I never realized how beautiful a typeface it was until I began using it on my own personal profile. When it comes to serif fonts, this is definitely my new favorite, and will probably replace Georgia in many of my upcoming projects. It just has such an elegant feel, especially when using text-transform: uppercase.
Client: Life.Ended.Abruptly
Published Work: http://myspace.com/lifeendedabruptly
Date Completed: June 15th, 2008
Description: Full MySpace layout, including Masthead for Life.Ended.Abruptly., a Central Florida Death Metal band. Project took about 10 hours, spanning over a week’s time. Minor changes are still being made. The masthead is a series of manipulated photos, the mountain range and explosion being two separate images.
Client: Sparing No Lives
Published Work: http://myspace.com/sparingnolives
Date Completed: June 1st, 2008
Description: Photomanipulation layout for Sparing No Lives, and Orlando based Hardcore bands signed to Statik Factory Records. As a quick side note, the base image for the Life.Ended.Abruptly. layout was used to fill the inside of the main figure’s mouth. Once again, this layout is a photomanipulation, making use of two separate images (the meat racks and the main figure). To accompany the new layout, a new identity, including logotype, was created.
Client: From Ruins Of Treachery
Published Work: http://myspace.com/fromruinsoftreachery
Date Completed: May 29th, 2008
Description: MySpace layout for From Ruins Of Treachery, a lakeland deathcore band. Originally playing under the name All Shall Bow, this layout was created using various lighting techniques and a small collection of stock renders to represent that name. The concept was eventually kept for the new name as well. A new logotype was also created to accompany this layout.
Client: Personal Work
Published Work: http://myspace.com/iamaadesign
Date Completed: May 20th, 2008
Description: Full MySpace layout for promotional use. Simple layout, again playing around with some basic lighting and tiling techniques. The type used is VTKS Bandana. I will most likely revise this layout at a later date.
I was browsing through some old posts on Smashing Magazine that I had missed out on, and I’m wondering how I let this gem of a WordPress theme slip past me. Everything’s up and running, and I’ve made a few minor adjustments. Over the next few weeks I’ll TRY to do a bit of customization.
For at least two years now I’ve been talking about redesigning Textonic. I’ve rolled out multiple drafts, but that’s all they’ve ever been. I’ve shifted from the web design persona to more of a graphic design persona, and when it comes to coding, I just cant bring myself to sit down long enough to get something solid cranked out. So I figured it’s about time I get to work.
It’s been a while since I’ve worked on anything substantial, or even profitable for that matter. The Fall Affair, a Lakeland based Indie Pop-Punk band came to me looking for three things, a simple tee design, a new myspace layout, and a kick-ass sticker.
After multiple revisions and a good amount of time spent in the kitchen, the shirt has finally come together. I worked exclusively with good friend Joel Faviere on this one, taking his home made sketch and transforming it into the final product. The project took a little over two weeks, which wasnt too bad, but the coloring was a real pain. For the majority of the coloring I created a new layer, set to ‘multiply’ over the original sketch drawing, and meticulously colored over the tree and leaves.
If anyone has a simpler method for coloring in Photoshop, please feel free to pass it along, I’d be more than eager to use it in my next project. Anyway, to view the full size design, with watermark of course, head on over to my Flickr account, and look for the print to be available by the summer.
