Drawing 1

To get better at my designs I took a drawing class a couple of semesters ago. Our final project was to create a series of five drawings that had a theme. The theme I chose was idioms.  The rest are drawing assignments from class that we did when we learned a new technique. I learned to like drawing again. The class really helped out when I came to do rough drafts in my designs. If you notice a bit of warping.  None of these are scans. I just took a photo of the drawings to document them.

Piece of Cake

Couch Potato

Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk

Long in the Tooth

Walk a Mile in Another Mans Shoes

 Ashley's Camera

Dock Shoes

Shading Project

Downtown on Brown

Brunch at Eola Wine Co.

Prints

 

Capt. -Zinc Plate Acid Etching

 

Vixen-Dry Point Etching 

Razzle Dazzle- 6 color Linoblock Print

 

Sparrow- Woodblock Print

Owl-Woodblock Print

Restorations
I started doing freelance photo restorations in 2003 and continue to do them when I am in between jobs or need extra income. Restorations is what got me interested in Graphic Design in the first place.

Plane Restored
I wanted to colorize the plane photo without making it look too fresh. I used the water color brush tool to get this effect. CS4s new clone stamp preview option is very helpful in this project.

Plane Original
When I originally saw this photo I was pretty excited to get to work on it. I enjoy working on photos that are this heavily damaged. Watching the image come to life as I progress is really interesting to see.

Family Restored
Old Photographs are very important to the memories of the people in them. Restoring old photographs makes me feel as if I am helping to restore old memories. I think that is why I like it so much.

Family Original
The cracks, water damage and ink on the photo are sometimes pretty easy to fix , but other times they come across someones face and it becomes a bit more tricky to fix. Seeing the finished product after coming across these challenges gives me an accomplished feeling.

Logos

Raising Brand Logo- I designed this logo for a fictitious design company. I really like the colors I went with on this one. I wanted to be sure that the logo would translate well to black an white. as you will see in the second image.

Kyle & Son Logo- My brother owns a small business and wanted me to make fliers for him so he could get more work . His previous fliers had clip art on them so I whipped him up a new one color logo.