Self Portrait Series - Virtual Roses

Different offices have different standards on what is considered appropriate.  When my fiance was having a tough day at her office, I thought maybe sending a virtual rose would lighten her mood.  When I sent the first "Rose" I got an immediate NSFW email back from her talking about the shot being too sexy.  My mistake... I quickly saved the day by creating a new "Office Friendly" rose and sending it out.  

The Story of the Leg Lamp

The studio has had an authentic Leg Lamp from Christmas Story for years.  We are trying to trick out the video editing suite, and it was decided that the kitsch was too much.  It was high jacked in the middle of the night.  We wanted it to have a new life with the member of the team that had been there the longest.  After a couple of weeks, we started posting this shot of Kevin around the office.  After we snuck out and delivered to his condo during lunch.  Complete with Fragile printed on the side.

Simple Directions

I love Google Maps.  They are very useful when giving someone directions.  Here is a quick map I sent to a visiting class from Champlain College.  I wonder why they showed up late.

It Is Not As Bad As It Seems...

As our studio switched to Entourage there were concerns that it might not be the best program.  I did some highly scientific research to help support the idea that we made the right choice. 

Self Portrait Series - St. Sebastian

I am teaching a class in Graphic Print Production at Champlain College this semester.  At the end of the year the students are given the opportunity to evaluate the teachers and give feedback on how the class has been taught.  I created this graphic as a back drop for the classroom as they filled out their forms.  Always good to inject a little art history, when you can.  Poor St. Sebastian.

Self Portrait Series - Kaneda (Akira)

Received an invitation to an event in NYC that requires you to dress up as your favorite Anime character.  I think I could rock Kaneda from the movie Akira.  Here is what it might look like. If I actually had free time to create a costume, I have always been impressed with these guys...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akNJ6UqsE

Kids Are Smarter Than You Think

Our studio gives tours to students interested in Art and Design throughout the school year.  This was an email I sent out to give a heads up to the crew to cover their unmentionables and make sure and smile.  Kids are smarter than you think and can spot a fake smile from a mile away.  Can you tell which smile is genuine? Hint: It is in eyes.

Self Portrait Series - Body Builder

Sometimes in life you make a mistake.  This was an image I sent with an email to apologize for being a massive tool.  I was teaching a lesson in how to import work paths from photoshop into Indesign to use for text wrap and it wasn't working properly.  I couldn't figure out what the problem was.  After class I realized I needed to place the text layer on top of the image.  Duh!  I hate to think I wasted somebody valuable time.

Studio Announcement - Free Furniture

You have never seen everybody drop what they were doing so fast.  The same thing happens anytime there is free food.  I find if you include the word "pizza" people start getting injured from the stampede. 

United Way Poster - Rejected Idea 02

A skew on the traditional thermometer to measure the progress of a fund raising campaign.  Now that I think about it, this one may make some people not want to donate.  

Evil Twin

We just switched over to Entourage as our email client in the studio, and as we were trying to set up group contacts there were a few mistyped addresses that made it into everybody's auto complete address function.   This was in an email to help people correct the problem.

Are you wondering why Jonathan never comes to any of your meetings?  Does he hate you? Maybe...Or maybe it could be that you are sending your invitations to his evil twin brother.

You can tell the evil one by the telltale goatee (Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror)

Separated at Birth: Our Parking Lot and a Freakin Sweet Smash Up Derby

When winter comes in Burlington we lose half of our parking lot to huge piles of snow.  The entertainment value of watching my co-workers try and solve the parking issue is priceless.  

Photoshop Help

This request comes up all the time.  "I have a photo that I want to put on my home page, but I am holding a Mike Hard Lemonade, I don't know what people will think, can you use your Photoshop skills to edit it out?"

You bet I can.  Here are the results.

United Way Poster - Rejected Idea 01

Sometimes the concept is not quite right.  Just because it was rejected doesn't mean we didn't hang it up.  It was very effective.  Campaign made over a thousand dollars, without spending a dime.  What Would Jesus Do?

If you haven't seen "The Big Lebowski" yet, you are missing out on one of the best bowling movies ever.   Cohen brothers rule.

Self Portrait Series - Tron Guy

Created for email showing how to access email from a web browser.

The tron guy is a guy named Jay Maynard.  Check out his mind blowing site:

http://www.tronguy.net/ 

Self Portrait Series - Fonz

Created for a lesson on exporting contacts out of First Class.

"Fonz says Aaaa..."

Self Portrait Series - Robin

Created for some new features of Entourage.  

"Holy Helpful Tip Batman"

Monster Parade - Timesheet Reminder

Created for an email to remind staff to keep there timesheets up-to-date.  Drawing created in Maya, a 3D animation program.  Monster was inspired by a character created by Illustrator/Designer Tyler Stout.

Beer Drinking Series - Smokey the Bear

Created for email recruiting people for an Art Mentoring program.  Beer and Cartoon Icons are funny.

Lounge Sessions - Poster Series

Series of posters inviting staff to learn more about an application server that the studio created for accessing Filemaker while working remotely and platform access to a PC.  We are almost strictly a Mac based design firm.