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When I began design work for Alice – The Ballet. The first visual concept that I needed to face was … Read More

The web has grown up – and everyone wants a personal, timely experience The strategy to understanding your customers journey … Read More

Asheville Nonprofit Website Design The new CarePartners website is cleaner and lighter. With all the modern features for an active … Read More

Celebrating Two Years… Asheville Holistic Dentist logo was launched February 2017 (sorry, I am two-years behind on posting my own design … Read More

See my product photography in action (and order some Organic Cornmeal it is super good). https://www.barkleysmill.com/collections/all-products/products/gourmet-stoned-happy-cornmeal We wish Barkley’s Mill … Read More

Anyone in the Pasadena area January 31st – join Carol Jones and learn more about her story. Irishguy Design Studio … Read More

Sunrise just outside Asheville. One of those amazing moments during the Golden Hour.

GIF animation are the total rage (right now). The short GIF animation will load on any device. These animation loops … Read More

Be sure to click to enlarge this color photo of Pablo (the Rooster).

The Circles & Lines design. Putting the Ink and Pen illustration on a 3D shape gives the design a whole new life. … Read More

Greece 2018 the light and water was so impressive that no filters were used.  

Golden Sunrise from the Irishguy Design Studio. Downtown Asheville is just before the last mountain range.

Book Cover Design Who doesn’t judge a book by its cover?  Books that have unique graphics, quality fonts with eye-catching … Read More

Banner Animation – the website trend for 2019. The GIF format has had a long online history. The GIF animation … Read More

A clean, functional, user-friendly ecommerce website. Customers to the site can order personalized books – written by the author. The … Read More

Business Website Design Asheville   Visit Website: www.cmtcoatings.com

It was great being able to donate 50 hours of Web Design and Social Media service to the Sandy Mush Community … Read More

Local Google AdWords While online shopping in 2017 increased, 90% of purchases happened in physical stores. Use Local Google AdWords to Capture … Read More

My Life is Captured with Doodles Doodles have been an active aspect of my design work for as long as … Read More

Letterhead design uses critical graphic design details, to communicate Branding, Contact Information, and Personalization. For the Irishguy Design Studio letterhead, we … Read More

Vacation Rental Website Design User friendly vacation rental website. Keeping the vacation simple with the https://great-guana-cay-vacation.com vacation rental website.  

Google My Business Google My Business has become an essential part of any successful business. Many customers rely on the Google … Read More

Business Card Design with 10% Discount. Yes, 10% Discount on orders over $30. aboqor10

Postcards for Marketing Designing a postcard to promote your business, event, or service is still an efficient, easy, and economical … Read More

URL: https://www.drumsanddragons.com Drums & Dragons Fundraiser Who could pass up working with such fun photography? The Drums and Dragons event … Read More

Google Tag Manager is a faster performing process for streamlining tag deployment. Combine reporting processes into one interface.Google understands that … Read More

Yes, the SmartPhone market is slowing down. 2017 Internet Trends report concluded that the increase for smartphones is on the … Read More

Tool Icon Design Icon Design by Gary Crossey Icons remain a hot design trend for 2017. The Flat Design is … Read More

We offer competitive pricing structures for your restaurant, cookbook, or food blog photography. Everyone is keen to see photos. Photos … Read More

Peacock Sky Photography The Big Sandy Mush mountains are deep in clouds. With the peacocks drying his features after a … Read More

  NEW YouTube Channel Irishguy Design Studio worked with Minuteman Signs to create the first in their collection of product … Read More

Asheville Business Website Hero Slide Slider Call to Action – Request Service Form. Portfolio of Projects. Recent projects populate on … Read More

URL: Relax & Rejuvenate Relax & Rejuvenate arrived with an out-of-date WordPress site. The theme was too old to update. And … Read More

52 Week Photo Challenge WEEK ONE ASSIGNMENT Story: Rule of Thirds ASSIGNMENT: The rule of thirds is the first compositional … Read More

I make handmade cookies. And, have quite a collection of candy/cookie making baking tools. Unlike, other kitchen tools, the cookie/candy … Read More

My ink illustration turn to pop for motion. Great song by Marc Sound.

