Tattoos and paintings by Sky Rockenbach in Austin, TX.

Design

Logo and Business Card Design

This project was for a hand craft jewelry maker, Tyler Sophie. I was asked to create a logo and business card which reflected the elegance of his product. The logo needed to be simple enough that the image could be engraved inside each piece of jewelry. While the business card told the story of his journey. He requested a seashell for the logo. While the business card would be inspired by The Fool tarot card. The final printed product for the business card would be on a thick card stock and embossed. Each object turned out to be of great success.

Graphic Illustration: T-Shirt Design

I was hired to create teeshirt designs for this companies merch. The company makes products for people within the logging industry. The goal is to be bold and edgy. I was given rough sketches for ideas of what would the idea for a shirt. I would then draft out and create the final version.  I would work with the owner to make sure I created his vision. Sometimes I would pitch ideas as well. All the images were restricted by a certain amount of colors that could be screen printed. All images were first drafted in procreate, and then finalized into 1-3 toned vector images ready to be processed by the printers.

Brand Identity and Graphic Illustration

This is a personal project. I am creating series of monster themed teeshirt designs. I am still in production and actively looking for a printer to do the job. On top of creating the designs I am in charge of branding and social media. I use AI to generate product photography to then imprint the teeshirt designs onto the models.

Logo Design

My work for this company was to create a logo. With little to no direction I was able to conceptualize this unique design based on the product and name of the company. I chose imagery that would reflect both ideas at the same time. The image was drafted in Procreate, while the final version was created as a vector in Illustrator.

Graphic Illustration: T-Shirt Design

I was asked to design an image that would be printed on a teeshirt and given away at the Lineman Rodeo in Texas.  The process was done by phone consultation to get an idea of what kinds of designs would work. After coming up with a few drafts based on the elements that were discussed the first design was created for the 2022 Lineman Rodeo.  The designs were such a success they sold out, and the following year we did a revised image for both male and female fitted shirts.  My process was to create an image in Procreate and then finalize an image in Illustrator by turning it into a vector to be print ready.

Videography and Video Editing

This project was volunteer work for the international NGO Ecopolitain Ecohealth Community.  The purpose of the project was to make a video to share the goals of the charity and how people can participate.  The idea is transparency for charity funds and allowing participants to directly interact with the communities they support. Filming was done on two separate one-month long treks through Nepal, while editing was done over the course of a month.

Just For Fun: 3D Rendering Software

In 2019 I started playing with a free 3D rendering program online called Sketchup.  Before it was acquired by Trimble it had far better tools, which are now only available on the paid version. I used this program as a blueprint for rendering house designs.  I had several versions over the course of a year which I was using for my own personal interest. I was self taught and had a lot of fun with this type of design, yet it was never used on a professional level.

Selected Pages from a 2015 Design Portfolio