May 13th, 2010
A couple of week’s ago I posted a Sneak Peek of a Biker Bird. The illustration was created to be a Twitter icon that would appear on a website for a biker bar. I am now completely done with it and it was a smash hit with the client.
Here is the finished product:
It was created in Illustrator CS4 predominately using the pen and gradient mesh tools. I hadn’t worked with the gradient mesh tool in a while and was under the impression that I hated it. Yes, it is aggravating at times, but I think I’m beginning to enjoy it.
Overall, I’m really proud of the finished product. I think the shapes are good and I love the gradients. So, contact me if you have a similar project. I’m actually looking forward to working with Illustrator’s gradient mesh again.
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April 29th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to design a Twitter bird for a website for a biker bar. It’s still a work in progress, but to appease my friend @Codeacula, in reference to my tweet, here is a sneak peek at my favorite part of the bird so far.
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November 10th, 2009
Recently Uniq Sites was asked to redesign the home page for the newly formed Shoal River Middle School of Crestview, Florida.
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June 11th, 2009
This weeks Illustration Friday topic was “Craving.” As soon as I saw this topic I knew exactly what I wanted to illustrate. Cheesecake. It is my absolute favorite dessert and I will always have room in my stomach for a slice. I love all different types of cheesecake but my favorite recipe is plain cheesecake drenched in chocolate and caramel. /here is my Illustration Friday Craving rendition of chocolaty, caramel covered, cheesecake.
Topic: Craving
Date: June 5, 2009
It’s not a perfect illustration but I didn’t have a lot of time to spend on it. In the future I’ll go back and round out the chocolate and caramel so that it looks more realistic.
Anyway, what do you think? Good concept? Good illustration? Let me know.
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May 8th, 2009
Introducing Illustration Friday
About a month ago I ran across a website called Illustration Friday. I started looking around and discovered that it wasn’t just a blog website but a creative challenge website. Every Friday the website presents a new topic. The challenge is to design something that interprets the topic. I thought it was a great idea. I also thought that it would be a great way for me to practice both my illustration and conceptualization. I decided that I would try to participate at least once a month. So, without further ado…
Topic: Hierarchy
Date: May 5, 2009
As soon as I saw this topic I thought of a King and Queen. What conveys a hierarchy better then royalty? I liked this concept so I stayed with the general idea but began to explore it further. The next thing I saw where chess pieces, specifically the king and queen pieces. Then I thought about the king and queen on a deck of cards and that idea stuck. It did evolve some though. Originally I was going to show just the king and queen cards but then I decided to included the other face cards and somehow it transformed into a Royal Flush in poker.
I thought that a Royal Flush would be great because it shows the hierarchy of the cards from the Ace, to the King, the Queen, then the Jack and finally the 10. In fact, the great thing about this graphic is that it not only shows the hierarchy in the cards but in the hand. In poker you can’t be a Royal Flush. So it’s obviously the highest hand in the game. I think this was a great concept and am a bit surprised at how easily it came to me. It was literally a matter of minutes.
What do you think? Good concept? Good illustration? Let me know.
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