Monday, December 31, 2007

'TIS THE SEASON..





posted by Julie at 3:30 PM

Sunday, December 30, 2007

new work - neighbourhood council

Here is a shot I recently did of Calgary band The Neighbourhood Council. Good tunes -- check them out here.



Happy New Year everyone!

posted by marc at 11:48 PM

Saturday, December 29, 2007

craftydeer cards



Today our CRAFTYDEER winter/summer forest cards came in from the printer! They are slightly larger than standard business card format, with 2mm added to both the height and the width; creating a subtly "chubby" card. The finished product is printed double-sided full-color offset on a nice heavy matte coated stock (the cards pictured are the same card, just two of them to show front and back).



There is a spot UV varnish on both sides, accenting the CRAFTYDEER typography, as well as presenting a URL to the recipient/viewer.



We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season. Thanks for reading and best wishes to everyone!

posted by marc at 7:13 PM

business cards

My business cards arrived today (along with the CRAFTYDEER cards). It's like Christmas all over again!




The cards are standard business card format and printed on a nice uncoated stock. There is a green pantone flood on the back, with the green echoed in the contact information on the front of the card. The name "MARC RIMMER. OF CANADA." is embossed in the upper left of the card (see the last image for a feature shot of the embossing).




posted by marc at 7:01 PM

Saturday, December 22, 2007

FFWD T.O.C. SERIES

Here is a series of images I shot for FFWD Magazine's Table of Contents page back in early summer 2006. The shots were published with a caption "Person Name from Band Name listens to Album Name by Band Name" to showcase what local musicians were listening to and the environments they were listening in.


  1. Clinton St. John of The Cape May listens to The Blackened Air by Nina Nastasia.
  2. Dean Martin of The Summerlad listens to Morbid Tales by Celtic Frost.
  3. Chris Vail of Vailhalen listens to The Mighty Antlers of Song by The.Petites.
  4. Diego Medina of Lovesinger listens to Beats, Rhymes and Life by A Tribe Called Quest.
  5. James Mathison of Pressure Kill Common Style listens to It's Never Been Like That by Phoenix.
  6. Lorrie Matheson listens to unreleased LP by Bil Hetherington.
  7. Craig Fahner of Sudden Infant Dance Syndrome listens to Old Songs for the New Town by Jon Rae and The River.
  8. Kara Keith listens to Destination: Love by The Make-Up.
  9. Dan Vacon of The Dudes listens to No Flutes On This Album by The A-Team.
  10. Mark Overland of Lucid 44/Gutterawl listens to Moonpix by Cat Power.
  11. Andrew Wedderburn of Hot Little Rocket listens to The Time Has Come Today by The Chambers Brothers.
  12. Mark Hamilton of Woodpigeon listens to Stranded by Roxy Music.

posted by marc at 6:22 PM

MISC. FFWD PHOTOS

Here are a few miscellaneous shots done for FFWD over the last couple of years.
  1. Photo of Hot Little Rocket, 2007.
  2. Gunther's Nintendo cover-band, Thwomp, 2006.
  3. Shot of The Ostrich, 2007.
  4. Cover photo of The Dudes, 2006.







posted by marc at 6:13 PM

Friday, December 21, 2007

FFWD PART II

A continuation of FFWD spots!

Left to right, top to bottom:
  1. Fred Armisen
  2. The US gets stubborn at the climate talks in Bali
  3. Voting for "green" candidates
  4. Mozart on the Mountain
  5. The future of population control in China & India
  6. The "new & improved" Oasis
  7. Putin will find a way to be pres forever







posted by Julie at 12:09 PM

FFWD PART I

Since I don't have section for them on my website yet, here's a small collection of some of my favourite black & white FFWD spots, new & old!


Left to right, top to bottom:

  1. Axl Rose
  2. Australia & climate change
  3. The end of cheap food
  4. Local Calgarian band The Consonant C
  5. China's market for Western pop music
  6. "Fair use" of music sampling
  7. Approaching a scarcity of oil
  8. The corrupt Colonel Muammar Gaddafy loves fashion










posted by Julie at 11:36 AM

Monday, December 17, 2007

NEW WORK - william joseph promo illustrations

First Crafty Deer post! hurrah!

New Illustrations for William Joseph, a local design & marketing agency. experimenting with a few different styles of illustration, while interpreting the "William Joseph" character. (click on the thumbnails)








(and a big thank you to marc, who set this whole thing up! I have no webskillz.)

posted by Julie at 6:06 PM

NEW WORK - Swerve, Alberta Ballet

Here is a recently published piece I did for a local editorial. (click on the thumb)

The client, Swerve Magazine, needed a shot of ballet dancer and shoe coordinator/manager for the Alberta Ballet, Leigh Allardyce.

posted by marc at 4:59 PM

Thursday, December 13, 2007

AZEDA BOOTH EP

Last March (2007) our band Azeda Booth released our first EP, Mysterious Body. We have few copies left, so I have uploaded it in it's entirety for free download.

Azeda Booth - Mysterious Body, 2007. DOWNLOAD

Our full length album is scheduled to be released in Spring 2008. I'll be sure to post the artwork and packaging on here as things unfold. Words can't even begin to describe how excited we are!

posted by marc at 12:19 PM

CRAFTYDEER IS NOW ONLINE!

Hello Friends,

Thank you for visiting. Julie and I are very excited about CRAFTYDEER -- our new online blog/experiment. It is something we have wanted to do for a couple of years now and it is finally online!

This is a place where we will be posting both our professional assignments as well as our casual/personal work; not just limited to illos and photos, but our design work and other random projects.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks for visiting.

posted by marc at 10:58 AM