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Four And Aft

kevinsylvia — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:35:50 +0000

I book shows now.

August 11th – The Yellow Sign, Once We Were Buried @ Transitions Art Gallery – Tampa, Florida [w/ Illithid, Legions, and Board The Windows]
August 17th – Screamin’ For Vengeance Tour @ The Dungeon – Orlando, Florida [w/ American Me, Oceano, Borland, Devoured By Pestilence, Harvest The Deceased, and Along Side Oni]
August 22nd – Deterrence @ The Mad Hatter – Lakeland, Florida [w/ Denounce The Betrayer, Alvira, Astraea, and more TBA]
August 28th – Catalepsy Tour Kickoff @ The Dungeon – Orlando, Florida [w/ Rose Funeral, The Breathing Process, Years Spent Cold, Red I Flight, Devoured By Pestilence, and 42 Children]

More coming soon. Keep an eye out on http://myspace.com/iamaadesign for future updates.

Recent Work.

kevinsylvia — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:57:32 +0000

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.

The Details of Living.

kevinsylvia — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:42:07 +0000

Those are the ones I’d prefer not to get into, but I assume at one point everything must be told. Life’s been exhausting lately. I’m living home to home, staying with friends, waiting for my father to find a place to settle down. Not knowing whether I’ll be able to make it to school one day, or work the next is very unsettling.

I’m running off the thought that I currently have no job, though I know that’s not true. It’s only a matter of time before they take me off of the schedule completely. But with no transportation to and from, getting there is as big a task as actually completing the work. School is the same situation. I can get there, but it’s useless if I’ll only make it to two or so classes.

Maybe everything will die down soon.

Attractive Application Design

kevinsylvia — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:18:53 +0000

As a recently unemployed teen, I’ve made a strong effort to search for a new job. I’ve made my rounds in the mall, local shopping plazas, and even fast food joints, and every single application has had the same corporate feel to it. After the first few applications my hand was running on autopilot, knowing what goes where. The application of design is not an important part of employment, but it does give certain organizations an edge, in the respect that the applicant feels more involved in the process, putting their full effort into the application.

Taco Bell captures this concept well, as their colorful brochure style application is both easy on the eyes and a breeze to fill out. But one application I came across stood far above the rest. Color filled the entire pamphlet, and a consistent design and color scheme brought the entire process together into one stylish package.

Sweetbay Supermarket, a relatively new chain formerly known as Kash N’ Karry, employs every aspect of good design for their hiring application. Each section of the application is noted by a unique number marking each step, subtly faded into the background. Not onlyis this a subtle reminder of step by step procedures, it’s also a visually appealing navigational style used by many popular published magazines, but by many popular websites as well.

On the reverse side a completely green page adds contrast to the booklet, with the important material printed in beautifully kerned white text. Unfrotunately my cameraphone shots could not capture the full detail, but the picture above gives a general idea of the final page. My favorite feature though has to be the enlarged signature boxes, leaving plenty of room for those who like to get creative with their John Hancock. Can anyone say user oriented design?

Finally, a clean header design ties the entire form together, with a solid repeating pattern covering the entire top portion of the application, and then the Sweetbay logo embedded on every page. My pictures can’t accurately display the aesthetic appeal of this design, but if there’s a Sweetbay Supermarket iny our area I highly suggest picking up an application, if not for the job, then at least for the elegant design.

Budgeting for the Simple Teen

kevinsylvia — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:22:38 +0000

Save half, spend half. The single most important aspect of budgeting is knowing when to save. As a teenager most of us have dreams of moving out or purchasing a new car, and so saving half of your income is an important part of reaching that goal. What you do with the other half is up to you.

It’s as simple as that. Save half, spend half.