Web & Print Design - "Whatever It Takes" Film

web address: WWW.WHATEVERITTAKESDOC.COM

movie poster (24"x36")
(poster as recently seen in IFP Film Festival in NYC - pic1 , pic2)

postcard (front)(4"x6")

postcard (back)(4"x6")

business card (2"x3.5")

Web Design - "HeavyHearts/A Candidate for Living"

web address: WWW.HEAVYHEARTS.ORG

HEAVYHEARTS.ORG is my online creative studio and digital portfolio of work in art and design, but more importantly it houses, "A CANDIDATE FOR LIVING", a very personal online documentation of my life on the road over the last year, centering on the first 5+ months of which i was living primarily in my car.

An introduction to "HeavyHearts' A Candidate For Living"

On 9/15/05, i left my home of 9+ years, Boone, NC, for a life on the open road - with no plan, destination, and little certainty. I zig-zagged the country in my nearly-dead station wagon, appropriately dubbed "The Deathcab," thirsting for experience and filled with a desire to live life to the fullest.

I knew before leaving though, that 'my leaving', would affect many people near and dear to me. I therefore, felt it was necessary to share my experiences, in some way, to those i was leaving behind. Thus, I created Heavyheart's - A Candidate for Living. The site was created and updated from the road at various locations throughout the country, with public computer and internet access (primarily libraries and universities) as i do not own a laptop myself. Keeping my old and new friends up to date on my thoughts, experiences, and whereabouts, via the website, was an extremely difficult task (of which i'm not completely done with just yet), but i realized, from all the positive responses i received, that it was just as important to "tell" my journey as it was to "take" my journey.

And I guess I was hopeful that by sharing my experiences with the world, friends and strangers alike would be inspired to make a change for the better in their own lives. But what i didn't realize was just how much of an impact I would actually have on people, and vice versa, and how much attention i would receive from it all. For most of the last year, i've been known as "the boy who is (or was) living in his car, and traveling the country" or for "getting kicked out of canada" or "naked at the grand canyon." I receive messages from people who come across the site still, congratulating me for "living the dream". It's been a truly remarkable experience. And even in it's current unfinished state, i can't help but be proud that the website has come to mean so much to so many people. Thank You All!

AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, MORE DESIGNS OF THE HEAVYHEARTS...

Print Design - HeavyHearts.org

postcard (front of ver. 1)(4"x6")

postcard (front of ver. 2)(4"x6")
postcard (back of both versions)(4"x6")

Previous Incarnation of HeavyHearts

Here's an early graphic that was to be used on the HeavyHearts site. Never did use it though.

Print & T-Shirt Design - "C.N.H.N.I.S." Band

design work for C'mon Natalie His Name Is Snake - band based out of Columbia, MO.

button/sticker design

t-shirt design

close-up of t-shirt design

Print Design - "Dreaming of Tigertown" Art Exhibit

The promotional materials i designed for my most last art exhibit in Columbia, MO in May 2006.
event poster (8.5"x11")

postcard (4"x6")

Cover Design - Shout Magazine

cover design - Shout Magazine Issue #3 (5"x8.5")

Logo Redesign - Coffee Zone

color logo (2.5"x2.5")

b&w logo (2.5"x2.5")

original image supplied by client

Poster Design - "A Retrospective Farewell" Art Exhibit

Promotion for my last art exhibit in Boone, NC - "Where Have You Been... Where Will You Go?"
event poster (8.5" x 11")

Print Design - "About Face" Art Exhibit

Promotional materials for my art exhibit "About Face" in Boone, NC, in April, 2005.
event poster (8.5"x11")

postcard (4"x6")

Digital Art - "In the 8th year..."

Made during my "About Face" days, though it was not shown at the time of the exhibit.
"In the 8th year..."
j.carroll / 2005 / Digital Print / 16.5"x22"

Art & Print Design - "A Bad Candidate For Living" Art Exhibit

Digital piece titled, "A Bad Candidate For Living", made for the art exhibit of the same name, in Boone, NC in January 2005. The image was used in both the promotional poster and postcard, and an earlier, slightly different version, was used to create a previous poster (shown in the previous post below)."A Bad Candidate For Living" / J.Carroll / 2005 / Digital Print / 8.5"x11"
(4"x6" version was used as the postcard)

event poster (8.5"x11")

Poster Design - Appalachian State University

event poster - "Brushes With Death" (11"x14")

event poster - "Pieces of She" (11"x14")

Print Design - Open Apperture Film Festival

playbill (4"x5")

Identity & Print Design - The Nth Gallery

logo (3" x 3")

postcard/sticker (4"x6")

postcard/sticker (4"x6")

postcard/sticker (6"x9")

postcard/sticker (6"x9")

Poster Design - The Nth Gallery

event poster (8.5" x 11")

event poster (8.5" x 11")

event poster (8.5" x 11")

event poster (8.5" x 11")

event poster (8.5"x11") (for my own exhibit at the Nth Gallery)

event poster (8.5" x 11")

event poster (11" x 8.5")

event poster (8.5" x 11")

The Outhouse of Arts & Entertainment Magazine

"The Outhouse" is a magazine i created a long long time ago (2001 i think?) that unfortunately never saw the light of day. Here is a sampling of its pages. All art, design, and writing is by yours truly, unless otherwise specified.

CD Booklet Cover & Design - "Why Mama Cries" Band

cd booklet cover (back & front)(vol.1)

cd booklet (interior)(vol. 1)

cd booklet cover (back & front)(vol.2)

cd booklet (interior)(vol. 2)

Print Design - Previous Art Exhibits

here's a couple postcards i designed for art exhibits of mine in years past.

postcard (4"x6")

postcard (4"x6")

Cover Art - The Appalachian Anthology

Artwork for the cover of the inaugural issue of The Appalachian Anthology.
(Unfortunately, they misspelled my name in the credits on the inside cover)
"The Unintentional Fairy" / j. carroll / 1999 / mixed media on wood