Redondo Design

"I SHOT ZOMBIES" - t-shirt, banner and marquee

2011-11-12T11:50:00.001-08:00

I did a t-shirt, 2'x4'vinyl banner, and a marquee sign. The rep took this shot. Promo they did for the month of Oct. at a shooting range.

Photoshop/Illustrator

CD Design

2011-11-12T11:40:00.001-08:00

Worked with Del-Fi recording artist Ricky Dean for almost 10yrs. He released some 45rpm singles in the early 60's, but never an album. So I designed cd's for him about 8(?)yrs ago. Got the call last week he needed more for a reunion.

So I whipped some up for him.

Photoshop/InDesign

Watch and Knife packaging

2011-10-26T19:42:00.000-07:00

Stuff for work.

New watch packaging box/display. The lid acts as a display for the watch to sit in.

Photoshop
Illustrator

New knife box packaging - my prototype I put together.

Photoshop
Illustrator

Encore Automotive Systems - Desktop Pics/Wallpaper

2011-10-26T19:39:00.001-07:00

Photoshop

Random work stuff...

2011-10-26T15:09:00.000-07:00

Pic of a studio setup I did for work. Had to do a product stack for Holiday Promos. I had to pick product that fell into 4 categories - $100 and under, $75 and under, $50 and $25... I developed a concept for the design, did the photo shoot.

Here's one of the talker's - there are 2 different marquees and 4 different letter sized talkers.

Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator

Encore Automotive Systems - Postcard Flyer

2011-08-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Postcard 4x6

Photoshop
Illustrator

Front

Back

5.11 Tactical - Postcard Boxstuffer

2011-08-04T21:44:00.000-07:00

This is a postcard that was put in orders placed online before they shipped.

Photoshop

Wild Game Guardian magazine ad

2011-08-04T21:41:00.001-07:00

Photoshop
Illustrator

NTOA Conference magazine ad

2011-08-04T21:38:00.000-07:00

Photoshop
InDesign

Wild Game Guardian - Website design

2011-06-24T19:46:00.000-07:00

UPDATED DESIGN!

http://www.wildgameguardian.com/

Encore Automotive Systems - Website design

2011-06-23T19:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.encoreautomotivesystems.com/

Bootleg cd art

2011-06-23T19:28:00.001-07:00

Photoshop
InDesign

Hip Shakin' & Bone Breakin' - album art

2011-06-23T19:21:00.000-07:00

Photoshop
InDesign

Wild Game Guardian logo

2011-06-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

Illustrator

Rockabilly blog banner

2011-06-09T22:16:00.000-07:00

Photoshop

Did this for a private blog a few years back.

Encore Automotive Systems - Flash Banner

2011-06-09T22:09:00.000-07:00

Encore Automotive Systems - Vinyl banner 6ftx2ft

2011-06-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

Photoshop

DuPont/Teflon ad

2011-06-09T22:03:00.000-07:00

Photoshop
InDesign

I was really happy with how this turned out.

Blog design and layout

2011-06-09T21:32:00.001-07:00

Photoshop
HTML

T-shirt designs

2011-06-09T21:20:00.000-07:00

Illustrator

T-shirt designs I did for my son.

Adamson's Police Products / 5.11 Tactical

2011-06-09T21:17:00.000-07:00

Photoshop

Web banner

Forever 18 Flyer

2011-06-09T21:13:00.000-07:00

Photoshop/InDesign

Created a flyer for a birthday bash - 80's style.

MBA Media Solutions LLC. - Logo and Biz Cards

2010-02-26T20:18:00.000-08:00

Did this for a start-up media company.

CS3 InDesign.

Relevé Dance-Wear Co. - Flyer

2010-02-26T20:16:00.000-08:00

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

Annie Bethancourt - Bootleg Artwork

2010-02-26T19:20:00.000-08:00

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

Excell Marketing & Communication - Logo & Biz Cards

2010-02-26T19:17:00.000-08:00

PS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

Blog Banners / Backgrounds

2010-02-26T19:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some blogs that I designed. Once these were designed, I edited the HTML to customize the blogs.

