Client: Usonic Properties, LLC
Website:usonicproperties.com

I edited this flash site and turned into HTML to make some simple text changes and added a few photos for a Monday deadline.

Original Design: Timo Julku [perkele.nu]

Client: Z mattress co.
Website:zmattressco.com

I recently collaborated with Stylou to help produce Z mattress co. website. They had a set budget and a tight deadline for their new store's grand opening. The brochure website turned out nice and is a great start for them to build their online presence.

Client: Saint Louis Group Design/Build, Inc.
Website:saintlouisgroupdesignbuild.com

I recently had the opportunity to work with Howard Glickman whose architecture work has been nationally recognized (HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens).

This was a great project to work on that really showcases my skills... graphic design, web development, flash, photo editing.... all seamlessly coming together.

The website disappears and draws you into its own world, the Portfolio site itself.

The finished product of this Website definitely can compete with anything Ad Agencies or Large Design Firms have done locally. Not bad for a one man operation.

Crazy Live Art by:

PL@STiC
B12
Mr. Unknown
Calc2
Mamablu
Humhaus
Jaxon

...and more!*

*any artist are welcome to come out and rock out the art. 573-822-2221 for more info.

I was sent an e-mail the other day for help with a school project about colors. So I wrote them back my thoughts....and here's what they wrote me back.

Thank you so much for your response. We all got a kick out of reading the extra comments in the email! I came across your website by doing an old-fashioned Google Search of "Marketing firms in St. Louis." Your firm stood out to us because the website was clean and easy to navigate, and it was easy for us to see your 'mission statement' so to speak. The selling point?

"Communication. We create visual communications, and we do that by interacting and building long-term relationships with our clients. At Humhaus Studios our designers work directly with the client, helping us assist you in your marketing and advertising efforts." This was exactly what we were looking for in terms of this project. Also, it was hard to find another marketing and design firm in the area that seemed friendly enough to respond to our questions. The demeanor of your website looked friendly and inviting, as the others didn't give that feeling.

Thank you again for your helpful comments and suggestions. If the administration decides to do something with this after we present, Humhaus will definitely be the firm that we recommend.

Some of my Photography:

Photo Gallery 01 | Garden of the Gods
Photo Gallery 02 | Almost Garden of the Gods

The following represents a sampling of my online creative work:

Anchor Mill Inn | Bed & Breakfast in Augusta, MO
site: anchormillinn.com

Carlyle Lakefront Cottages | Cottages on Carlyle Lake, IL
site: carlylelakecottages.com

Centsbysense.com | Inventor of the Scientific Coin Press
site: centsbysense.com

Dj Rose/Roze Entertainment | Saint Louis Producer/Dj
site: myspace.com/djrozeent

EnviroMarx | Political Activism Group
site: enviromarx.com
site: myspace.com/enviromarx

Humhaus | Design Studio
site: humhaus.com
site: myspace.com/humhaus

Rodney Curry | Entrepreneur
site: myspace.com/rcurry404you

Property Savers | Real Estate
site: myspace.com/propertysaver

Sandy Beach | Massage Therapist
site: myspace.com/sweetsensation_2

ShearLearn | eLearning Company
site: shearlearn.com

Stylou | Media Company
site: stylou.com
site: myspace.com/stylou314

Can the wheel be reinvented? Can one truly step outside the box? Is anything ever really new? Sometimes I'll find inspiration in movies... for creativity...

I'm always fascinated by art that defys the old motto of "well thats because thats the way its always been done" (like; Ad Angencies that are stuck in the 1950s print era, hollywood, the music industry)

Unfortunately; today, the only way art reaches the masses (the sheep) is thru our consumerism, when was the last time someone went to the Art Museum, a Gallery, the Theater, or even read a Book. Kinda Sad.

Which would make me today's Modern Artist.... (unlike, all those kids in college who took underwater basket weaving or some FooFoo Fine Art Program)

During some Cold Calling Marketing awhiles back - I had some gentleman in the Olive - Asian District try to Barter a Sword for a mini-brochure website... WTF, am I going to do with a sword.... so later I was like I gotta see Kill Bill again....

Take a blender and mix: 1/3 Japanese samurai movies, 1/3 Italian spaghetti westerns, 1/3 Hong Kong martial arts movies, sprinkle a little hip-hop/electronic and over-the-top violence ... and you got Samurai Champloo (Anime) & Kill Bill (Quentin Tarantino Movie)



Samurai Champloo (kinda the disney version of Kill Bill)





Crazy 88's intro - I'm so getting a Hattori Hanz-- Sword. Tresspassers beware!





This video may not be suitable for minors and just about everyone else. If you couldn't stomach Gladiator - This probly isn't for you... Japanese Release of the best sword fight of all time... full color (US Release in B&W)

Besides working on Humhaus; I am currently collaborating with Stylou, a new design company based out of Saint Louis.

They have real interesting concepts and business ideas. To find out more information, visit their websites:
The Official Website :: stylou.com
Stylou @ MySpace :: myspace.com/stylou314

I was working on a side project off of the server - and my friend was like,
"you got 94 unique visits yesterday"... I was like "huh"... he was right.

It baffles me, that on any given day - I have 61 Visits.... even if a 1/3 or 1/2 are bots, thats still at least 31 new people come to my site a day. It's crazy that the stats can break it down into IP adressess, what search engine, keywords and country did the request originate from....

I should have Ads, ha. Humhaus endorses: Anheuser-Busch, Apple, Dr. Pepper, Heineken, The 2008 Mustang, Sony. Samples for product testing can be sent to....


