R L Geisman, Advertising · Design

R L Geisman, Advertising · Design business website for graphic design

Lately I have been doing a lot of book design so I thought, time to add a page about this on my website. On this page ar...
06/09/2026

Lately I have been doing a lot of book design so I thought, time to add a page about this on my website. On this page are a number of book covers and also some two-page spreads from the body of the books. Enjoy!

rlgad.com/books

What do you do when a client hands you two examples of bird clip art and tells you how nice they are?Oh boy… sigh, and t...
06/02/2026

What do you do when a client hands you two examples of bird clip art and tells you how nice they are?

Oh boy… sigh, and then start looking for images of real ospey. Found a couple that worked and placed them in Adobe Illustrator and then started using them as reference to draw an ospey in flight and looking about to pounce. Wanted the energy that conveyed.

Kept it simple and it still took me about four hours to keep refining and further refining it. Typography kept simple as well and then selected colors to reflect the nature surrounding the resort. End result: something I hope that is simple, natural and still refined with some elegance to it… exactly like the enterprise it is to represent.

Perhaps James Comey said it best…
04/30/2026

Perhaps James Comey said it best…

Recently added to my website's "logos" page. Logo and corporate identity developments form the backbone of literally eve...
04/11/2026

Recently added to my website's "logos" page. Logo and corporate identity developments form the backbone of literally every other project. Because this is so fundemental to any designer's work, looking at logos gives you an almost immediate sense of the designer's thinking, skill sets and approaches to design.

www.rlgad.com/logos

Received my own copy of a small book of personal narratives and images by violinist Darlene Alfuso. It was a pleasure to...
02/10/2026

Received my own copy of a small book of personal narratives and images by violinist Darlene Alfuso. It was a pleasure to design this book for her and guide the process of printing it.

Https://darlenealfuso.com

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A complete refresh of a website I made a few years ago for a financial advisor firm in Princeton NJ www.a2ocapital.com
08/07/2025

A complete refresh of a website I made a few years ago for a financial advisor firm in Princeton NJ

www.a2ocapital.com

As a designer, many projects are simply mundane but some do come along that are really fun. I often don't get to stretch...
10/24/2024

As a designer, many projects are simply mundane but some do come along that are really fun. I often don't get to stretch my creative skills as much as I would like. This illustration is in the style of a woodcut and will stretch across a 15' wide and 6' high glass wall in the Lighthouse Cafe in San Pedro, California. From the street in front of the cafe you can see the iconic Angel's Gate Light that welcomes ships from around the globe to Los Angeles Harbor.

Last weekend the Italian navy training ship, the Amerigo Vespucci, paid a port call to Los Angeles Harbor. My good frien...
07/13/2024

Last weekend the Italian navy training ship, the Amerigo Vespucci, paid a port call to Los Angeles Harbor. My good friend and go-to photographer, Steve Jost was right in the middle of things. He sent me a wonderful set of images and of course, I just had to screw with them. As I usually do, I severlycropped this image because I wanted to focus on the people. Just think, you can have a copy of this hanging around!

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