Allison Krauss & Union Station - Bootleg Artwork

2010-02-26T19:02:00.001-08:00

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

Rockabilly Compilation - Artwork

2010-02-26T18:51:00.000-08:00

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

The Quebe Sisters - Bootleg Artwork

2010-02-26T18:40:00.001-08:00

Did this for The Quebe Sisters Band, this was a bootleg design.

CS3 - Photoshop and InDesign.

Armstrong & Getty Sticker

2010-02-26T18:32:00.000-08:00

Myself and a former co-worker collaborated on the idea. She had the vision - I executed it graphically with the design. It was for a bumper sticker design contest. But because of the classic image of Rosie the Riveter that I used, they had some legal issues, we didn't win. But the radio station did comment that ours was a top choice.

CS3 Photoshop.

The Bigfoot Rocketship Poster

2010-02-26T18:10:00.000-08:00

I did this for a friend's band. They do instro / surf music.

CS3 - Photoshop

Web Banners

2010-02-26T17:51:00.000-08:00

Various web banners.

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

Regional Water Authority - 16 page tab (design and layout)

2010-02-26T17:46:00.000-08:00

I did this for the Regional Water Authority via The Sacramento Bee's NIE Department (Newspapers In Education)

CS3 Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark 8.

Jason Mraz: Acoustic Life - CD Artwork

2010-02-26T17:40:00.001-08:00

Bootleg design.

CS3 Photoshop and InDesign.

MAS Acoustic Comp Vol.1 - Various Artists (Artwork)

2010-02-26T17:34:00.000-08:00

Here's something I designed for a bootleg blog - its a compilation of acoustic performances by various artists.

Utilizing CS3 - Photoshop and InDesign.

Bootleg Album Art - Deke Dickerson and the Eccofonics

2008-10-03T17:49:00.001-07:00

All images from the web

Photoshop CS3

Bootleg Album Art

2008-09-30T22:44:00.000-07:00

All images from the web.
CS3 Photoshop

RockHall Web Banner

2008-08-14T22:45:00.001-07:00

CS3 Photoshop - All images from the web

Elvis Presley - Dorsey Brothers' Stage Show 1956 (DVD Art)

2008-08-11T21:57:00.000-07:00

CS3 Photoshop - All images from the web.

Album Art

2008-07-24T10:24:00.001-07:00

Photoshop CS3 - all images from the web

Wayne Hancock - Live @ The Record Bar (Album Art)

2008-07-17T16:33:00.000-07:00

Mredondo says...

I really dig Wayne "The Train" Hancock. So I decided to put some artwork together for this live set.

All images from the web

CS3 Photoshop

RH Contemporary Cats Vol.2: Hot Rods - Album Art

2008-06-19T21:21:00.001-07:00

RH Contemporary Cats Vol.2: Hot Rods
Various Artists

All images from the web

CS3 Photoshop

RockHall Compilation Album Art

2008-05-22T11:14:00.000-07:00

I did this for a group of record collectors. Its a compilation album of contemporary rockabilly artists.

CS3 Photoshop - all images from the web.

Album Art

2008-05-14T18:50:00.000-07:00

I used images from the web, including a photograph by David Perry on the cover that I doctored up a bit in Photoshop.

CS3 Photoshop

Rockabilly Compilation Album Artwork

2008-04-21T16:14:00.001-07:00

All images from the web.

CS3 PhotoShop

Royal 5 - Clothing Design

2008-04-18T22:06:00.000-07:00

This for a clothing line. One of what will be many designs.

Go buy one at CafePress:

You can get the RedondoRoundUp Logo Tee's or a Royal 5 Tee.

Check'em out and support an artist!!!

RedondoRoundUp @ Cafe Press

Royal 5 @ Cafe Press

Enjoy!!

