I’ve been working with SALT. Optics the past few years and we were able to finally launch their new website, offering an updated look and ease of use on any platform. We also worked with Pat Brumfield from Normalcy to launch their online store. Feedback has been great and I consider myself lucky to work with such a great group of people.

HEILBrice asked for help with LA Inc for the LA Red Carpet Summer Promotion, as well as the new Lauren Conrad website. I look forward to more exciting projects with them on the horizon.

While partnering with CMg Design I was able to work on some great projects for Microdevices Laboratory at NASA JPL, Mercury Insurance and Parsons Corporation.

One of the most exciting non-work relate news items, is my girlfriend, Rachel, became my fianceé, we’re looking forward to the wedding next year. When you have time, take a look at all the new work while I continue working on the new site design.

I attended the 4th Annual Magic of Memories Dinner on April 28th, 2007 with my good friend Angela Cronk. In November of last year, Angela asked if I’d be interested in helping design the logo, in-store posters and invitations for the Magic of Memories fundraising campaign. The campaign’s goal was to raise money with Paul Mitchell the School and benefits Leeza’s Place, The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation, and Vidal Sassoon’s Hairdressers Unlocking Hope on behalf of Habitat for Humanity.

It was a honor to have been involved in this project, and to have been invited to the dinner as well. It took place at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach, and was hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Winn Claybaugh. Representatives from each organization spoke about their involvement, what they benefit and followed with a video presentation for the audience as well.

Mike Helm, from The Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation spoke about Andrew Gomez, a student who tragically took his own life during personal hardships, the goal of their organization is to provide help to those in need, much like Andrew did during his own lifetime.

Leeza Gibbons and Dr. James Huysman spoke about The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation, which was started to benefit caregivers and families of individuals with declining mental health. Leeza Gibbons’ own mother suffered from Alzhiemers disease before she passed away and now she is calling attention to millions of families, like her’s, that know the frustration and heartache of memory disorders. It was an honor, and humbling, to meet Ms. Gibbons and be personally thanked for my involvement in the project.

Vidal Sassoon spoke about Hairdressers Unlocking Hope, which is an organization that is working with Habitat for Humanity to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina by rebuilding New Orleans. He painted the picture of his own upbringing and life story of being an orphan and homeless in London during World War II and now is working to prevent others from suffering from homelessness as he once did. Mr. Sassoon gave a very passionaite and moving speech.

I was a great experince to have worked with these organizations and have attended the dinner, I applaud them for what they’re doing to give back to the community and those in need. I recently updated my portfolio with examples of the work that I contributed to this project, which can be viewed here.

If you’re in need of some help with some work, feel free to use the contact form or drop me a line scott@scottorchard.com.

There was a variety of bands and acts set up for the two day event, yet we showed up at 9, which was fine in my book, I only wanted to see two performances that night, Bad Religion and Wu-Tang Clan. Of course, they were scheduled to perform at the same time, but Bad Religion was on a little earlier so we thought we could get a little bit of both.

Before I describe the night, let me let anyone know that though I own almost all the albums of each group, I’d never seen them live. This is the opposite of Dave Matthews Band, I didn’t own any of their albums and my first experience was a concert, I was sold after that and saw probably two shows a year for about five years. I was pretty stoked to see both groups in the same night.

We headed over to Bad Religion first, they started earlier than Wu-Tang and the Wu was a bit late anyway, so we wanted to catch a bunch of songs before we headed over to the other stage. I was blown away, I’d seen some old local bands such as Pennywise and Farside around here back in the day, but Bad Religion went off, they’re still just as good as they’re albums, they did “You,” “Generator,” and a couple from the newer albums, but the energy was intense, a couple of pits in front of the stage and a bunch of people floating with a little help from the crowd, I was just signing along with the songs like it was ten years ago.

After a bunch of songs, we had to head over to the Wu stage, you need to understand I’m a huge fan, and I missed out on a concert about ten years ago when they were supposed to perform with Rage Against the Machine, before Wu-Tang dropped the LA shows, I sold my tickets after that.

Damn, they rocked the house! Everyone was there, with the exception of O.D.B.(RIP), they had the crowd singing along with all there songs, and it wasn’t limited to the groups’ somgs, they did a couple of Meth and Raekwon’s songs, it was sick! The whole crowd was into it, they has such a presence on stage. Kanye West came on after them, but it was a hard act to follow, Kanye’s got some talent, but I’m sick of him saying how great he is. Wu-Tang doesn’t need to pull that, they are one of the greatest, it goes without saying, and it’s obvious when they’re on stage. “Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to fuck with!”

All in all, it ws a great trip, I got to see a couple of legends on stage. It was funny, a friend of mine didn’t care about Bad Religion, he said, “I don’t want to see a bunch of old guys still trying to rock,” how wrong you were, they both rocked the house and next year I need to be there for both days.

Never miss a chance to see your favorite artists on stage.

Besides that I’ve been pretty busy with various freelance projects and I can’t wait to add some new stuff to my portfolio and get back to cover interesting things.

Now for the worst part, waiting…

I would hope that schools would teach science based on fact, hard evidence and years of scientific data. Now they will cop out and say, “evolution is a theory, and life here could be too complex, so there must have been a creator.” That sounds like creationism to me, God and science don’t usually mix well. Read more…