Hey guys, I got a Wacom tablet recently and it is the best decision ever. Anyways, I decided to do a new version of Nike's poster of LeBron's return to Cleveland. I used a combination of Illustrator and Photoshop and this is what I ended up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

2015-2016 Dates & Data Cover

This is my submission for the 2015-2016 Dates & Data cover design competition, in which students can submit designs for the next cover. More than anything it was first-hand experience with how difficult a composition like this can be - this took me so long and I can still see mistakes! Juggling appropriate content, composition, color, and hierarchy is definitely not an easy task, especially in a diagonal format like this. I'd appreciate any feedback or tips!

Hey guys, I was hoping I could get some help from all of you. Last weekend I drove to Virginia to visit my roommates from last year, and one of them could use some design ideas. Jake's a senior and is planning on starting a nonprofit organization centered around helping kids going through heart problems. Jake has had a couple open-heart surgeries, so this subject is very real to him. He's calling is HAH2SAH, which stands for Have a Heart to Save a Heart. He asked for some logo ideas, and I thought I'd ask all of you.
My first idea was to use the HAH2SAH as a textual logo, since it's pretty catchy and simple.

 I don't really like these in terms of color, and I think having the hearts is kinda cheesy, but that can be changed later. I'm just looking for anyone else's ideas. It can be textual, image-based, or a mix of both. I know Jake would really appreciate any input.

Big Ol Sketchdump

I should pay attention in my lecture classes.


Most of these are idea sketches for car dashboards for a 3D modeling project.

Maybe I'll post the 3D project, IDK yet

Kaoru Mori is one of my favorite manga artists, her work is absolutely gorgeous. I'm not kidding, just look at it.

Friendly Reminder: This is all hand-drawn by Miss Mori. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfENoePp36o&index=1&list=PL9A855710205B3C8A here's a video to watching her work. 

Friendly Reminder #2: For all those who don't know how to draw, just practice. Whether it be cartoon, realistic, animals, etc. You'll never get good if you keep complaining that you can't draw. The only way, you'll become good at something is if you practice and practice often. 

Warning, I plan on trying this sometime in the future. But seriously, wouldn't you want to try it?
http://vimeo.com/107263462

Canada Pieces

Hi! I finally figured out how to post on this blog. These are a couple of the pieces I made for AP art last year. My concentration was investigating Canada through digital and physical media, so I often combined Photoshop with paintings and drawings. 

This was done in ballpoint pen

This was done in black ink and watercolor

The deer in this was done with ink, using a stippling technique

Any critiques or comments are welcome!

- Jack

My charcoal picture of a human skull

The original picture

You should just drawing skulls with charcoal sometime, it's really fun and exhausting. (I would have drawn the whole skull but I did this in my moleskin and I hate it when the charcoal smears all over the place.)

Happy Halloween everyone!! 

Hey guys! so I haven't posted yet but I wanted to share some of my photography! In addition to Design Photo is one of my passions. I was in Ap Photography all through high school and loved it. At my high school our photo program was strictly black and white film photography. Here is some of my work! I loved manipulating my prints to make them more than just a photo. In the first and the third photo, I experimented with printing the same photo multiple times and cutting and mounting it to create a different purpose. In the second photo I double exposed the negative which means while I was shooting this role of film I took two pictures on top of each other. In the last one, I simply placed 2 negatives on top of each other in the printing process. Any suggestions of how I can use my knowledge and experience in Photography to improve my designs?

Study Reference - Shades and Shadow

Hi All, this is just a study reference and is quite technical. I don't think we're expecting your drawings to be highly accurate in the shadow casting, rather this is just to expose you to the understanding of shades and shadows in general. For me, the most important thing are the quality of shadings and an "intuitive understanding" of where shadows roughly falls. I hope these help.