Violent Graphence

Japan 43

2008-08-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

This is the second Japanese course I designed. They liked the first one so much that they insisted I use the same colors and try and make them fit together.

Communications Course

2008-08-05T12:08:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure which lesson banner I like the best, but number two always makes me smile.

Deja vu

2008-08-05T12:07:00.000-07:00

Yes you have seen the first few images before if you. The thing about having an illustration blog and a graphic design blog is that I've never really figured out the distinguishing line between the two. I did add a few banners beneath the Journalism Course.

For My Friend Marti

2008-08-05T12:06:00.000-07:00

I needed to make a quick billboard with the saying above. So I took a quick photo of my friend Marti and Photoshoped it onto an actual billboard. Thus this ad has never really run on a billboard. It was just to give students an example of a billboard slogan to create.

But now that its on my blog, you are truly famous Marti! Just don't use this image in you're wedding announcement.

Just in Case

2008-08-05T12:05:00.000-07:00

Just in case you are repulsed by my graphics, at least you can look at these images and increase your knowledge of sewing.

To quote a great film:

"There must be something that this town does well"
"We can sow"
"There ya go you can sow"
"if only we had known this earlier"

Fashion

2008-08-05T12:03:00.000-07:00

Fashion Faux Pas #1. Have I done this? Probably at one time in my life. I'm glad I have friends who help me look less goofy.

Re-design

2008-08-05T12:02:00.000-07:00

Often I'm asked to keep an idea but redesign it took look better. So the first one is the before and the second one is the "after" and the beneath one is the after.

Before

After

Random

2008-08-05T12:00:00.000-07:00

These really are random what with the first two being illustrator drawings.

Drivers Ed

2008-08-05T11:59:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately these are cropped kinda weird, but you can always click on images for a better look

Maps

2008-08-05T11:58:00.000-07:00

The idea behind the time line was to create a slide-able bar next to the map that would allow you to slide through time and the map would update with all the different empires that rose and fell in the Middle East.

More Maps

2008-08-05T11:55:00.000-07:00

Many of these maps will look like they fit together while others do not. This is because I created maps for so many maps that I have only posted a few from each course. Literally, I have created the entire world in Illustrator so now when I create a map I start with the world template, delete what I do not need, and go from there.

Maps

2008-08-05T11:54:00.000-07:00

This last one was an earlier map when I was just starting to play with what I could do.

Duplicates and Collection

2008-08-05T11:52:00.000-07:00

I have many pages of maps.

Resident Cartographer

2008-08-05T11:10:00.000-07:00

At work I became known as the "Resident Cartographer" for many reasons.

First, I created a ton of maps.
Second, I created a ton of different styles of maps for different courses.
Third, I could create these styles and maps very quickly so they would always come to me for any map needs.

Sometimes Boring

2008-08-05T10:55:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I have to create really boring graphics; however, the nice thing about creating boring graphics is that you can do them very quickly thanks to Illustrator

Even the "boring graphics" are somewhat fun to create if you think about what you're trying to convey.

Fun

2008-08-05T10:55:00.000-07:00

Most of the time I get to be very creative. These were some ideas for the geography splash package. I didn't want it to be just another boring map. I wanted students to think about geography as places they may travel to one day.

Later I did create a map for a different geography course, but it was fun because I created a flash animation of Pangea splitting apart.

Some Weather images

2008-08-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

Splash Package for Japan

2008-08-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

Some Images I Made

2008-08-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

Of course, they had me create a map for the different regions of Japan. This map was then turned into a flash activity.

Forgiveness

2008-08-05T10:29:00.000-07:00

Note: These 6 images of the the three little pigs are the only images on this blog I did not create. I only Tweaked them.

I hope the original artist can forgive me for changing there original image, but the course insisted on having the image of a wolf blowing. I have changed and altered photos before, but it was really tricky trying to alter a watercolor painting with all sorts of textures.

I Cannot Recall

2008-08-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

You will notice a slight change between these few paintings. I was asked to change around the image so the correct number of pigs were running from the stick house and from the straw house. Looking back I have a tough time remembering exactly. I'm pretty sure the problem was that the straw house had two pigs when it should only have one. Is that how the story goes?

A Few Images I've created.

2008-08-05T10:08:00.000-07:00

You might recognize this guy from my illustration blog.

While making the first Jurassic Park, the creators cheated a little by greatly increasing the size of the Velociraptor. The funny thing is that during the year of the movies release (1993) a Raptor that large was discovered in Utah. Thus it was named the"Utah Raptor." Isn't life grand.

For Your Learning

2008-08-04T11:30:00.000-07:00

In this situation, I think these two were talking about Tim's party at the local Chuckie Cheese.

Origami lessons on how to make a dog or a hat. Try them out with that notepad you keep by the computer. Note: the Notepad application that windows comes with cannot do this.

Making Japanese Curry

2008-08-04T11:27:00.000-07:00

While making the Japanese course, my friend Alma made a discovery. We could not use a stock photography image of a curry for a recipe that was included in the course (especially since our photo was a bright red curry). So Alma and I made an authentic Japanese curry following the recipe in the course. The above image is what it looked like when completed.

So I scooped out pieces of carrots and chicken and washed them off too shoot these photos.

Alma had this really cool coffee table and plant so I used them in the photos. And yes it tasted great!

Useful Photo

2008-08-04T11:26:00.000-07:00

While waiting for the Curry to be done I slid the coffee table over to the window, moved the plant, and checked the lighting.

The Photo came in handy as I used it to create this template for the CD application. Below is the load screen.

The Student Advocate Project

2008-08-04T09:56:00.000-07:00

BYU Independent Study asked me to work on a special project for them entitled Student Advocates. First they wanted to make t-shirts that looked very much like the "got milk" logo. So I created a similar "look alike" in Illustrator.

They also wanted pass along cards with their mission statement and four ideals. Then they wanted a poster for each of the four ideals. Although working with them was a nightmare, I learned a lot about committees and bureaucracies.

The Posters

2008-08-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

I find it interesting that, as a child, I was taught the moral of integrity through the story of G.W. and the cherry tree. Later, I learned this story was entirely made up. Here's a definition of irony for you: parents make up a false story to teach the moral of integrity to their children.

So they wanted to have posters that resembled those "positive attitude" posters. You know the ones that have a photo of an eagle or a mountain and beneath is written "Teamwork" or "Leadership" with a little thought. I tried to talk them into doing a different look, but they were dead set on doing them that way.

Although locked in to a certain format, I still had fun creating the images for the posters. Also, I learned a lot about working with Committees. Number one rule, don't design for committees if you can help it. If you are going to work with a committee talk to me first so things will run smoother.

Public Speaking Course

2008-07-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

Public Speaking Continued

2008-07-31T15:57:00.000-07:00

I wanted to zoom in on some of these because I had so much fun creating them. The copy of Van Gogh's Starry Night was tricky because I could only use the two colors I had established (neither of which were blue).

Test 1...2....Test 1...2...

2008-07-31T15:26:00.000-07:00

This is a test this is only a test, had this been a real blog posting you would have found this very amusing and highly entertaining.