update on that graphic

the other one wasn't quite there, tho liked. this is what i made that they eventually went with.

just so everyone knows...

...i've been horrible about updating. but the past few months have been really straining.

but all is good now. while i did design a few things with my old employer, i found a new job, which is amazing. i may, in the end, not go into graphic design as a career path. i'm still deciding what i want to do with myself.

that doesn't mean that i don't get a chance to design at my new job.



i like it. trying to keep it corporate. but that's all that's new right now.

new theme graphics...hurriedly done...

...because i've also been making mutha fuckin templates today. so many templates. but...




made these this morning. wanted to be a little more corporate. the first one got approved. with the globe.

finally, new shit to share

been working on new theme graphics for celgene internal meeting. i'm all banged up after last night's drinking with my coworkers for one of the producers' birthday. so today is just spent nursing myself back to normalcy and tweaking these theme graphics and coming up with some more. the direction was to make it look like csi, but only use white, black, gray, and shades of blue.





i think they came out nicely. they still need some editing. especially since they don't know really what they are calling the thing. i was simply told to use the acronym, the terms spelled out, and colors and sort of look. i was also told "make it, like, you know, cinema noir." but i have no idea where that could work if they want it all csi like. oh wells.

holy fuck, templates...

that's all i've been doing. updating theme graphics that should have had the edits i gave them a while ago. i know how to explain it. i just don't want to.

anyway, been a while since i talked about subway tonight/awards. i posted developing the actual theme graphics. now we're developing templates for them:




and then there's subway tonight, which got changed into subway today:






yah. that's what i've been doing lately. they told me about this the end of the day monday...and i tried doing a lot, but i'm also doing reception shit. i don't think people quite understand how hard it is for me to execute their graphics and also, well, answer the phones. i feel as if lately my primary job has become graphics, and i'm picking up other people's slack. like, if there are any complaints about me at work, believe me, i'd have a bitch fit.

mmm, semen...wait, what?

i was on tastespotting. like i am everyday. and came across this.

it made me chuckle. which makes me ashamed.

zero tag

i came across a site called zero TAG and, basically, they hate graffiti. for instance, they say: Research shows that graffiti is what happens when good people do nothing. that's interesting. i was under the impression that street art is a legitimate form of expression that exposes a different perspective.

but when i saw this on their site:

i was actually really saddened. i thought a lot of time, planning, scaling, and innate design sense went into that. and it was beautiful.

then they had a list of banned items. like encouraging graffiti:



but, mostly the site was a bunch of strange opinions that seemed very ego-centric (Graffiti, like stealing, is a crime because it steals law-abiding citizens’ right to live in a perfect world. Graffiti is the product of a subculture that believes art and self-expression are more important than order and cleanliness. for example) and typos:


all in all, this pretty much sums up my opinion about graffiti removal:

taj tea

i am in love with these ads:

this is what i meant in school when i said portraying the image of a brand's character visually, and people seemed to just keep pushing tag lines. some things don't require any words.

check out the other parts of the campaign by advertising agency ogilvy & mather out of mumbai here

guess what?

guess who made employee of the month without being eligible...

subway theme graphics

so, i'm still working on these theme graphics. it's really strange because i was speaking with my friend brenden about working under people or creative directors and how little things are changed. and i tried explaining that this is a subjective business, and that he needs to be able to take that kind of criticism because what's appealing to him or me or any designer is not going to be appealing to at least one other person.

which brings me to my theme graphics.

subway awards! they're doing their show in vegas, so the direction i was given was showgirl. this is what i came up with:

i thought it was really pretty and really showy like a showgirl. i thought the colors would be very agreeable on screen. my bosses liked it. but from their past shows, they suspected the client wouldn't like it. they know the client better than i do, so, i redesigned:


the purple template i had made was liked best, so my really dark (but flashy) las vegas showgirls template was kinda dropped. and the theme graphics i had needed the coloring adjusted. But then I was told that it's still too much and this theme graphic that i made was the most liked:

which i did more to show a bare minimum of stuff but to still convey a little razzle dazzle, or whatever the hell you'd describe a showgirl without sounding cheap and just a little trashy. and here's a second one:


as for the spoof tonight show they are going to have, here are the newest additions since the last i updated:

nothing new

nothing new has developed. i'm mostly sketching my ideas a lot so things can be worked out the way i like it ahead of time.

i've also been incredibly busy at work with graphics and theme graphics and signage, which is a nice change of pace. i like where i am at work because it's been a relatively short while here and i already feel like an important part of a team. so important that, if my employer was to run across this blog, perhaps he'd give me a raise? maybe? maybe not? damn.

but it was all pepsi a little while ago, and now it's all subway:


the last one apparently was too silence of the lambs. i liked the butterfly, but, eh. i wanted to do something interesting with the feathers. not be too literal. have some sparkle in there since the show is at las vegas. at least i got my jewels in.

i don't know what i'm doing. i was looking at that moleskine graphic and then thinking up something else entirely. i'm not sure. but this is my project today:

i just need to finish an illustration for it. let's see how this progresses.

don't know what i'm doing.

since my idea for coldstone looked less like ice cream and more like pepto, i am thinking of just doing something else...

Cocaine day 3

ok, i'm happy with the other ones. i'm morking on this one. i may change the color of the lips. don't know just yet.

so, all of them lined up in a nice little row for everyone to take a gander at:

Cocaine day 2

after this happened to my usb chip:

i was terrified that i lost everything. thankfully, nothing was lost, and, if it were, i have back-ups on my laptop and work pc.

but crazy.

i fixed up my latest campaign that my friends are giving me good responses to. i had decided what i needed to adjust and today is going to be spent desigining a second concept.

first concept:


second concept:

coming along.

my worst enemy is clearly copywriting:


no, sticking with original copy and using "pnp" for my next concept. but i did need LENSFLARES!


the copy no reads: 100% pure uncut energy.


i think they're finished. added the glare to the can:

and

Cocaine

i was looking through my old sketches for school and what products i should do, but i kinda didn't do a specific one because i hated the packaging so much. it's that cocaine energy drink. but i had an idea last night for how i'd want to do it again, and it doesn't seem as complicated (in my head) as the sketch i had done a while ago.

but it's going to be really smart. hopefully i can do it during work.

P.S. 11:20 AM February 11, 2008

I was thinking on the subway about this. I'm going to eighties the fuck out of the Cocaine drinking package and logo. And the main type treatment i'm going to use is gradients and crazy colors. modernize an eighties look for an eighties drug. I want to make it sharp and fashion housey looking with a futuristic appeal. something sleak. so i made this at work:

and i'm going to use it in different ways. the first concept that i hope i can get completed today is going to have a rolled up twenty inside the can of...lols...coke.

P.P.S

It came out good, i think. Really clean. I think it's really eye-catching. and i think it looks different from what i usually make.

Bic

it came out nice. a few things i need to pretty up here and there. but i like it. that back wave is bothering me to no end.