Web Illustrations

I love when I get to sneak illustration into my Web designs, and it helps when some of the videos we sell are wacky enough to warrant my style (Give 'Em the Pickle, Fish...)

So here are a couple graphics I just developed for the FiSH! site we're building:

Back from Vacation

It's always tough getting back into the swing of things the first day back from vacation. I'm doing odds and ends so far today... the Fish site is almost done, so I'm testing the pages. I need to put the sales team's bio info on there. I also need to create a preview of the Leadership Pickles book for Maureen. I need to finish the file backup to the new firewire drive. I need to add Sue to the GEP site. I think I'll try and get caught up on the training reviews that i'm behind on. Not that any of you care, but yep, that's my day.

GULAG sign

Wow! Record timing. This menu is back from the printer already. Unfortunately my screen must be poorly calibrated, because I sent an army green file, and got back a lime-green taste explosion! Our awesome print rep is gonna reprint for me, now that I specified PMS 385.

This is how the current one came out:

Grrrr.

We got broken into over the weekend. Luckily our cleaning person didn't walk in on it happening, otherwise it would have been really bad.  Stuff can be replaced, but not the data and footage... and not the sense of security either. Just knowing people can do that sort of thing and not feel bad about it really makes me baffled and disappointed and angry and demand justice... So in a word, GRR. Yesterday sucked. (pardon the language)

Welcome to Gulag (overhead menu)

According to the script, "a dark and industrial looking coffee shop that looks more like a metal shop. It celebrates the wacky fun of the USSR in the 1950's."

Actually, I don't think there was much REAL "wacky fun" going on over there, but it sure makes for some fun design work, eh comrades?! ;)

Prop Design

This is the part I love most about my job - designing the props and logos for the production of the films themselves. I probably enjoy it because it's always something different. This time, it's a logo for a "1950s era communist themed coffee shop" for a humorous scene in our next training video. Just in case it hasn't been officially announced, I am not telling which video it is... so there! ;P

Just look:


Here are previous designs for the logo:

Bizzy Bizzy

AIEEE! Full plate today. Finishing up my print ad for "Good Company", designing the FiSH! web site, AND doing caricatures of John Sweeney. What do you think of this one?

Library Kong!

I have a few books on caricature drawing on hold up at the Seattle Public Library. The online librarian sent me a map of the place so that I could easily find my books. Is it just me, or does this place look like one giant game of Donkey Kong?

Designing a Print Ad

I think it's probably been years since the last time I designed an ad for print... probably back when I worked for HL2... Anyways, here it is. It's an ad for an educators' trade magazine offering my animated meeting opener, Good Company: