Global Investor Awards Logo

A recent awards logo I created for Euromoney, displayed on electronic signage. Looking pretty sweet.

The original logo:

Games Technologies course - 'pixel art'

As part of an introductory course into Games Technologies, I've been teaching the students Adobe Illustrator. As part of a fun exercise in the last lesson, we produced bitmap style avatars for ourselves, limited to a very low 'resolution'. Mine is below!

Character Design using Paths

As part of a level 3 Multimedia course, I've been teaching the students how to use the paths feature in Photoshop to produce clean artwork. It's slightly clunky compared to using Illustrator, but we are using PS for the unit. After scanning in the sketch, adjusting it and tracing over to produce the line art, we then used Multiply, Overlay and Adjustment layers to add the shading.

The demo character below is a futuristic version of the Wolf from Red Riding Hood, this time as a robot. He is designed to walk on two legs or four, depending on the situation. The large head on his chest can open up to swallow you whole! Click to enlarge.

BTEC Digital Graphics

I'm teaching two units (out of four) on an IT BTEC - Games Development, and Digital Graphics. The overal theme of the course is video games, so for a tutorial in Adobe Illustrator I got the students to design a clan logo for an online FPS.

The demo below is for a team called "Frag Out", based on the military expression.

Relief Racer

Screenshot from a game I worked on at online games company JailDog. You play a Neurofen pill, racing round the human body to 'the source of the pain'. We gave the game a big overhall, and I was responsible for the graphics of the 'v2.0' version. Illustrator and Flash.

Vector graphics animation

This is a screenshot from a pitch for a skydiving game we presented to a client at JailDog. Made with Flash, this is part of the intro section. I made the girls in 3DS Max, animated them with cell-shading, then imported the individual frames. Background made in Illustrator.