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My name is Brandon Minga; I’ve been on the hunt for greatness, something or somebody to dredge me up from the depths and exploit my over grown passions and abilities. Coming off my last few interviews and considerations for art director , I realized the reason i’m lurking – greatness. Looking to work for and with a group of open minded, talented and brave creatives and thinkers, i want something more.
Graduating from MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design ‘04) I imagined myself being a titan in the art and design world. Although, currently, i feel more like a titan adrift, looking for the proper conduit. As the lead creative at my current employer, I’ve had the fortunate experience of working with big name clients like Kohl’s, Urban Outfitters, Anheuser-Busch, Milwaukee Brewers, Chase Bank and even a few Harley Davidson projects; on a variety of projects that also shift in medium. We go from creating illustrations and graphics for apparel to web graphics to print pieces and prepping this art for each of these various printing processes. I’ve used my knowledge of Digital Design and Development for the company as well as for their clients, ranging from e-commerce, blog sites and branded sites. I also squeak in some freelance and contracted work doing digital and web development, print, apparel, illustration and art direction.
Volunteering with the OnRampMKE.com program, i’ve be able to give back to my community as a mentor and instructor for the students. I’ve played a vital role in the creation of the curriculum and teaching processes, as a guest consultant on the organizations board. MIAD has also given me the opportunity to inspire and to be inspired, as a guest speaker on various panels ranging in topic from, “After Graduation” to “Freelancing as a Creative Professional.” As a student, MIAD approached me to mentor and speak to incoming students, jump starting my desire to engage, share and connect as a team oriented member of society.
Looking to work for and with a group of open minded, talented and brave creatives and thinkers, i want something more. Somewhere that i can channel my passion and thirst for creation; and then be asked if that’s all i’ve got. I want to work with and/or for groups, individuals, companies; making waves.

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Honored to be nominated as one of the finalist for the Pfister Artist in Residence ,  here’s a look at my work and a few moments captured from a gallery night opening at Gallery M in the Intercontinental. If you like what you see please do help me by voting, see below for details.

As i’ve mentioned, i’m currently top 6 in the running to become Milwaukee’s 2012 Pfister’s Artist in Residence!  That means I’ll be creating traditional artwork, live at the most prestigious hotel in Milwaukee, in addition to other amazing accolades and opportunities.  The program is open to public voting but I’ve got some stiff competition; I needs YOUR help!  It’s very easy, all you have to do is email “Brandon Minga for AiR” to amyhansen@marcuscorp.com, once per day until February 17th.

Please, if you would also pass this on to your friends and family that would be very appreciated!  Thank you SO much for all of your support, it means a lot to us and the family. We’ll let you know as soon as the winner is announced.

For more information on the program, visit http://www.thepfisterhotel.com/artist-in-residence/

**You can also vote on Facebook with just a few clicks: http://www.facebook.com/thePfisterHotel?v=app_244811078919605&app_data=vote_entry_id%3D2682931 , Just click this link, click “Like”, then click “Vote” under Brandon’s bio. If the vote section doesn’t pop up, just re-click this link and it should take you to the voting page. Let me know if you run into any snags.

or on Twitter using the #ArtistinResidence

photos taken by Lionel Oswaldox Villatoro of Liosvi Design

sincerely, thanks you.

minga

Posted by Brandon Minga Categorized: Art Design Illustration |

February 2009 / № 076

hey fellow KDU minion, looking for that support that helped me win a spot in the weapons of mass creation show! thanks again for that. this time around i’m in the running for a year long residency at the pfister hotel here in milwaukee.  Looking for you all to do the same thing, just a lil bit of clicking everyday til feb. 17th.

help me by voting http://www.facebook.com/thePfisterHotel?sk=app_244811078919605 as well as using #ArtistinResidence on the twitter

thank you for your continued support

sincerely,

minga

Posted by Brandon Minga Categorized: Art Illustration |

February 2009 / № 074

VOTE for Minga in WMC

Here’s the skinny – i need your help and the best part is it’s super easy! All i need you to do to show support is click the image above or goto this link -  click me – and just click “vote” on the image above or the one titled Mingadigm (that’s me?!) to vote for my inclusion in this exhibition described below! super simple, it helps the process if while you’re voting you are currently logged out of facebook, doesn’t like that for some reason. 1 click is fantastic, but in order to win it’s all about the numbers; so if you’d be so kind as to click “vote” once a day everyday until voting closes,  you’d be completely awesome. thanks for the help. regards minga

event details – -

Become one of the 20 Designers featured in the design gallery at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011. Hundreds are considered for this opportunity and you will receive great exposure for your work. It will be seen by hundreds of people (pretty influential people I might add) throughout the festival and the following week.

Talk about getting your name out there and rubbing shoulders with some of the best! Not only will you earn a spot in the gallery, but your name/link will be featured on wmcfest.com and on all print materials!

February 2009 / № 073

VOTE for Minga in WMC

Here’s the skinny – i need your help and the best part is it’s super easy! All i need you to do to show support is click the image above or goto this link -  click me – and just click “vote” on the image above or the one titled Mingadigm (that’s me?!) to vote for my inclusion in this exhibition described below! super simple, it helps the process if while you’re voting you are currently logged out of facebook, doesn’t like that for some reason. 1 click is fantastic, but in order to win it’s all about the numbers; so if you’d be so kind as to click “vote” once a day everyday until voting closes,  you’d be completely awesome. thanks for the help. regards minga

event details – -

Become one of the 20 Designers featured in the design gallery at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011. Hundreds are considered for this opportunity and you will receive great exposure for your work. It will be seen by hundreds of people (pretty influential people I might add) throughout the festival and the following week.

