Video | Phone2Action Year in Review

It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the end of January already! Towards the end of 2018, I created Phone2Action‘s 2018 Year in Review video, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. 2018 was a big year for us—and I celebrated my second anniversary with the company!


I feel like my video skills have progressed a lot this past year—this was created in Premiere Pro, but I’m now learning After Effects to hopefully expedite creating motion graphics.

Branding | Paw-Prints, Howls & Purrs

I’m excited to share this freelance project I just completed for Shannon of Paw-Prints, Howls and Purrs PURRtography. Shannon needed a logo that could also be used as a watermark for her photos, and wanted to use one of her cats as the inspiration. Shannon primarily works with rescues and volunteer-based organizations, and wanted the logo to inspire emotion.

I started by creating three different concepts for the logo (the fourth is a potential variation):

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I wanted to be able to maintain an emotional connection with the viewer, and incorporate a clean and modern typeface so that the logo would be legible at any size. I worked with Shannon to refine it a little further:

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From there I revamped the illustration a bit—adding more detail and smoothing things out.

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From there, I created a few color versions based on Shannon’s desired color palette.

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I’m happy to report that Shannon is very happy with the logo and has already started incorporating it as her watermark!