For the past 14 years or so years,
my roles in the graphic arts have varied greatly. As such,
I have become a Jack of all trades. I started working on websites
and designing for the web when it was still in it's infancy, and
so many of the sites that I am most proud of - are for now-defunct
businesses, or have moved in other directions and are no longer
my creations. I still maintain a handful of sites, and design new
ones frequently for my own personal use, but the bulk of client-based
designs has dwindled and given way to my other talents such as graphic
design, design for print, and sign making - which is what constitutes
the bulk of my work these days. Included on this page are just a
few samples from the massive collection that is my portfolio.
:: Website Design :: Design
for Print :: Logo Design ::
Various Items :: Graphic
Design Series :: Photography :: 3D
Design
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Animations :: Traditional
Art :: Signage ::
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Focus Power:
A Freelance Collective
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Positronic
Design
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Business Cards
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Logo Design
I am a firm believer in sticking with traditional
techniques and convention, but manipulating it to achieve interesting
and engaging results. This is especially true in my logo design.
I design ALL of my logos in black and white line art first, and
then add color as needed.
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Various Items
Below are a few random items that I have created
for various clients and purposes.
All of these series images were created entirely
by me, using photos of objects that were given to me or were photos
that I staged and took myself. The composites were all made using
Photoshop with an occasional 3D model from Animation:Master for
effect.
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Bonsai Life Series
The Bonsai Life series arose
from a desire to depict myself in a new way, and to put myself in
situations that humans cannot realistically achieve. They also are
meant to describe some part of my personality in some way, as a
kind of introspective artistic venture. This series was so widely
loved, it inspired the "Action Steglich"
series - images where I portray myself as an action figure.
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Action Steglich Series
This series depicts me as
various action figures, each one representing a different, yet targeted
aspect of my personality. The first one in the series is the last
of the Bonsai Life series, but will be used again
later. Obviously, this series is still 'In Progress'
but the goal is to create imagery for several "Action Steglich"
figurines, as well as play sets such as the "Steglich Dream
Car" and will be finished off with marketing materials such
as product placement shots and reviews of this fictional product.
I dont consider myself a die-hard photographer,
but I love taking pictures and know a good one when I get it.
Here are a few of those 'good ones'.
These are some stills from animations or 3D models
that I have used in animation or as props for still imagery. The
majority of these models were made in Martin Hash's Animation:Master.
For 6 years, I was the Director of the final animations
for a graduate-level 3D modeling and animation class at UMass
Amherst. The final animation was an 8-week long intensive class
project in which students were assigned various tasks based on
their skills and ambition. As a result, I was able to direct to
completion 11, 5-17 minute long animated stories, as well as hone
my personal skills in regards to storyboarding, modeling, surfacing/texturing,
animation, and post-production such as sound and special effects
compositing. During and since that time, I have also used those
skills to create several animated pieces for clients and have
been working on an animated short that will accompany a children's
book that I am writing. You can see some of these animations below.
I am a traditional artist by nature. I love drawing,
and what I love most is capturing people's emotions and passion.
I feel that it's important to have an understanding of traditional
art forms to be able to fully achieve what is desired from a computer.
So from time to time, I like to put down the mouse and draw something
by hand. Below are just a few of my more favorite pieces, though
hundreds more exist.
Basically, I am a universal artist. I thoroughly
enjoy art in all of its forms and am constantly adding to my bag
of tricks in regards to my creative output. Of the more prominent
loves of my life are Sign Painting, Sewing, Carpentry, Building
and Refinishing Furniture, Sculpting, and Gardening. I have made
a number of signs for clients through my business, Focus Power,
which can be seen below.
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