Design Practice

I wanted to practice designing website layouts (home pages, product pages, etc...) because I wanted ideas for my own website. The first idea that came to mind was flowers. The layout is meant to be quite basic since I didn't have too much time to work on it. The sidebar lacks more information but that requires some more research before it reaches completion. I'd probably extend it vertically and insert some more options and ads...but only if it looks nice.

Please make note that none of the floral images belong to me and they have only been used for practice. They are not used for sale and belong to their respective owners.

Developed in: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Shoe Ad

Here is a shoe ad I did for photography class in semester 2. I had to take several pictures my shoes, so I could choose the best one to use for a fake poster/ad. I chose Aerosoles because I owned a pair of their shoes, which were still new (in my original box) and were very nice. The logo was hard to do at first, but I vectored half of the letters afterwards to match one I found on Google. I had to place in shadows of my own with a brush tool because I couldn't keep the shadows from the original photo.

Developed in: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Typography and Lyrics

In semester 2, one of the assignments in typography required me to choose some lyrics from a song (in this case, Bring Me to Life by Evanescence) and emphasize significant words in a design of my choice. I always liked the middle part of the song so I chose it and placed it in my second design. The black and gray give it a darker feel, which I used to match the tone of the song.

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3

Vector practice

I am currently using vectors on old images I drew. I also learned how to do swirls along with nice, but simple designs in Adobe Illustrator. I certainly love the colours.  I haven't used green with a hint of yellow in the background before, but I'm pleased with the result.  I thought the pink butterflies complemented the green as well.  They're easy to see and they stand out nicely in the picture.

Here is the original sketch, which was done in high school.  The vector image outlines the fairy.  The swirls and background were included because I wanted to experiment.

Sketch done by: Me
Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Edited in: Photoshop CS3

Matt of Hetalia

I vectored a figure from the insanely popular anime series Hetalia Axis Powers. My friends adore Matt from Canada, so I decided to vector him and make a wallpaper with it. For now, I've finished the vector, which came out much better than I expected. I adjusted the tones a little because of lighting, but I'm very pleased with it.

Vectored

Original Image

I did a snowy background because it suits Matt's outfit. Nothing special or complicated about it. I contemplated on adding a few more things to it, but I'll leave it as is for now. Maybe some trees and a pattern in the back, or a snow bear and a snow Matt will do in the future. Click image to enlarge (1280 x 800 pixels)

Vectored in Adobe Illustrator CS3

Flash backgrounds

For my Flash toysite assignment, I created a few backgrounds to match the Socorian I designed a while back. I designed an abandoned factory (from the outside) at night. It gives a dark feel to the toy. It's appropriate considering the fact that this toy was the predator of the project I did with Gabby. I created a school setting as well because I couldn't think of another theme at the time and school was frustrating me. I figured it'd be fun to destroy some imaginary pencils and paper.

Here's a link to the original sculpted Socorian

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Edited in: Adobe Flash CS4 and Photoshop CS3

Vector for Video

I vectored this spooky background for a video assignment (Semester 3). It's part Tim Burton, part spooky owls. It was fun making it. I added texture to the ground so it wouldn't look so flat. I'm happy with the outcome, and it looked very nice in the film.

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Edited in: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Flowers

I wanted to use a blossomed flower as a logo for myself, but I had some difficulties deciding on the design. This was one of them. I developed two versions because I wanted options. I used an image of a lotus flower I quite liked over the internet and began playing with some gradients. This one actually looks really nice from afar. I was tempted to keep it but decided my final design should be simple. Here's what it looks like anyway. It's still something I'm proud of.

Here's a different design for the blossoming flower.

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3

Digital Painting

Here's a digital painting I did of my sister a year ago. We were in France and she posed for the camera. I thought it was a fun picture so I used Photoshop to dot out the picture. I'm very pleased with the outcome.

Reference Photo

Digital Piece

Developed in: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Flare Flower

This was a sketch I did a few years ago. I always wanted to colour it in, but I didn't do it until the winter holiday of 2010. I'm not that great with tablets, but tablet PCs (where you can draw touching the screen itself) made it possible. I had fun colouring this in. Using multiply modes, I was able to make a darker and lighter version.

Sketched by: Me

Coloured in: Adobe Photoshop CS3