Style Frames

I'm kind of excited about this new project for my motion class. We're working on a tv ad, where we can interchange the middle portions for an ad, but the beginning and middle remain the same. So we need to pick a company that sells a commodity, where the ad can change. I chose American Eagle.

It was probably one those times when an idea just sort of struck me, and I was really excited to go with it. I won't go into too much detail about it, but I wanted to show off the style frames that I was working on.





I think they fit the company well and it feels that I really got a chance to design something, rather then worry about the technical aspects of what the video would be. I can't wait to start working on this. Read more!

Here and Now

So I thought I'd take the time and compare my new personal logo with my old one. As a designer I obviously need a way to market myself, and an icon is probably the best way of doing that. Making the personal logo was an assignment for school, each about a year apart.

First Design

Originally I wanted something more illustrative. I went completely literal and drew myself and a simplified version of what I looked like. So I did a simple drawing of my face. At the time I was really unsure of where I wanted to do. So I just went completely literal and drew my face. Not as creative as I really would have liked. But it does sort of show off the somewhat illustrative style I have.

And of course the new logo. With my new logo I tried to go a bit more daring then what I might normally do. I still incorporate my name so it sort of shows me as a designer, a way to market myself. I tend to lean towards pastels and really lighter colors, which is why I chose the purple. I decided it would be a bit more daring to try something more vertical facing then horizontal or box. There's a bit of a limit for positioning, but the shape is memorable. Read more!

First Post

Alright, so here's my first post to my blog. I've kept several blogs in the past, for varying reasons, and a good deal of them have failed in the past. Mostly because you start to lose track of them, forget to update them or even forget you have them. You start off with a purpose or theme and you try and stick with it, if you end up picking something you don't know a lot about or there isn't much to say you end up forgetting about actually using the blog.

Like previously, this was for my drawings and doodles, to keep myself on track with drawing more (because occasionally I like to do that sort of stuff). But I never kept up with it. I ended up focusing more on stuff I needed to do for school and I really wasn't drawing as much as I'd like to.

So I think I'd like to make this blog just a mix of everything I can. Anything design wise, anything that I'm working on to show off the progress of a current project or even pick up again and start doing a little drawing. Maybe as I go the whole point of this may become a little clearer. Read more!