Illustration: Gouached Sundrop

For this project we had to chose from either a #2 pencil, exacto knife, cell phone or soda can or bottle. I chose to do an old Sundrop bottle. We had a choice of using watercolor and/or guoache, and I chose to work with just guoache. I think it was easier to work with in this case to be able to take out the glares of the glass bottle.

VisComII: People on Baitshop Walls

Next 2-page spread. Things to change: 'guys' to people(maybe) in the title to a wider audience and not just men. I need to COB my fishing lure images better...and any other suggestions Rusty?

Second layout: I added the logo, changed the title, and made the image of the fishing lures slightly smaller. Time so far, a little over an hour. I still need to edit the lures image, but I haven't had time to fix that part yet, decrease shadow on headline, move logo, and whatever is the 'nasty' factor will be.

Final layout. I changed the image, fixed the headline drop shadow, moved the logo, and finally COB'd the fishing lures image.

Illustration: Cartoon

First step, come up with 5 gags for Department of Motor Vehichles. This image was chosen to go further. It is a student driver and the cop/ teacher is not in the car because they have flown through the window into the tree. This will be easier to see and understand in the image in the next step.

Second step, view original cartoon gag in three different views. This is the one chosen to go further. A student driver obviously didn't slow down and hit the speed bump which caused the wreck into the opposite direction and the cop/teacher flew out of the car into the tree. The arrow that you can slightly see was a note to move the cropping of the gag.

My final cartoon gag after being scanned and taken into photoshop and colored there.

Illustration: Memory Portrait

First step, draw from memory a family member. This image was chosen to expand further to the next step.





Second step, 3 color studies. I think I like the image on the left best. It is more eye grabbing than the very right and the blue haired well its just too crazy and are complementary colors(it looks blue but it's really purple as you'll see in the final portrait.

Final step, I chose watercolor to work with, then used ink on top. We had to scan at 100% 8X10, print, then mount with 1" border. I am happy with how it turned out, the way I had started with this project before (coming up with memory comps) finally coming up with this final portrait. I didn't paint anything in the background, but I like how it turned out from scanning. It looks kind of like rays coming from her and it works because I have her singing.

VisComII: How Safe Mag. Spread

First layout, I need to rework the headline and work with the space that will be the at the top of the page, also move the page number and header to the bottom of page, bleed photo, and make the caption for the image more readable. Time: Probably around an hour, just readjusting everything in the space took some time.

Layout #2, align the heading, also align the body of text with image, with that make the font smaller and move picture caption to under body of text if it fits.

Final layout of the How Safe 2-page spread. Total time didn't take as long because there was so little text, maybe about 3 hours, taking photos and getting all the space around the photo with the text. From the second layout I tightened up the text to line up with the photo and moved the photo caption below the body text.

VisComII: Health Mag. Spread

First layout, I need to figure out my point size, a bigger image, and I put the title of the sidebar in the wrong spot, I didn't 'proofread' in a sense to that. Time: not too long, the majority was the text so a little over an hour.

Layout #2, I need hierarchy and align the heading.

My final production for the 2-page spread. Time wise probably close to 4 hours total throughout all 3 layouts, if not more. Looking at the layout from a distance, I think it may look better if I move the big pile of pills to the center of the layout into the gutter and wrap text around it there, will do for the portfolio.

Illustration: Gouache Painting

My gouche painting from a black and white photo. I am happy with it, it turned out a lot better than what I was expecting. The pumpkin gave me a little trouble as well as the shadow behind it, everytime I would try to work on the pumpkin it kept getting worse, so I just left it alone. Gouche is a bit difficult to paint with when it comes to getting too much water in your brush and mixing or painting over, without taking the other paint off; although, I think I like working with gouche better.