It is finished. Finally. After three years of working on this book on-and-off — and sometimes really off (I think the longest I didn’t touch it was for an entire year) — I finally finished and — am proud to announce — published my book: William’s Semester in Britain 2010. How did I do it? I […]
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Love INC icon set
A few months ago, I was approached by the Marketing and Communications Manager of Love In the Name of Christ of Grandville, Hudsonville, and Jenison, Michigan about creating an original set of icons for each of its ministries. The idea was to tie together a very wide range of ministries and services of this Christian ministry […]
Heights of Hope
I recently finished a logo for Heights of Hope, a community organization in Holland Heights, Michigan. This was a fun project, and was designed to boost the identity/branding of the organization that had used a “clip art” like logo before. The logo will be used in conjunction with their brochures, literature, and letterheads–if not more. […]
Dwelling Place Midtown Village signs
I recently completed two large temporary signs for the Dwelling Place Midtown Village project. Midtown Village is a renovation of the historic E.E. Fell Junior High, and Dwelling Place had a school-themed advertising campaign in place. I helped visually design two large “academic” signs: a 2 x 12 ft. ruler and a 5 x 6 […]
Overbeeke family crest
I’ve brought my family crest into the 21st Century. I traced the crest from a technical drawing my father did when he was young, in Adobe Illustrator. Now the Overbeeke family crest is fully digital and in vector format. My brother and I are thinking of creating an Overbeeke family genealogy website, and I was […]
Client Design: Health Intervention Services
The semester and my time here at Calvin College is wrapping up very quickly. This week, I present my senior design project to Health Intervention Services. I’ve provided a little preview here. Check out the new Client Design section of my portfolio. I’m green to the client design and freelancing world, but I hope to […]
Printing a portfolio book with Blurb
I’ve finally completed my portfolio book. I’m self-publishing it with Blurb.com. Blurb is a great service. I was excited when I learned that you can self-publish books that are nearly fully customizable. The only thing that you cannot customize is the size. Obviously Blurb has to set some parameters. But it was so refreshing to […]