Care for a glass?

Here's a little vector piece I did of a glass of wine and a bottle. I'm quite pleased with how the wine glass came out.

It's surprisingly difficult to do a semi-transparent object. I had more difficulty with the bottle than I did with the wineglass, but I managed to make both objects look decent. By dropping the opacity and adding a slight blur onto some of the darker and lighter shapes, I get a nice smooth look. If the vector objects/shapes are too sharp, the wineglass and bottle look very cartoon-y. The blur is supposed to help with the lighting and the shade.


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

Green Letter Template

I did this before going on vacation, but I didn't get a chance to post it. I wanted to do a cute little letter design. I've also always liked the use of circles and swirls in a lot of vector designs I found over the internet. Also, I really like this tint of green!

This is definitely the start of something fun for me!

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Edited in: Adobe Photoshpo CS3

"Thank You" card for Medium

Here is a thank you card I designed for Passions for Dessert. They printed one of Medium Magazine's covers onto hundreds of delicious cookies (which you can see in the picture below). These cookies were shared during the launch event.

For the card, I wanted to use pink because of the MEDIUM logo, and white was appropriate for the background. For the top I made the pink slightly darker.

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3

The Medium Magazine launch party was yesterday (June 13, 2011). Even though it drizzled here and there, the party was an absolute success. It was a pleasure just being there, seeing everyone interact with one another with lively music playing int he back. The members of Oddly studios were hard at work! I was able to say hi to them every so often as they kept moving back and forth between the rooms!


Unfortunately, I was only able to capture a few shots with my digital camera. There was dim lighting and I had my hands full for most of the night. I managed to take a few pictures of the team members, but you'll have to catch pictures of the event on the Medium site.

I'll consider taking a better camera with me next time, of course. But I have to be able to look fancy and still carry a giant SLR around.

I also got all dressed up for the event as well. It's rare for me to wear dresses, but this one was comfy and pretty. Plus it was an awesome fashion event!

The picture was taken by Jesse using my Canon Camera. (Thanks, Jesse!)

It's Summer Time!

I felt like ice cream because it's summer and it's gotten bloody hot this year (so far). Then I figured I'd vector a cute little ice cream banner/theme/logo (or whatever you would like to call it). It was actually very fun. I had to experiment with a few colours first before I was satisfied.

I then altered the ice cream picture just a little. My friend mentioned that it would suit the summer theme if I added glasses. So I did, and it turned out to be pretty awesome.

In addition to that, I made one with silly faces. At least they're happy being eaten, right? Hopefully it warms up soon (and my cold disappears). I can't wait to devour the mint chocolate chip and cookies n' cream ice cream in my freezer!

Developed and altered in: Adobe Illustrator CS3

Second Fairy Vector

I did this one two months ago but didn't upload it until now. I like it the way it is but I'll add an extra spray of white in the background next time. Originally the sketch was really messy, but I was able to adjust the body shape with the anchor and vector points. The flower I made is the orange version of a second lotus vector I did a long time ago. It came out much better than I expected because I used gradients again.

Here are the original (super rough) sketches:

Sketches by: Me

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3

Edited in: Adobe Photoshop CS3

Little Bunny

I finally managed to export the HD version of the 3Ds Max project I did in school in semester 3, which was about three months ago. I spent one week working on this project for my final assignment and boy did I have a blast. At first I wasn't sure what I really wanted to do, but eventually I decided I wanted to do something simple but cute. Since I learned about textures, I was able to apply them to all the background objects. So the bricks, the wood, and the cement all look a little more realistic. Also, the skylight really helped.

I think the hardest part was putting the bunny together. I had to put many shapes inside his body so I can attach all the limbs together and they would all move in fluid motion (whenever I needed, anyway). I am pleased to say I am very happy with the final result. It is short, but cute, and I enjoyed working on it very much.



Man, I love 3D!!

Developed in: 3DS max

Vectored Myself

I chose to vector myself for the "about" page of my previous website. It was my first time vectoring a person and I'm quite pleased with the outcome. The colours came out better than I expected. I personally thought it was going to be somewhat difficult because of the way the sun was shining on me the original photo. I definitely had fun with it, even though vectoring the image took a few days. All of this was done in Adobe Illustrator using the pen tool.

Here are both the original photo and vectored piece

Developed in: Adobe Illustrator CS3
Edited in: Photoshop CS3