BLOG: 5 Reasons to See Your Dentist Every good blog needs a strong graphic. Asheville Dental Care like a crisp, clean … Read More

Who doesn’t enjoy creating fun comic strip illustrations?  Asheville Dental Care always has fresh ideas, and are interested in connecting with … Read More

Yes, we can have your Sotheby’s International Realty website design approved . The Premier website includes many realtor tools:  MLS … Read More

Minimalistic Website Design Website Design – Striking the Right Balance. The best web designers have the talent and experience to … Read More

Food-styling photography for Asheville area farms.

Website Banners are not the most exciting graphic in the world. But, someone has got to make them. Included here … Read More

Doodle Art – Ink Illustrations. I always like drawing with ink. It was until discovering Aubrey Beardsley (1984) that I became a … Read More

Ink Hand-drawn illustration. Read – MINDFUL DOODLES Publication

Read my MINDFUL DOODLES Publication

Read my MINDFUL DOODLES Publication

Read my MINDFUL DOODLES Publication

URL: ashevilledentalcare.com The logo design was the first of many project collaborations. ILLUSTRATION – Comic Strip Illustration  BLOG – Dental Lasers … Read More

Read my MINDFUL DOODLES Publication

Seed Cake Food Styling for Photography shot.  

3D Icon Designs Icons for an Annual Report. I began by modeling of the icons. Once I had my 3D … Read More

What an honor to photograph the childhood home of Dorothy Draper. The house is located an hour from New York. And … Read More

The photography hand study was created using a scanner. The hand was positioned in the scanner and held still while … Read More

During the summer I refined the Asheville Dental Care logo for the new owner Dr. Pang. Working with Asheville Dental Care … Read More

  Backstage with Boy George (Heaven – London). Soundcheck Tasty Tim Bash – London Bunny & Boy George performing a David … Read More

Doodle Art inspired by a phone call from a friend. The beginning sketch (below) centers on the brightest, fullest sunflower … Read More

Black Walnut Inn – Asheville NC

Award Animation created for the WIRED Best Business Website Design award for Dagnabit Animation.

Asheville Small Business Underground Weaver Graphic Design Project for Poster, Letterhead, and Notebook Cover Design. Using Images of building from … Read More

Theater Set Design for Alice Photography for the scene I began building the scene from photography. Even though I am … Read More

Asheville Business Card Design Asheville Business Card Design can mean one of two things. A business card that is designed … Read More

July 4th, 2015. Photo of Melissa Rebholz – chef and farm manager for Rural Resources. Picture of Melissa while watching … Read More

The fun part about designing a Yellow Pages Ad is the color. Black and yellow. Sure there is an entire range … Read More

Mock-Up- CD Cover   Photography by Gary Crossey Package Design by Gary Crossey Who Shot the Go-Go Dancer? Sure, some CD cover … Read More

Promoting Banner Ad Space        

Awards Presentation Graphics Asheville Awards Presentation Graphics created by Gary Crossey of IrishGuy Graphic Design. The journey with the Asheville Chamber … Read More

I designed the Red Hoop images for a manufacturing awards event. Included on this page are 4 or the 30 … Read More

I used tiny dots to create the graphics for the HEville launch. Each dot represented each member of the HEville … Read More

Pour Myself a Cup of Ambition LINK TO PLAYLIST – FOLLOW the Playlist for future updates. CD Cover Design Tech Choices … Read More

When you have something to say – why not say it on a custom designed letterhead? Letterhead design created for … Read More

HEville Social Network was an early start-up. The dots in the shadows made me think of the network membership. The … Read More

CD Cover Design – Brave Hands The most talent Deborah Lutz is always a pleasure. The Brave Hands CD cover began … Read More

