Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Fun Hangers for Kids
Product design and illustrations for a new line of kids clothes hangers. Decided on these six colors to be used across 12 different boys and girls styles.
VC Orchestra
Here's some album art I did for film score music available on iTunes. Listen to the tracks here.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
"A" is for Apple
Another in a series of typographic illustrations. I think a red apple is the most visually iconic of all foods.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Whimsical Rainy Day
Just created this dreamy outdoor scene for promotion of a new line of children's rain gear. Photo by my wife Melissa.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Vinyl record "e"
Another piece from a series I'm doing with every day iconic objects and simple letter forms:
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Space Hero Themed Illustrations
I've always been a huge science fiction fan (card carrying Star Wars nerd). So I was thrilled when I had the chance to do a series of space/sci-fi themed illustrations and designs for a children's clothing company. The line was originally being planned as "Astronaut" but as the clothing designers developed it I saw rockets, UFOs, aliens and suggested that "Astronaut" was not an accurate name for the line when something like "Space Hero" can cover both the scientific and the fantastic elements of space in a child's mind. Here are some detailed illustrations I created for the line, primarily inspired by sci-fi of the 50s and 60s.
Space Hero Catalog Cover and Process
When designing a catalog for a line of "Space Hero" children's rain gear (raincoat, boots, umbrella) my goal was to transport the child so he was floating weightlessly in space. Obviously without the budget of Lucasfilm or Weta Workshop ;-)
1. My first rough pencil sketch.
2. A second pencil sketch with a rough idea of the colors I wanted to use.
3. When starting photography I realized that the "jumping jack" pose in my sketches looked pretty stale and not really like floating in space. Instead I opted for the model to lay on the ground and take the picture from a severe angle to create a lot of foreshortening.
4. A final retouched photo after inverting it, before it is was applied to the cover design.
From these sketches and photography work came the finished catalog cover with background and illustration elements:
1. My first rough pencil sketch.
2. A second pencil sketch with a rough idea of the colors I wanted to use.
3. When starting photography I realized that the "jumping jack" pose in my sketches looked pretty stale and not really like floating in space. Instead I opted for the model to lay on the ground and take the picture from a severe angle to create a lot of foreshortening.
4. A final retouched photo after inverting it, before it is was applied to the cover design.
From these sketches and photography work came the finished catalog cover with background and illustration elements:
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