Chris Cappilla | graphic designer + illustrator

MAGIC Fashion Tradeshow - Print, Digital, Web, etc. These are various projects I worked on for the MAGIC Fashion Tradeshow while I was an in-house graphic designer and recently as a freelance designer with Advanstar Communications. 2015 Fashion, Graphic Design, Print Design
TRACE/TraceUp Motion/Video Work Some motion/animation/video post-production work for TRACE/Traceup.com

Client: TRACE | http://www.traceup.com
Creative Director: Steve Lauria
Marketing: Ty Crawford
Motion/Graphic Designer: Chris Cappilla 2015 Film, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
Paper Towns Movie Poster Illustration Movie Poster Illustration for a Talenthouse Contest hosted by 20th Century Fox for the movie, Paper Towns. 2015 Creative Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration
Cooking Logos for CityTV Logo for an upcoming cooking program, Santa Monica Family Favorites.

Instr/Dir: Richard Khanbabians, AiCALA
Art Direction: Robin Gee (Cable TV & Public Info Mgr of City TV)
Client: CityTV of Santa Monica 2015 Branding, Graphic Design, Icon Design
E.V. Roberts – Print, Digital, Web These are various projects I worked on for E.V. Roberts as a freelance designer. More to come... 2015 Graphic Design, Print Design, Retouching
Tail Lights™ Brand, Pack, Print, Illustrate This is client work for Tail Lights Home Barn for their product called Tail Lights™, in which I helped out with the branding, marketing/print collateral, and product design/illustrations.

Client: Tail Lights Home Barn
http://www.tail-lights.com
Owner/Direction: Sami Gros, CEO
Operations: Richard Zierer
Creative/Designer/Illustrator: Chris Cappilla

* All photos/videos with the actual product are courtesy of the client * 2015 Branding, Packaging, Product Design
Promier Products - Repack/Rebrand Branding/Packaging refresh for Promier Products on their logo, business cards, battery and flashlight SKUs and POPs.

Client: Promier Products
http://promierproducts.com
COO/Direction: Michael Wollack
Designer: Chris Cappilla 2015 Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging
Vintage Wedding Invitations Design and illustration for fall/vintage wedding invitations.

Creative Direction/Production: Gina Cappilla
Creative/Production: Kay Cappilla
Creative/Production: Chris Cappilla 2015 Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design
Web & Print for AVAD LLC Onesheet/flyer, web banner, and digital signage design for vendors of AVAD.

Client: Avad LLC of Ingram Micro Comany http://www.avad.com
Marketing Coordinator: Cintia Gallo
Designer: Chris Cappilla 2015 Graphic Design, Print Design, Web Design
Cars Children Storybook App Project was done for Branded Research/Flight School Publishing, formerly in Santa Monica, CA.

Client: Branded Research/Flight School Publishing
Client Owners/Art Directors: Rhett McNulty and Matt Gaffney
Illustrator: Chris Cappilla
Animator: Another Artist (for most animations in this project) 2015 Animation, Illustration, Interaction Design
Music Video // Shyfty Semantics - #Yallknowthecode Just a teaser! Official Full Video Coming Soon!

Artist - Shfty Semantics / LvL HDz
Music Producer - CrazB
Director - Chris Cappilla
Director of Photography/Post - Tony Delgadillo
Assist Post - Chris Cappilla
Graphics/Animation - Chris Cappilla, Tony Delgadillo
Shyfty Semantics Lettering - Sean Norvet
Script/Storyboard - Chris Cappilla, Shfty Semantics, Tony Delgadillo
Location Scouting - Chris Cappilla 2015 Film, Graffiti, Motion Graphics
Motion Work for Stella Rosa Stella Rosa Instagram Videos
Client: Stella Rosa Winery - Dante Colombatti http://www.stellarosawines.com/
Initial Direction/Voiceover: Dante Colombatti
Concept and Design:
Chris Cappilla and Blake Tsutsui
Song: Audio Jungle

Stella Rosa Black Logo Intro
Creative Direction: Client and Mitchel Dumlao http://www.lastreetartgallery.com
Motion Work: Chris Cappilla and Blake Tsutsui 2015 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
The Contortionist's Handbook Title Sequence A title sequence based on the Novel,
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger.

