CDA Website Design
Tagged with: Branding • graphic design • Logo DesignThe Denver based Colorado Dance Alliance hired us to redesign their logo and website in the summer of 2009. There are many different dance disciplines that the CDA is involved with, so creating a logo and website that spoke to all those different groups was a great challenge that we enjoyed being a part of. The logo design for this Denver Company was a smaller portion of a much larger project, including a full website redesign and implementation of a listing web application for dance events, auditions, classes, jobs postings, and classifieds for anything happening in the world of Dance in ...
SoundRabbit Poster
Tagged with: Branding • graphic design • poster designLive Event/Concert poster design for a SoundRabbit show at the B-Side Lounge in Boulder Colorado, August of 2009. This poster design was used as a template for SoundRabbit's national shows in the fall of 2009 as well. These posters were printed in full color, and placed around Boulder, Denver, and the Colorado Front Range by the SoundRabbit street team to promote the event. This design features a distressed graphic style, rich colors, graphic textures and several lighting effects to create this eye catching poster. We also used this design to highlight the "best of" achievements of the band, while maintaining a ...
Charitable Earth
Tagged with: graphic design • motion graphics • videoThis video and motion graphics project was executed for Waterstone Inc, in Boulder Colorado, for the Charitable Earth project. We started on this project with a script and storyboard creative, and then developed the visual messaging, animated graphics, and musical score for the entire piece. Watch now
Androscoggin Mapping
Tagged with: graphic design • Logo DesignA new/startup GIS company based in of Southern Maine, Androscoggin Mapping contacted us in early 2009 to create a logo for their new business. They were operating on a tight budget, and wanted to clearly demonstrate the concept of geography, as well as their location within this logo design. Being a GIS company, they wanted to be sure that the environmental nature of their business was clear through this logo design, as well as their particular focus of "GIS and Spatial Analysis" since it's incorporated in the company tagline. Three final variations were delivered to Androscoggin Mapping on different colored backgrounds ...
Webroot Threat Blog
Tagged with: Blog • graphic design • WebsiteWebroot Threat Blog site design and implementation for Webroot Software, Boulder Colorado. This Blog is actually a Wordpress.com hosted blog, as opposed to hosting the blog themselves, which called for creative solutions to get the Blog design and functionality setup as needed. The greatest challenge was not being able to edit and work with the Wordpress HTML template files to control the layout and look and feel of this site. After initial rounds of design comps and feedback cycles with Webroot, the design was finalized, and using only uploaded images in combination with CSS and built in Wordpress widget functionality, the ...
HKDC Concert Poster
Tagged with: graphic design • poster designThe Hannah Kahn Dance Company has been commissioning Cloudburst for all their publicity materials for several years and this concert poster was no exception. The name of the concert, "Voyage", and the publicity shots provided of the dancers gave us the idea of a figurehead, the carved wooden figure placed at the prow or front of a ship. So, we ran with the idea of a voyage to a mystical location adding a background that includes suggestions of an old treasure map, mist, and the impression of waves on a beach. Having a long standing relationship with this client made this ...
SoundRabbit Stop Motion
Tagged with: graphic design • motion graphics • stop motion • videoThis stop motion video project for SoundRabbit was compiled from over 1500 still photographs (taken every 10 seconds) over the course of several hours during a studio mixing session. In some cases, the camera remained still in a single location, and at other moments the camera was moved to new locations in the studio to create this effect. The song used over this video, titled Blame, was one of the songs off this new record the band was mixing, and they wanted to put this video and audio preview up for their fans on their fan website before the record was ...
FocoLoco Event Poster
Tagged with: graphic design • poster designThis Event Poster was designed for a Fort Collins, Colorado, event called FocoLoco back in November of 2008. This event featured live music as well as visual art in a cross between a traditional gallery setting and a live concert venue, bringing together supporters of live music and art at one event. This poster design features a highly stylized and complex "vector" design, with both geometric and organic textures and patterns. Although the design elements are visually complex, we chose to go with a nearly singular color palette of bright organic green to make this poster stand out and catch the eye. ...
HKDC Tri-fold Card
Tagged with: graphic design • layout • Print DesignWhen Hannah Kahn of the Hannah Kahn Dance Company came to us with the idea of creating something fun and memorable to give to the many schoolchildren they reach throughout the year, we came up with this design. The simple color scheme and the way the messaging reveals itself as the card unfolds proved successful - the children loved them! The project was a success, the schoolchildren loved taking away the cards and the Company's information went home to parents.
Neith Motorsports Website
Tagged with: Branding • CMS • Design Portfolio • graphic design • WebsiteCalifornia-based Neith Motorsports hired us to design and build their new business website back in the fall of 2008. They specialize in manufacturing triple chrome plated accessories and well-padded aftermarket seats for various lines of motorcycles, and were primarily interested in collecting dealer applications during their startup phase. During the initial consultation, several design options were presented based on our discussions with them about the site design and other online websites they liked. After the mockup design was chosen, we proceeded in building out and launching the site in October of 2008. We also assisted in hosting setup and email ...
