Coldwell Banker letterbox dropper
This double-sided DL-size (22cm x 11cm) card was made for the Property Management department of Coldwell Banker Property Direct - one of the biggest real estate agencies in Brisbane and as such was distributed to the greater Brisbane area. The design itself came as a loose brief in the sense that I needed only to include the dog and provided copy. I tried something creative for a typically corporate business and it was received with positive feedback.
Zac's 24th Invitation
I am proud of this piece because I feel like it's full of energy and excitement, it's a retro, it's gratuitous and it's still all well put together. I feel like this invitation showcases my use of colour and light.
Chloe's 21st Invitation
I was given the theme of 'white party' and took it in a sort of 'upper class' direction. I wanted to challenge myself by using as few blending effects as possible and ended up making a very stark and formal that would appeal to young and old audiences alike.
Club Cinema Poster
The brief for this was very strict and basically I made exactly what I was told while still employing my own unique style. I feel like the realistic and non-realistic elements in this design are harmonious and don't take away from promoting the club.
Mo-Sistas Email flyer
I made this as part of an email that would go around my work to entice my female co-workers into participating in Movember. As it was embedded in the email rather than attached, I made the background white to make it seem borderless.
Dave & Donna's Anniversary
My boss needed an invitation made for his and his wife's wedding anniversary, so I wanted to make something fairly unintrusive that would convey a sense of class and dignity (obviouly the photos have been replaced at his request).
Learning Place
This flyer was made to be given out to parents about a learning support program at a primary school. The client wanted it to be friendly and colourful, which I think it is. I really enjoy working with collage-style design, where I get to put different elements and textures together.
Dance In Circles Christmas Ad
Another poster for the Dance In Circles guys. I wanted to go for something totally different this time and really take a turn from work I have done in the past. I am happy with the overall structure and composition in this ad; the only constraint I was given by the client was that it had to be a black and white image, which was easy to work around.
Dalek Tattoo
A friend of mine is quite the Dr Who fan and has a tattoo of the Tardis (top left of image) on her ankle. She then wanted a Dalek on her other ankle, but in the same style as the Tardis she already had. I think it came out looking very close, considering all the different shapes in the Dalek when compared to the Tardis.
Planet Inline
For this project I was given the written information and a rough idea of what the client wanted. All of the work was completed in one day and I think it came together very well for several items of work of similar style. The web banner is my favourite here because I rarely get an opportunity to animate things.
Birthday Invitation
Jordan wanted an invitation done that he could post on his events page on myspace and facebook, stuff like that. He is into the whole ‘ninja thing’, so I put this together for him. It really didn’t take that long to get this image working and from there it was easy to refine.
Dances In Circles
A poster for my brother’s party at the Metro in Fortitude Valley. He said he wanted circles to be the theme of the image and for something very colourful. The only regret I have about this image is that I didn’t put a rainbow in it somewhere.
Animal Sunset
The original drawing fills an A3 page, so it was pretty big. It was challenging trying to compose all the different elements into one picture. The girl is a fictional character I created for a comic I am still developing. Obviously she likes animals.
Faith
You have a feeling you have seen her before, but can’t remember exactly where? You should be ashamed of yourself. This was completed in Flash with approximately one hundred layers.
Adama
Sometimes when a show ends and I can no longer get my fix I draw one of the characters as a sort of release. Even though there is one season still remaining of Battlestar Galactica I had to draw Adama while I wait for it to get here.
Girl
Before this image I had been doing primarily very simply line work and nothing else. I sat down one morning and wondered what would happen if I drew as well as I possibly could at the time. She was the result a few days later. The only complaint I have about this image is that her breasts look fake!
T-Rex
One day I was feeling really stagnated and couldn’t think of anything to draw, so I asked my friend Matt what I should draw. “Umm, a T-rex playing a guitar”. The rest is history. I experimented with dual lights when I coloured the image because of the way I rendered the light sources while drawing the original picture.
Profile
I was having serious trouble getting my head around another picture I was doing in a similar style, so I did this image in a few hours as a bit of a warm up to the other image. The folds in the neck of the tracksuit are included in some of the most technical and successful work I have ever done in a vector design.
Bugman
I feel as though the form in this image is so resolved that I haven’t yet done any better. I think it’s mainly the legs that make me say that; Bugman’s weight seems to be resting on the one to the right, which it would be if you were to stand like that.
Aleisha
Another work by request, Aleisha wanted me to draw a picture of anything except for a portrait. In the end she said she was really happy with it. I tried something new with the colouring to see if it would help to make the drawing look less manufactured. I think it was fairly successful.
Ironman
This image just started as a quick sketch, but proved to get better as I developed it. One of my favourite things about this image is that I didn’t use a photo reference for the figure itself, only the armor’s structure.
Bulldog & Goatman
I have never met either of the guys the two characters are based on, but they are using this image for T-shirts and other paraphernalia for their band. This isn’t my favourite image, but because it is in circulation I thought it was worth showing off.
Lizardman
It’s a bit camp, but he’s a superhero alright. I used techniques employed by a comic artist named Adi Granov to colour this image and it seems to have paid off. Lizardman looks a little slimy; which I think adds to his “lizardness”.
The Machine (Battle Damage)
I am really happy with some of the rendering in this picture. The veins came up really well in some spots and I feel like the face captures the character’s defeat –even though he’s in pieces! The Machine is the main character in a comic I am developing and this image captures one of the significant moments in his story.
