Have you ever hid under the covers late at night with a flashlight and a comic book? Or waged imaginary backyard warfare versus evil forces while dressed in a homemade costume?

If so, take a deep breath and let the lengthy exhale cleanse from your system the anxiety of being a closeted dweeb. Your secret fetish for the four-eyed arts is safe with us.

The truth is, however, you’re not as alone as you may believe. To roughly paraphrase a fictional purveyor of justice “you have the power.”

Still don’t believe? Set your Web browser to the blog  I Have the Power Art and your expectations to “stunned.”

If you were a kid in the 80s, you undoubtedly recognized the blog title as the call-to-action mantra of comic book and cartoon-icon He-Man. Those same kids who were raised on cheesy 80s television are all grown up now and many have become artists — some more so than others.

Gallery 1988 and their Masters of the Universe Tribute Show is a prime example.

The California-based gallery is currently displaying and selling Masters of the Universe-inspired art work; ranging a gamut of mediums and styles. They vary from Warhol-ian-type screen-print portraits and epic oil-on-canvas battle scenes to painted-wood renderings of He-Man getting a haircut. Or his nemesis Skeletor getting a root canal. And when we say all other styles and interpretations in between…we mean it.

What keeps us up at night? The great design of nefarious villains. Good thing we’ve got a flashlight and a good read.

www.ihavethepowerart.blogspot.com

Need a an extra fistful of benjamins? Our good friends over at VSAG are sponsoring the Name a Restaurant Contest where you get to be the star and take home the cash, $2500 to be exact. Think hip, bold, Asian influenced with an American style appeal. On-the-go or sit down, this restaurant will be LA’s place to eat and be seen eating. Take a chance, who knows, when it’s shown on Food Network, you can smile and take a bow.

And remember, thats bighouse graphix, 219 West Bryan Street, Savannah GA 31401.  Fine imported beers, cold hard cash or just a simple thanks will do. Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, anyone can enter.  Contest ends October 31st.

www.namearestaurant.com

When competing for attention on the shelves of big box stores, timid is not an option. If the consumer doesn’t grab your product within the first 3 seconds, they probably never will. Package design is often your one and only interaction that you have with potential clients.

Cooper Hunting Industries has contracted bighouse graphix to help brand their flagship product, The Chameleon Blind. The Chameleon blind is a portable, hunting blind that can be setup in less than 5 minutes, allowing a hunter to setup anywhere and in no time.

By incorporating the use of a bright and contrasting color palette along with bold fonts, this box design screams for attention. Custom illustrations provide for easy, at-a-glance setup instructions. Package design, sales slicks and a trade show exhibit are just a few of the branded pieces that bighouse graphix was responsible for.

Have a new product you are launching or one that just isnt quite getting the attention it deserves?  Give us a jingle.

Bess Chappas currently travels the country promoting her children’s books. Since her retirements, she has been telling stories professionally to both children and adult groups across the country.  She has won Honorable Mention for an article in the Writer’s Digest contest and has authored the  CD, “Savannah Ghost Stories” and the children’s book, “Kiki and the Red Shoes.”

She wanted a simple website that would allow her to sell her CDs and books along with the ability to post upcoming events and articles. Building on a wordpress platform, we were able to achieve both goals fairly simple by incorporating a simple blog into the site. This allows Bess to easily make updates, add new pages, post new articles and add new items to her store.

www.savannahstoryspinners.com

The falcon is one of the fastest animals on the planet and also the namesake of the Lowcountry’s newest IT business, Falcon Worx. bighouse graphix was more than happy to work with the Falcon Worx gang from the ground up on the image and voice of their brand.

Falcon Worx specializes in comprehensive hassle free managed IT services, computer network services, hardware and software upgrades and repair, data backup and IP surveillance systems for small to medium sized businesses in Savannah and surrounding areas. Any sized business can benefit by Managed IT. Let them  show you how outsourcing your IT to one vendor can cut costs, increase productivity and reduce risk for your business. From server upgrades to virus protection, you can reduce downtime and keep working.  They take take care of your network and you get work done. Unlike most IT support vendors, they take a proactive approach rather than waiting until it’s broken.  It’s like getting a full support tech staff at one flat monthly rate, no surprises, 24/7/365. We even created a custom calculator that can show you just how much you can save, Take a look HERE.

