Beyond Design: Bighorn Field Notes

Illustration of a scenic landscape with mountains, trees, and animals including deer and bears, overlaid with logos for the Cody Field Office and Bighorn Mountain Crawlers, celebrating 40 years.

Overview // Apparel Design, Insight

Role: Primary Designer, Illustrator

Team: Bighorn Design, Bighorn Mountain Crawlers, BLM Cody Field Office

Built from what recharges me: mountain miles and trail time. This two-design collection turns weekends in the Bighorns into hand-drawn, outdoors-forward apparel. Created for Bighorn Mountain Crawlers and the BLM Cody Office, the graphics channel my love of hiking and overlanding into bold, production-ready prints. Practical and hands-on, the work stays within real production limits and carries a clear affection for Wyoming's high country.

Black and white illustration of a rugged off-road vehicle climbing over rocks with a smaller vehicle in the background on a mountain, accompanied by the text 'Bighorn Mountain Crawlers'.
Gray hoodie with black sleeves featuring a graphic of a Jeep and a sunset in the background, with text around and below the graphic that reads "Crawling the Bighorns for 10 Years" and "Bighorn Mountain Crawlers."

Took an outdated club logo and rebuilt it from the ground up, hand-drawing the vehicle and prepping it for screen printing. The 10-year anniversary design pushed further with custom halftone spot color screens for a retro gradient sunset, turning a decade of trail miles into production-ready apparel. Both pieces pull directly from my time spent on Bighorn mountain roads, where the best design ideas tend to show up between switchbacks.

Land management sign featuring a landscape with mountains, cloudy sky, and animals including antelope, bison, and a bird in flight, with color bars on the side.
Gray t-shirt with landscape illustration of mountains, trees, grass, and animals on the back and a logo patch on the front left chest.

Drew a custom landscape illustration for the BLM Cody Field Office that captures the full scope of their territory: from open feeding plains to ridgeline peaks. The pronghorn in motion balances the composition while keeping the scene alive and active, pulled straight from years of hiking and exploring the eastern slopes of the Rockies. Walked the technical line between detailed linework and a limited color palette that could actually survive the press, turning volunteer and staff apparel into something that reflects the country they spend their days in.