Corktown Map

Finals, guys. I have one class left, and then I'm done with the first half of my senior year. Here's one of my final projects from the semester.

This project was to create a body of work--a main illustration, a supporting illustration, and then a series of patterns (with some alternate color schemes). I chose to base mine around one of my favorite Detroit eating areas (and historical areas), Corktown.

A map of a few Corktown places: Slow's BarBQ, Astro Coffee, the old, no longer present Tiger Stadium, Mudgie's, Green Dot Stables, the old train station, and Mercury Bar.

My supporting illustration with one of my favorite Corktown restaurants, Mudgie's.

Then a version of my map with an alternate color palette. And finally, my patterns, in two different color schemes, featuring lovely Corktown homes and the brick road of Michigan Avenue.

So there you have it. 

And yes, I do accept donations of food from any of these places. Particularly Mudgie's.

P.S. I have a Behance page. If you're into that. Click it!

Liquor Label

 Here's another alcohol-based assignment.

We had to design front and back labels for a liquor, then apply it to a container of our choice. After debating between the few liquors I enjoy (hint: not tequila), I landed on moonshine.

 I wanted to play off of one of it's various nicknames, because, let me tell you, there are some good ones--corn whiskey, donkey punch, hooch, skull cracker, bush whiskey, and bathtub gin, just to name a few. I went with the timeless and classy "Rotgut", as you can see. I mean, what else would allow me to stare at colons and other organs?

Ten Paces and Draw: Cocktails

Hello.

So, I contributed to Ten Paces and Draw again! This time around the theme was "Cocktails", which I was all over.

Check my sketch, this piece, and all the other awesome work here!

Sketchbook Buildings

I rediscovered my personal sketchbook, and paid it some much-needed attention. I have buildings on the mind.  

Chicken

For a project that was killed. Based off of this project: Rooster.

Yes, I did restrain myself from calling it something else. It took extra effort this time, too.

Orange Crush

THE ORANGE CRUSH

An illustration based on a POP (or soda, if you're 10 points lower on The Champ Scale).

I really enjoyed doing the color studies, so you can enjoy them too.

You're welcome.

Typewriter

So, I sort of forgot about this. Good thing I had critique today to remind me. I'm taking a class on "web media" (is that the right term? internet-y stuff? whatever), and for the first assignment we had to illustrate an article and create (design, code, cry over) a web page for it.

Here's a little slice of that business:

Nifty new skills.