Mredondo

Jerry Lee Lewis - The Extreme Sun and Early Years - 16 Disc Set Album Art

2008-03-09T22:06:00.000-07:00

This is the most comprehensive Sun Years collection known... It was compiled by music collector JBored76.

I used all images from the web.
CS3 Photoshop

More web banners....

2008-02-28T22:26:00.000-08:00

Images from the web. The Hotrod in the desert pic is by David Perry.

CS3 Photoshop

White Stripes Bootleg Album Art

2008-02-09T23:19:00.001-08:00

I love the White Stripes, so I decided to create my own compilation of various live performances and a few rare tracks. This was fun to do...

CS3 Photoshop - all images from the web.

The Darkness Radio Sessions - Album Art

2008-02-04T21:05:00.000-08:00

The Darkness Radio Sessions - is a bootleg I that I designed some cover art for. It was fun, plus I really dig The Darkness.

CS3 Photoshop - All images from the web

Embassy Suites: The Big Game Ad

2008-02-04T08:29:00.000-08:00

I did this for Embassy Suites'. It was their "Big Game" ad (Note: Super Bowl is trademarked - so you cannot put that in any advertising).

Anyways, the client really liked it and I was pleased with how it turned out. Its always tricky to accommodate what a client wants in their ad, without making the ad too busy.

CS3 Photoshop & InDesign

Album Art

2008-01-31T22:33:00.001-08:00

This was for a friends Pat Boone compilation album...

CS3 Photoshop, images from the web.

More web banners....

2008-01-22T22:55:00.000-08:00

Images found on the web, CS3 Photoshop & InDesign

Shea Homes - Advertising Campaign

2008-01-13T17:50:00.000-08:00

Basically my employer asked all of the artists to design an ad campaign. The campaign would consist of two double trucks (that means two full page ads that are next to each other - like a centerfold), 1 double truck to be a branding/image ad, the other double truck the sales ad, an insert which is a front and back 10" x 10" piece and two online ads - banner and a tower web ads. We all had access to the Shea Homes advertising art - logos, photos, etc... We had to come up with everything. I mean everything, the copy, the offers, the pics, layout, EVERYTHING!!! All 24 artists did this project. Each piece had to be mounted and then presented to to a panel that would narrow the 24 entries down to a smaller number then those would be presented to the VP's at Shea Homes.

In terms of dollars, this is without a doubt the biggest contract that I've worked on - $600,000 +.

So out of the 24, mine was selected to a smaller group that was presented to the big wigs at Shea Homes. Then from there mine was selected in the top 4 that got Shea Homes to not only sign the contract, but the contract was for more than what was first settled on. So I was given a bonus... We'll see what happens next.

Branding/Image Doubletruck

Sales ad Doubletruck

Front of the 10"x10" insert

Back of the 10"x10" insert

Banner web ad

Tower online ad

All was original concept.

CS3 Indesign & Photoshop

NES West - Help Wanted Flier Designs

2008-01-13T17:44:00.000-08:00

NES West provides concert staff to big events. One of my buddies works for them handling the employment. So he asked me to do some help wanted fliers to be distributed on college campuses.

Here they are - all images are from the web. 8 designs in total on 8.5x11 paper prepared to be printed out and cut in fours with guerilla/grass-roots marketing tactics in mind.

CS3 Photoshop

Spec work/ Mock-Up

2008-01-03T21:31:00.000-08:00

What ever you want to call it... Both of these were total concept designs. The Dig This page was for a new publication, its a page mock-up. The publication never saw the light of day.

The other was a spec ad for that publication that never happened - Pep Boys. Again, this was all concept stuff that I came up with. All the copy, images, etc...

Photoshop & Quark

Advertising Design

2008-01-03T21:20:00.000-08:00

I did this one a while back. It was for a salon. They supplied the logo and the photo of the girl. Thats it. I did the rest. I thought it turned out pretty cool. What do you think?

