My First 3 Ideas for Illustrative Type

My scanner is mad at me.

Where I Waste Away the Hours

I suppose I should tidy up my mat cutting table...
and yes, I'm a PC person.

Groovy Type

I love the astronomical one!!

Final H1N1 Poster

- rearranged the header a little
- added the gsu logo/urls/name
- added a slight texture to the background (something I rarely do...)

'Block of Type'

The streets of Tokyo are littered with so many different types of Kanji it pretty much becomes part of the scenery. Especially to tourists who may not be able to read them, it becomes pure art. When people think about Tokyo, I believe one of the first things they would think about is the neon Kanji and Kana signs in the streets. It has become such an integral part of their culture and society.

Also, I found these anti-smoking street signs to be so much more amusing than the traditional ones we always see here in America.


Outside of the city, the Japanese temples also have a lot of beautiful calligraphy in them. Visitors come and write their wishes on these wooden blocks and hang them in the trees and they become part of the landscape.

Does this make more sense?

I kinda felt like my type was not making sense as a whole to get my message across. So I've changed a couple of the words to hopefully make the message clearer.

H1N1 Poster. Rough Draft

I'm still working with the type and what exactly I want it to say, but that's what I got so far.

I also had a throw away idea to do something with the breathing masks. It amuses me how so many people are wearing them and it's been stated that they really don't provide that much protection from influenza viruses. My design really doesn't look like I wanted it to so... I kind of just moved on from it.

Watch My Animation

Just posting my 7 Deadly Sins animation on here if anyone wants to see it again.

Typographical Inspiration

These are getting me excited to design the H1N1 type poster.
Take a closer look at the one with the Sydney Opera House, it's amazing!

My First "Graphic Design" Experiences

A few years back, when I had no exposure to the graphic design community, or Creative Suite, or anything like that, I submitted an album cover for the Russian band 't.A.T.u'. They wanted fans to submit an album cover for the 'released in Japan' version of their album. I drew an outline image of them, scanned it into the computer, and then colored it Windows Paint (ugh!! gross!!!). Now of course, Graphic Design is a never-ending learning process, but knowing the little bit that I do now, it makes me shutter to look at this again. But, hey... I really thought I was doin' it big back then. I was so proud of it.

A winner was never announced, and I think the contest was canceled.... oh well...

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About 11 years ago, I had this grand scheme to make a video game. I planned out the whole plot and all the characters. I had no idea how I was going to make it, but I knew exactly what I wanted it to be. I can still remember how excited I was about it. Maybe one day I will try and make this a reality now that I could probably do it in Flash or something if I really tried...







I actually started making opening cut scenes, and battle screen backgrounds in Windows Paint (it's all I had back then), but that is really as far as I ever got. I wonder what it would be like now to revisit this idea older and wiser.