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I’m proud to add these pieces to my Design work. You can read the full story behind their creation below the fold.

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Snowman Handyman

I was contacted in mid-December by an outlet reseller of power tools. They commissioned me to create an illustration accompanying a holiday email they send out to the various tool companies they work with (in effect, an ecard). It was a good experience and I think I learned a bit more about how I like to work.

As an aside, comments have been turned on. With it being the start of a new year and all, it just seems appropriate to try something new. I’m not sure why it seems you can’t comment on older posts, but let us just make due with the idea that it’s a new year, with new posts sporting new features to match!

A Break In The Case

Here’s the finished Private Investigator illustration. After looking at some of Lou Romano’s work, I was inspired to take a more traditional-looking approach, using some dry brush painting. I forwent using a more muted palette from classic noir-style films as it just didn’t seem to fit the way I had handled the character; instead I opted for a more saturated look. Overall I’m pretty pleased with it – hope everyone out there enjoys it too!

Private Eye Design

I wanted to work out the design for the Private Eye in my forthcoming illustration before I dug into it, so here he is. I was looking to do something that was sleek and relatively simple, without too much extraneous information. He’d have an even simpler silhouette if I had stuck with just a suit like I had originally planned, but come on, he’s a noir-styled P.I.! He needs a trench coat.

Mermaid Sketch

Just a little something I drew for fun not too long ago. I may do a color version, though I’m working on a private-eye inspired illustration that will probably take precedence over any further work on this.

Soapbox Derby Storyboards

A few days ago I wrote a brief story treatment based on this image, then followed it up by fully storyboarding out the treatment. I thought it would be fun to tell the story behind this scene, as well as do some relatively refined boards. The end results are the following pages:

Soapbox Derby Storyboards Page 1

Nick Mag Page Layout

I actually did this a month or so ago, but very recently went back to implement some changes after getting some solid feedback from friends I had showed it to. This is just an example to show page layout skills; it was pretty enjoyable to work on this, so I may end up doing more layouts for different types of magazines.

Winter Blues Ad

The most recent advertisement finished for CCRA’s clinical study campaign. It’s a minor variation of the Depression advertisement. The toughest part was managing to fit all the text that was required; it was a good challenge though.

Aviator Postcard

At last, the aviator postcard piece I’d been working on is finished! You can find it either by clicking on the thumbnail to the right (obvious!) or it’s more permanent home on the Illustration page (slightly less obvious!). It would have been done sooner but I was having some trouble with the gradients when moving the file from Illustrator to Photoshop to finish it up with the texture work. Now I know how to avoid that particular problem though, so it’s all gravy. There will probably be more posts soon, since I’ve gotten some more work done lately, so keep your eyes trained to this space whenever you can afford to!

Aviator Design

Lately I’ve been wanting to focus on the type of work I really enjoy; I’ve been experimenting with lots of different approaches, but I tend to find myself pining for the styles and subjects I’m most interested in. With that in mind, I’ve begun working on a postcard to send to prospective freelance clients. It will be a subject I enjoy (early aviation), related to my website (travel), and indicative of the type of work I’m best at (bright, cutesy vector art). So I present to you the first step: the main character design! Just click on the thumbnail for the full image – it’s in the Sketchbook section as well, for future reference.