upside-down-after-she-was-hospitalized-for-covid
Logo, pattern and shirt art for the Old Growth Classic race in Big Basin, Santa Cruz. The MBOSC in partnership with Ibis Cycles put this ride on to raise money for trails and to support sustainable mountain biking.
Pattern repeat for a collaboration between Swift Industries and Coal Headwear. Illustrations made around a 4 day bike trip in the SF Bay. Art used on hats and bags.
Photos by Gritchelle Fallesgon
Video by Adam Concannon
3 color polymer plate print for the Fyrn. The 3 plate art is set up for overlapping, transparent colors. 3 plates, 6 colors! Check out the reg. on the Fyrn logo. That is the pink plate and the blue plate printed together to make a purple. Printed by the Aesthetic Union.
Hand lettered type and illustration for Blackburn Design’s Ocean- Surf by Bike.
Ideation, art, printing and packaging for Vanilla Bikes in Portland. This shirt is part of a larger package including poster, arm warmers, and water bottles. Studio mate and co-collaborator, Mik Gaspay, animated the concept sketches into a short spot.
Rick Hunter builds some of the most beautiful and well considered bikes. He has also had some epic hair stylings. For this project we utilized his naming lexicon to inspire a vintage feeling piece for the 2019 NAHBS show in Sacramento CA. The funky low-fi textures are pushed even further with a RISO print for the final output.
Shirt graphics for Save Our Rivers. This campaign focuses on the Smith River in Montana, where a proposed, massive copper mine threatens the local ecosystem.
A paper cut-out, stop motion animation made up of over 300 water color drawings. Loosely based on a true story about Vanagon ownership. A collaborative project with Mik Gaspay and Valley Wagon Works.
New Belgium has always been a supporter of bikes. For the Blackburn Design film Roll With It , I made this semi instructional animation “How to make a Penny Stove”.
I was a very big fan of these stoves for a period. They are ultra light and can be made in a few minutes. During a particularly windy campout i had my stove take flight dumping its burning fuel all over me. It was at this point i went back to a stove with more wight.
Illustrations for Krude and Primitive- tales of back country hacks for Spoke Magazine.
Words by the amazing Kyle von Hoetzendorff.
Disaster modeling by Shred Portals.
Castle Made of Sand for Bike Packing Journal #4-
A collection of drawings made on a Ramble ride with the Ibis Hakka, a versatile, quiver killer of a bike.
This project came about when Robin Sansom, then at Blackburn Design, asked if we could produce a bandana takeaway while on the 4 day, 300 plus mile Ramble Ride. The idea was to concept, draw and screen print all while on the ride. Old school and cutty methods to make the screen were applied. This is how it worked:
Day one- Collect reference along the route. After 80 or so miles riding, draw image directly onto a blank screen with resist. You have one shot. Let dry in your tent.
Day two- Coat screen with stop-out and let dry.
Day three- Find a water source to wash out screen. Local hose, drinking fountain/water bottles, or streams.
Day four- Sprint to finish ahead of group, set up at end of ride final meal, usually always in rain or wind, and print 50 or so bandanas.
As we would print, the image would deteriorate, making all prints slightly unique.
Logo and shirt graphic for Full Metal Cycles in San Rafael. F.M.C. focus on new and vintage bikes made of steel, aluminum and titanium. The logo was developed to reflect molten metal, 1980’s mountain bike culture and the owners love of cult classic movie ephemera.
A throwaway drawing comes to life and escapes into the virtual world. A collaborative project with Mik Gaspay.
Poster project from a trip with Yonder and Mission Workshop. This poster retells a laid back romp in the bush. We were chased by cowboys, stung by wasps and covered in poison oak. When the trail disappeared we had to bush wack our way out to the highway, all the while feeling cartel and large animal vibes.
The Rangers were a Blackburn Design ambassador program. Regular people doing exceptions things. Each year a new crew of Rangers would set out multi day trips, reporting back with stories from the road. There are a few of their stories.
