to put it mildly, i hate this picture.

extra strokes for hair
burning for some very light definition.
watercolor filter for clarity.
boredom.

did the smoothing of the paint again.

no eye deer

I am continuing with illustration. I spent forever on his clothes today. I opened up corel paint and messed with blending tools. is it done? No. Do I want it to be done? yes. Is his mum my soon to be sis-in-law and that means I have to finish it now that I started it? Yes.
:(

I really don't know where I am going with this one.

work in progress

learning how to use the tablet still. have a lot of work to do on this one.
right now it sort of looks like the old paint by numbers.

The Mrs.

Cushinging the blow.

fixt watur.

lightened the background.
changed the tilt on the text
added a drop shadow to the white letters ( not sure about that) after I added a high pass.
generally organized the ai file to becasue it was a total mess and every time I have to drop it to photohsop I have to do all the filters in that over.

textural healing

Quick Something
(I did not draw elephant)

elephant sanctuary!

I would like to do design work for places like that.
When I get a job I still want to do freelance stuff for good places.

scanned this.
had to do it twice and stitch the pics together.
Kenner toy

I want to do something with this.

work in progress

trying to get a grasp on things.
still not there but I feel I am closer to something.
def. dirtier.
text will be a pain in the neck.


listening to Paul Simon. Somehow that seems important.

airbent

for the premiere of last airbender I made this t-shirt from a design I found on Deviant art.

dropped it down to illustrator and cleaned it up then bought a transfer pencil from hobby lobby and a "t-shirt ink pen"

witness the triumph of my robocop ocp shirt soon.

thank you for this Appa-tunity.

water

step one: palm scan and a pass with the burn tool.
more to come.

Blog icon for the Mrs.

dodged and burned

more Tom Waits

I know this is not exactly what we talked about but I find it interesting.

cutting board scan and pencil tool (illustrator) and Paint Tool ( Photoshop)

"Tom Waits for No Man"
wish I had thought of that one.

keep thinking of Chasing Amy " So, you're a tracer?"

fixt?

Tom Waits

Pencil tool w/ wacom tablet
texture styrofoam packing

blagh

I mainly want to use this summer course of Digital Senior to kind of figure out what in the world I am ding with computers. I am big fan of print work but I feel like Web and application design is the future fro graphics majors. I have a lot to learn in both flash and dream weaver as well as premier and after effects. My "intense study" that I had been planning has been encumbered by the appropriation of a Wacom bamboo tablet. It came with Corel Paint essentials and I have been working my way through learning the basics of this program. I feel like a tablet will help me add an element that is missing in my work up to this point. As we have discussed in class there is not much interesting in a photo or graphic that simply looks as if it has been put through one filter in Photoshop. In Illustrator I feel the same way and my work lacks an organic quality. Joseph and I have discussed texture as a means of achieving this effect and I am certainly cognizant of that during my photography sessions and look for different things to add to my catalog. I also have become slightly obsessed with my scanner (although it is old and mostly useless) . I have been looking fro decent plug ins for noise and halftone type patterns. They say the new cs5 has a great noise filter.

In any event I may delve into some new work that does not involve being submerged in tutorials but for the most part I have so much to learn I feel buried in the avalanche. Even the basics of composition seem elusive to me after taking Pub Design last semester and coming up mostly empty handed for portfolio pieces. I am mostly interested in the field of graphic design because it is the first thing that i love that I feel I can eventually make money. The question is continually arising as to the aptitude I possess for the field. I feel much more comfortable with photography and sculpture as a professions but alas being penniless with two children and a wife to take care of seems selfish on my behalf. I do love design though and I am taking this course to really try and flush out the kinks in knowledge.

thanks, Dale

working on a website

website front page

Scanned T-shirt that I made the new design from.

photoshopish