Cheshire Cat There was something about this scene that was so, important to get right. The entire scene runs for … Read More

Asheville Motion Graphics My design work began in the nightclubs of Atlanta. Back then I created frame-by-frame animations. Now, I … Read More

Asheville Flatiron Building I am a big fan of the Asheville Flatiron building. The buildings placement in downtown Asheville creates … Read More

Poster Design created for the Asheville Adobe User Group. The user group was a creative resource for local graphic designs, … Read More

Personal preference identifies that people relate to a brand name that they understand. People are attracted to meaningful and memorable brands. … Read More

The hand drawn doodles take on a life of their own. The patterns are often as unexpected as the stories … Read More

WATCH: The Three Little Pigs The opening of Cheap Joes Art Supplies in Asheville has inspired me to get back to … Read More

Atlanta Dentist Icon.

  Asheville Computer Repair Website URL: www.oneclickavl.com

Photography by Gary Crossey.  The headshot was created for a photographers profile shot.  

Photo Restoration Services Restoring your historical heirloom photos from water damage, mold damage, and even torn or ripped photos. Have … Read More

Classic Business Card Design for Soapbox Farm Leicester NC. Keeping the business card free of clutter.

What is not fun about working with Cookie La Rue. Everyone needs love – Non-profit Poster Design created by Gary … Read More

Sweet Caroline Labradoodles had so many great photos of their dogs that it was difficult to select one image. So … Read More

Magical Lighting effects from the early morning sun rise. The mountains surrounding Asheville make for gorgeous lighting effects. For more … Read More

Asheville Graphic Design studio produced the Creativity Infographic. The graphic design was for Superduper Team Professional Adult Computer Training.  

Not perfect is a theme in most of my photography. I never select the “best” fruit. To me, there is … Read More

ALICE: Hall of Tears scene from the ballet created by Asheville Dance Company Terpsicorps. GARY: It is hard to know where I … Read More

INFOGRAPHIC The Six Styles of Creative Solutions  The Six Styles of Creative Solutions was adapted from Edward De Bono “Six … Read More

How does the Website Load on Different Devices?  

Recent research shows that 70% of people are unhappy at work. With being “too busy” as the number one reason … Read More

Banner Ads Reach your target market using website banner ads. Yes – someone has to design all those website banner … Read More

Longer Version “How Extraordinary! I thought they would care for nothing but your art” The opening animated text sequence is … Read More

Branding Asheville Ballet Season Poster Design and Branding:  solely by Brian Jones. Video Project for Asheville Ballet   VIDEO PRODUCTION Video … Read More

BRANDING: Create Signage. RETRO POSTER DESIGN. Posters have a history of connecting people. Unlike other forms of graphic design. Posters … Read More

CD Cover Design for Asheville Cookie La Rue CD Cover Design. Sure it has been awhile since anyone has requested … Read More

Punk Portrait Photography Punk Portrait Photography of Tasty Tim. Tasty Tim – Needledust (London) Photography and Graphic Design by Gary Crossey. What … Read More

  Enjoying the summer with gifted blooms.

Asheville Business Card Design Working with the Asheville Salon is always fun. For the Asheville Salon Business Card both Danielle … Read More

There was quite an in-depth creative process in bringing the Irish Guy Website Design, Programming, and SEO Services 3D Logo … Read More

Icon Design Icon Designs are fun to create. Fun to make and fun to use. There are endless images to … Read More

Icon Design Icons created for a photographer. Four Photography Icon Designs created by Gary Crossey (aka IrishGuy).  

