Killerwebs Designs Fan Award for Actor, Dominic Zamprogna

It’s a little bit self-indulgent but what the hay! This fun little project was a collaboration of sorts between me and the fun gals in Lanteland (a fan forum for actors Dominic Zamprogna and Julie Marie Berman of General Hospital). The Emmy nominations came out this week and although Julie did get one (yay!), Dominic did not (boo!). This is mostly because Dominic didn’t join the show until last June and there wasn’t much to go on in regards to material to nominate (that’s a valid argument I suppose but kinda lame). Anyway! He could very well be up for something next year because his juiciest stuff is happening NOW. So, in light of not getting recognition this year, we decided it would be fun to put a little something together and have someone give it to him at the fan event in Chicago on May 15, 2010.

Keep in mind that none of us have met. We hail from all over the country – from Tennessee to Illinois to Utah to Wisconsin to California – all over. So coming together was a feat in and of itself but in a matter of about a day and half we collaborated and created the following poster:

The lucky gal who got to give the poster to Dominic is still floating on cloud nine because he paid special attention to her when she presented the “award” to him. I admit that I am kinda jealous that I couldn’t see his reaction myself but it is exciting to know that some of my work is out there. FUN TIMES!

More of this kind of silly stuff can be found here.

Logo Design

Having a custom logo is imperative to any type of marketing whether it be for a business, a party, an entertainer, etc. Branding is very important. It’s how the world sees you. A recognizable logo is priceless in the world of advertising. When someone spots your logo, they will be able to know exactly who you are and what you do. It’s all part of becoming a household name.

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40th Birthday Invitation

Having already done logos for Millwood, the CEO of Millwood came to SDG for help in planning his wife’s 40th birthday party. What a fun project! The initial project was to be a slideshow consisting or pictures of his wife from her birth to present day. In addition, he wanted all of his precious family photos digitally archived because many of them had started to deteriorate. To preserve them for his children was very important to him. In the midst of working on this slideshow, he asked SDG to step in and come up with some concepts for the party invitation since the ideas that he had been given from another source were not working for him. 

Killerwebs loves these projects because they’re personal. We can dive in and have fun and imagine how would we like these types of things if these were for us! Of course, the input from the client is key. This particular project was fun because he wanted to make this milestone for his wife a celebration. His wife was really into dancing as a teenager and even to this day the client often spies his wife dancing through out their home or breaking out into cheerleader routines in their kitchen. When coming up with the idea for this invitation, it occurred to us that we should consider the fact that the slideshow was going to be a big part of this party. It was in essence, a movie about his wife’s life! So, how are movies promoted? With movie posters, of course! And being a child of the 1980s, what big dance movies where there – Flashdance, Fame and Footloose, right? So the inspiration for the “forty” logo came from the movie Fame. The content of the invitation evolved from there. The invitation was a huge hit according to our client and the feedback he received from his partygoers were extremely enthusiastic.

Check out the video here!