Paws in the Park - "The Return"

The initial idea for this was a "kid" point of view. So the fonts were chosen in regards to a child's point of view. I was hoping they would want a more handwritten feel but the font they settled on was a bit blockier than I would have liked. Can't win em all...
I went with some bold colors this year... something fun and different. Like most collage work, there are a lot of moving parts so small changes turn into HUGE changes... something I need to remember the next time I decide to create a painting in photoshop. All in all it has been a definite learning experience for me. I'm already sketching next years design... I feel if I can start now it could be pretty epic.

Little sumthin I'm workin on...

It's that time again... Paws in the park 2012... here's the first draft...
ROUGH draft that is...

2011 Tails at Twilight

I was asked to create the Tails at Twilight invitation again this year. I was pretty excited to be working with them again but this time it was a bit more difficult. Again, I've tried to maintain a 'look' for EHS with the silhouette images, but reinventing it for the third time proved to be quite a challenge. The theme was based around a quote... "make it possible". I tossed around a few ideas but in the end I leaned toward something I had recently been studying. I work a few blocks from Chinatown in San Francisco and it's hard not to be influenced by the Asian culture and art. Cherry blossoms came to mind... it seemed like a perfect texture. In searching for a color palette I looked at a number of illustrations and watercolors to get the seasonal feel I was after. The event was going to be held in October so I wanted some Fall influence but I thought muddy pastels might be a nice dark touch for October. Anyway... enough gabbing here's the final product...

Paws in the park 2011... cont.

This is a VERY belated update... but... late is better than never. I ended up doing a lot of extra work on this project that included banners, posters and t-shirts. All in all I learned A LOT and was proud of the outcome. It was a very fun project... wish I could have been there to enjoy it in person. I heard that the t-shirts were a big hit... they were printed on bright blue shirts so the green really stood out. Here's a sample of my t-shirt design...

Work... aka... busy

Crazy days! I've taken on another San Diego Humane Society project. EHS puts on an event every year called paws in the park and I was asked to create Brochures T-shirts and posters. The brochures were printed this week. I will be working on refining images for posters this weekend and t-shirts should be ready by march.

After creating the invites for last years gala event I decided to stick with the silhouette theme. It really compliments their logo and I hope to start a trend for future EHS design. Nearly all the imagery was produced from photos I took at last years event. I feel that it brings a personal touch to the project.

Here's the first part of the project... the brochure...

Freelance Dance... part deux

It's official, I've been looking at this invite waaay too much. I sent off this latest draft last night and when I opened it this morning I realized a huge (embarrassing) design flaw. It's a design fail for sure but it was too funny not to share. I made some slight changes to the rabbit that might suggest a serious flatulence problem. That's why I always welcome a good critique. Promote safe critiquing and prevent rabbit flatulence.

Freelance Dance

So I was lucky to be hired on to do the EHS invites this year. I've got a good start on them... I'm working on finishing them up this week with text and cleaning up the images for print. I started out wanting to morph a cat into a dog image but the fold is located in such an odd spot it didn't make sense compositionally. The gray areas are going to be printed with either a silver or blue metallic ink. Can't wait to have them finished and see the final product. These images are the rough drafts of the main art. I will post more as I get more text in place.