Telescope

One of the projects I’m working on at the moment is an iPhone game, programmed by an independent developer. Below is one of the icons I banged out, uncharacteristically by Wacom tablet alone, no ink and paper version. The color was added via Illustrator and I’ve added the space background for this post. It won’t appear in the game version.

Fish Colored

Here is the finished fish sketch from a few posts back. I’ve taken the hook out to make him a bit more versatile and useful to a wider audience once I get him on my website pages and available for download. The color for this one was added in Illustrator.

Type and Illustrator

Illustrator and type go hand in hand. But the wealth of options available for using and abusing type within Illustrator is daunting to say the least. Here is a good look at nearly all of those options.

Baroque Pattern in Illustrator

The artists at Wiz Studios will be a bit busy for the next couple of weeks, so we’ll be linking to a few tutorials like this one, that we find interesting and useful on the web tubes. This short tutorial shows how to make a pattern like the one shown below.

Another Pig Post

It’s getting to be that time of year… the time of year that I get all sorts of requests for BBQ team logos. So I thought I would post another from sketch to finished color art. This one was colored in Illustrator rather than Photoshop because these types of illustrations are usually intended for t-shirts, aprons and trucks.

Illustrator Brushes

Here are a few random colored Illustrator brushes for you; free for any use you may deem worthy. Click on the preview image below to download.

Back to Liquor Labels

An eagle on a motorcycle simply has to be an adult beverage design. Suggest the United States flag in the background with a few stars and stripes and you have yourself a label for an American lager.

This turned out much nicer than the version I originally had in my head. The design or drawing process that takes on a life of it’s own and dictates the direction of the project is fascinating and strange at the same time.

Iced Tea Label

Well, the liquor labels have been shoved aside to make room for other beverages. Finally. Ya’ll in the south will be thrilled to see this one I reckon.

New Label

Well, when I posted the last couple of labels, I said there was nothing left in the pipeline, and at the time that was true. But apparently there are still a few designs left in my head that are clamoring to get out and I really can’t say for certain when this design theme of mine will come to an end.

On each of the labels, I have tried to keep the design as consistent as possible with the theme: fonts, color, secondary elements, even the border design. I haven’t always been as successful as I would have liked.

As a reminder to those of you who have asked, all of these label designs are created in Illustrator, 100% vector format and fully scalable.

Corner Splat Vectors

Here are two vector splatter corners, flipped for your convenience and free for use in any way you choose. Click on the image below to download.