Fall 2014- Copywriting- In Class 1

Topics: |  In-Class 1  |  Process  |  Result  |

In-Class Assignment 1
In my Copywiting course this semester, the goal is to learn the ins and outs of advertising, and how to write both radio and TV spots. Our first project's prompt was as follows:

            You have just been asked to interview as a copywriter for a local radio station.  As part of the interview, you are asked to write a sample piece of copy. Produce a 0:30 radio commercial that utilizes the following information:

Jones Ace Hardware

113 Center Street

Nanticoke, PA

Carries a complete line of ACE hardware products

Fall Clean-up Special

Rakes $5.99

Plastic Yard Bags - $3.99 box of 20 (30 Gal. bags)

Echo Gas Leaf Blower - $89.95

Fall 2014- Creative Art Direction- Project 2

Topics: |  Project 2  |  Concept  |  Process  |  Result  |

Project 2- Word/Image Relationship
Our second project in my Creative Art Direction course was called the word/image relationship project. The goal was to take a single word and a single graphical element, and make them create a message.


Concept
My word was "revive," which turned out to be pretty fortunate for me. As I'd just finished reading Brave New World, and gotten through a chunk of 1984 again, I was in a very dystopian, cynical mindset. I came up with a few concepts immediately, which weren't bad, but would need a lot of work to make viable.

Fall 2014- Creative Art Direction- Project 1

Topics: |  Project 1  |  Concept  |  Process  |  Result  |

Project 1- Typographic Self-Portrait
This semester, I have 4 courses. Of them, Creative Art Direction was the first to have a project due. The project itself was to create a purely typographical self-portrait. No illustration, no graphics, no bending letterforms. It was a project meant, in part at least, to get us to think about our process, as well as to get us to think more about how type can be used.

Update- Summer 2014 Wrap-Up (Released Late)

Summer 2014 Wrap-Up

Topics:  Site Updates   |   Programming   |   Intervention   |   Future Blogging

Angel's Gate

Site Updates

I decided to completely rework my website over the summer. The primary updates include making my layout liquid instead of static and updating my syntax to be in HTML5. I also changed the look for this blog to better match my actual site. Unfortunately

Lotus Prince Fragile Dreams Playthrough cards

A Let's Player I watch, Lotus Prince, is playing a Wii game called Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. I made two title cards for the playthrough, based on two of the major characters in the game, Shin and Crow, respectively going from the left.

Step 1- Lineart

Pagemaster

For the final in my illustration course during the Spring 2014 semester, our final project was creating an avatar of ourselves. I went with a fantasy aesthetic for the project. Made solely with Adobe Illustrator, and a lot of research on H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos stories, and the other stories connected to it.

Zatanna Cover

I have an illustration course this semester, and we're currently at the stage where we're learning how to trace. Since I need to trace for the project, I decided to at least make it a challenging trace.

Drop Anchor

A painting inspired by recently reading about pirate lore, and the Irish pirate Anne Bonny in particular.

Materials: Poser 9, Photoshop CS6, Illustrator CS6
Time: Roughly 13.5 hours

The Making of "Drop Anchor"

I recently found an interest in pirate lore, and in particular, I found the Irish pirate Anne Bonny, who makes for a fascinating historical figure. This painting was very loosely inspired by her. 

Step 1: Lineart (3 hours)
I created a very quick reference image in Poser 9 for the pirate, as well as using some reference images of older British ships for the boat. I then illustrated the digital rough using Photoshop CS6's round brush as well as the pen tool. Most of the time for the lineart came from the boat, which I created in Illustrator CS6.

Quickie- Killer is Dead title card

To break in the new Cintiq, I made a title card for Lotus Prince's series of Let's Plays on the Killer is Dead game. Considering I was working without lineart for the first time and trying to emulate the cel shading of the game, I think it came out pretty well. Still, my lack of practice for a month shows, and I'll hopefully be practicing a lot more in the coming break.