Rudolph the Red-Nosed Ramdeer

Thanksgiving is practically almost about to be here, and that means the Fordham University Holiday Passport is on its way! For those of you not familiar with it, the passport serves as a handy, pocket-sized guide chockfull of everything you ever wanted to know about how to spend the holidays in NYC.

One of my favorite positions at Fordham has been designing the covers for the Holiday Passport. This year, I really wanted to play up the "Fordham" aspect of the publication--and that's how I came upon the cute and cuddly holiday ramdeer that you see above. You'll also notice that the passport now comes in TWO collectible editions--red and blue (just like the original Pokémon).

I went through a number of ideas before settling on this design. If you're interested in seeing some of the ramdeer that didn't make the final cut, just look below.

And finally, here's last year's cover design, for posterity's sake.

For those of you keeping up with ABC's "Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas," happy countdown-to-the-countdown!

Santabucks Coffee Cups

With Starbucks' red holiday cups out in the market, I thought it'd be fun to do a simple Christmas redesign of their recently redesigned logo. Turns out it only takes a few tweaks to turn the Starbucks siren into everyone's favorite jolly old elf.

If you'd like to turn your own Starbucks coffee cup into an authentic Santabucks Christmas cup, just print out the sheet below on sticker paper, trim along the dotted line, and slap on your next warm beverage. (Or slap it on a red or white ornament and say goodbye to holiday gift-shopping!)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

The holidays are still about a month away here! Seeing as both Starbucks and McDonald's decided to break out their holiday cups today (helpful hint: McDonald's peppermint mochas are roughly half the price of Starbucks'), I figured it was time for my blog to buy into the commercialism spirit of the season as well. Hence, the updated blog header.

Look out for plenty of holiday sketches in the weeks to come. Merry November!