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Category: Computer-generated

  • The Evolution of a Sauce Label

    Post Critique: Tom said that my label had too many saturated colors and the font left something to be desired. Set the scene, he said. Tell a story. So, after some edits and the use of a varying size san serif font, I will submit a different version. Update: 4-23 New Version. Simplified and colored…

  • Stick it to ’em!

    (Pictured above: three of the 20 sticker designs– work in progress. This post will be updated as  more of the sticker designs are complete.) The working title for these stickers has been called LSD stickers. Some friends and I were talking about the LSD scare with stickers. (Crazed man was giving stickers laced with LSD…

  • Meeting

    Meeting, the Film project (for more on this project, check out last week’s blog post) Co-directing this project with Pete, we learned a lot about the value of good vibes on the set. The amount of beer and silliness inherent in the production led to a great experience with friends in an interesting situation. The…

  • ABC-Yoks Poster

    Yoksabet View more PowerPoint from basementcat  (view small, low resolution) I created this alphabet poster for my friend and muse, Dan Helton. We created this character named Yoks (short for Yokoso, I often call him, Mr.Yoks). This character is based off of Dan’s stuffed animal who is a baby horse. (Some people say pony, and some…

  • Photoshop Final

    This was a fun project. A four-parter: untouched photograph, retouched photograph, found object/ filter utilization, and abstract.   Some quick fixes to any portrait: brighten up the whites of the eyes and teeth, smooth the skin, eliminate extraneous hair, whether that is flyaways or stubble and use liquefy tool sparingly.   Filters can be your…

  • Sally the Boxer

    Here’s the full page ad I made for a tee-shirt that was designed by a another team in the class earlier in the quarter. My art director (fellow classmate), I don’t think she liked much of this. I’ll admit that the handwritten text is a little wonky, but I like it. The grey background threw…

  • Tom’s Faces

    The beginning of an assignment. I photoboothed my face, using different expressions. Then pentooled it. Roughly. Assignment: create three self-portrait face illustrations using PhotoBooth. Illustrator 4/c Document size: 17×11, 3 faces. Vary the expressions. Convert the planes of the face into discrete shapes. Use the pen tool. Do not use live trace. Apply a color theme to each…

  • Reality Stands Poster

    Photoshop assignment. Blending being the skill. Theme and copy provided by instructor.