Get Your motor Runnin'...

Here are a few examples of some of the ads I've put together for Harley Davidson of Yorkton, while in the employ of the Leader-Post. The "biker" toon was used quite frequently, usually with "seasonal" appointments - such as a Santa suit at Christmas - to great effect. The vintage-looking photo in the ad on the left is actually a composite that I made out of three other photos, then used various filters to achieve the antiquated look. I think it works!...

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Logo re-vamp.

Done for 340-Six Paint. Variations on a theme...

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A Few Panels From a Storyboard.

Storyboards are good exercise. They need to be done quickly, and they generally don't require the same level of detail as most illustration work does. These involved a lot of composite images and adaptation of existing artwork, all thrown together in Photoshop. Some received extra attention, others cut corners. The average time per panel? @30 minutes.

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Real Gone Guy's Used Art

A quick little video I put together for YouTube, using GarageBand and Quicktime. Whee!

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Big Wheels Rollin'...

This was done for the Saskatchewan Trucking Association. The original illustration (top) had a little smoke action going on up top, but I soon discovered that diesel smoke is an issue that the organization doesn't want to draw attention to, so it was done away with on the final product (lower image.)

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More Misc. Logos.

These are just a few examples of the many, many logos I've designed over the years...

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Some older stuff.

Just a few miscellaneous items I found while poking around on some old backup disks. These are all typical of the product I might have produced while working at the 'Post. Often I was faced with trying to put too much information from the customer into too small of an allotted space, while attempting to make it look appealing to the eye...sometimes, it worked; other times...well... :0

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Ron's Book.

This is the cover art and a few select chapter illustrations that I created for Leader-Post humour columnist Ron Petrie's first book, "Running of the Buffalo." Ron is one of those fellas with a "putty face" - possessed of a wide range of facial expressions. he can (and certainly DID) look VERY different from photo to photo. I eventually settled on a single photo image to base the illustration on. The buffaloes are meant to mimic the tame cartoon sidekick of a famous Queen City icon - "Pemmican Pete."

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From the ground...UP.

This was done on spec a year or so ago while I was still at the 'Post for GroundUp Restorations. It was only used a time or two, unfortunately. The proposal included "stand-alone" logo variations I designed plus the logo used in conjunction with an illustration I did up of the owner's car ('69 Camaro as shown) plus business cards and letterhead. I was going for the old "Monogram-plastic-model-kit-box-cover-art" sort of look...I'd like to think I pulled it off...

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Applause, applause, applause.

 Three variations on a theme.

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Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Who?...

Boo, that's who, and coming soon to a mall near YOU! (Assuming of course, that you live in Saskatoon...)

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More Photoshoppery.

This photo was almost discarded, and then I thought it might be a good candidate for some tweaking...resulting in the SECOND photo image - I attacked it with multiple filters and adjusted the colour balance and contrast until I achieved the desired effect. Somewhat better, I think...!

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Another Oldie!

These happy little fellows are "Travel Bugs" - originally done as an on-going campaign for Galon Travel @10 years ago, I was always happy with the concept and appearance of these little 'toon crickets. Here they are now, in all their globe-trotting glory...

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A quick explanation.

I wish I could say these were MY creations, but no - they're being used as EXAMPLES ONLY of Ed Roth's brilliant counter-culture cartoons. I needed to illustrate the difference between Roth's unconventional style and the kind of Melba-toast artwork that he was attempting to undermine to an acquaintance. The man was a genius. RIP, "Big Daddy." (Ed Roth - 1932-2001)

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Don't Dream It, BE it.

This is the actual billboard sign for Tantrix, as it appears in beautiful downtown Saskatoon!...

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More Photoshop Phakery.

The classic "Rocky Horror Picture Show" album cover artwork, re-created from scratch, utilizing the staff and patrons of Tantrix Body Art.

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Another Photoshop job!

MAJOR cleanup on a poor-quality photo...tried to do the car justice - she's a real beauty!

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Southey Car Show, June 20th, 2010!

This is the poster I've done up for our annual weekend car show at Saskatchewan's own Mopar mecca - Southey, SK. (Eat your heart out, Columbus Ohio!) Be there, or don't...

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The RIDER GREATS Pin Collection.

This was a project that I was enlisted to design for the Leader-Post/Star-Phoenix that was given out as a "premium" to new subscribers, or available for purchase over the counter. It was also sold at the Rider Store, and was available as a complete mounted set, box-framed. I designed EVERYTHING from the actual pins, to the album they were mounted in, and ALL contingent advertising and point-of-sale displays. BIG job...popular item, though!

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Achapani logo design and marketing campaign.

This project was undertaken at the behest of an associate of mine (Adele Lohmann, who ran Ad Ease Market Managing) for a brewing company in Maine who were looking to expand their product line to include bottled water. After brainstorming a name, I came up with a logo and designed a label for the bottle along with artwork for their product launch...it has apparently been a hit for them - I was told they won a business award for best new product when it was first introduced!

Lobby Show Card for Fundraising Dinner.

This was done up "on the fly" for COWTOWN to place alongside a display of prizes being offered at a Ducks Unlimited fundraiser. Yet another depiction of a very well-traveled and larger-than-life Cow!...

New Logo/Signage for Established Business.

I was asked to re-work the logo for "Lasting Impressions" in Moose Jaw a while back, and told to experiment with three specific colours, and also to incorporate a wheat stalk. They chose the burgundy version, obviously - it's used on signage, advertising and merchandising...

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Recent design work.

The Chocolate Moose has recently expanded their offerings to include Cotton Candy - I was asked to design a plastic tub for the new product...this is the result! Designed by myself, and manufactured by Jokey Plastics in Ontario...

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