Talk about getting your name out there and rubbing shoulders with some of the best! Not only will you earn a spot in the gallery, but your name/link will be featured on wmcfest.com and on all print materials!

February 2009 / № 070

Phase 2 of the second tattoo i’m going to have Adam from Adambombgallerie.com work his magic on. this is going to start atop my hand and continue up my forearm to my elbow region. going to be a pretty spectacular tattoo when done. this also may be one of the more indepth typography treaments i’ve done. printed the original vector art out to scale, pieced it together on the light table and then proceeded to layer some sketching paper over it inking this into the current phase. had allot of fun with it. and yes, for those wondering, i have consulted adambomb to make sure the line thinkness and variations are tattoo-able.

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minga started work on his second tattoo with Adambomb tattoo’s. this tattoo is going to pretty awesome; starting on top of my hand going up to my elbow region. Adambomb does such great work i’m sure it’s going to be amazing.

February 2009 / № 068

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minga started work on his second tattoo with Adambomb. this tattoo is going to pretty awesome; starting on top of my hand going up to my elbow region from the graphics’s left to the right. Adambomb does such great work i’m sure it’s going to be amazing. this is pretty much the second phase here and i ‘ll be furthering this design by printing it out and adding some my own hand drawn stuff.

February 2009 / № 066

Had an awesome Saturday last weekend when i did a demo on how to customize a pair of black white Chuck Taylors.  Was pretty awesome, had a few folks stay the entire demo, was about 3-4hrs long from sketches to inking the final touches on the shows. Many thanks to Utrecht Art Supplies for putting this all together and giving me the opportunity to share one of my passions. thanks

February 2009 / № 060

Press checking one of the concepts that was chosen for a test at Kohl’s. Turned out pretty hot. loving the detail and pop of the colors, while still having a super soft hand.

February 2009 / № 058

the next installment of the Minga identity. this was developed recently for use on the fine art series of apparel that i’m going to drop soon. don’t blink, i’ll keep you posted! can hardly wait, going to be huge…

February 2009 / № 050

SWEET, got around to getting some product shots done! i have have to say that when the client gets the proper quality printing done for the the way the art was intended, that maybe my favorite part – quality printing for quality art, seems to make so much sense! HAH

previous post – Album art, layout and tees for the band Before Tomorrow.  super happy with with this project and the band loves it too. complete creative license drawn from their music, is the force behind this one. attend the album release party and they killed it. thanks.

February 2009 / № 048

some more great news from the Mingadigm store.
Society6 has selected my Print “MINGA x Delivery of a Gift” to be included in the Society6 Shop!

locate it here – http://mingadigm.society6.com/store

February 2009 / № 045

so i finally got some consistency and superb quality going with some printing/fulfillment. my plan is stay here and transfer all Minga products and prints to the new Mingadigm. check ‘em out, super affordable, Gallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, ultra smooth, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson K3 archival inks. Custom trimmed with 2″ border.

locate mingadigm here – http://www.society6.com/studio/mingadigm/store

there’s also a pretty sweet promotion going thru july 25th so don’t sleep on it. $5 off your purchase of any print or product in the store, the sale is applied to your cart.

thanks for the support, and by all means; please don’t keep me a secret.

regards

minga

February 2009 / № 044

Album art, layout and tees for the band Before Tomorrow.  super happy with with this project and the band loves it too. i was there for the album release party and they killed it. thanks.

February 2009 / № 041

Got a decent camera, so not have product shots is a thing of the past! This picts are of the Fright Rag and Mondo Tees smash i did.  The tee turned out awesome, super soft and colors were almost spot on. Not to mention that they hooked it up with one of the sick metallic, silk screened posters. Thanks! MINGA

ReCap – - … got the chance to work with Ben over at Fright-Rags.com. home of some kick-ass classic horror tee’s. this was a special design for a limited edition run of tee’s in collaboration with Mondo tees, to include a special run poster as well. Awesome, working with Ben, and can’t wait to see what the package, poster and tee, look like together! MONDO is certainly know for their amazing posters…and this is no exception. thanks again to you all! check this out frightrags.infusionsoft.com/link/b22bf4280/cc77c0, this is ridiculous. loving these guys, can’t wait to see what else i can work on for them! HA!

Be warned they are limited to a run of 200, so once they’re gone they are gone. So no sleeping on this one they drop April 16th, make sure to get you one. Thanks – -

February 2009 / № 030

Hey, hey there! so i’m currently in the process of getting my work available to the community on Uncommon. Until then, please contact me for your very own Minga phone case, personally.  <ade to last, uncommon is guaranteeing the highest quality and durability. I suppose the other thing for us all to think about is what graphic couldn’t i put in/on these cases!? so if you see something on Minga that you like and would luv to protect your phone with, please say no more and get in touch. these are the product cases available so far, iPhone 3g/3gs, iPod Touch Case, iPad Capsule Case, and Blackberry Storm II trooper shell. Cool thanks, more to come!!

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