WORK SONG POSTER

Check out the "so far" on the first poster for the season. It's for Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright. I pulled the type from an organic commandment that is in Wright's studio. We are going top do a limited screen printed version of the poster to sell at the show as well as the Westcott House bookstore.

SPRINGFIELD STAGEWORKS 05-06 > 08-09

This fall we are going to be celebrating our 4th season of work with Springfield Stageworks. Stageworks is one of the longest standing clients that Hucklebuck has had the pleasure of working with. They are one of those rare clients that pretty much allow us to do what we do and always love the result.

We have been contemplating doing a limited run screen print showing of all of the Springfield Stageworks posters that we have done over the past three seasons sometime this winter. Selling some prints and showcasing some over sized prints as well. We'll post it here if something works out.

Here's to season 4.

WORK SONG - THREE VIEWS OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
by Jeffrey Hatcher and Eric Simonson
September 25, 26 & 27, 2008
7:00pm
Performances at the Westcott House
1340 E. High St.

HAMLET
by William Shakespeare
April 23 - May 2, 2009
8:00pm
Performances at the State Theatre
19 S. Fountain Ave.

SEEKING POTENTIAL RETAINER CONTRACT CLIENTS...

Hucklebuck is in the middle of ramping up efforts for Fall 08 and in that process we are on the hunt for potential client relationships. We are specifically looking for clients who would be interested in signing on for an annual retainer that would contract Hucklebuck to design all promotional materials (within the boundaries of the contract) for a flat annual fee to be broken up throughout the year. It has been our experience that many of our clients work this way even if they don't realize it.

If you are interested in more information regarding the idea of working with hucklebuck on a retainer basis and making Hucklebuck your "agency of record" please contact us at info@hucklebuckdesign.com

NEW WEBSITE ON THE HORIZON

So it's been close to 2 1/2 years since we have even updated the hucklebuck website. Pretty weak really.

Well, launching sometime mid-august or so will be the new Hucklebuck Design Studio site. I'm tightening up the laces on what it is that we offer and am actually in the middle of a potential name change. It's Huckebuck for now, but keep an eye out for an update. To view the new homepage holder go to hucklebuckdesign.com

Hucklebuck's main goal is to enable our clients to achieve an accurate image that is a true portrayal of their business or other endeavor. We do this through our understanding of graphic design and art knowing that these are the first points of contact that most potential clients or customers encounter. At the end of the process our clients receive a solution that they can use to increase the success of whatever they are choosing to pursue.

If you are interested in hiring Hucklebuck please email us at info@hucklebuckdesign.com with a description of your needs and we will get back with you as soon as possible. Please feel free to also call at 937 631 5901.

Redmond Channel Partner Illustration

Just recently did an illustration for a magazine. It's obviously centered around Mr. Gates. It's a 2 page spread in the interior.

SKETCHBOOK SCANS...

These are some supa-fresh scans from my "6x9s" that i keep. I think I have nearly 9 of them full so far. Going back to 2000. I am working on a portfolio book and some of these bad boys are going to go in it.

Napoleon Re-Pop...

This is a snippet from a project I did in one of my graduate classes. The objective was to take an existing poster and redesigned it.

One Napoleon death mask, a museum hat and a hand scrawled sig later WHALA...

LATEST HAYES CREATION

Welcome Jude Michael Hayes to the world. He was born on May 5th. He's pretty amazing and will be his big brother's best bud shortly i am sure.

52 YEARS OF NORM HAYES JR

I just did some work for a class I am taking. I ended up doing something for my dad. He's turning 52 this year so I did a little retrospective...

NEW POSTERS

Just finished some new poster for Stageworks. They did a showing of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari this weekend with a live score. They did a great job.

LILLIAN GISH FILM FESTIVAL STUFF

I recently wrapped up a set of promotions for the Lillian Gish Film Festival 07. It will be hosted here in Springfield, OH, her birth town. Gish is a pretty major star of the early silent cinema days as well as the talking pictures. Check out the promo stuff I have been working on.

WITTENBERG + HUCKLEBUCK

Wittenberg is a well respected liberal arts university in Springfield. I've been looking for an opportunity to work with them and recently had my chance with the Witt Series poster. Check out the works in progress. The illustrations in the poster are by Wittenberg faculty member, Jack Mann.

The Fam...

We recently had a few pics taken for our son's 6mth mark. Here's one of the first samples. He's so awesome.

HATCH+HUCKLEBUCK

I recently had the opportunity to take part in a print workshop put on by OSU+Columbus Society of Communicating Arts that featured Jim Sherraden from Hatch Show Print in Nashville. I've been a long time fan of Hatch and their passion for keeping it analog.

Jim brought up a bunch of his wood blocks from the shop and OSU furnished some wood type. Everyone had a great time just experimenting with print for 6+ hours. It was nice to get dirty again.

Here are some of the small prints I did. I had an old guitar instructional book, which I thought would make a good backdrop for the Nashvillian roots of the blocks. I'm pretty pleased with the results. Enjoy.

New Poster!

This is a poster I just did for a local theater group in Springfield. I think it turned out kind of nice. I wanted to do some illustration and hand drawn type.

FRENCH PAPER AWARD

I designed a promotional piece for my rep to send out a couple of months ago. It was a really cool black muscletone french stock with black thermography and a label. Turned out nice. I'll post later.

Apparently the paper rep for the printer who handled the job submitted it to Freanh and I won an award for it. My first official accidental award. Here are a few scans.

poster design

I am working on classes toward my gradute degreee in Graphic design. We are currently working on poster concepts. Thout I'd throw a few of the sketches up here to show a little bit of the pocess.

Ahhh...Fall is in the air and some new stuff's a comin'

For the three of you who actually read this blog (that may be an overstatement)

This is by far my favorite time of the year. Which is a bit strange because it's the time of the year when nature dies a slow death on it's way to winter. Kind of depressing really.

Anyway...This is a beautiful time of the year, with the leaves changing and what not. It always inspires me and makes me ponder what this past year has held and what this upcoming year will hold.

I have a lot of ideas for Hucklebuck in '07. I will begin selling prints of my posters and other selected pieces. Screen prints and so on. I have been getting quite a bit of inquiry about this and I think it's time to go for it. I'd like to do limited editions and so on. We'll have to see how it plays out. I will also be launching FOUND™ as it's own brand and line of accessoriess including journals, clothing, coffee mugs and much more. I am hoping to begin licensing the products by mid '07 in major retailers. Again, we'll see how that plays out.

Keep an eye out for the next edition of FOUND™ coming soon. The upcoming book will be more polished than the first effort and will incorporate a pratical application for how to use found type in design. The city of focus will be Seattle. Should be pretty swank.

1" hucklebuck badges will be coming out soon as well to replace the free sticker.

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LILLIAN GISH BIRTHDAY POSTER

This is a poster I just finished for a celebration to take place at the Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright House) in Springfield, OH. It's to celebrate the 113th bday of silent film star Lillian Gish who was born in Springfield. It's printed on manila newsprint.

New Editorial Illustration

Here are a couple versions of a collage/illustration that I just did for a magazine in NY-NY

The article it is for is about ways to protect your identity. I just brought in the thumbprint,retinal scan/id photo and so on. It came out pretty swell.