I’ve been fortunate enough to put my creative imagination to use and build a career out of designing and developing new brands and packaging for a wide variety of people and businesses across Canada. My creative has been featured on worldwide packaging labels, book and magazine covers, movie screens, TV shows like Dragon’s Den, and multiple award-winning products and campaigns.
My design process is very hands-on. I always start with a hand-drawn sketch and then convert my drawings to vector-based graphics, providing you with a 100% unique concept.
This creative approach started in my youth. I grew up in the ’90s as a nerdy kid ripping up the streets of Warman, Sask., on my 10-speed, repping Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, playing Nintendo, building lego by day, and drawing and reading into the wee hours of the night. I love diving into the fantasy worlds I read about in books and love any opportunity to draw and create something new and unique that allows me to bring my imagination and creativity to life.
I graduated from post-secondary with an honours degree and for the past 15 years, I've gathered a vast amount of experience in print production, manufacturing and marketing, which gives me in-depth, working knowledge of the printing industry and how best to market your brand.
I truly love what I do and I love sharing my knowledge and skills to help my clients grow through engaging design and strategic thinking. From pencil to production, I’m committed to the success of the brands I help develop and create kick-ass designs that bring your ideas to life and help build confidence in your brand.
yes, no, and WOW!
Wow is the one to aim for.
-Milton Glaser
Graphic Designer
about the logo
I’ve always taken pride in my family name and heritage on both sides. On doing some research into my family name and old family crests and coat of arms, there was one consistent icon that kept coming up in all designs and that was the heraldic lion. So what better Imagery to describe myself and build my brand around than an updated, more modernistic and stylized version of the Heraldic Lion Passant.
1. The Heraldic Lion and Wheat
Rooted in Celtic heritage, these elements together represent strength and growth and are based off the original Murphy family coat of arms where the wheat and lion elements are a central part of the main emblem. The lion and wheat are also a big part of the Saskatchewan identity and coat of arms representing where I grew up and where I still call home.
2. The Wheat
The wheat represents growth, indicating the process of taking an idea from nothing to fruition, to create something long-lasting and sustainable to help grow your brand.
3. The Celtic Chevrons
The wheat is created from multiple Celtic chevrons which are an ancient symbol amongst the Celtics signifying a builder or protector. I like to think of myself as not only the builder but also the protector of all the brands and imagery I develop.
4. The Heraldic Lion Passant
The central piece of the logo, the Lion Passant has always held a high place in heraldry as the emblem of loyalty, trust, bravery and strength. The Lion Passant is depicted as striding from right to left as if patrolling its territory and protecting its interests. It represents values I want to emulate not just in my work but in life.
5. The Quill
Both wheat elements end in a sharp point and the last chevrons have a rounded edge for the graphic to double not just as wheat but also as a quill to indicate the hand-drawn feature of my brand and how the creative process starts.
final logo & submarks
Brand Colours
