“Gravity According To Birds“ is the newest novel by Author Leo Skála.
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“To read Gravity According to Birds is to sign a contract of kinship in preparation to endure the innermost workings of the ‘adventurous soul’. Leo has brought a new existence to an infinite city, conducting grand tales in factually rooted streets, exposing its secrets in a story of wonder and strange dirty optimism.
This writing, a clear river, floats along on rich phrasing, carrying us with knowing hands; some soft, some hard, some groping, some hesitant, moving the story whole-heartedly from one page to the next. Through wit and feverish dialogue, the boys evolving into men on the streets of Tanger, Tangier, Tangiers, Moroc, becoming the tantalizing heartbeat of the story. It is here in this book that an author addresses evocative ideas, meaningful questions about identity, self discovery and heartfelt aching, empathy and greed, age and understanding, while investigating seemingly real stories about deep unbearable, and gashing traumas.
It is here, that he will raise your blood pressure and perform, no doubt, the feat of an immeasurable writer: seizing the futility of young, mindless travelers, the hope of enlightened heroes, the strength of beautiful women, and the natures of chronically nomadic men. All the while shedding a bright and effortless light on the shit that actually matters, all in relatable depth, while resting ever so dangerously ‘…at the edge of a vacuum’
Uncover your ears and strip down to your flesh, this is the new sound of literary rebellion”
-Amy Leona Havin, Author/Artist
23 Fit Club is a boutique fitness club located in the heart of downtown Bellevue, and a collaboration project between the owner Victor Robles and I.
Our goal with the design and business implementation is to cultivate a modern and fresh fitness boutique to bring group bootcamp classes, boxing training, strength training, and spin classes to a great clientel in downtown Bellevue.
Please visit our website at www.23FITCLUB.com
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X Fitness Studio Management / Sales / POS Interface Set-Up
All images and content copyright High Ground, LLC
High Ground, LLC is an apparel company I created, as a senior BFA project.
Finding purpose in the creative process can be not only mentally strenuous, but also feel like a physical battle.
Sun Tzu would argue that in order to strategically succeed while preparing for battle, one needs to establish high ground before their opposing forces.
In this never ending battle for our own creative manifestation, let us not forget to establish our own mental, physical, and moral HIGH GROUND.
The Original Canna-Bus is a continuing collaborative project helping to shape the ever growing I-502 market in Seattle.
Our goal with the design of this bus' interior and graphic marketing alike was to be very approachable but still reminiscent and acknowledging of the underground world from which our current cannabis market is emerging.
Please visit our website at www.theoriginalcannabus.com
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All images and content copyright High Ground, LLC
Full Conceptual Re-Design for the annual Seattle Tattoo Expo event.
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VR-ELITE Training is an incredible personal training service founded by CEO Victor Robles.
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Building every aspect from logo to website, imagery to marketing materials, our solution to VR-ELITE was inspired by greek marble sculptures and ionic columns speaking to the strength of both the human body and mind.
All images and content copyright High Ground, LLC
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Hannah Belle is a professional body piercer.
As a former magician’s assistant this logo integrates the gloves of a magician and was designed to portray “The magic that she produces with a piercing needle.”
With the typeface, the task was to use the palindromic nature of her first name with a tall bold font to exude a tone fitting for the back of a tarot card deck.
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Our goal with developing this logo for Timothy Landon Photography was simple: Modern & Timeless
As a career wedding photographer, Timothy needed a logo that is simple and classic enough to fit the aesthetic of the weddings that he shoots. Mixing a strong legible handwritten typeface with a bold classic roman, this is a sure upgrade in professionalism from his previous self-created branding.
Branding and website for photography studio owned and operated by Matthew Verzola.
This "GEAR UP." campaign is a conceptual marketing campaign for Under Armour. Intended to be used for visual merchandising marketing campaigns.
(non affiliated concept mock-up)
©all images and content copyright Matthew Verzola
ZENDen is a smartphone application project created by Matthew Verzola.
ZENDen is unique in its approach to meditation apps in that it allows the user the option to sync their current digital calendars in order to be prompted to take more ZEN time in their life.
T.Kilburn is a Jewelry website by Tamara Kilburn in collaboration with Matthew Verzola
Full Conceptual re-brand for Tom Cline Shoes.
"Assembly Manifesto" is a book that I self published in 2011.
It was my goal with this project to shut down my photography and all visual art for an entire year. As a compilation of journal entries and regurgitated philosophies, I set out to write a book to my 12 year old self.
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All images used with permission from Rut Sigurdardottir.
Tattoo Parlor Poster
Conceptual concept poster mock up for the film "Beasts of the Southern Wild".
All images and content copyright High Ground, LLC