UAB Arts and Sciences Magazine - Fall 2022 Issue

Art Direction

Full issue here!

5 Questions with Tracy J. Sims of Eli Lilly and Company | UAB Sociology Alumnus

Full video

Ongoing series to highlight special topics classes offered within the College of Arts and Sciences

Hand illustrated art work for the cover of the February 2018 Issue of Birmingham Magazine. 

Video series for social media to celebrate various heritage month/day through out the year. Series included a UAB faculty member recommending 3 things to explore during the holiday.

Full Series playlist

Original artwork and design layout for the Art’s & Sciences 10th Anniversary story in the CAS magazine.

Logo and material design work for Homewood restaurant and butcher shop. 

Departmental Brochure for UAB

Spring 2018 Women’s Issue.

Display Banners and Postcard Designs

Newest Issue of the UAB Arts & Sciences' Magazine. 

-- Art Director

Hand drawn city Illustration featured in the August 2016 issue of the Birmingham Magazine. 

A selection from a series of neighborhood maps that I do monthly for Birmingham Magazine for section in their magazine called About Town. 

Illustration for a spread in Birmingham Magazine on the history of certain Greek families influence on Birmingham's restaurants. 

Logo design for digital and print assets for the company Select MySpace. 

http://selectmyspace.com/

UAB Project partnered with the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts

A branding set for their membership program. Includes brochure, letterhead, membership card, and thank you notes. 

Yearly magazine publication for the College of Art and Sciences at UAB

I was the designer and art director for the entire publication. 

Featured in a Design for Good poster show! This is a pro-literacy/reading poster. Hand done type and illustrations.

This is a info graphic  poster on everything beer! From its history down to what beer taste best with what food. The perfect poster for any beer connoisseur.

*2013 Silver Addy Winner

I designed the branding and for the College of Arts and Sciences' new Institute of Human rights at UAB. 

https://www.uab.edu/cas/humanrights/

Designed and Illustraed with Emily Wells

Yearly magazine publication for the College of Art and Sciences at UAB

I was the designer and art director for the entire magazine.

In collaboration with the talented Emily Wells we took Homewood Alabama's Engaged Wedding Library website and did a complete website re-designed . A place that should be every brides first stop after he pops the questions!

To checkout the full sites web-design:

http://www.engagedbirmingham.com/

This is a set of fairytale dish ware based on the story Hansel and Gretel. Made with cut out vinyl and glass.

This was an extension of the chocolate bar packing! The only thing better than a bar of chocolate is a cup of hot cocoa! Illustrated with pen & ink and watercolor!

*2014 Gold Addy Winner

The Art and Science of Knowledge Brain Graphic.

Partnered with Scott Thigpen, we created a brain graphic to lead the way for the new design branding for the College of Arts and Sciences at UAB.

We combined elements from both the left and right sides of the brain that best represented what The College does. Applied both in print and online.

*Beautifuly animated by Scott Thigpen

A mock book cover for the novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop". Illustrations are all hand cut paper.

A watercolor illustrated postcard series.

A simple mobile homepage mock-up for a mock site that would need to be content driven.

*content from southernliving.com

And a full browser mock-up site design. 

1/2 of my work from my BFA graduation show! This was a series of hand done type quote posters I did!

Medians: poster 1- calligraphy ink, poster 2-hand drawn vector, poster 3- hand cut paper, poster 5- watercolor

This was a group project I got to work on with UAB Digital Media. I got to work on the pre production of the video as well as assisting with the videography. 

Poem written and spoken by: Sharrif Simmons
Music: Kevin J. Peek 

Primary team
Matt Drummond, Chris Humphries, Karla Khodanian, Anna Lloyd, Ryan Meyer, Rosie O'Beirne, Daniel Twieg

Additional team members
Brent Caswell, Jared Jones, Shannon Robinson, Scott Thigpen, Sarah Witkowski

These were for an in-progress website I'm helping develop and created/art directed the graphics for. Knowledge Jam is a website for UAB digital media. It's going to be an informational site with blog post and tutorials for people to use as a learning resource! 

These are some of the icon graphics that I created for the headers of the site.

This is a series of all hand drawn ampersand posters!! 

This is an in-progress website I'm helping develop and created/art directed the graphics for. Knowledge Jam is a website for UAB digital media. It's going to be an informational site with blog post and tutorials for people to use as a learning resource! Several other designers on the project helped produce icon graphics that went into the headers for the site. I created the final products that became the sites headers!

*Watch the video to see the site in use. 

This is a selection a Holiday Card series. Each one in a different language/culture! 

Ecards designed for UAB Digital Media. They are used as a thank you card sent out to people that worked or helped with different projects that were produced by them.

A French chocolate bar packaging! Inspired by french desserts. Illustrated with pen & ink, and watercolor!

Ad series for a bar called Sanctuary, which used to be an old church. Design and logo inspired by stain glass windows!

TDC Poster. Hand cut paper illustration!