Oo oo pretty.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/HBO-Unexpected/696859

Do'n A Little Business On The Side...

     So the other day I got a last minute commission for some album artwork for a Christmas single.  I know that, looking back at it now, there would definitely be some things I would have done differently given more time, and that I shouldn't accept projects that require a twenty-four hour turn around.  This time though I thought I'd make an exception.  I threw some things together that I had in studio, and even used the photo room for the first time since I've been here.  When I went into Photoshop I tried to employ some of the principles I've learned in class with the type.  I tried to slightly imply a typographical metaphor with the title.  I couldn't be too abstract with it otherwise it wouldn't flow with the pre-existing album artwork.  In the end I was up till five in the morning before I considered it "first mock up" close.  On wednesday there were a few minor edits I had to do before I sent it off.

Layer Tennis!

     So many of you may already know about this but it was just brought to my attention by a friend of mine.  So apparently there is this totally awesome thing called layer tennis thats put on by Adobe and Coudal.  Its basically a competition where two designers (graphic artists, animators, photographers, film makers) get together and send their designs back and forth.  It starts off with one design composition, animation, etc, which is then passed to the next artist (a volley) who then has 15 min. to come up with a response to send back.  Each person has the previous person's full layered file.
     This competition goes for about five rounds.  Not only is the objective to create the better compositions, but often also to take friendly jabs at the opposing designer.  At the end people can vote on twitter for who they think won.  So there it is, looks pretty interesting to me.  I think it would be fun to try sometime.


http://layertennis.com/100820b/index.php