The Dial

Before writing this Dial post, I re-read Matt’s original Dial post about Middle Waves, and had a few chuckles over his reminiscing of first meeting Corey Rader. And I laugh, because, in many ways, I’ve had similar interactions meeting and [...]

When it comes to professional development, there are so many options that it can be hard to pick what’s best. Certifications, seminars, etc. Who knows what’s most effective? I’ve had my eyes on Leadership Fort Wayne (LFW) for a while [...]

A couple years ago, some old friends and I got back together and started doing this thing we used to do, again. “This thing” being writing songs and performing as The Legendary Trainhoppers. We were originally active from 2005–2007, a [...]

We speak in a lot of initialisms at OLG. O-L-G being the main one. But we call each other by nickname, “MT, OF, ML, JB…” so on and so forth… In 2016, I took a particular liking to “L-Y-B-L,” or [...]

About once a year, we need to make room for new posters on the ol’ Local Show o’ the Week column here at OLG HQ. Which means we need to take all the old posters down. It takes teamwork to [...]

I recently teamed up with one of my favorite bands, The Manges, to do the cover art for their upcoming 7″ release that coincides with their new full-length, All is Well. The guys from La Spezia, Italy, love the feel-good [...]

So every once in a while you have a good friend. And sometimes that friend is in a band. And you like their tunes. And things are cooler when you get to design stuff for them. A couple months ago, [...]

At the end of last year, I was invited to contribute to an incredible publication called Kern and Burn. In addition to 30 articles from design entrepreneurs, 12 illustrators were asked to contribute a full-page spread as it related to [...]

For one week in February, I had the most unbelievable and incredibly life-changing opportunity to stay in Kitale, Kenya. I have so much I want to share about the trip and the future of what is happening in Kitale, so [...]

A couple years ago I contributed to a tremendous project curated by Dan Cassaro called “50 and 50.” Fifty designers were invited to represent their home states by illustrating its motto. Each day Dan posted another artist’s contribution. The artists [...]