I am always looking for new creative projects and creative people to work with. Email me with any of your upcoming projects where you need to stand out amongst all the other normals in the design world. You can even fill out a more refined inquiry on the contact page. Let me prove to you how exceptional your company, product, or ideas can look. If your interested in hiring me for a full time position contact me as well. If the offer sounds good enough I’ll probably go for it. I am a diligent, fast-paced, meticulously creative, attention to detail, stays true to a concept-kind-of-designer.

My life began in Winston Salem, North Carolina in 1983. At age four, I relocated to Charlotte, NC to live out the rest of my years until college. Ever since I popped out of the womb I've always loved doing anything creative. This passion progressed from  complex tree fort constructions and comic book drawings till more formal undertakings when I reached high school. I attended a local area Catholic school where I was introduced to many other forms of art and design. I began to paint, draw, and work in every medium I could get my rambunctious little adolescent hands on. Finally, the time came for me to spread my wings and head south- deep south, in Auburn Alabama to attend Auburn University and study a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in graphic design. Here I was introduced to many realms of graphic design, photography, art, and many other mediums to express my creativity through.

I became very interested in graphic arts and drew inspiration from designers like Saul Bass, Herbert Matter, El Lissitzky, Milton Gaser, and Paula Scher. I then finished out my years on the Plains, developing a deep profound passion for my work and a desire to evlolve my concepts and viusual solutions while in college. I also grew to love some SEC football... WAR EAGLE! Upon graduating I returned to Charlotte to pursue a career that would enable me to further improve my graphical skills. After a brief internship with a local design agency, Moonlight Creative Group, I accepted a job with a local graphic and exhibit house in 2004. With ACI design, I tackle an array of tasks, including designing layouts for various formats of print, large format, and web. I have further developed my exhitbit designs by mastering  a new architectural program, Vectorworks. Check out the renderings on my portfolio page. ACI Design offers an array of fine exhibits and has been a forefront exhibit house in the Carolinas for nearly 20 years. I would encourage you to visit ACI Design for all your tradeshow graphics, exhibits, and services.

In 2008 I made move to shift back to print-based design by coming to work with AAA Carolinas as a in-house graphic designer. I handle an array of projects from the layout of Go Magazine, a 1.4 million circulation member magazine, to virtually every printed piece of collateral that comes out of AAA. 2009 looks to be a good year and will hopefully bring on some exciting new graphic opportunities. Well that’s about it, I hope this wasn’t too painful to read - but if you made it this far that’s better than most...thanks.

I also thought you may wish to know about a few of my ideas on design and my work ethic. I learned to design and compose visual solutions through a heavy process of sketches, then roughs, and finally compositions. I have a strong typographic background with a firm grasp on layout and dynamic design techniques. I always design with great attention to detail, yet have an excellent ability to multitask and meet deadlines. I am an extremely organized person, which is  an asset in this industry. I am confident that can deliver strong, visual solutions to your every graphic and marketing material. Contact me today to learn how we work together on your next project.

As I move forward in my life, I yearn to accomplish many things. Many of which I cannot divulge due to the confidential nature of my insanely prosperous business plans. Seriously however, I plan to bring Stout Ideas to higher level. In the near future, I will open an office and start my own agency. Until this dream is reached, I will continue to freelance. Please contact me for any of your graphic needs. I am bred from the Stout family, otherwise known as the work-a-holic. I will do what ever it takes to make sure that you are getting the best anyone can offer on every project. Other than my business ideas, I also want to be a professional fly-fisherman/chef and get paid to do it.