The Plaza Hotel chose to promote its new Young Ambassadors program using a mini-site and video game. They needed the design, the illustrations, and the motion graphics, and the programming. Skills used: Illustration, art direction, creative direction, motion design, game design, typography, website creation Tools used: Adobe Flash

Carne 250 is an Austin, Texas mobile barbecue unit that cooks for you right in your yard. They needed a logo for the new business. Carne means meat, of course, and 250 is the perfect temperature for smoking. Skills used: Logo design Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

Even the smallest job calls for precision and loving attention to detail. Pride Socks, an Austin business, needed a sticker. Skills used: Graphic design Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

The Dionysium is Austin's original intellectual variety show. It needed a logo and tagline that would instantly convey a sense of brainy fun. The periodic table layout and "Get your think on" tag deliver the message. Skills used: Logo design, copywriting Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

Infographics always present interesting challenges. As with any design, the goal is to present information. But infographics must be especially clear and succinct. Here are three examples. Skills used: Infographic design, art direction, creative direction, illustration Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

When Random House published Invisible Frontier in 2003, they included our original illustrations. This one shows the route we took to climb the George Washington Bridge. Skills used: Illustration, creative direction, art direction, graphic design, typography Tools used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Taylor Kia of Boardman wanted an over-the-top, crazy commercial that would attract attention. ​ Skills used: Creative direction, copywriting, art direction, storyboarding, video production Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

The Austin Bacchusball Association is Austin's smallest and most irreverent basketball league. Its logo had to pay homage to the original ABA (The American Basketball Association) while projecting a hip, modern flavor and a sense of triumph. Skills used: Art direction, creative direction, graphic design, illustration Tools used: Adobe Illustrator

A personal project. Who can think of NASA without being inspired? These illustrations are intended to capture a spirit of wonder and hope. Skills used: Illustration Tools used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

None of the book interpretations was more fun to do than Infinite Jest. Expressing the contents of a thousand-page masterpiece through a video less than two minutes long was an insuperable challenge, but a delightful one. Skills used: Graphic design, art direction, video, motion design, editing Tools used: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe After Effects