Already Been Chewed

I have mixed emotions about designing album covers. What used to be the most coveted design job is now a 250×250 pixel thumbnail in a media player. Don’t get wrong, if I could design album covers all day every day, I wouldn’t be mad about it. But it’s not the same gig these days. So [...]

When Computer Arts Magazine commissioned me to come out of tutorial retirement and write one, it was a great opportunity to work on a personal project. My youngest son is crazy about Star Wars… legos. So as I began developing the tutorial for Illustrative 3d logos, I was inspired to recreated my ABC logo as [...]

There’s a lot cooking around AlreadyBeenChewed.tv these days! Tons of treats in the oven and a bunch that are just waiting to cool off before they can be served. Ok OK. The cooking talk is over the top… but I can’t help it. In addition to a lot of great projects going on, I’ve been [...]

It is an honor to be commissioned by a leading industry magazine like Computer Arts Projects. I was thrilled to work with the magazine on this double page spread for one of the feature articles, Digital Folios On The Move. My idea behind the illustration was to take new technology (an iPad) and represent it [...]

Last week I was in Vegas presenting for Maxon CINEMA 4D at the NAB Conference. Maxon brought in an amazing list of artists to present their work and how they are using the software in their process. It was quite an intimidating line of talent. Among the presenters were Tim Clapham of Luxx, Scott Bartholomew [...]

Internet broadcasting has really turned into a popular solution for businesses take their brand online. One of the first intros I did for internet broadcasting was for Rapzilla over 2 years ago. The motion graphics package allows you to maintain the integrity of your brand whether or not you are posting “quick” Youtube updates or [...]

I’m hyped on this new ebook called “Creative Matters.” It’s a series of essays and manifestos by a bunch of Creative leaders in the trenches, working it out week to week. So many great voices contributed their thoughts and insights into this simple and crazy idea that “We are Created to Create.” Let’s Delete “Copy & Paste” [...]

In addition to branding the RAT Tour this year, Already Been Chewed made an appearance at the event in several forms. Kechaud Johnson is one of the hottest skateboarding Ams in the country and was reppin’ with an ABC “Jersey” tee at the event. Check out some of the photos below to catch a glimpse [...]

2010 was a great year with the launch of Alreadybeenchewed.tv as my full service design studio. Design for broadcast, web, print, live productions and other forms for new media being the focus. I’ve been extremely grateful for this exciting journey and it’s really just beginning even though I’ve been in the design industry for 12+ [...]

The Salvation Artist series for the WARdrobe has been a really great project. It’s great seeing the various artists that Fulton Hawk has recruited to be a part of the efforts. I put together this little behind the scenes animation showing the many many steps of tweaking and deleting ideas along the way to the [...]