Fireplace Spooks - Ghost paper toys with printable template

Happy Halloween, 2014! Here are 5 Fireplace Spook, all huddled together for a good loud BOO!

Download, print and assemble your own Fireplace Spooks!

 Download printable PDF here. 

It all started with a pencil and paper doodle!

Owl People Acolyte - paper toy with printable template

The second paper toy from my Owl People series. The Acolyte. The Acolyte is a larger sized paper toy than the Midlings.

(Midlings toy can be found here).

The base of the toy is the actual owl person, with 4 separate layers stacked on top.

The toy prints out best on 2 8.25/11 inch paper. Once the pieces are cut out,
roll them to curve the shape for easier assembly.

 Download printable template here. 

Rocket Ship Illustration

I have been asked to create a lot of  information graphics for my job lately. Isometric illustrations and icons are something I have been creating for many years now. The example here is a rocket ship created for use in an internal marketing piece that I am currently developing.

Created in Adobe Illustrator, texture overlay in Adobe Photoshop. 

Overview of my steps in creating this graphic.

Wood Phantoms - Drawing

Hand drawn phantoms colored in Adobe Photoshop.

Freight Rail - Bridge - Farm Isometric Illustrations

In late July for my job I created several new isometric illustrations. Some were used in
presentation screen based displays; others were created in anticipation of future use.
All were created using Adobe Illustrator CC 2014.

Stacked Owls - Paper Toy with Printable Template

Stacked Owls are a series of 5 paper owls that can be stacked, or positioned separately.

The Stacked Owls is a 4 sheet template.

Download, print and build your own stackable owls here.

Owl People - Paper Toy with downloadable template

My latest paper toy series is a set of Owl People that have varying degrees of social stature.

This series, is the Owl People Midlings, the trusted servants of the later coming Acolytes,

Shamans, and Warriors. Below are pictured seven of the Midlings in a group.

The Owl People Midlings come apart in several layers. This picture shows the top level headdress off, reveling the secondary headdress. 

Here is the Owl Person fully taken apart. This allows for limitless customization of each paper toy.

Build your own Owl Person here.
(Note: this is the only Owl Person template I have currently available online)
Click the image for the larger .jpg version and print.
The assembly is basically cutting the pieces out and cutting the feathered edges to your liking, then gluing one side to the next in a cone-like fashion.

Animated Text Titles - Motion Graphics

Animated text titles for a demo reel I put together that represents the group I work in
at my job. Style was set using Adobe Illustrator and Animated in After Effects.

This is not the completed reel, just an example of some of the text treatments used in the piece.

Venison Van Sign - Conceptual Graphic Design

The Venison Van delivers a variety of venison dishes to your place of business any day of the week.
(Created with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop)

Venison Van headquarters.
(Created with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and IPhone)

Poster - The Target is Absent - Graphic Design

Poster created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Icon - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans - Illustration

At my day job I often create a lot of iconography for various interactive projects. This particular icon was to to be used to identify a specific landmark on an interactive map interface for a civil engineering corridor project. As the project scope evolved, this landmark icon was no longer needed. 

Illustration of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans created in Adobe Illustrator with
textures applied in Photoshop.

Functional size of the icon.

Apocalypse Now Digital Images

I used Apocalypse Now as a theme to tell a story about design project execution

during a presentation at the company I work for.

Below are three excerpts from the presentation. Video stills pulled into Photoshop and 

design elements and typography were added.