With the Falcon Worx brand, one goal was to make them standout from the rest of the already overabused color palette of blues, greens and greys one might often find in this somewhat misunderstood service industry.  With colors such as red and black along with the bold headlines and attitude of the website, Falcon Worx is not your regular IT company.

www.falconworx.com

With Fatwood Kindlin’ firestarter sticks, you can start fires in no time.  It’s true, these 8″ hand-split firestarter sticks start quickly with just the touch of a match, no mess, no chemicals, no hassle.  So for that special evening  when you would rather get cooking quicker or just want to get that fire going faster, use our Fatwood Kindlin sticks, she will love you for it.  So forget the fuss and get on with the fun, with Longleaf Lighter Company’s Fatwood Kindlin’.

But seriously, we had a real blast working with this client. bighouse was excited when called on to help rebrand this product from top to bottom.  From logo, packaging, content, web presence and social media, we hit the ground running at the opportunity.  This ecommerce site had challenges written all over it, featuring flash, PHP, javascript you name it. Because Kindlin’ is sold on both a wholesale and retail level, the site had to be developed to cater to both end users and reflect two pricing structures.

One of the most important things that the client required was control of their own site, allowing them to make edits and replace or add items, change pricing, etc.  This was accomplished by using Wordpress as our CMS platform and Cartweaver for the shopping cart features. The site even features ecommerce integration with the clients Quickbooks account, allowing automated order processing and hassle free online sales. Sales can be viewed in real time, batched immediately, providing a hands-free, no hassle ecommerce experience.  And of course to get the product out quicker to their customers, shipping integration with the fullfillment operation helped round out the entire site.

So give the site a visit and tell us what you think.

www.kindlin.com

Our latest logo design is for Tech-Hub Solutions, located in Garden City, Georgia.  Print collateral and website splash page were designed by bighouse graphix. Specializing in Fulfillment, Logistics, Pick and Pack, Shipping, Warehousing, Print Media, and Direct Mail Marketing, they are your one-stop business solution for all things mailed or stored.  If your non-profit or business needs Processing, Sorting, Automating First Class, Presort Standard Letters and Flats, as well as USPS Bound Printed Matter and Parcel Services, give them a call.  Tech-Hub Solutions is a division of Coastal Mailing Services and are MLOCR, MMS, CASS, MASS, FastForward, and NCOA Certified.

www.tech-hubsolutions.com

When our longtime friends at VSAG contacted us about being part of the Founding Farmers restaurant project back in July, we were more than excited.  Founding Farmers is unique in that their model is to provide Farm to Table serves fresh Farm-to-Table American-inspired true food and drink, sourcing locally and regionally whenever possible. It’s the first restaurant in Washington, DC to meet the LEED Gold Standard design criteria, and the Green Restaurant Association deemed it a Certified Green Restaurant. This $6 million, 2-story, 8,500 square foot restaurant serves up family farm favorites like fresh-baked biscuits, breads and pastries, omelettes, pancakes, and all the breakfast trimmings, big, hearty rustic farm sandwiches and soups, big, colorful green salads with just-picked vegetables, a variety of pot pies, prime cuts, pot roast, roasted chicken, and rich, delectable pies and desserts from the pastry bar, supplied by the in-house bakery.

The restaurant has even invested in the state-of-the-art Natura® water system to provide guests with fresh-filtered, purified, mineral-filled, chilled sparkling and still water served in glass carafes to eliminate truck deliveries, carbon emissions and to reduce tons of plastic and glass waste.

Other LEED criteria design elements and energy-efficient moves include the use of day lighting to illuminate the restaurant, increased ventilation, green-sourced power and low-VOC emitting paints.  Founding farmers officially opened its doors this spring.

bighouse graphix was honored to do the website build for Founding Farmers, and gives props to Allison at Seth Design for the website design.  Other credits go to VSAG (Developers), CORE (Architecture) and SPIN (amazing PR work).

SEE THE VIDEO: Founding Farmers on US News

www.wearefoundingfarmers.com

Cooked slow and served hot. That’s the Wild Hog way.  Based out of Richmond Hill, Georgia, Wildhog Barbecue and Caterers specializes in fundraising for churches, auxiliary groups, non-profits, you name it.  Their programs make it easy to bring home the bacon while folks eat some of the best barbecue in the lowcountry.

Logo, menu design and website development were done by bighouse graphix.

www.wildhogbarbecue.com

Duncan Commercial Real Estate specializes in commercial sales and lease transactions, serving the  Central and Western Maryland area, including the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C.  We were more than excited when Ken contacted us about designing his website and would like to thank the folks at Costar for the kind referral.

For this site, keeping it simple and to the point was very important. Browns and beiges help lend to that corporate look and feel, while simple and limited navigation makes the site easy to use.

www.duncancommercialproperties.com