computer arts 165//artwork

This piece was created following the tutorial from computer arts magazine. I didn't completely copy the example, although it is quite similar, its also really cool though, and that's what really matters. {edit} The second image, is following the same style but i tried to make it look a bit different by adding a few of my own illustrations.

logo//re-visited

An old college brief, that I have decided to bring more up to date for my portfolio.

"Creativefife is the collective identity for all of Fife’s Creative Industries. Independently led and informed by a group representing the wide spectrum of the sector, its aims are to encourage and support creative businesses of all sizes in their development."

operation:new website//get a job!!

above^ a screen shot of my new website that I am currently working on. Lots of new work to look at, I have also re-worked some of my older stuff to bring it more up to date.

retro look vector

I just finished the tutorial, and created this pretty cool poster, which may come in handy at some point in the future..... Its supposed to have a real 70's badly printed look about it. Part of my one project a day (or every other day), to improve my portfolio....

Computer Arts tutorial

I have just started work on some pretty cool vector drawings, that will be made into some kind of poster, not sure yet.... UPDATES TO FOLLOW.....

Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?

Work begins on re-designing the book cover for American Psycho, here's a couple of ideas that i am working on right now, they're quite different, so we shall see what happens.

nighthawks - album cover - update

I have decided to design three singles, for my fictional band. So far i have, 'healing with colour' (top pic) and 'between the galaxies', the 3rd is a work in progress. They keep evolving, and so far I like 'between the galaxies' the best, so I may change the rest, to have black backgrounds. I really think it has the best name, as the images remind me slightly of the pictures you see of distant galaxies, or the northern lights, on 'the sky at night'./////////// i just added the promo poster for the band, its a 1st draft , so there is still a lot of work to do before the final draft.

nighthawks - album cover

CD album cover for a fictional band called 'nighthawks' ( i got the band and album name by randomly stumbling through wikipedia). I have combined some of the techniques that I learned from my earlier posts, below, to create the artwork. This isn't the finished article, because its late now, and i've been on this all day, that will follow shortly, along with an accompanying promotional poster.

Some more (of the same) techniques II

I finally discovered how to punch holes in objects using illustrator............ and it turns out it's really simple. I have also learned how to blend objects, thanks to the computer arts tutorials, check them out here.

Some more (of the same) techniques

More of the same here, I don't know what I am going to do with these images! I really need to get started on a new project, but its kind of hard when i am not being given briefs like I was at college.

computer arts experiment

I just bought the new issue of computer arts (issue 161), i have never purchased it before, but i'm glad i did. It features lots of pretty cool photoshop and illustrator techniques, which i have been trying out for myself. These are my attempts at copying the technique used by Sara Haraigue.

AbStRaCt work part 3

AbStRaCt work part 2

AbStRaCt work

I came across some of my old abstract artwork I completed whilst studying an art foundation course many years ago. There's more to follow, but i need to re-size them in photoshop.

I think these might even make it up onto my wall.

ICON cover

some work i completed a while ago, based on my travels around europe in aug 08...

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just messing around in photoshop. this would make a pretty cool album cover i think....

JAZZZZZZZZZZ album cover

VERY quick attempt at a jazz album cover, it looks a bit 80's, but there it is.

cd cover design exp

not sure about these images, the spaceman doesn't really say electro, i was going for the space age sounds thing...... thought i would post them anyway.

cd cover design

So i bought this book online the other day "thinking visually" by Mark Wigan, its a book filled with cool illustrations, and covers key areas of illustration through a series of case studies featuring some of todays best known illustrators. At the back of the book it has about 20 briefs, which is pretty cool.

This is my quick attempt at one of them, designing a CD cover for a greatest hits, best of, CD. Hopefully more to follow.....

Random Sketches

random sketches done mainly through boredom, i think that comes across in the sketches, i could really do with getting a job.......

Experimental

I just found this pretty cool plug in for illustrator called scriptographer so i've just been messing around with it, experimenting, creating some artwork.

Sonar//Promo 2