My name is Stephen, and I'm a writer, illustrator, graphic designer and web designer based in southern New Hampshire.
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Regeneration is a green realty trust developing sustainable commercial properties (see the Regeneration Logo post), now renovating their flagship facility, a former car dealership in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The website for Regeneration needed a good CMS to tell the constantly evolving story of this cutting-edge facility, so I developed the site as a WordPress template to make the publishing process simple. It also needed an inviting, verdant and vibrant design that directly illustrated the future of Regeneration Park.
This was a great pleasure to design. I’m looking forward to the inspiring narrative that Regeneration will write over the coming months as they renovate this building.
The last seven days were something of a frenzy here in New Hampshire. On Thursday, a windstorm ravaged anything within a bird’s flight of the Seacoast, leaving 300,000 homes without power. That’s roughly two-thirds of the Granite State population, left in the dark for days. I joined many other electronic refugees siphoning power from downtown coffee shops, even setting up a makeshift studio at Simply Green Station for a day. I won’t complain, though. Given the ecological devastation in Haiti and Chile, I’d say we got off easy. There’s also a cleansing that happens when you lose electricity. When the light bulbs go silent, you rediscover everyday treasures like candles and moonlight. You learn what is luxury and what is necessity.
I’m thinking more and more about this, too, as I design the logo and website for Regeneration. Regeneration is a green realty trust that buys up old commercial properties, like car lots and strip malls. They donate and repurpose materials, use eco-friendly building techniques like bamboo flooring and no-VOC paints, and lease their space to sustainable businesses. It is a genuine privilege to participate in something this cutting-edge.
As the new home and venture of Simply Green Biofuels, Regeneration is heavily tied into the Simply Green brand. I’ll talk more about the design process once the site is launched. Stay tuned.
My friend Joel is working on a LOST parody for a Flash animation contest. And because I’m a sucker for all things LOST, I agreed to illustrate a few characters for the project. I finished the inks today, and colors are soon to follow.
The road to William Shatner Beat Night continues! This is the poster I created for this seminal event. My favorite of the Shatners is the one screaming “KHAN!” behind a drum set.
If you would like to attend—better yet, if you would like to perform— visit the WSBN website, follow the event on Twitter, or write to ShatnerBeatNight {at} gmail {dot} {com}.
I’m working on a new comic book series called Aeon and just put up a cryptic little teaser on the website. I’ll remain tantalizingly vague about the storyline for now, but if you want to get news of the premiere issue, follow me on Twitter, become a fan of Facebook, or sign up for the email newsletter. You can also subscribe to this site via RSS.
