BFA Progress (Page 4)

Here is the top and bottom that make up the last page of my BFA piece. I enjoyed the night time backlit color scheme. All it needs is a little cleaning up

Mocs Caravan Logo Sketches

Yep, I sketched with the help of the mighty fine people at Crayola and their wonderful 64-pack of wonderfully colored wax sticks...or crayons as we like to call them. These are part of a little revising I'm doing as I create a logo for the UTC Mocs Caravan logo. They are looking for a logo to promote their coaches travels around the South for their respective programs. I have some caricatures already developed and a couple early concepts I haven't posted. These sketches incorporate the new train that is in the UTC logo package. They wanted me to try the sideways version you see at the bottom. I think it looks really cool, but have left it without Scrappy at the wheel or any coach caricatures because that seems to be the best way that concept works. The top concept will have Scrappy leaning out the conductor's spot and the coaches atop the smokestack.

A BFA in Process Shot

I thought I'd take a moment to show a sort of before and after shot of how my BFA piece is coming together. To the left you see how I start out a panel, dropping in huge splotches of color with a much larger than need brush. Then, after lots of refining with smaller brushes, you get a panel that looks like something to the right. Also, this is a nice sneak preview of page 4 of my piece :)

BFA Progress

The top image is the first two sets of panels for page 2. The bottom two images are the top and bottom of page 3 respectively.

2011 UTC Football Schedule Poster (Sketches)

I'm currently having a lot of fun with this project. How could I not? I am designing for my favorite sport: football. These are my current digital sketches for the Chattanooga Mocs 2011 Schedule Poster. I am looking forward to starting on the final version soon. Right now we are working out the finer details of players to use, wording, etc. It's been a blast so far and I can't wait to post the final product!

My Artwork...in Billboard Format!

Yep folks, my artwork was plastered across Chattanooga a couple weekends ago. The UTC Basketball team had a "Blackout" game against Furman on the 21st of February and I was part of a massive promotional campaign that was thrown together in 5 days. I learned about the project on a Wednesday and had about a 24-hour turnaround. The top image was the design I liked best of the three I created for them to choose from. Once I sent it to the people at UTC they made a few tweaks per the billboard companies guidelines to give you the 2nd image you see. My gradient date and fading outlined figure were lost, but it is still cool to see my work on a billboard! This particular picture is courtesy of my fiancee, who grabbed a shot of it off Brainerd Road on her way to work.

UTC Newspaper Ad

 

As you can see, the folks at UT-Chat used one of my newspaper ad templates in the Chattanooga Times Free Press a couple weekends ago! It was a really challenging project, as the space for the add is only about 3.5" x 4". It was just awesome to see my work in a newspaper! The top image is my Photoshop file from which the ad was taken. Of course some things got lost in the newspaper printing, but overall this project was a great experience. The folks of Chattanooga should be on the lookout for more ads during the season!