Tuesday, July 31, 2007

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.

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

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.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

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.