Splash screen illustration for a forthcoming mobile app. Martin guitar headstock illustration created using Adobe Illustrator.

Toad gig flyer: Amy Kucharik and Greg Klyma

Flyer for my upcoming gig at Toad with Greg Klyma. It's fun being a cartoon!

TinkerBal flyer

Flyer for Boston Balboa's TinkerBal workshops. Tink is vector art created using Adobe Illustrator, a departure from my usual style of hand illustration.

You can register for the event here: http://www.tinkerbal.com/

Amy Kucharik Ukulele Flyer

Flyer for my gig at the Burren on Mother's Day.

The illustration is based on some 1920s sheet music illustration and also a comic book page from 1930. Hand-rendered, scanned, colored in Photoshop, assembled using Adobe InDesign.

Ukulele Valentine for Boston Swing Central

My 2012 Boston Swing Central Valentine, based on a vintage sheet music illustration.

This is another example of work where I've done the drawing by hand, then colored it in Photoshop. The final design was created in Adobe InDesign.

Greg Klyma/Amy Kucharik Toad Dec. 22 flyer

I am so proud to share this flyer... Not so much because of the design or illustration, but because of the content! I will be playing my first official gig with my name on the bill along with Greg Klyma at Toad on Dec. 22.

The illustration is a reference to story of the Town Musicians of Bremen, which I love and I thought was somehow appropriate, not least of all because the animals sort of make the shape of a Christmas tree. We will not be playing any Christmas music, though!

Cover art for Beantown Swing Orchestra holiday CD

Here's the cover art I created for the Beantown Swing Orchestra's holiday CD, "A Beantown Christmas." I did illustration and graphic design. I'll post the full digipak layout soon!

Joel and Dominique balboa workshop flyer

Flyer for Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers at Maverick Swing

Bria Skonberg flyer for Maverick Swing Dance

Save the Date

A save the date card for a friend's wedding, based on a picture of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

Maverick Swing Dance RHT Jazz Trio flyer

Flyer for Maverick Swing Dance in April... Inspired by Cliff Roberts' illustrations for "The First Book of Jazz" by Langston Hughes.

Boston Swing Central 2011 Valentine

My second Valentine for Boston Swing Central (See last year's Valentine), based on an illustration from a piece of 1920s sheet music. Image is hand-drawn, then scanned and colored in Photoshop. Layout created using Adobe InDesign.

Maverick Swing February flier

Samantha Farrell at Maverick Swing poster

A poster for one of my other latest projects, Maverick Swing, a swing and blues dance in East Boston.

I wanted the December poster to capitalize on singer Samantha Farrell's vibrant personality and look, which made me think of the bohemian Art Noveau style. (An early concept for this poster was based on a more psychedelic, Haight Ashbury Jimi Hendrix poster, but oddly enough I decided against that because it included a starburst in the background, and suddenly starbursts are appearing on a ton of dance flyers!) So I went in a more old school Art Noveau direction and designed this to emulate an Alphonse Mucha poster. The art is hand-drawn, scanned, then colored and manipulated using Photoshop.

Bobby and Kate Balboa Dance Workshop flyer

front

back

So, I'm a big fan of a blog called Swungover, which I've been reading for months, and halfway through creating this flyer for Boston Balboa's workshops next March with Bobby White and Kate Hedin, I figured out it's Bobby who writes the blog! (Geek out... geek out...) Now I'm really looking forward to the workshops...

In addition to the overall flyer design, I also created the illustration for the Boston Balboa logo shown on the back of the flyer. It was hand-drawn, scanned, and converted to vectors. A future version of the logo will hopefully appear on the Boston Balboa site.

SCVNGR instruction card

Back and front designs for an instruction card handed out at the MFA college trek SCVNGR (scavenger hunt).

Artisan's Asylum advertisement

Created for publication in the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony program. The client, Artisan's Asylum, wanted to use their logo but incorporate shiny diamond plate, so I adapted the logo to use the diamond plate as the background for the ad.

Boston Swing Central Halloween flier illustration

An illustration for promotion of the annual "Calling All Zombies" Halloween dance at Boston Swing Central in Charlestown, MA.

Serious Blues Dance Party flier

Designed for Pigfoot Productions in Austin, TX.