Song: Raw Power by The Stooges
(from book and for project purposes only)

Instr/Dir: Ni Glynn, AiCALA 2014 Animation, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
Branding & Certificate Design - Life Coaching Program Certificate, branding, and presentation project for the life coaching program, "Coaching Champions, Coast-2-Coast."

Client: Monica Griffith
Guiding Light Coaching
http://www.guidinglightcoaching.com
Designer: Chris Cappilla 2015 Branding, Graphic Design, Print Design
Gillette Advertisements Gillette advertisements directed towards the male demographic from ages 25-35 years.

Instr: Richard Khanbabians, AiCALA 2015 Advertising, Creative Direction, Graphic Design
Photoshoot // Headshots Headshots for aspiring actress Briana Daniela.

Actress/Model: Briana Daniela
MUA/Hairstylist: Paola Andrea Barros
Photographer/Retouch: Chris Cappilla 2015 MakeUp Arts (MUA), Photography, Retouching
Team Solomid Logo Intro Logo animation intro for the Team Solomid brand.

Client: Team Solomid
Creative/Motion Work: Chris Cappilla 2015 Branding, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
Personal Branding/Portfolio 2013 My student portfolio/cv/bus cards and presentation for the AICLA graduate portfolio show in June 2013.

Instr/Dir: Susanne Manheimer, AiCALA
Marwin Schiltz, AiCALA 2014 Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design
Expressive TYPE Illustrations Various expressive/illustrative type projects combined in a portfolio book.

"SMILE" project: Best of Quarter Spring2010

Instr: Jack Keely, AiCALA 2015 Drawing, Graphic Design, Illustration
How To Wrap 5 Eggs Find 5 ways to package 5 eggs, and the packages are to look like a set/series. Inspired by the book, "How to Wrap 5 Eggs."

Instr: Susanne Manheimer, AiCALA 2015 Crafts, Graphic Design, Packaging
Car Manual Infographic System Car manual for the Toyota Prius redesigned into an infographic system.

Instr: Susanne Manheimer, AiCALA 2014 Graphic Design, Information Architecture, Typography
One Candle, 6 Movements Postcard/flashcard designs inspired by a few of the many design movements (A-Z).

Instr: Jack Keely, AiCALA 2014 Exhibition Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
Oppression and Violence Against Women Illustration #2 An illustration of the Druze/Lebanese male viewpoint and on the research of a topic, Oppression and Violence of Lebanese Women.

Client: Maysar Sarieddine
Direction in Concept/Design: Masyar Sarieddine
Assist in Concept/Design and Illustrator: Chris Cappilla 2015 Digital Art, Fine Arts, Illustration
Bridal Shower Invitations Design and custom lettering for vintage bridal shower invites.

Creative Direction: Gina Cappilla
Creative/Designer: Chris Cappilla 2014 Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Print Design
StriveTV/LA Canvas Event Flyer Flyer design for an event held by StriveTV and LA Canvas, at the Ebanos Crossing in Downtown LA.

Client:
StriveTV http://www.strife.tv
LA Canvas http://www.lacanvas.com
Direction and Final Revisions:
Mitchel Dumlao
http://www.strife.tv
http://www.lastreetartgallery.com 2014 Art Direction, Branding, Graphic Design
Oppression and Violence Against Women Illustration #1 An illustration of a viewpoint and on the research of a topic, Oppression and Violence of Lebanese Women.

Client: Maysar Sarieddine
Direction in Concept/Design: Masyar Sarieddine
Assist in Concept/Design and Illustrator: Chris Cappilla 2014 Digital Art, Illustration, Motion Graphics
Energizer Rebrand/Repack A new logo, new packaging, and new ads for the Energizer brand.

Instr: Aniko Hill, AiCALA 2014 Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging
Match-Made Log A sculpture of a tree stump designed to tell an environmental message.

Around 2,000 matches were used.

Instr: Kohl King, AiCALA 2014 Design, Fine Arts, Sculpting
CEMENT SUITCASE End Credits End Credits for the independent feature film, CEMENT SUITCASE. Concept is based on the story and elements from the movie.

