“You don’t hire a freelancer you can live with, you hire a freelancer who you can’t live without. Gary Tussey is proud to announce he is now available as a hired gun. — Happy Valentine’s Day!”

I am proud of that copy for two reasons. The first reason is because it is absolutely true, nobody even knows I’m here in Denver or available to freelance for them. The second is because the copy makes a traditional heart, and that took forEVER! I hope these put a smile on peoples faces and possibly entice a few more visits to my portfolio.

Handmade freelance collateral.

2012 Valentine’s Forever stamps and hand-typed addresses for every single recipient.

I cut the block, I pressed the prints by hand otherwise would probably been a two color print.

Close up of the ink around the right ventricular valves negative space.

I debated with myself alone in my studio for hours asking myself what I should put in here… Next time I think I will create stamps for the types of work I do, and stamp the ones that relate to the company im sending it too in that space or something. What do you think?

I have targeted 88 agencies that I would love to freelance for. Just completed sending them out to agencies that I thought a relationship with them, would prove mutually beneficial. If you received one you have just received 1 print out of only 100 that I have made.

The more hands on approach to these, I thought, was the best way to announce my decision to become a full-time freelancer to the Denver market while showing my personality and letting people know that I value my work. The following images show the collateral and the hand made features.

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I shot some very basic video over the weekend with no equipment other than myGH1, Lumix 14-40 and Nikon f1.4 50mm lens. This is the results with only 2 hours of shooting and 1 hour of editing to a nice old Song. Please enjoy

Fredonia, KS – built 1902 Shot on- GH1 from gary tussey on Vimeo.

Local and national artist show off posters each year devoted to the most beautiful functional machines on Earth. THE BICYCLE!

This weekend Denver welcomes ARTCRANK – 2011 and once again it promises to be an amazing show this year. If you stop by you will enjoy looking over, or buying some amazing limited edition posters for only $40 each. Support your local artist and printers by stopping in, seeing some bikes out front and have a beer! I will be there.