GDUSA American Packaging Design 2023 Award Winner! Design and illustration for 22 oz. bottle labels for Sidetracked Brewery in Morganton, NC. This series is still going and I look forward to creating more craft beer label designs this brewery!
Design and illustration for 12 oz. full-print cans for Pisgah Brewing's Blueberry Wheat. I stuck a little Easter egg in the stars from part of an actual constellation. Do you know which one it is?
Custom design and illustration for 12 oz. cans for Blowing Rock Brewing Company's year-round beers. These cans feature the updated logo design (by yours truly) and new branding color schemes. You can also view Blowing Rock's website design in the web design portfolio. More beer labels to come from them... and m.e.!
Design and layout of Boundary Street Bourbon labels for Warehouse Distillery in Newton, NC. If you're looking for smooth, sweet or all-around great bourbon, you should give one of these a try! Logo design for WHD by m.e. Photo by Warehouse Distillery.
Custom design and illustration for 16 oz. cans for Blowing Rock Brewing Co. The concept for these tall boy cans was born from the namesake of Grandfather's Mountain, which is a cliff in the shape of an old man's face as viewed from the Profile Trail.
CD artwork and packaging for Paul Cummings' 4th full-length studio album. All proceeds from the album sales go to benefit Forgiven Ministry. Buy your copy here. This packaging design won an American Graphic Design Award from GDUSA Magazine.
Redesign and illustration for 12 oz. "flagship" cans for Granite Falls Brewery. Both cans feature a modern illustration which shows through to the aluminum.
Custom die line and packaging created for SockTips, an innovative sock designed to enhance shoe comfort and reduce shoe-toe creasing. Grab a few pairs on their website!
Design, layout and illustration for 16 oz. "Carolina Wild" series cans for Granite Falls Brewery. Each seasonal can features the silhouette of an animal of it's namesake.
Design, layout and illustration for 16 oz. "Blue Ridge Harvest Sour" series cans for Granite Falls Brewery. A logo graphic was designed for each seasonal brew, and its can colored according to the fruit and flavors.
750mL bottle label designs for the Leaves of Grass Series from Granite Falls Brewery. Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems by Walt Whitman. Each beer in the barrel-aged sour series is named for one his poems. The design utilizes a font inspired by Walt Whitman's handwriting, and the poem of each beer's namesake is ghosted on the sides of the labels.
Packaging design labels and illustrations for a two balm rubs for Doctor MK's Natural.
750mL bottle label design for Linn Cove Barleywine by Blowing Rock Brewing Company. This special, small batch release of 200 bottles was named after the famous Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway just outside of Blowing Rock, NC. The package design features the brewer's signature on the side, along with photography of the viaduct.
22oz. bottle label design and illustration for Granite Falls Brewery's collaboration with Blind Squirrel Brewing. The name Knotty Squirrel comes from the combination of GFB's flagship Knotty Gurl and Blind Squirrel's namesake.
CD artwork and packaging for Paul Cummings' 3rd full-length studio album. Photography by m.e. All proceeds from the album sales go to benefit Friends of Christ in Kenya. Buy your copy here.
Previous design for 6-pack carriers created for Granite Falls Brewing Company's flagship beers. These packages featured the name of the beer prominently on the front and back, with the GFB logo shown large on each side, for brand recognition either way the carrier was displayed on shelves.