Just a quick post this week, as my son was born yesterday. Here is a logo concept I made for my friend and collaborator Dean Mehrkens. He is a writer, so I was going for a more graphic interpretation of the old illustrated manuscript style of the first letter on a line. It is also done in a style similar to typical beer brands, which Dean fancies himself to brew on occasion.
I am starting a new series on the blog where I feature artists, whether photographer, painter, sculptor, designer, illustrator, or anything else, that I admire and appreciate their work. I don’t know how regular this will be, but something I will come back to from time to time.
In my first featured artist spot, I am promoting photographer Christopher Lane, and no, I am not so narcissistic to feature myself (I do that enough already through this blog!). This is the Christopher Lane that comes up first when you search Google for Christopher Lane photography.
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My father will soon be taking his Master Electricians license and thus be opening a new small business. To be prepared for that, I created a logo and business card for him. This post will cover the logo design process and my thoughts throughout the project.
To start with, he was going to need a business name. One obvious choice would be to use his name as many single person contractors do. I started with his full name, but soon decided upon just his first name as this gives a more familiar and approachable appearance. A single name is also easier to remember and since his name is Stanley it can give a subtle subconscious reminder of the tool brand as well. Added to this is his title Master Electrician, which puts forth confidence in his ability and affirms the quality of service.
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I just posted a new tutorial on how to create seamless textures in the vidcast section.
Seamless textures are pivotal in 3D applications for things like the ground, fabric, etc. In these two videos I show how to create a seamless texture all the way from taking the photo properly to making it seamless in Photoshop. Apologies for the sub par sound and video quality in the photography video. I’m working on getting a better camera with better audio for the next live action video I make. Click here if you want to download the seamless texture that I create in this video, along with the others I mention in the first video. Or click here for all of the texture packs I’ve created, all for free. The first video is 2:42, the second is 9:08. That second video was difficult to cram about 45 minutes of work into that short of time, so at times it will seem very sped up and truncated.
If you missed it, don’t forget to watch the other tutorials available here.
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Actually, these are older paintings, but just a quick note that I am now getting to place them in the portfolio. All three of these paintings are available for sale as the original acrylic on stretched canvas (send me a message if you are interested in purchasing the originals) as well as fine art prints. The prints are normal print price as you can see here.
Prices for the original paintings (each is 4ft x 4ft):
Loose Leaf -$300
Neon Leaf – $250
Impasto Leaf – $550
All three together – $1000 – save $100!
