A private commission for a Venture Brothers-themed deck of playing cards. All custom illustrated characters, pips, typography, and a few other surprises. Go Team Venture!
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I was contacted by the family of a decades-old dairy farm with the request to recreate their vintage brand materials into something new and fresh that they could use. I consider myself a regular Cool Hand Luke, so this gallon of milk was right up my alley.
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Communicating data in clever and beautiful ways helps an audience absorb information more easily. This article covers various ways to work with data, bring that information into Illustrator, and create a beautiful data-focused poster.
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Band will be back in swing before you know it. Here’s a small collection of graphics from the last few high school marching band seasons.
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A collection of kaiju inspired by the Corporate Memphis (Alegria) and editorial illustration style. These were really fun to make, and heavily lean on the exaggerated proportions, tiny heads, noodle limbs, questionable linework, and simple color palettes from their inspiration.
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Let’s create a vibrant, retro aesthetic landscape using two of my favorite styles: synthwave and pixel art. This guide will walk through the process of using Illustrator to reduce any photo or reference into an intricate pixel piece, with all the glowing goodness a child of the 80’s would love.
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As a fan of technical illustrations and data visualizations, I wanted to diagram the manufacturing process flow for one of the most complicated outpost constructions in the game Starfield—the advanced nuclear reactor.
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Sullivan’s Island is a fantastic, quiet corner of the South, and an incredible place to stay if you want to slow down time and enjoy life. Just a short hop from Charleston, the island is host to the world’s ugliest lighthouse.
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Get away from the usual Behance and Dribbble stuff and get inspired by the public domain images of yesteryear. Shake off those mental blocks and get the motivation to make something weird and wonderful… using other people’s work 😈
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It’s that time of the year again, where fall camp is in full swing and spooky season is just getting started. Gather round friends while I elucidate, and talk about a couple t-shirts before it gets late!
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Get those creative juices flowing! The design prompt for this challenge is to create a fictional beverage company—liquor, seltzer, soda, or whatever—based on your spirit animal. Really dig into the product lore and use modern tools and methods to craft something special.
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Books that go beyond the story and present their content in an intriguing or clever way hold a special place on my shelf. Here are five memorable books with exceptional typography and layout, and story of course!
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A private commission for a 1999 LEGO Rock Raiders-themed deck of playing cards. Every card features custom illustrations, characters, diagrams, pips, and typography. A very fun project!
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The perspective grid is one of the more obtuse and finicky tools in Illustrator—it’s imprecise, buggy, and asks a lot of the user. Let’s take it for a spin!
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Adobe Illustrator is almost never the last step in a 3D project, but it can certainly be the first. Its new 3D tools have been redesigned to focus on simplicity and quality (and slowness 🥴) and allow designers to dip their toes into the realm of 3D compositions.
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