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Design Ninja

Design Ninja says no Pantone-fu for you!

Digital Artwork

Design Ninja

Just having fun...with my Wacom.


Illustrator, based off a sketch I made


Eagle T-Shirt Design

Eagle With Laser Eyes T-Shirt Design

Print

Eagle T-Shirt Design

So some friends and I were joking about all the security that data centers have (or should have) and somehow Eagles with laser eyes came up. It sounded like a good t-shirt, so I proceeded to make several shirts silkscreened with this design.


Illustrator

Silkscreen


Cigarette box movie prop

A prop for a movie

Print

Cigarette box movie prop

Movie prop done for a friend.


Illustrator

Printed, then folded and glued into shape.


background1

background1-an exploration in vector artwork.

Vector Artwork

background1

A fun experiment utilizing new tools and features in Illustrator, and an exploration of Illustrator's brushes.


Illustrator

For fun


background2

background2-an exploration in vector artwork.

Vector Artwork

background2

Continuation of the experiment done in background1 - again an experiment with Illustrator brushes and new features.


Illustrator

For fun


background3

background3-an exploration in vector artwork.

Vector Artwork

background3

Continuation of the experiment done in background1 - again an experiment with Illustrator brushes and new features.


Illustrator

For fun


I caught the moon today

Illustration

Print

I caught the moon today

A personal, for fun illustration based on Soundgarden's "Pretty Noose" song off of the "Down on the Upside" CD.


Painter and Photoshop


Cherchez une femme

Cherchez une femme, digital artwork.

Digital Artwork

Cherchez une femme

A fun digital artwork exploration. I also used this piece for a series of lithographic prints I self-produced. And yes I can read, if not speak, French. And a little smattering of Italian too.


Illustrator, Photoshop


Designation

Designation, door artwork.

Print

Designation

While working for BYU Special Collections, people liked to know my work schedule. This peice not only announced my work schedule, but it also provided a humourous door decoration. The small text in the middle reads "Designation" as the design and web development crew were all placed in the same room, thus a design - nation.


Illustrator


"Fear in America" Dustcover

"Fear in America" dustcover

Print

"Fear in America" Dustcover

A close friend of mine majored in Film and Theater Arts. He tended to work a lot on movies. And movies need props. Thus I helped him by designing this dustcover to fit over a book/prop for a movie set.


Illustrator


Jack be Nimble

Illustration of children's rhyme: Jack be nimble

Print

Jack be Nimble

This is an illustration of the children's rhyme, Jack Be Nimble. Modernized. And much cooler. I mean who jumps over candlesticks without their snowboard? But that begs the question of why Jack jumps over candlesticks. I mean why does he?


Illustrator


Our Lady of Binary

Our Lady of Binary: Save us from the evils of viral code.

Digital Artwork

Our Lady of Binary

Who will the next patron saint be? In a world filled with viruses, spyware, and other digital evils, I figured a patron saint named Our Lady of Binary would protect the pure harddrive. Why aren't there patron saints for modern problems? Just curious.


Illustrator, Photoshop


Layered2

Vector artwork

Vector Artwork

Layered2

A heavily layered and complex vector artwork, an experiment with Illustrator brushes, transparancy, and flatning.


Illustrator


Raspberry Rave Lickwid

Raspberry Rave Lickwid label design

Product Labeling

Raspberry Rave Lickwid

Schoolwork. But one of my favorites. The class had to design packaging for a hypothetical product, then produce it and place it on a physical object. Imagine these on a 3-sided glass bottle filled with red liquid and you'll get a good idea of what I created.


Illustrator


Rejected

Digital Artwork

Digital Artwork

Rejected

Fun in Photoshop with vector shapes, colors and text.


Photoshop


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