Hello! My name is Brendan and I am an illustrator and graphic designer working in Portland, Or. I graduated from Portland State with a degree in graphic design in 2014, and have been working at Nike ever since. I’ve bounced around in the company from Global Football designing soccer kits, to college basketball, designing tees and uniforms, to where I am now designing tees full time.

When I was a teenager I fell in love with the art of the spray can and that was my first education on letters and characters. Through my college years I worked as a chalkboard artist at Trader Joe’s, another informal education into color, signage, and retail design. I am an illustrator and artist first, with skills in graphic design. My love of letters, characters, and color brings life and flavor to any project.

My interests are evident in my work. I can get lost in a record store collecting VHS, or rewatch any 80’s coming of age movie involving magic. The first fantasy book I read was Lord of the Rings, and I’ve read a big margin of the Shannara series. If it’s not fantasy, it’s food, traveling the city always searching for the next best Pho spot. While driving I’ll be bumping some 90’s rap or doom metal. Anything loud.

For inquiries:
hello@coolkidbrendan.com