Check out Urban Outfitter’s leprechaun shirt! It looks strangely familiar to me. That’s because I created one just like it for Bennigan’s in 2008…

I first tried Weihenstephan Hefe Weiss Bier at the strong recommendation of a pushy fellow customer at the Liquor World in Fayetteville, Arkansas last year. The floating yeast particles in the bottle turned me off at first, especially when the label claims it was made by the oldest brewery in the world, which is nearly 1000 years old.

This is a logo I created using spray paint and handmade stencils. See more below.

Introducing my second home brew creation, a brown ale. It turned out very well, definitely better than my first attempt at home brewing. This ale has a hint of caramel sweetness and a nice undertone of bitterness. The only downfall is that the carbonation is a little too strong. Oops. The alcohol by volume ended up at a solid 4.6%. Details below.

Around this time four years ago I designed the official beer cup for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. What’s the official beer cup you ask? If you went to the World Cup and ordered a beer, your beer would have been served in this shiny collectible chalice.

I have blurry proof. Watch the video below, 35 seconds in.

Cheers @ at the 35 second mark.

One last french onion soup night before winter’s end. Recipe after the jump.

This is the first piece of a new branding project we’ve been working on for Essex Industries. The product, Last Chance Rescue Filter, is a filter that snaps onto a firefighter’s SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) in the event of an out-of-air emergency.

For the product relaunch, we created a new logo, brochure (pictured), dvd training materials and had an amazing photoshoot at Bruton Stroube in St. Louis.

Credits: Jessen Wabeke (writer/partner) and Brandon Voges (photographer/retoucher)

In the next few weeks you may notice a new beverage at your local grocery store or pharmacy. It’s called Nawgan® and it was formulated by Robb Paul, a brain scientist. Recently featured on a Times Square digital press release, Nawgan has a patent-pending blend of ingredients combined and specially formulated to help support memory and cognitive skills.

I helped create the logo and packaging for Nawgan at Propaganda, the design firm I work for. In addition to the final designs, after the jump I’ve included some of the rejects/legwork that helped guide me to the final piece.

Welcome. This blog will chronicle my adventures as a creative person who can’t seem to settle on one craft. Therefore, I will be sharing some of the pieces I produce as a Creative Director at an advertising agency as well as some of the things I attempt to make when I’m away from my computer. Hopefully my postings will entertain, teach or inspire you to be more creative in your life.