Sometimes, I get to do more than Graphic Design services in Asheville. The Frame-by-Frame animation was created and showcased in the … Read More

How long does it take to build an International brand? It might surprise you to see the historical timeline of your … Read More

A series of icons created for the service website page of One Click Fix Computer Repair Asheville. The icons color … Read More

Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition  The SAMR Model was developed by Ruben Puentedura with the objective to provide educators with … Read More

Identity Branding Package Providing my clients with the ability to express their business individuality through a well planned Identity Branding Package. Branding that … Read More

Sir Ken Robinson. Changing Eduction Paradigms.  Education in the 21st Century is not fast enough. With the quick pace of developing technologies … Read More

While I do love the first portrait of Vivian. The blue of her eyes. The void of makeup. The natural … Read More

South Beach Condo Postcard Design Most all of my Graphic Design work gets impacted by my photography in some form. … Read More

History of the GIF Animation Internet tech is often blamed for moving forward to fast. The changes happen too quickly … Read More

By providing a simple icon or infographic, the reader can quickly grasp the content quickly.

Do you love your job? I do. I understand what motivates me. And which tasks that do not. In the following speech by … Read More

Asheville Business Card Design Inspired by a Needle  Asheville is the home to the small business. Working on the design for the … Read More

Click on photo to enlarge.  Yes, I know there is a theme developing here. Just to be sure to get … Read More

Asheville Photography Sample of Hens and Roosters Asheville Photography Sample – Gary Crossey Please  enjoy my photography collection – Common Grounds Chickens. … Read More

Interesting point of view on how technology is taken for granted by the era born into it. It is difficult … Read More

Writers are told to write what they know. The same is true for photographers. Photograph what you know. They also say, “never … Read More

Asheville Video Shorts Asheville Manufacturing Video Shorts created by Gary Crossey for the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. After meeting with … Read More

ASHEVILLE PHOTOGRAPHY SAMPLE In Asheville, the snow experience is never the same.  For 2015, we had a few mild days. … Read More

Asheville Website Design Website Features Online Booking. Online Gallery. Other Design Projects Asheville Salon Logo Design Asheville Salon Business Card … Read More

Photography in the Asheville snow.

Graphic Design Services Asheville.Graphic Design Services Asheville.Graphic designers all have different approaches to creating unique posters. For me, designing a … Read More

Asheville Poster Design Sample As a graphic designer, creating a poster design is always a fun project. For me each … Read More

The Web Design Timeline – The Early Years It was 1989, I was 15. Soul II Soul was riding the charts … Read More

Asheville is such an interesting town. The local Asheville business community represents a wide diversity of product lines. Which often … Read More

Product Photography Photography by Gary Crossey Working with local Asheville businesses is always a treat. With a wide range of … Read More

Asheville Product Photography / Website Design Product Photography for Print Marketing and Website Design. A successful website requires content. Without … Read More

Visually communicate information of a technical nature with Technical Illustration. The conveyor series of Technical Illustration commissioned for Handlers Safety … Read More

Precise drawing.

Website Banner Ad A national banner ad created for PBS The Newshour show. The banner was first created as a … Read More

Creating content for PBS was awesome. The website banners were firsted designed to be deployed in Flash. The example posted … Read More

The blue sky is everywhere. It’s here, in the mountains of Asheville. It is also there in the streets of … Read More

Asheville Illustrations for package design project.

Rock Photography Asheville Photography for Enter the Earth Asheville, North Carolina. The clients liked the blue crystal photo so much, … Read More

Asheville Bruick catalog project. Working in the world of creative production involves having a range of job specialisation.

Icon Design Asheville Graphic Design Samples

Deploying media rich content requires a wealth of tools, knowledge, insight, and experience. The books I have wrote for address … Read More

Like many people, I use Wikipedia as my starting point for all information. Over the years I have come to … Read More

Seasonal Eggplant product photography and poster design for Soapbox Farm, Asheville. My list of branding project for Asheville small businesses … Read More

Asheville Interior Design Firm Website

Leicester Farmers market (Asheville) is a small local market. I got their first website up and active – and provided … Read More

Photography from a new cookbook.

The contrast between the pepper and the wood surface – really makes this photo pop. Used: in sectional insect for … Read More