Artists for Humanity
I have been working at Artists for Humanity in South Boston for about three years now as a computer graphic designer, where I, as well as about seven other teens and our mentor Claudia are hired by various clientele to design an array of things, from t-shirts to banners to cards. Here is some of the work I've produced over the years.
"Beantown Remix," the Zakim Bridge
I designed this shirt for a huge fundraiser party that Artists for Humanity was hosting. It was the third or fourth time I had ever used photoshop, within my first few weeks in the computer graphics department, and my shirt was chosen to be printed and presented to the guests. My younger sister Brett is shown below the design, modeling one of the shirts.
Northeastern University Banners
Northeastern University hired the computer graphics department to design some banners for them, which were to be hung up on Columbus Ave on campus. The university's president was so thrilled with us that we each recieved our own 5' copies of the streetlamp banners. Along with several other awesome banners, these two of mine were chosen: Sapsut the school's mascot husky, and hockey, the school's favorite sport. These banners are still hanging up on Comlubus Ave today. I created them using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
"Food is Love" for Jasper White's Summer Shack Restaurant
The computer graphics department was hired to design t-shirts for Jasper White's Summer Shack restaurant, with some sort of seafood representing their phrase "Food is Love." I decided to try using a couple of crabs in a heart shape, and it was chosen to be printed and is now on sale at the Summer Shack. My sister Brett is shown modelling again.
"The Four Elements" for the Keds Shoe Company
Keds, the shoe company that specializes in sailboat-friendly shoes, decided that they wanted to make environmentally-friendlier shoes (using less rubber, using recycled material), and that they wanted earthy designs to be silk-screened onto them.
"Recycle Me" Campbell's Soup Can
Since Artists for Humanity is a non-profit organization, we tend to have parties for our donors in order to try to recruit more. There was to be a "green" theme, and I was asked to design something using Andy Warhol's Cambell's soup can. I traced it in Illustrator, and changed the words around a bit to create this.
Big Belly Garbage Recepitcals Design
Here in Boston the city is trying to live greener. New solar-powered trashcans have been placed around the city, which compact what is put in them to use less space to get rid of more garbage. They asked us to try to design some fun outsides for the trashcans, and I based my design on the Arnold Arboretum. Unfortunately, they backed out of the idea of decorating the trashcans, but I am still proud of my design.
Windmills and the Boston Cityscape
The Lahive and Cockfield law firm wanted us to design some environmentally-friendly cards that they could use to send out as thank-you cards to those who had helped them make their firm greener, since they had done a big project earlier in the year. My design is shown above: windmills flying in and picking up buildings one at a time.
Earth Day Tree Messenger Bag
Every year AFH hosts an Earth Day party, and we are asked to design earthy shirts and messenger bags and banners. I used photoshop to design this treescape, which was printed on a messenger bag and apparently was a big hit last year.
"The Sketchbook," the Artists for Humanity Online Newsletter
Susan, the head of AFH, decided that the organization ought to put out a monthly, online newsletter. My design for the newsletter, to be called "the Sketchbook," was the peice shown above: a peice of sketchbook paper with other pieces of paper made to look like they are taped on, which were to hold the articles.
