After Photoshop

Squirrel Sketch

Still working on the backgrounds and characters for my new book. I rushed the last two for various reasons, I want this one to be much better!

Glenlivit Pitch

Balloon Book

After seeing an increase in sales of my last two books, i've decided to go ahead with my balloon book. Here are so me quick illustrations before I open in Photoshop.

Freelance Illustration Work / New Client

Recently I had the opportunity to illustrate a trade show display concept for Malibu Rum's New Flavour, "Malibu Black". The theme was "Black Light District" in a club like setting. Below is what I came up with.

The job was exciting and fun and made me realize how much I enjoy visualizing concepts and creating the experience.

After my aha moment and discovery of an industry needing my talents, I happily went out and invested in the most AMAZING piece of equipment I could have ever dreamed of owning. A Cintiq 21UX.

Bring on the freelance!

Pet Walker Logo

Annual Flash Presentation

Overall, designing a flash presentation to showcase fabrics isn't as exciting as you may think.

The overall idea was a fabric show called "All Sewn Up" where the host would travel across Canada and see what people have been doing with their fabrics. From Outdoor, to indoor, to crafts... It was 20 minutes of tweening.

My favourite part of course is this clip I am showing here. I thought it a good idea to bring in some of the Flash sketch technique I love so much and showcase some of the fabrics through the eyes of students. I really enjoyed giving each student their own personality. By far the most fun i've had at Rose E Dee yet. Other than the Web Redesign, that's pretty fun too.

Flash Presentation

A big part of my job at Rose-E-Dee is preparing an annual presentation to be shown at convention to introduce new lines of fabrics. Each year they hope to add a little fun to each presentation as to not bore the audience. This year the concept was to create a home decoration show, with a host to introduce various segments and in those segments, display the fabric.

To introduce the crafts segment I thougyht it a good idea to host a craft challenge. My first task was to design and pitch a logo to begin the segment. This was what I ended up with...

Rose-E-Dee

I have now been a Graphic/Web Designer @ Rose-E-Dee for a month and am glad to be gaining experience in my field. So far the main focus has been to keep the website updated and current as well as to brainstorm and design the annual flash presentation for buyers.
As you may imagine, showing fabrics is not the most exciting job but at least creatively we can have some fun with it. I have also been working with Interactive Touch Books, in my spare time, and have been helping compile the works of Red Chair Press into interactive books for kids. The books are so much fun, that somehow I find the time. That and working on my own books...well, there are just not enough hours in the day.

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