Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Harvest Christian Centre Billboard Design

Here is a billboard design & layout I did for my church. The photo has a watermark on it because it is just a place holder. The company that actually prints the billboard will replace that image with a high rez photo that they have the rights to. The bottom design was my original concept, the top is what actually will become a billboard. Although I like the bottom layout better, the top design should hopefully be easier to read zooming 65mph past it.

Monday, July 18, 2011

ONE Initiative Logo & Branding Elements

I actually made this a while back but forgot to post it so here you go.

Here is a logo design and some other promo stuff I did for a local body of churches that have banded together, regardless of denomation, to reach out to the teens/youth in the area. About every 3 months or so, we get toegther and have a large youth rally with high enegry music, games and several speakers that speak and teach on the bible in a way that youth can relate and understand. Here is a link to the one inititave's website: http://www.theoneinitiative.org/. You can also view a poster I did for the last event back in March.

Spins a Web Any Size, Look Out Here Comes...

Here is a Spider-man standing pose I did recently to work on a redesign of his costume. After several attempts and 3 erasers later, I have personally come to the conclusion that his costume is just about perfect. I just wasn't happy with any of the overhauls I came up with. I don't think there are too many comic characters out there who's costumes are able to stand the test of time (see my Superman redesign for an example of this) like Spidey's. I believe it still has a nice modern feel and look even though it's over 40 years old.

I only made a couple of slight alterations in my take on Spidey. I simplified the webbing pattern on his costume to make it almost just straight lines intersecting the vertical lines. I also made the spider emblem on his chest more angular and less rounded. I think it makes it more stylized and slightly edgier. Probably the biggest change I made was removing all the blue on his suit and replacing it with black. Typically, Spidey's suit has blue with a ton of black shadowing drawn into it. That always confused me as a child. Was his suit red and blue with black shadowing or red and black with blue highlights? Well, I have removed all confusion.

You are welcome.

Vibrant Glow Logo & Business Card Design

Here is a logo and a business card design I made up for a friend who starting up a spa. The design of the logo came about with inspiration from the sun and how it causes us to "glow," is a manner of speaking. How the sun component is breaking apart and peaking over the horizon line signifies how her spa can "break part" the current condition of your skin and revitalize your skin. The color choices where made off of the initial idea made by the client because she said she liked the color orange. : ) No other reason than that. Sometimes it's just that simply, LOL!!

As she gets her new business endeavor up and going, her primary focus is on spray tanning. I made the business card design reflect that.