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©𝗠𝗠𝗫𝗫𝗩𝗜 We’re so back. 2025 was a milestone year. I turned 40. I got more confident in myself and my skills. I learned how to work inside a corporate structure and lead a team. I rebranded an entire local media company. I also learned, again, that elections have consequences. I lost my job due to factors outside my control. I took my finances seriously, which gave me time to reset. The loss forced me to figure out who I am when I don’t have a job to define me. I realized unhealthy work patterns. After grinding the last 3 years nonstop at work, I did the opposite in the last months of 2025. I watched movies, slept in, exercised, journaled, spent time with friends and loved ones, and I remembered why I love the work I do. In 2026, I worked on my first indie film set (more on that in a later post), which was humbling and invigorating in all the right ways. It was new, and different and put new wrinkles in my brain. From that experience, I enter this year motivated and reenergized. I’m staying open to what’s next. I’m also not waiting around. I want to create and share my art and love of films. I also realized I do my best work when I’m pissed. Five weeks into this year, my blood is boiling. In addition to the fun, artful stuff, I’ll be posting more about how I see the world and current events. I’m no longer filtering my opinions for future employment. If silence feels acceptable to you right now, we probably won’t work well together anyway. If you know me, appreciate my work, and my values—my commissions are open. I’m available. I want to make rad shit. If the work’s right, we’ll figure out the budget, HMU. I specialize in art/creative direction, creative consulting, film screenings, editorial illustration, merch production, social content, marketing & branding. You will see more content/videos from me on these subjects in the next few months, too. In times like these, community matters. I want to take the things I've learned and the unapologetic style I've developed and start swinging. Whatever you need, let's make it happen. “In my own strange way.” – Evan

"𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛", 2025, 20" × 16" — digital collage arranged in Photoshop I found this line in Phil Jackson’s book “Eleven Rings,” a part-memoir, part-playbook on leading two NBA dynasties, managing incredible egos, and building systems that let every player flourish. I can't play basketball to save my life, but I bought the book because I wanted to learn how to bring the best out of the people I work with. Early in my career, I thought creative freedom meant anarchy. Tear it down, start from scratch, never color inside the lines. With time, experience, and a few bruises, I learned that order—the kind you build with intention—is what makes creativity possible. I’ve spent my life obsessed with details: fonts, grids, color systems. Small things that make big things happen. The world is already chaotic enough, and as artists, every bit of structure we create helps keep the hellscape at bay. The book resonated because leadership, to me, isn’t about control. It’s setting a standard, staying curious, and trusting people to bring their best to the work. Creating the best conditions to give everyone the room to breathe, experiment, and inspire. What drew me to the quote is that it mirrors how I approach and see the world. At the core of creativity, systems allow the magic to appear. My system is simple: let the intensity live in the work, not in how you make it. Authenticity is caring enough to be precise—because if you don’t care, no one will. Today, my freedom isn’t found in breaking rules, it’s in creating ones that allow my vision for a better world to endure in the whatever I do—no matter what chaos comes my way.

"𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸", 2026, 5400x1440, digital collage arranged/animated in Photoshop It's been awhile, but a few editorial illos inspired by living in hell. Commissions open, hmu.

New work for @pow.mag ! 🙌🏽 For this one, I got to riff on a fun concept: taking Pitchfork’s “100 Best Rap Albums of All Time” list and giving every record a rock-album counterpart, then figuring out how to smash those worlds together visually.� I went back and forth on whether to play it safe with simple cutouts of the rappers and rock artists, or just lean into something way more silly, but badass. Trusted my gut and honestly, who’s laughing now? *points to DMX fronting the Sex Pistols* Once I mocked up the first idea, it all snapped into place. The more I leaned into the concept and let it be weird, instead of dialing it back, turned this into one of my favorite projects I’ve done for them so far. Making a Tupac James Hetfield felt like such a personal statement, and I love that this artwork is also a nod to my musical upbringing. Thanks again to Jeff and the POW crew for trusting my weird vision, lol! Check out the full list on their site, there are SO many other incredible combinations that I wish I could've brought to life visually! Lastly, like the last slide says, commissions are open. If you're looking for art that's unique, original, and not afraid to be a little ridiculous (especially for music and culture stories that need their own visual flare), hit me up! Let’s make something people can’t scroll past! ✌🏽🤘🏽

Career update. Thanks KCRW, it's been real. If this ends up being the peak of my career in art direction and design, I couldn't have asked for a better opportunity to champion public media, serve the city I love, and highlight the incredible artists and photographers who make it one of the most creative and culturally rich places I am proud to call home. I'm excited to take some time to rest, reset, realign, and come back swinging. You haven't seen the last of me yet! (Hint: You should follow @cinemabierite ! 😉) "We can always kind of be average and do what’s normal. I’m not in this to do what’s normal." - Kobe Bryant On to the next chapter. In my own strange way. 🤘🏽✌🏽

New work for @pow.mag . A tribute to D'Angelo, the layout and colors were a nod to Drew Struzan, who also died yesterday.

I swear I'm going to be better about posting more consistently, but enjoy and please show some love on this BTS/Process video for my new Ozzy tribute piece for @pow.mag ! There were SO many killer photos of Ozzy over the years to choose from, I feel like I could've made 3 of these collages! Thanks to @passionweiss /@pow.mag for the opportunity to pay tribute to a legend! 🤘🏽🦇 #ozzy #ozzyosbourne #adobephotoshop #collageart

"𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻" (2025), 18"×24", digital collage New work for @pow.mag paying tribute to one of the last of the best—Ozzy Osbourne. I've been revisiting a lot of his music over the last week and getting to honor his memory using photos from my favorite Ozzy eras (before he became the cartoon character version of himself in the early '00s) was super important to me. Though his late '80s-early '90s era is my personal fav, I also wanted to include his Sabbath days as the foundation from which he built his musical legacy upon. RIP to a legend. Thank you for all the incredible music and for working with some of the best guitarists to ever pick up the instrument. I'll be blasting "No More Tears" and "No Rest For The Wicked" in your name. 🤘🏽🦇 #ozzy #ozzyosbourne

"𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹", 2024, 10.5"×10.5", collage with medicine Found some old expired medicine from when I broke my ankle in 2020, and figured it would look perfect on the wall of my guest bathroom. Collage was from a few years back, always loved it, and it looks better out of my art portfolio.

"𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙣", 2025, 16"×20", digital collage It's been awhile, but its time to start working on my fastball again. Ngl, it feels like the end times, all thanks to a cult of personalities hellbent on dismantling our entire country and selling it off to a bunch of cryptofascist tech ghouls. We live in a nightmare, and I'm mad as hell.

"𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲", 2025, 12"x16", VHS still image manipulated in Photoshop New work for KCRW at SXSW. Brought to you by mainlining Nine Inch Nails and Negronis. 🥃🤘🏽

𝕾𝖆𝖑𝖚𝖉, 𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖗𝖔 𝖞 𝖆𝖒𝖔𝖗. 👻 📸: @dariusjohari