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The Platters – Live In Concert At Little Creek

February 3rd, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Photography.

The Platters Live in Concert at the Skookum Creek Event Center January 14th, 2012
All photography by Erik Eikenberry exclusively for Little Creek Casino Resort

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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The Drifters – Live In Concert At Little Creek

February 1st, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Photography.

The Drifters Live in Concert at the Skookum Creek Event Center January 14th, 2012
All photography by Erik Eikenberry exclusively for Little Creek Casino Resort

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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Professional Portraits Are More Than A Photo

January 16th, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Photography.

Make time to make yourself look like the business professional you want the world to see you as. Business portraits tell the public you’re serious about being a professional and care about the quality of your appearance. Most people see your visual appearance reflected in your work ethic – and that’s worth a lot more than a snapshot can do for you. It only takes a few minutes to look like a professional the whole year around! If you’re very busy and think you don’t have time for a professional portrait; literally you can be in and out of my studio in 10 minutes or less.* Your colleagues, business associates, friends, family and, most of all you, will love your high quality portrait. Don’t let your existing snapshot tarnish the quality of your professional image for one more day; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

Professional Business Portraits by Erik Eikenberry
Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington
*10 minutes or less is based on predetermined set-up, lighting and backdrop discussed prior to your arrival.

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Isley Brothers Performing Live At Little Creek

January 14th, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Design, Flash.

Isley Brothers [Casino Channel Promotion]
Graphic Design and Flash Programming by Erik Eikenberry

There’s going to be plenty of memories from soul and song when the Isley Brothers step into the spotlights at Little Creek Casino Resort’s Skookum Creek Event Center on February 25th! Ronald and Ernie Isley take center stage and bring their hit songs from back in the day to present day. The Isley Brothers became the only act to have at least one Hot 100 hit in each of six consecutive decades: the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s – this means you’re going to hear all the songs you love by this masterful and very influential band. If you’re looking to hear sweet music by one of the longest-running bands of all times; then don’t miss this amazing night to groove and move with the Isley Brothers. If you’re looking for a graphic designer in the South Sound who will create amazing advertising to help your business groove and move; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

Isley Brothers [22"w x 28"h Poster]
Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Isley Brothers [72inch wide x 36inch high Backlit Poster]
Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Isley Brothers [Website Banner Display]
Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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Salish Seafoods’ Buried Treasure Poster

January 11th, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Design.

You won’t find buried treasure if you use this map to get to Squaxin Island, but if you like fresh oysters and clams, then this map will take you to the next best thing to treasure! Salish Seafoods is an environmentally friendly company that does it all by hand! Their products are hand-seeded, hand-picked, hand-shucked and hand-packed at their 4,000 square-foot processing facility. No dredging is allowed during any stage of processing. Their high-quality oysters are sold all over the United States and in China. Their marketing coordinator wanted this look to be similar to an old, rustic map – incorporated with Squaxin Island. This 18″w x 24″h poster below has a bigger brother (32″w x 48″h – POS sign) and the intent is to be posted outside regional vendors that sell Salish Seafood products. If you’re looking for a local graphic designer who can put your business on the map with high-quality advertising services; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

Salish Seafoods – Sold Here Poster [18"w x 24"h] – Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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AWB’s Better Workplace Awards Logo

January 5th, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Design.

This is a recent logo I designed for Association of Washington Business (AWB) for their awards luncheon at their upcoming Legislative & Lobby Days event on January 17th, 2012. This logo will be engraved on mugs and glasses and printed on certificates and other promotional material for the ceremony. The concept for this logo was based on AWB’s logo and as well to break free from the “traditional” awards logo that is circular with surrounding text. If you’re looking to have a logo designed for your business by a professional graphic designer located in the Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey area; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

AWB’s “Better Workplace Awards” Logo – Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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Clear Channel Kong and Half Back Photos

January 4th, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Design.

Below are little images of big media on buses that travel almost everywhere in Thurston County. Clear Channel Outdoor offers the lower side panel and half of the bus back for advertising – both spaces are in essense an enormous vinyl “sticker.” These two mediums of transit advertising space happen to be my favorite as they are most effective at far distances and they have no frame holders. These two snapshots of my graphic design work I just recently received from Clear Channel Outdoor; so I wasn’t able to put them with my post back in November: Release Your Inner Winner Outdoor Ads. If you’re looking for a professional graphic designer with more than 15 years of experience – located in the South Sound area near Olympia, Tumwater and Lacey; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry – Bus Kong [Thurston County, Washington]Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry – Bus Half Back [Thurston County, Washington]

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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Saying More With Less Words

January 2nd, 2012 by Erik Eikenberry under Informational, Personal.