@Psychic Bunny
Art Direction: Rick Castañeda & Doug Spice
Concept and Design: Chris Cappilla 2014 Film, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics
Pool Balls in Illustrator Pool balls created in Illustrator.

Instr: Marwin Schiltz, AiCALA 2015 Design, Digital Art, Graphic Design
Cultural Taboo Publication My four articles of the class's collective publication on cultural taboos, where we researched the topics/wrote the articles, created the illustrations, took our own photography/video, and finally designed our own layouts for both print and digital publication.

Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) was used for the digital publication.

Instr/Dir: Richard Khanbabians, AiCALA 2014 Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
Grids...No Grids Spreads designed with and without the grid, using the designer, April Greiman's story and incorporating her work....a designer who inspires me.

Instr: Sheridan Lowrey, AiCALA 2014 Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography
Graphite On Paper Commissioned and non-commissioned tattoo designs and drawings. 2014 Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration
Art Movement Posters These are posters representing the art movements Futurism and Russian Constructivism, using the concept of the movie, "Inception" and the nursery rhyme, "Humpty Dumpty."

Instr: Jack Keely, AiCALA 2014 Design, Graphic Design, Illustration
Portraits in Graphite Commissioned and non-commissioned portrait pieces done in graphite.
These are poor quality photo copies from the only machine I had access to at the time. 2014 Drawing, Fine Arts, Illustration
Ice Breakers Stop_Motion 30-sec stop motion video using Ice Breakers Mints.

Instr: Ni Glynn, AiCALA 2014 Advertising, Motion Graphics, Photography
Bamboo & Water A foldout book using construction paper cut, folded, and stacked into layered geometric and organic shapes. Japanese inspired.

Instr: Jack Keely, AiCALA 2015 Crafts, Design, Graphic Design
Illustration for The Alchemist An illustration based on the book, The Alchemist, by Paul Coelho.

Instr: Richard Khanbabians, AiCALA 2014 Graphic Design, Illustration, Typography
Rtsm Publication A children's book that is Artism. "Rtsm" expresses design and art through the use of our most familiar symbols that we see, use, and pass by every day.

For other books and Rtsm projects from other students check out the website @ http://www.thinkrtsm.com/

Instr: Susanne Manheimer, AiCALA 2014 Graphic Design, Print Design, Typography
2 LIVE CREW Video Interview Interview featuring 2 Live Crew
Client: LA Canvas http://www.lacanvas.com
Director/DP/Final Post: Mitchel Dumlao http://lastreetartgallery.com
Post-Production: Chris Cappilla 2014 Cinematography, Film, Music
Experimental TYPE Various experimental type projects.

Instr: Marwin Schiltz, AiCALA 2014 Drawing, Graphic Design, Typography
Shape In Motion A cardboard-cut shape in motion.
80+ pieces of cardboard.

Instr: Kohl King, AiCALA 2014 Design, Sculpting, Fine Arts
VOTE 2012 Logos for CityTV Logo options for a replacement to the 2010 logo of CItyTV's Santa Monica Vote portion of the their TV programming and website, http://www.smvote.org.

Instr/Dir: Richard Khanbabians, AiCALA
Art Direction: Robin Gee (Cable TV & Public Info Mgr of City TV)
Client: CityTV of Santa Monica 2014 Branding, Graphic Design, Typography
Color Theory of a Dragon An acrylic painting showing 7 different color schemes in addition to the color scheme of the actual fabric. The actual fabric is shown in the lower part of the dragon's body.

Instr: Kohl King, AiCALA 2012 Crafts, Fine Arts, Painting
2-in-1 Balsa Project A morphed structure combining the architectural design of the Crooked House in Sopot, Poland and the Dancing House in Prague, Czech Republic.
Stands 28in x 21in x 30in.

Instr: Kohl King, AiCALA 2012 Design, Sculpting, Architecture
Chance...? Are things by chance or are they meant to be?

This video project had to answer this question based on my own perspective and life experiences.

Instr: Tom Glynn, AiCALA 2014 Cinematography, Film, Graphic Design

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