Digital Painting Experiment

The beginning of my first real foray into the world of digital painting. Hopefully this illustration will be completed soon, but as usual I have a million other projects going on to distract me. Hopefully my portfolio site will be up soon and I will be able to consolidate my creative efforts into something somewhat representative of what I do with my sequestered time.

Logo—Think Ink

This logo was developed as part of a class project. The objective of the project was to create a tattoo resource web page but iI developed this identity for it independently. I chose Warnock for the think part because it has a rough unrefined look while still retaining some traditional character. Meta Black was used for the subhead because of its strong presence legibility at small sizes and geometric similarities to Warnock. Please let me know what you think.

Logo—Carlson Custom Homes

Here's a logo I made at work for a custom home builder. They wanted an element that could serve as an independent monogram so the logo was designed to function together or as two separate units. The design had to be relatively conservative as the client would not accept anything too radical and the use of a script was required. "Carlson" is set in Bickham Script Pro with some modifications made by me. "Custom Homes" is set in Adobe Garamond Italic with alternate caps which is actually based on the work of Robert Granjon. So . . . tell me what you think!

Fresh Air - The Digital Parts are Done

Here is what I will be calling the finished digital file for the time being. Again, texture and a more painterly look will be achieved upon the printing and rescanning of the piece. And as always, be mindful that scale is always a consideration: this piece will be nearly 2 feet wide upon final printing! Oh, a note on the type. I decided to use Meta Bold Italic as it was sterile enough not to intefere with the illustration but had enough of a playful curve to not look out of place with the more organic aspects of the rest of the composition.

Fresh Air - Really, really alomost done?

Fresh Air - Almost Done

Fresh Air Poster

I took the great advice left on my last postings of the piece and made revisions as I saw fit. I still intend to print and rescan this piece and then print that rescan on a textured paper in all likelihood bought from French Paper. Let me know what you think and if there is anything glaring that you see needs fixing.

Not Ready for Prime Time

OPEN Magazine
I'm currently starting to develop a quarterly publication and these are possible front and back covers for it. The concept of the magazine is one of an open format in which anything of artistic or intellectual merit is potentially viable for display.

Both images are modified self-portraits. The image to the left is reversible being the same both viewed right-side-up and upside-down.

Synapse Magazine

This is the cover for a class project I had this past semester. The magazine dealt primarily with environmental and the new technologies emerging to combat forces destructive to the environment. There were mixed reviews to the cover and I would appreciate any insights you all have.