The new year has arrived and feels like it came faster than 12 months ago. Seems like the years are getting shorter and shorter… and with that notion, I believe I should write my blog posts shorter as well. I love writing, and perhaps here and there I might have time to clack away endlessly on the keyboard; but for now I shall keep them shorter and to the point. Really the purpose of my blog is to post recent and up-to-date work for public knowledge, information and/or interest. My blog is like a living portfolio that I keep up at least once a week (sometimes I try for two). The reality is a lot of my recent projects do not make it to my blog due to a lack of time. This makes it difficult or not very sensible to post something I created in November in a January posting. Time is illusive and the average blog write-up with an accompanying visual can take up to three or four hours on average (easily). Even this post will most likely take over an hour to write, edit, revise, revisit and rewrite (and edit one last time). This is why I think my write-ups for my blog should be shorter – I can get more postings this way and not be as concerned with taking a couple days to write copy and get the artwork online. You might be asking yourself why I took the time to post this write-up about writing shorter posts (which ironically is not a very short post at all)? Why didn’t I start writing shorter posts and just let the public eye accept shorter content? Well, I feel that many people who do follow my blog might think I am being lazy by writing less and I want the reality to be known I am actually quite busy working and therefore spending more time on my client’s projects than my blog posts. I just wanted to come clean and I don’t want anyone thinking short posts are a sign of laziness or a lack of passion for writing (once again; I love writing). With that said, I want to end this blog post by wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy 2012!

Salish Cliffs Goes National And So Do I

December 26th, 2011 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Design, Informational, Personal.

Salish Cliffs 1/4 Page Ad [Golf Week Magazine: page 53] – Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

I don’t have the opportunity to share too many advertisements of mine that are published nationally as most of my clients target to a regional audience on a local level. Every now and then, here and there throughout my career, I have had the rare opportunity to have some of my graphic design and/or photography go national. Recently I created a quarter page advertisement in Golf Week Magazine for Salish Cliffs Golf Club; the South Sound’s newest golf course designed by Gene Bates (seen above). I’m not sure which was more exciting to think about; being nationally published or being in Golf Week Magazine. I see this magazine quite often at local retailers. Most of my national work has been in the form of billboards or publications I can’t just pick up at the local grocery store. In the October 28th, 2011 issue (on page 53, in the bottom right-hand corner: seen here) you’ll see my quarter page ad. As I was designing this ad I was informed that an award “blurb” was to be added that named Salish Cliffs Golf Club the best new course by Golf Week Magazine in 2011. All of a sudden the honor of being published nationally was heightened exponentially by creating an advertisement for a golf course that is considered to be the best new course in 2011 (to a national audience)! To bring my advertisements to a more regionalized level (mainly in the greater Pacific Northwest: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska) – I also created an advertisement for Inside Golf Newspaper. Truth be told; I have never heard of this publication prior to having my 1/2 page advertisement printed in it (seen below), but I did notice there are excellent write-ups about Salish Cliffs Golf Club. If you’re looking for a local graphic designer in the South Sound who can create your advertisements with professionalism and sophistication – on a local, regional or national level; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and let’s get started today!

Salish Cliffs 1/2 Page Ad [Inside Golf Newspaper: Page 10] – Graphic Design by Erik Eikenberry

Graphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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Santa Claus Came To Town For Photography

December 23rd, 2011 by Erik Eikenberry under Business, Photography.

Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry

This was one of those all-day photo shoots that left a lifetime of memories – not just for all these children, adults, parents and families; but for me. I had the privilege of photographing Santa Claus at Little Creek Casino Resort last Tuesday. It’s the casino’s way of showing their appreciation to all their employees by bringing in jolly old Saint Nick. As you can see some of the employees got into it more than the kids, but it’s always a cute sight to see how astonished and amazed most of the kids are when they slowly and cautiously approach Santa. There were a few kids that feared Santa too much to sit on his lap, but those that hopped right on up couldn’t wait to tell him everything they wanted (Xboxes and PlayStations were very popular). I can’t give myself all the credit for this photo shoot, for if it wasn’t for the assistance of my beautiful wife helping all day, I couldn’t of done this alone – here she is being my light-test model. Incase anyone is wondering if these were really taken with a Polaroid camera, that would be a no. The reason I am presenting these as Polaroids is based on my childhood memories. I remember most, if not all, of the photos of me with Santa Claus were taken with Polaroid cameras… so I guess it just gave these photos a nostalgic feel. If you’re planning an upcoming event that could use some holiday cheer with professional photography; please contact me, Erik Eikenberry at Erik Paul Artistic Communication… and may you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik Eikenberry
Santa Claus Photo Shoot 2011 – Photography by Erik EikenberryGraphic Design • Photography • Websites • Advertising: Olympia, Tumwater, Lacey, Washington

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