Wine Bottle

I found the perfect bottle tonight. It's for a Belgian Ale called Delirium Nocturnum, and the bottle is an opaque off-white color, with small, scattered black specks across the surface. It reminded me a lot of sand, which fits Beach Dogs alot. The neck of the bottle swells out at the shoulders, which reminds me of an old jug you might find on the beach or an island. I think the black designs on the off-white bottle will look good.

Duke McDouchington

Warborn Records Site Sketches

Going for a steampunk look for the site. The final design will consist of a bunch of altered photographs of machinery pieces composited into one giant, crazy machine. It will move and blow off steam, blink, and clank. The navigation menu will be on a large cog in the center of the home page, that turns after you click a link.

New Character

I drew this is John's sketch book yesterday, and I really like him. I haven't thought of a name for him yet...

Camera

I just thought this looked cool, so I took a picture of it. It could be a cool texture for something...

Political Signage

I saw this stupid little jumble of political signs on the side of the road, and I felt compelled to stop and kick some of them over...er, I mean take some pictures. The arrangement is dumb, and I couldn't help but think about all these supporters of different candidates driving around the area, seeing that someone else had put up a sign and running over and jamming one of their signs right next to it. It's a known fact that when when you put your sign next to another political sign, it cancels it out...leaving you and your candidate victorious. The whole thing seems so juvenile. Hmm.



Poor Kelli Wolk. Not only is her name spelled with an "i," but her sign was too weak to stand up. That and her sign is just boring. At least it's readable...and blue is my favorite color. That's it...she gets my vote.




Then we have Mr. Gilstrap. I've never heard of a gilstrap, but it sounds dangerous...and a sheriff needs to be dangerous. Sounds good. All I know is, the "Elect Elect" at the top makes me want to run out and vote right away. And the yellow insures that you'll see it from minimum 1000 feet away...and upon approach it will scorch your retinas, leading you to blindly swerve your car off a bridge.




Here we have Kelli Wolk's second sign...uh, I mean Earl Giddins...or is that Elect Earl Giddins? What kind of first name is Elect? Wait...I think something's wrong. What's this guy running for? It says something at the bottom, but I couldn't read it driving past it at 45 MPH. Oh well. At least we know that someone named Giddins likes to make signs.







This one for Judge Dorothy Robinson is actually pretty nice. Nice color, good type choices. You can tell when the candidates have more money, because their signs are better. But if that wasn't enough, the sign is absolutely huge! It's about 6 times the size of all the puny signs around it, suggesting that it could kill and eat them if it wanted to. It wouldn't suprise me if people voted for Robinson just because "ooooo...that sign is sooooooo big!"











Deborah Honeycutt's sign is pretty straightforward. Deborah. Honeycutt. Congress. Note the stars...that means she's patriotic. And who doesn't love Honey? Mmm...honey. She's got my vote.






Hunter Hill's sign is pretty good...and just like Judge Robinson's sign, this one is massive. It's one of the best of the bunch. Readable, more creative with the type, good (although predictable) color choices. Pretty nice.





Go Hunter Hill.com is a really lame domain name though...






Judge Frank Cox has some serious connections...he was able to resurrect Lester Beall from the grave to design his campaign sign! Surely with clout like that he'll win in a landslide victory...

In all seriousness, I really liked this sign. It was very surprising to see, especially amongst some of the bland signs it grows next to in the political forest.

And last but not least:





I think this one speaks for itself.

Oh, and notice that he's running for re-election. I wonder how many people voted for him just because of his name...

January Picture

I liked this picture...it eventually became January in my calendar. The guy in the picture is Takashi, the president of the breakdance club.

Great CD Cover Design

This is a CD cover design for the CD "Since We Last Spoke" by RJD2. I really like it.

Trends in Graphic Design

Design now seems to hang out in a realm of "artistic chaos," so to speak...a collage of elements splattered together on a page. It seems to be highly decorative, with random paint spots and curly cues.

Atrix

This logo was made as a response to 2 randomly chosen words, assigned to another random "company name." My two words were "Youthful" and "Square," with the company being "Atrix." A random pantone color (green) was selected, and then I had to choose a complementary color (dark purple) to go with it.

Monster Alphabet -- In Living (Or Dead) Color

Rebranding -- Sepia Magazine

Monster Alphabet -- Black & White

Here's a black and white version of my Monster Alphabet. I'm coloring them now. I'm trying to decide whether to leave them all on the same page, or spread them out over 2. I had a lot of fun making these! Each monster's name starts with the letter it represents (A = Alien, B = Bigfoot). See if you can guess them all!

Multimedia -- Banner Ad

Who wouldn't want a Robot Dance Party? Count me in.

Block of Type Part 4