Music

Music is and always will be a wonderful thing.  It always calms me down when I'm sad or upset, and surprisingly enough, it doesn't take more than three songs to help me simmer down.  So here's a layout for a made up music site, just because I love music.  Originally it was just black in the background, but I added coloured sound echoes/ripples to make it more interesting.  Needless to say, I'm pleased with the final result.

(Clearly a title for the site hasn't been created)

Developed using: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Icons - Because they're awesome

I'm back!  With some icons this time as well!  I keep looking at my Android phone thinking about how I could develop my own.  I guess it inspired me to make some of my own set for different purposes.

Here's a compass I made in Adobe Illustrator using various gradients, and I must admit I'm very proud of this one. A compass would definitely come in handy for someone as directionally challenged like me.   You can see why I made a compass first!  I vectored random shapes in the background to make it look like a map.  It was much better than leaving it a plain blue.

Next up we have music and videos, because most phones nowadays have these options.  The video one is rather straightforward, but I wanted to have fun with the music icon.  I gave the note a set of headphones because it made it more fun!

Finally we have a map.  There isn't much for me to say except I'm extremely grateful phones have map applications.  They tend to be lifesavers for people like me, so I wanted to make a map icon with the other three.

And there you have it!

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator

Magazine layout

Here comes another magazine layout!  Another one for Poke the Merch, that is.

A friend of mine is currently working on a review for these figures, and I just really wanted to create a magazine layout with some photographs we took a while back.  Interestingly enough, both characters (Takasugi and Kamui from Gintama) are crazy, but they look great in natural areas.  Fortunately there are some nice, quiet, green areas in my neighbourhood.

We definitely wanted to capture Kamui (below) in the shade because he isn't able to stand in the sun for a long period of time.  It also worked with his shady expression.

For now, I'm using Lorum Ipsum, but I'd love to add actual text once the reviews are done!

Developed in: Adobe InDesign
Photos edited in: Adobe Photoshop