After showing my "customer" the magazine ad, he stated that he thought it would look good as a main page for a website. When given the assignment to design the layout for a site, I used the magazine ad as a (very) rough draft for the layout. This was the resulting front page:
I designed a t-shirt container about the size of a container of tennis balls for a promotional give-away item at trade shows. This was done in Illustrator and then finally rendered in Bryce as a 3-D object.
The actual assignment was rendered in Illustrator with an example label (below).
Magazine ads are much more fun to work with for me. They are in color! Although the newspaper ads were in b&w, they were quite challenging due to the nature of the format restrictions and type restrictions. All of the ads were created with InDesign and Photoshop with prep work in Illustrator.
These are the three newspaper ads I came up with for my class. They are laid out in accordance with newspaper column standards. They are in order: 1, 2 and 3 column ads.
Ok I have been AWOL for over a month now (as if anyone noticed!). I have been working on projects for my Electronic Design course. Mostly logo work, newspaper ads, magazine ads, and web layout.
I have included a sample of the logos I designed for a local company int his post and will be adding more posts containing other types of examples shortly.
This company is belongs to a friend of mine. I figured since I the projects would be of this type that I might as well make them useful! So far he has liked everything I showed him from the class. Most of the class was intensive use of Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
This was done for my typography class. It was a pain in the @$$ as you might imagine. I discovered that the best glue for putting together clear plastic is Testors Clear Parts & Window Maker cement. Takes awhile to dry but dries like glass, no residue or fogginess! Had to learn that the hard way after trashing the first project due to cloudy residue in the globes.
This was a project for my typography class. My first use of Adobe InDesign ( a wonderful program by the way).
The subject matter does reflect my personal views. Check out this former Seattle Police Chief's article.
This one is for all of us who have a dell with that "lovely" factory wallpaper.
Another drawing for the Paizo art challenge...
This one was to include a mummy, ice, and a potion. What better place for these than the local undead tavern!
This is a project I created for an RPG posting forum on paizo's website.
Talk about fun! I got totally wrapped up in this.
This was my final project for Visual Indication. This is a custom cover for a magazine created by Steve Jackson Games as a supplement for their Car Wars board game. The magazine, entitled "Autoduel Quarterly" ran for about 10 years. It is now out of print but is available in HTML and PDF format. The original 'zine was a very small and simple publication, printed first in two colors then later in up to four colors. My version follows the later issues' style, in terms of layout, but includes a fuller color range. I really enjoyed this venture and am planning on trying my hand at further similar projects.
Here it is:
This week we were required to create a full page layout including text. Since I am a long time fan of Dungeons and Dragons, I decided to take a blast from the past and create a fictional "Dragon Magazine" cover.
So these last two weeks we covered Perspective drawing again. I have already had that class so it wasn't too difficult. A bunch of cubes to make sure we understood the ideas of one-point and two-point perspective and then a couple of scenes done in both ways. This one was my favorite; drawn in two-point..jpg)
So I have started a new class in school entitled "Visual Indication". Basically we are learning how to use professional markers create presentations. I have found out that markers are not the easiest medium to use. Unlike pencils, they DON'T ERASE! Okay, okay, this should have been obvious.
So I started practicing with them and for my first assignment drew some objects that might be found in a witch's house. I still have allot of practice to go before I will be able to get good at coloring with these.
So here is the drawing---.jpg)
Let me know what you think!
I decided to repartition my hard drive last night and this morning I installed Ubuntu Linux on the new partitions. I have used Linux in various forms over the years (Red Hat, LinuxPPC on a Mac, Debian) and I like the OS. Unfortunately I cannot get my latest peripherals to work under Linux. My printer/scanner is a Lexmark and they offer little to no support for Linux on their website. I have also not been able to find much on this particular model (x3350) on the internet. It is sad that this would be the only reason for me to continue using Windows XP (which is a drag allot of the time).
Besides this single issue, Ubuntu booted up fine and I was able to get my wireless card to work with very little effort. Web pages came up fast and clean, blowing away Windozzzzzz.... I still wonder if I can get our cell phones to connect though. My wife and have a Motorola RAZR V3 and a Sony Ericcson w300i respectively, both of which connect with USB cables and have drivers in Windows.
If anyone has any info on this, throw me a line. I am eager to migrate to Linux but I cannot afford all new peripherals and don't want to lose the niceties of being able to load my cell phone pics and music directly to my pc.
Anyways, more if I find it...
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We had to draw a large sized self portrait our final project in Life Drawing. This one is about 30 inches by 12 inches. It took me about 4 or 5 hours to complete and then another hour to scan in (in pieces) and put back together in reasonable condition.
It was a long process but I had allot of fun at this. It has encouraged me in my ability to draw people.
Legion Of Boom - Crystal Method
Urban Jungle - Aphrodite
Lest We Forget - Marylin Manson
Sinister Nostalgia - Switchblade Symphony
Had to add these on the rebound
Felt like posting a list of my favorite tunes this week...
Allot of it is in the genre "House" (which btw is my favorite TV show, the guy is harsh!)
but there is a bit of everything here
It Just Won't Do - Tim Deluxe/Sam Obernik
Bitch - Dave McCullen
Fast Cars - Hellbent
Nothing But You - Paul Van Dyk
The Things You Say (Dirty South Remix) - Cicada
Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim
Faster Kill Pussycat - Brittany Murphy/Paul Oakenfold
The Streets (Feat Bun B.) - 8Ball & MJG
Cervix Couch - Christian Death
These Boots Are Made for Walkin' [Bombs Remix] - KMFDM
Long Hard Road Out of Hell - Marilyn Manson
Round and Round - Ratt
Sweat - Tool
Makes one hell of a list if you have these tunes... otherwise download soulseek and find them!
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