Architecture Illustration

In this project, I was to take an image of an existing piece of architecture and use it as a template to illustrate the image. This is akin to using a light table to trace an image onto paper. The building I chose is the Superdome located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Superdome is very unique as far as stadium designs go. Few look like it, and it is also the largest fixed domed stadium in the world. The stadium served as refuge for many New Orleans citizens during hurricane Katrina, and though is suffered damage from the storm, it kept its inhabitants safe. Recently the stadium was painted gold on the outside after the New Orleans Saints won the superbowl in February of 2010., and reflects the city's ability bounce back after such a traumatic storm. This was completed in Adobe Illustrator.

Barefoot Biscuit Company Logo

This was part of project where I had to design a logo for a new company, as well as their letter head, business card, and mailing envelopes. The company in question is one that makes natural dog foods, consisting of 5 main ingredients to be made and sold in tubs in retail stores. I wanted to keep the colors in a natural theme but bright enough that they would not be lost or boring to the eye. Thinking about the imagery the name of the produced I also tried incorporate the foot into the logo by making the big B into a footprint, and of course an O into a paw print since this is a dog food company. This was also done entirely in Adobe Illustrator.

Type Portraits

Type Portrait 1: Shape

In this type portrait of me eating a 2lb cheeseburger, I used the shapes of letters themselves to create the shapes within the image that make up the image.

Type Portrait 2: Value

In this type portrait, I illustrated shading value by condensing, spacing out, and adjusting the size of the type. I could make it lighter and darker according to what was needed in the image. I also chose a poem as my type of choice.

Type Portrait 3: Line

In this last type portrait, lines were drawn over the image the image to create a basic drawing of the picture. Then I made the lines into lines of text. The text I used is about being a red head from nicknames, song lyrics, quotes, facts, and poems. There is also a little about being Irish as well.

Static Website Interface

This website interface was created for a class project based on an existing website. The idea was to create an image that would be the main page of the website if we could redesign it. Since the website in question was a for an individual selling Native American made jewelry, I wanted to give it sort of a "nature" touch. I found a texture pattern of tan sandstone that I thought would make a simple background. The image at the top behind the page title is also of the Smoky Mountains where Cherokee Indians once resided. I also tried to keep the overall page as simple and clean as I could so that it would be easy to navigate through if it were real. This page layout was also created using Adobe Photoshop.

Dreamscape

This image is a surreal dreamscape that I made. For this project I tried to be as literal as I could in that some of the images are from actual dreams that I have had in the past. I also threw in a few other things that represent parts of my personality, events from my past, emotions, hobbies etc. If the image seems a little strange that is because my dreams are usually very bizarre. They are distinctly amalgamations of things I have seen, heard, or come across over the course of the day or multiple days. I used Adobe Photoshop to cut, crop, paste, and layout the entire image.

Magazine Cover Design

This is a magazine cover design that I created. My inspiration for the cover came from the photo of the flower. On a visit to the bay area of California in summer of 2010, I went to the Hess Winery which had wonderful landscaping on the premises. In one of their gardens was a large, raised coy pond with water lilies growing in it. I always have my eye open for interesting photo shots and snapped this one as soon as I saw it. When it came time to do the magazine cover project for a class, I instantly thought of this photo and how wonderful it would look on the cover of a gardening magazine. Using Adobe Photoshop, I was able to correct the size, enhance the colors, and produce the type in the proper lay-out.