Bio and Contact

Welcome! My name is Dave Auwerda, I'm a teacher in Morris, Illinois, who also creates custom graphic designs. My foray into graphic design began in 2010 by accident. I am an avid autograph collector, and I was getting ready to attend the Chicago Cubs Convention. I didn't have anything for the players to sign, so I began to create custom card designs. Soon after, I started to send off custom designs via the mail to build my collection. During this time, I met Desmond Clark, who at that time was a tight end for the Chicago Bears. Mr. Clark loved one of my designs and asked me to create a design for his charity, the 88 Wayz Foundation. Soon after, I was designing logos for indoor football teams, such as the Illinois Hawks and Windy City Hitmen (neither of which ever played a game). But those contacts have led me into doing graphic design work for the Chicago Blitz of the AIF, as well as designing & maintaining their website. I also have designed the helmet stickers and logos for the Michigan City Lions of the MPFL. For 2017, I designed and maintained the website for the Illinois Knights of the MPIF. In 2014, I began labeling some of my work with the logo, "Gemini Cards", looking for a way to give my creations a brand. In 2016, I morphed that into "Gemini Graphics" to more truly represent my graphic work. I have designed & maintained websites for my responsibilities as a teacher at Morris Community High School, including our department webpage, my personal teacher webpage, and webpages for use in my classroom projects. Also, I create graphics for non-profit organizations, such as Mitch Madness, which helped to retrofit the house of Mitch Nystedt, to make it ADA compliant after Mitch suffered a stroke. I also ran the website while the group was actively raising funds. I created content and maintained the website and social media for the Chicago Blitz for their 2016 & 2018 seasons. Since 2017, I have also designed the social media, print, & electronic graphics for the Men’s Soccer team, Women's Soccer team, Women's Softball team, Track & Field programs, and Speech team at Morris Community High School in Morris, Illinois. My skills include: Proficiency with website design sites such as Weebly, Wix, and Google Sites & Adobe Dreamweaver. Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Spark Post and Spark Video, & Canva. Inquiries can be made below.