DEFIANT / DESIGN STUDIO
Identity / Apparel / Photography

Valley Vibes

Serious about play.

Valley Vibes volleyball identity: a stylized lion with curved ball-inspired lines, California-inspired lettering, and gold on a navy background.
Valley Vibes / Selected design

A community with energy

The brief
An identity that feels serious about volleyball while keeping the color and fun of the community.
My contribution
Identity design, apparel graphics, tournament promotion, photography, and photo editing.
The work in use
Summer Vibes artwork was printed on T-shirts given out as league swag. Feeling Lucky is tournament collateral within this same brand.

The design decisions

I combined a lion’s head with baseball-inspired curved lines and developed the composition as vector artwork in Illustrator. California-inspired lettering and youthful color give this volleyball community its character.

Gold on navy brought the established feeling I associate with gold leaf on fine cardstock. For the horizontal logo, I wanted a rougher edge and less frilly lettering, balanced by a structured club descriptor.

2025 Summer Vibes league T-shirt graphic. A pink sun surrounds a yellow volleyball wearing sunglasses, above colorful outlined lettering and the Valley Vibes mark on navy.
Summer Vibes / League T-shirt artwork
Two people smiling outdoors at a park. One wears the bright blue Summer Vibes league T-shirt with its pink sun and yellow volleyball graphic. Photograph taken and edited by DeAnthony Herbert.
Summer Vibes, worn in the community. Photograph and editing by DeAnthony Herbert.

Made to be worn.
Worth capturing.

Summer Vibes was used on a T-shirt given out as league swag. I took and edited this photograph myself: another part of my creative practice, photographing the people who bring the work to life.

Feeling Lucky

This tournament promotion belongs to Valley Vibes. I brought spring energy to the flyer through a fresh green gradient, chevron texture, and relaxed typography. Magenta calls out key information, while “Register Today!” and “Scan Me” give the energy a next step.

I directed AI-generated bunny, rainbow, and pot imagery around a playful volleyball theme, then composed the flyer in InDesign and Illustrator.

Feeling Lucky tournament flyer for Valley Vibes. A spring-green background, chevron texture, bunny, rainbow, and pot imagery frame the volleyball event details. Magenta emphasizes key information, with Register Today and Scan Me calls to action.
Valley Vibes / Feeling Lucky tournament promotion
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