Points of Contact
I'm unavailable for new work until May.
Electronic Mail:
Telephone: +1 (864) 760-3303
Instant Message: hiblankenship
Resume: .com/resume
Weapons of Choice
Metaphorical arrows in my quiver.
Illustrator, pen & paper, common sense, insatiable curiousity, the need to fix broken things, words, grid systems, color theory, Apple® computers, collaboration, people.
Selected Client List
Working with these folks was a pleasure.
Virb Inc., American Airlines, Nationwide Insurance, Superpages.com, TM Advertising, cre824, Armchair Media, InterContinental Hotels Group, Microsoft X-Box Live
You 'Ave Zee Folio, Jes?
Portfolio, n.,
1. a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather*; "hey emo, watch where you're swinging that motherhuge portfolio"
2. a set of pieces of creative work collected to be shown to potential customers or employers; "ugh, not another scrolling one-pager portfolio"
*this website is not made of leather (usually)
Kingdom Boutique branding, logo design
Modern American Craft, soon-to-be-available from Kingdom Boutique.
Cottyn naming, branding, logo design, copywriting
At Virb Inc. they spend their days building communities like PureVolume & Virb.com. And now they make t-shirts. For your body. Welcome to Cottyn. Go pick out something nice.
Blankenship-Lewis Wedding Invitations
Typography-driven, letterpress-esque (crash print, technically) wedding invitations, RSVP cards, as well as rehearsal dinner invitations and other print collateral.
Blankenship-Lewis Wedding Website
mandyand.joshuablankenship.com was a simple, elegant, informal website to give guests details of the ceremony weekend, San Antonio, our stories, registry, and contact info.
The Cause Summer of Love stage backdrop
The Cause is hitting the road this summer and this 26x10' stage backdrop is going with them. I'll post actual photos of it in action when I get them from the client.
The Cause Summer of Love bus wrap
The Cause also needed "non-repetitive-looking, organic" artwork for 40x3.5' decals to wrap their tour buses. Here's the full image and some close-ups of the detail. Again, I'll post photos when they're provided.
Prom Night Fist Fight
Prom Night Fist Fight is my illustration, color, & typography experimentation playground.
Vector Poster Series
I promise I'll print these one day. No, seriously.
To Write Love On Her Arms t-shirt comps
To Write Love On Her Arms is an amazing organization you need to know about (even if they didn't use any of my t-shirt ideas.)
Michael Jackson editorial illustrations
Now-defunct music lifestyle magazine Law of Inertia contracted me for a few Off The Wall-era illustrations of The King of Pop, highlighting a happier time in MJ's career where everything was bright and sunny, albeit weird and fantasy-like.
Noog site design, identity, apparel design
Chattnooga's own Noog. It's a niche, but it's a proud niche. Completed while working with Tubatomic Studio.
Lupi's Pizza site design pitch, photography
The best pies in Chattanooga can be found at Lupi's Pizza. They went with M.A. Turner's lovely design, but still used a lot of my photography. Completed while working with Tubatomic Studio.
InterContinental Hotels Pre-Stay email template
If you book an InterContinental room, you get one of these. Their identity system is one of the most cohesive and easy-to-work-with things I've ever been a part of. Completed while working with Armchair Media.
12th Annual Southern Brewer's Festival site pitch
Unused minisite design for the 12th Annual Southern Brewer's Festival. Oh, and the dark bubbly stuff did flow, I assure you. Completed while working with Tubatomic Studio.
cre824 Minisite
A smallish site update post-competition, complete with custom illustrated backgrounds.
cre824 Posters
Illustration-heavy posters for advertising purposes and merchandise.
cre824 Festival Guide Inserts
The festival guide had a variety of inserts highlighting different styles of creating.
cre824 Moodboards
Look and feel storyboards for the awards ceremony motion graphics intro.
Ibly identity system
Ibly has big plans for music, publishing, A&R, etc. and needed a flexible identity to handle all the various incarantions.
Revolution branding, print collateral, illustration
During my tenure at NewSpring Church, each message series was branded and custom collateral and graphics (for motion and video) were created. This was by far my favorite print piece I ever did there.
AmericanAirlines Fall Brand Pitch
A sort of choose your own adventure minisite concept where users pick the place, time, and person for a meeting and watch video play out of each combination. I handled Art Direction and Copywriting on this. Completed while working at TM Advertising.
Extra Large Purse type treatment
Illustrated type for a Superpages.com ad unit. Completed while working at TM Advertising.
Sport Chalet Homepage Design Pitch
New business pitch from TM Advertising. Collaboration with Derek Nelson.
Superpages.com Surviving The Holidays Splashpage
One of many (many. MANY.) landing pages I did for Superpages.com and their seasonal searches. Custom illustrations were a big part of the Superpages.com campaigns, too. Never a dull moment. Completed while working at TM Advertising.
TM.com Site Redesign
The last big project I pulled out of my hat at TM Advertising. Unfortunately, the agency is rebranding, so I think this got canned halfway through production.
