Pro-Bono & Community Design Work

Historic volunteer and community design work created for the (now disbanded) Lions Club of Dudley, Massachusetts. These posters supported local fundraising, civic engagement, and public community events.

Dudley Lions Club Car Show Posters

Multi-year event poster work created for the annual “Yesterday Year Car Show” charity events.

2011 Dudley Lions Club Car Show Poster — **2011 Event Poster** Retro-inspired automotive event design with geometric framing and bright vintage styling.

2012 Dudley Lions Club Car Show Poster — **2012 Event Poster** Updated retro redesign featuring a dashboard-speedometer centerpiece and stronger mid-century visual balance.

2013 Dudley Lions Club Car Show Poster — **2013 Event Poster** Cleaner hierarchy and stronger automotive focal point with modernized layout structure.

2014 Dudley Lions Club Car Show Poster — **2014 Event Poster** Expanded dual-vehicle composition with stronger event branding consistency.

Community Work & Legacy

Before Critical Graffix existed as a formal business, many design projects were created in support of local organizations, charities, and community-driven events throughout Dudley, Massachusetts.

The Dudley Lions Club car-show posters represent some of the earliest large-scale public-facing design work produced under real deadlines and real-world conditions. The goal was never simply decoration. These pieces were designed to attract attention, communicate quickly, and help increase attendance for fundraising events that supported local charitable causes.

Although the Dudley Lions Club has since disbanded, the organization played an important role in community fundraising and civic engagement for many years. These posters remain part of that history and serve as an early example of community-centered design work that combined illustration, branding, typography, and event promotion.