Photoshop & Quark

Carnitas Auténticas de "OB" - Business card design

2008-01-03T21:16:00.000-08:00

I did this for my brother-in-law. He makes the BEST carnitas. PERIOD.

I dig the little pig's attitude - I thought it was kinda funny.

Photoshop & Freehand

The Thrift Store - Advertising Design

2008-01-03T21:10:00.000-08:00

I did these a little ways back.... I dig these cause they have a subtle, retro kinda feel to them. Simple & clean.

Photoshop & Quark

Sac Homes Cover - "Special Edition" Stylemakers of the Year

2007-12-30T23:22:00.000-08:00

I was asked to design the cover of a "Special Edition" of Sac Homes. Its called Stylemakers of the Year. So I sat with the editors, writers and brainstormed ideas. This was all my concept. I thought of award shows, plus the colors fell into the holidays...

CS3 Photoshop & InDesign

Advertising Promo Piece

2007-12-30T23:21:00.001-08:00

This was just an Advertising Team Poster Design that was done for fun. I really dig Rock'N'Roll poster & album cover design.

The boxer was a piece of low res clip art from the web. I took that threw it on a background layer in FreehandMX. Then took the pen tool and traced it, creating clean vector art. Once that was done the rest was easy... This is all concept stuff.

FreehandMX

Special Event Cover Spec

2007-12-26T10:00:00.000-08:00

I did this as a front cover for a special section of a newspaper. Its for the Annual Strawberry Festival. It didn't make the cut. I was told it wasn't "hokey" enough. First of all... I'm a west coast kid - what the hell is "hokey"? They also said it was too hip and contemporary. Maybe it was a good thing it didn't get chosen. Anyway...

I used a photo supplied by a local photographer. Ran a couple of filters in Photoshop to get a little bit of a worn look to the pic.

Photoshop

Whiskey Wild - Bar & Grill

2007-12-26T08:09:00.000-08:00

I went to this place and its pretty nice. I ordered chicken tacos, but was mistakenly given fish tacos instead. But it was a great mistake cause those fish tacos were excellent. I also sampled a really nice whiskey. It had a smooth, almost vanilla flavor to it. Its $80 a bottle. Being a whiskey bar they specialize in... whiskey.

Anyway, after visiting these were the two designs I came up with... I woulda liked some interior pics of the place, but didn't have any. I used images from the web and the bar's logo.

CS3 Photoshop & InDesign

Brian Setzer Bootleg Album Artwork

2007-12-15T22:40:00.000-08:00

I forgot who asked me to do this... but I had a request to rip audio from YouTube and create an album for this series of live Brian Setzer recordings. All the video was posted by Straymouse - Thanks.

I used Photoshop CS3 and images found on the web.

Quote by Straymouse:

"Brian Setzer visited a small vintage guitar shop of Japan in 1992 with Rich Modica who was the guitar tech of Brian Setzer. This live was performed there at the time. The guitar and the amp were prepared by the shop, so the guitar is not his guitar. Brian Setzer performed only for just several customers who were there for nothing. He seldom does such a thing now, so this is a very rare and precious clip."

Brian Setzer
Live @ Vintage Guitar Shop Japan 1992

Tracks:

1.Your Cheatin' Heart
2.Mystery Train
3.Summertime Blues
4.Too Hip Gotta Go
5.My True Story
6.Just Because
7.Lonesome Tears
8.Maybellene
9.Twenty Flight Rock (Bonus Track)

RedondoRoundUp Web Banner

2007-12-15T22:37:00.000-08:00

Gene Vincent & His Bluecaps are the centerpiece.

CS3 Phototshop

Mystery Gang - Jungle In The Room - Album Art

2007-11-21T21:00:00.000-08:00

I really dig this band. The Mystery Gang Rockabilly Trio are from Hungary. I ripped the audio from a series of live MySpace video's and designed cover art.

Photoshop CS3. All the images were pulled from the web.

Revised Web Banner

2007-11-11T21:48:00.000-08:00

I've been simply swapping out various legends in the banner. This time its The Man in Black, Johnny Cash. And then I've also been changing the color/tint of the banner.

