Work, from file to film.
Vehicle and boat wraps lead the way, followed by drumhead art for touring drummers, the print production behind it all, Illustrator graphic styles and branding. Hawaiʻi wrap projects were designed and produced as a contract designer for an Oʻahu wrap shop.
Case studies with the full story.
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Living Ocean Tours · Coral Kai
Redesign · supplied art, new layout and finished artwork
Marine wrap redesign for the dive boat Coral Kai, from panel layout to the installed boat.
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Hi Point Roofing Hawaiʻi
Original design
Original service-van wrap, developed from three concepts to the installed van.
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ITS Hawaiʻi Cybertruck
Existing artwork, rebuilt and refined for print
Full color management set up from scratch, plus a rebuilt camo pattern, so the black and gray prints true every time.
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Irresistible Ice
Original design
Original wrap with a client-specified gradient and an Avery Dennison glitter overlaminate.
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Disturbed · Mike Wengren Asylum chrome heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Asylum heads for Mike Wengren of Disturbed: band-supplied art printed on chrome mirror vinyl, one of the hardest surfaces to print, for his European and US kits.
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Tommy Lee · 40-inch kanji heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Kanji heads for Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe. The supplied art wasn’t vector, so I converted it and printed it with the black, white and gray tones true at 40 inches.
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Seki Slush
Original design
Original wrap design. The client supplied only a non-vector logo and a small low-res JPEG of their tribal pattern. I vectorized the logo, rebuilt the tribal pattern in vector and created the full layout and design concept.
![Aloha Aina Plumbing]()
Aloha Aina Plumbing
Original design
The client had no file, only a magnetic door sign someone made for him (inset). I recreated everything from that magnet and designed the full van wrap.
![Kilpen Technical Services Cybertruck]()
Kilpen Technical Services Cybertruck
Custom design · refined and finished
Custom circuit-theme Cybertruck wrap. Another designer started the concept; I refined it and finished the artwork.
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The Rice Man logo
Client AI concept, rebuilt and refined for print
What I received: the client’s AI-generated concept. The result: the finished gold logo I built.
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The Rice Man Hawaii trailer
Original design
Full trailer design and layout, including the filigree details, with the sage green matched as closely as possible to the client’s Sherwin-Williams paint sample.
![Furniture Plus Design Cybertruck]()
Furniture Plus Design Cybertruck
Original design
Custom Tesla-style lettering and Cyberbeast logo I designed, cut vinyl over a color-change wrap.
![Windows Hawaii]()
Windows Hawaii
Original design
Wrap design, shown as a mockup.
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Camp Mokuleʻia
Original design
Wrap design, shown as a mockup.
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Camp Mokuleʻia production sheet
Original design · production sheet
All-sides production sheet for the install crew.
![Aloha Termite & Pest Control]()
Aloha Termite & Pest Control
Artwork refinement and production
The client’s existing artwork, cleaned up and refined from rough original files, then produced.
![Hawaiʻi Mobile Family Resource Center]()
Hawaiʻi Mobile Family Resource Center
Original design
Vehicle design, shown as a mockup.
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Megadeth · radiation heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Shawn Drover of Megadeth behind the kit, with both radiation bass drum heads.
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Megadeth · printed radiation heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Printed ddrum radiation heads, ready to ship.
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Megadeth · Headcrusher
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
The first Megadeth head I printed: Vic Rattlehead in the Headcrusher art for the 2009 Endgame Tour.
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Megadeth · Headcrusher live
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
The Headcrusher drumhead live with Shawn Drover of Megadeth.
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Megadeth · Ali Baboom heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Ali Baboom bass drum heads for Shawn Drover of Megadeth.
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Overkill · logo heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
One of many sets of Overkill heads I printed.
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Overkill · green porthole heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Weathered green porthole art for Overkill.
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Overkill · bat-winged skull head
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
Bat-winged stone skull art for Overkill.
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Fight or Flight heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
For the side band of Mike Wengren of Disturbed, 2013.
![Killing Joke · Joker heads]()
Killing Joke · Joker heads
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
One of my early Sic Skinz jobs (2009). The supplied file had three different blacks built in; the first print came out in multiple shades of black, so I rebuilt the file to a single true black.
![Colt Ford · Jack Daniel’s-style head]()
Colt Ford · Jack Daniel’s-style head
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
The supplied file was a pixelated JPEG with muddy blacks. I reconstructed the graphic as 100% vector for a crisp, true-black print.
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Shinedown · 24-inch circus head
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
For Barry Kerch of Shinedown: the 24-inch bass head. Its 28-inch partner is next.
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Shinedown · 28-inch circus head
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
For Barry Kerch of Shinedown: the 28-inch bass head, with art that complements the 24-inch.
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Monster Energy kit
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
For Lou Dog of the Kottonmouth Kings. Monster Energy drum kit.
![Kelly Bell Band · Too Far Gone head]()
Kelly Bell Band · Too Far Gone head
Hired by Sic Skinz to print and produce drumheads for national touring acts.
The band supplied the art; I profiled the file so it would print correctly.
![The Mallett Brothers Band · compass rose head]()
The Mallett Brothers Band · compass rose head
Original custom design · My own client
Original custom design for my own client: a compass rose over a topo map. Nothing was supplied; the concept and artwork are mine.
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Foundation Series logos
Existing artwork, rebuilt and refined for print
Recreated logos cut in rigid gold chrome mirror film. The word “Series” was barely over 1/8 inch tall, which made weeding it extremely difficult, so I worked out ways to cut and weed it cleanly.
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Illustrator graphic styles
Original design
Eleven Appearance-panel styles built on a single letter E.
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Anchor Point Tips
Original design
My tips brand: quick Illustrator and print-production tips, plus Shop Life comics. About the series →
Have a file that has to print right the first time?
Vehicle wraps, signage, drumheads and print-ready design, plus logo rebuilds, all done remotely. Send me a note with what you are working on.