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Mars Rover
This was a sticker design for a local drill bit manufacturer who
created a special bit for the rock abrasion tool on one of the Mars
land rovers.
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Biker Bob
It started off as a caricature of a Harley-Davidson dealership to be
used as part of the new logo for Biker Bob's Harley-Davidson.
It
evolved into a series of Biker Bob poses used to identify different
departments in the showroom and comic strips to adorn the showroom
walls. Graphic designers took a T-shirt design and turned it
into
artwork and graphics to shrinkwrap vehicles in. Another
company created a statue and mascot costume based on the character
design. To see all of this at the re-grand opening of the
showroom was an amazing feeling. My thanks to the marketing
director for the amazing opportunity. |
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Credit Art
This
series of spot illustrations was for an educational kit for
college students, educating them on credit; how it works, pitfalls to
avoid, how to check it, etc. In this case the the graphic
designer wanted a
slightly edgier look and gave me reference material of the style she
was looking for. Unfortunately it did not make it
to print.
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IMSI Christmas Card
The
original concept from the client was to have a seal skating the IMSI
logo into the pond ice. I provided the first sketch,
which I thought didn't really work because the IMSI logo looked too
intricate to be "drawn" with ice skates. In the second sketch
the logo looked lost on the seal's nose. When I blew up the
logo
as a backdrop suddenly it looked like a like a hill in the background.
I added a few branches to the vertical bars for a to simulate
trees and submitted the third sketch.
Wiith a seal
having skates instead of flippers, I thought people would wonder what
kind of animal it was, so I suggested a bear instead. The
last
step was to create the final cover
art and two other
images for the inside and back. The client was
happy, and a holiday card was born! |
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Call
for Entries
This was a pro bono job for the Ann Arbor Ad Club where they wanted
some characters "calling" for entries for their annual ADDY awards show
using various methods: smoke signals, horns, drums, etc. This
was
really the first time I made extensive use of Adobe Streamline to
convert my scanned original art into Illustrator, which is something
I've become much more efficient at. I still prefer using ink
and
a brush over the Wacom tablet when I can.
The follow up project was spot illustrations for inviting people to the
ADDY awards show itself. |
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The
Golf Classic
The drawings were made for award certificates for a family golf
scramble held in honor of a significant birthday of a family member.
There were a few serious awards like the longest drive or
longest
putt, but most were just for fun, rudest player, best sand raker,
cutest outfit, and such. The drawings came out better than my
golf game.
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Pet Nuts
I came in mid-stream on this project. Another illustrator had
developed some of the characters for a proposed Flash animation series
which was promoting a pet related product. Thus I tried to
create new character designs around an existing style. The
concept was an island inhabited by nut people with superhero squirrels
and mutant helf-breeds, bear-hare for instance. But for some
reason pets characters were not a main focus. For me it was
another chance to explore the tools of Illustrator. |
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Polarpalooza
These unusual polar bears
were developed as part of an
informational flyer for Polarpalooza, an event for the city of Royal
Oak where
artists turn a basic polar bear form into a unique sculpture. These designs were
intended to start the
creative juices flowing. I tried to make it look like a
technical drawing. I also created the bear used in the logo. |
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