13 Responses
July 11th, 2009 — Photo
Now & Then
October 28th, 2009 — Thought
Ligature Love
December 28th, 2009 — Design
Re:Think Re:Design
April 28th, 2009 — Photo
Birdy Num Nums
May 12th, 2009 — Photo
Peace of Mind
June 6th, 2010 — Photo
Humming Bird
July 13th, 2009 — Photo
They Will Die
March 28th, 2009 — Design
CMYK Booklet
April 6th, 2010 — Photo
A Little Later...
September 10th, 2009 — Photo
Miss America
September 20th, 2009 — Photo
Red Sparrow
July 13th, 2010 — Thought
Secret Failure
March 11th, 2010 — Photo
Fallen Leaf
June 22nd, 2010 — Photo
Father's Day Gift
July 18th, 2009 — Photo
Looks Like Rain
May 5th, 2009 — Photo
Found Type 1
May 7th, 2009 — Photo
Meet Fromo
November 22nd, 2009 — Design
Tyler Durden
May 2nd, 2009 — Design
CMYK Entry
November 7th, 2009 — Design
Coolidge Poster
September 9th, 2009 — Design
Creative for ENVY
August 24th, 2009 — Photo
Good Old Jeans
April 24th, 2010 — Thought
About Spheres
From an early age Travis could be found with a sketch pad trying to capture the beauty and structure in the world around him. This desire to engage and create stayed with him. In his Adolescence he was able to find solid footing for his childhood passion by creating posters, flyers, web sites, t-shirts and album covers for his and other local bands. It was during this time that Travis decided on the direction of his life’s work.
As a Creative Director, Travis has been recognized by the American Federation of Advertisers, the International Association of Business Communicators and the Association of American Marketing. His designs have been featured in national magazines, branding textbooks and influential design websites. In his role at BRAINtrust Marketing he is responsible for all design and creative direction for the client portfolios. From websites and advertisements to annual reports and brochures, Travis brings his creativity and fine eye for design to produce world-class commercial art.
He is married to the love of his life, and in his spare time he tells jokes that are only moderately funny.
Name: Travis Neilson
Email: travisneilson@gmail.com
URL: www.travisneilson.com
AIM: travishappy
Behance: Profile / Portfolio
Twitter: travisneilson
Facebook: Profile
nice.
Travis:
With images turned off the content is invisible on this page.
Just thought I’d let you know,
Andre
Andre, you might have a better internet browsing experience with the images turnes on.
Granted, although, the sight challenged with screen readers might also be interested in reading your article.
I can see our dating journal! Should we finish that one? Love you dearly.
i too have this problem… but i just like to buy new journals because i think they’re pretty.
@Andre, I have the article typed out in a display:none styled div. You sill wont be able to read it if you turn off images, but if you turn off styles completely you can. I am unclear if this helps the visually impared but it’s something.
@Jayna, I guess I havent totally decided which one to finnish first. I guess I should have thought about my vow a little bit more before making it. It would be fun to keep a journal with you again.
@Lauren, That’s the problem right there! I think they are so great I constantly buy more before completing them. It drives me crazy!
@Travis: Some screen readers (and I think most search engines) ignore display:none. A great work around is to text-indent:-9999px (or some other amount that wont show up on wide resolutions). Turn off images and screen readers can still read it.
BTW, I can’t get enough of this art directed stuff. It’s such a pleasure to read. Have you seen Dustin Curtis, Trent Walton and Jason Santa Maria?
Thanks for the help there Andre, and thanks for the props on the site. How did you find it might I ask? I am always very curious how people come to it as I tend to be a little introverted, even on the internet. I am a fan of Dustin and Jason, I lost track of Trent fo a while but thanks for bringing him up again, all these guys do great work. A few others in this ‘genre’ I follow are: 72ave.com, and hiphopquoted.com
I found your site through the comments of another site (it might’ve been Dustin’s). One of these days I’m gonna throw my hat in the ring to help spread the word of creativity. Thanks for the others you’ve mentioned. I’ve never heard of them. Keep up the awesome work.
I’ve got 10 pads of graph paper at my desk right now, each with about 3 clean pages left in them. Oh, and I use graph paper pads because I am afraid of soiling a perfectly good sketch book with my chicken scratch. We’re on the same ‘page’
Trent, One of my most ‘successful’ notebooks (by successful, I mean fearlessly used) was a ream of printer paper that kinkos bound as an example for me and then threw away. I grabbed it out of the bin and have been using it since. In the photograph above it is the large one at the bottom that looks like it’s being rolled back, magazine style.
Also Trent, I am chuckling to myself because I noticed that Andre and I had a conversation in these comments which included a reference to you. Funny that you visited the site and commented here. Great to have you though!
I’m not alone in this world!