A Cigar, Sweet Music & You

Less talk, more work.

This was done for Design Mark for the 17th Street Cigar Company in Bakersfield back in 2006.

That’s Marlin intern Jared Tomlinson.

Bakersfield Jazz Festival Poster

Boom. In your face.

For ever and ever and ever I have done posters for the Bakersfield Jazz Festival on and off and on and off and now on again. Mark Ramsey is the A.D. on the gig and enlists my help to get a poster together every couple of years.

This year, Mark wanted to see something with silhouettes and a big splash of color—something to compliment the atmosphere the springtime event puts out. Marrying up the illustration with some expressive type, the poster is a departure from the past post-these-bills we've knocked out before.

Buck Owens American Music Foundation Logo

My first real job as a graphic Designer was with The Bakersfield Californian under Glenn Hammett. We were both Cal Poly grads (which helped me land the job) as was another designer in town Mark Ramsey.

Glenn introduced me to Mark shortly after I started and since 1993 we have collaborated on hundreds of projects.

Back in November 0f '06 Mark asked for some logo ideas for the Buck Owens American Music Foundation, a foundation established after the Country music legend's death in 2006.

The idea was simple: Incorporate the iconic red, white and blue guitar into a logo that captures both the music and personality of Buck Owens.