Online Statitistics

Humhaus.com
22,381 Visitors (Unique Sessions**) during 2007
Daily Average: 61.32 Visitors a Day
401 Visitors from .cn (China) in 2007
78 Visitors from .in (India) in 2007
3 Unique Sessions from .mil (USA Military) in 2007 ....

Last Weeks Visitors:
Sun 63
Mon 91
Tue 94
Wed 94
Thu 77
Fri 79
Sat 67

MySpace Profile Views: 1,292
Site is basically a year old.

YouTube Channel Views: 680
YouTube Video Views: 3,182
The Butterfly House Views: 1,210
Site is basically a year old.

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A 'Session' is defined as a series of clicks on your site by an individual visitor during a specific period of time. A Session is initiated when the visitor arrives at your site, and it ends when the browser is closed or there is a period of inactivity.

My Grandma passed away this past week... She was 97. The first time - the passing of someone close to me. She was born in 1911 and witnessed the modern world change. Some of my best childhood memories are from over at her house.

She's going to be buried in Windsor this Spring with Wendell.

Last weekend - I had this horrible feeling of dread or something was just wrong... nothing specific, just a vibe... I saw that my sister called me early in the morning - and I just knew. My little sister, called me again - she was somewhere waiting for a in-between flight back from a conference. I talked to her on the way to work, was just kinda in shock... like she was going to live forever...

How do you mourn someone? ... I decided to get her Lilies. She liked Lilies. At Schnucks on my way in to get her flowers, an older Black Lady (someone's Grandma) stopped me in the parking lot, she seemed desperate... She had a bent up key and couldn't start her car... she was trying to bend it with a shoe... I have a nice little Steel Bar, I carry in my car, that I bent her key back with on the asphalt.

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On my way, I was drawn to my Grandma's old house, so I drove by her house for the first time, since I last visited her then when she still lived there... it looked real nice, all painted new, like in my memories - just not that um, shade of green she chose.... it was bluish. Since it was fenced in - leaving the flowers in her old backyard -
turned into not such a good idea ; p

I drove up the street to the Cannon from WWII on her street - We'd eat PBJ's for lunch and walk to the cannon. So I left some of the Lilies there. She loved to walk. I think that was her secret to longevity... She also made the best homemade Lemonade I ever had... it never quite turns out the same

Grandma, loved to drive. Sometimes - we'd just go out - and go nowhere.... just drive around... When she drove when I was little, she loved the side streets and short cuts, so I drove around Maplewood... Couldn't quite navigate the old routes.... but I did find the Park... eventually.

I went to the Park she took us to, during the Summers, when she'd babysit us. There was a Ventures across the street years ago.... Of course the Park had been updated, but the stuff was still where it was years ago... just newer. The MCD's on the street over was still there.... The Old Tree in the ball fields was there - so I left some Lilies there....

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Dear Friends of Humhaus,

Thanks for all your support. You know who you are! Things are finally picking up. Like most true artists fate - its Feast or Famine. One can't really play the Blues, without going thru it... kinda fake. This time - I'll stockpile it away.

On a side note, we're one of the last of the independent start-ups left in the Saint Louis area of about 50. There were about 100 design studios listed in St. Louis when we started.... now just the big boys and a few start-up survivors...

NEW & RETURN CLIENTS: Billionairrrr Girls Club, Entreconcepts, EnviroMarx, Regeneration and Saint Louis Group, Inc. (...it's always a good sign when they keep coming back...)

We're currently gearing up to work with Billionairrrr Girls Club (BGC) a woman's empowerment organization on their new cartoon series. Being Independent, allows me actually to work on projects that have an impact on people's lives, instead of the ugly greedy american corporation model - where profit is god.

After 2 years of searching... We've finally teamed up with a programmer - that gets it. James Shockley can improvise code like crazy!!

Now maybe the morons from "India" and "recruiting firms" will stop calling. PLEASE! Why would we send "work" to the 2 "places" that had an impact on destroying the .com boom... idiots. What has Globalization, really given us? ...um shitty products that last 2 years with contaminated materials... I'm still waiting for someone, anyone to explain to me why Globalization is a good thing, and how we've benefitted as a country?

Dear friends of Humhaus,

We'd like to introduce you to our Referral Program. Earn some extra income, for something you do already. Socialize. If your friend (referral) becomes a Humhaus client, to show our thanks, we'll give you a $100 cash or $125 in credit toward your next project with us!

How does this work:
- You recommend us to your Friends with a business.
- Your Friend purchases our services and mentions you.
- Your Friend gets professional design.
- We get paid. You get paid a 10% sales commission of the total sale.
   (Example 10% of a $700 sale just earned you $70.00)

- Refer more friends and make more money! Referrals keep our fees low because we don't have to advertise for the sale. For more information, please call (314) 799-3402


NOTE: This program may be subject to change at any time without any notice. Credit towards your account for participating in our referral program is non-transferable.

I'm going to have to say I was pleasantly surprised, when I logged into YouTube today. My Digital Video projects that I created have been viewed a grand total of 1695 times. Kind of crazy. Total comments, um not very many. Subscribers, 1x, my sister does that count, ha!

http://www.youtube.com/humhaus

One can see:
The Butterfly House at Faust Park in Saint Louis
(What an awesome place, go see something worthwhile in your hometown people...)
Perilyn Cherry tearin it up on an electric guitar
(You saw it here first, this guy is going to go somewhere...)
Body Piercing
(yes, that is me in college, and Paula I miss you!, don't make me do a bunch of online research to track you down - Last I heard, you worked on a Documentary that was on cable, I had just a smidgeon to do with that, since you were nice enough to house me for awhile and were fascinated by my antique super8mm....)
Some awesome Animations I have done
(I'm not going to be modest about 'em eithor...)
and some boring Corporate Videos I have worked on...