Photoshop CS3

JKeep On Rocking - Album Art

2007-11-03T21:42:00.000-07:00

I designed this for a Yahoo Rock'N'Roll Group I belong to. We all chose our favorite rockabilly & early rock'n'roll songs, then compiled our own "Greatest Hits" cd. I volunteered to do the artwork.

I chose a 50's photo of girls frantically screaming, because I felt it kind of represents the effect rock'n'roll had on folks. Then on the back I had to add a couple of pics of two of my favorites, also included in the compilation, Eddie Cochran and Elvis Presley. I used purple just for no particular reason.

Photoshop CS3

RedondoRoundUp Web Banner

2007-11-02T22:52:00.000-07:00

I just swapped colors and replaced Elvis with Eddie Cochran.

Photoshop CS3

Embassy Suites - Thanksgiving Ad

2007-10-30T15:44:00.000-07:00

I love when I have good stuff to work with. Here is an ad for Embassy Suites Thanksgiving Day brunch. They supplied me with some great photo's, but wanted this one. The rest is just trying to work the logo's and ad copy in such a way as to not "crowd" things up. I think this one turned out really nice. They were happy as well.

Photoshop CS3 - Quark

RedondoRoundUp Blog Banners

2007-10-21T23:05:00.000-07:00

RedondoRoundUp Blog Banners...

Its still a work in progress. I may change them here and there. Or maybe switch out various artists in the center, but leave the rest... who knows. It is what it is for now...

Photoshop CS3

Regards,
mredondo

The Drunken Hobo - Album Art

2007-10-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

The Drunken Hobo posted a demo on a friends blog. Its really cool rockabilly music from the 80's.

Anyways... I used Photoshop CS3.

All the images are from the web that I thought looked cool and would work with the design.

Rockabilly Compilation Album Artwork

2007-08-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

I did this for a buddy of mine.

I took a photo of a band called the Sugar Creek Trio, added some little touches to the drums. I also cleaned the pic up a little in photoshop - clone stamp. I then took some pics that fit with the era - 50's and a pic of a Gretsch guitar and BAM! It came together. I love designing album art, especially for music I love - Rockabilly.

Photoshop

Hoss Hoggs Restaurant - Postcards

2007-08-17T11:37:00.001-07:00

A former boss of mine owns a restaurant that serves up BBQ, etc... So he was wanting to come up with some new promotional stuff. I made all kinds of suggestions from bottling Hoss Hoggs BBQ Sauce, Hoss Hoggs Micro-Brew, t-shirts, etc... I also came up with an idea to design postcards that could be left at the table and people could fill them out and the restaurant would pay for postage and send them out. None of my ideas flew...

I redesigned his logo and everything. This was a complete re-work. This is all my idea and concept. His current logo and image look nothing like this... and thats to bad. Cause I think his current image looks cheesy compared to this. Thats my opinion.

I took a picture of a pig and made a silhouette. Then cut the arms and legs and positioned them where I wanted them. I attached a cowboy hat and found a piece of horse clip-art. I came up withh all the verbage also.

Photoshop & FreehandMX

The Road Dogs Comedy Tour - Promo Fliers

2007-08-08T18:24:00.000-07:00

I did these a couple years ago for an entertainment company that handled the promotions for this comedy tour. The entertainment company didn't give me anything to work with except the general copy info. I had to find photo's of the comedians online. At that point I should've known I was gonna have problems getting paid - not very professional. But I liked how these turned out... I did another series as well with similar colors and look for The Road Dogs.

Most of the designs here on my blog, not all, but most - I come up with everything from color schemes, logo design, photo touch up/manipulation, copy writing, etc... this series was no exception. I did everything on these - color schemes, logo design, copy writing, layout....

Photoshop and FreehandMX

Embassy Suites - Advertising Design

2007-08-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

This was an ad for Embassy Suites. They gave me a photo and the logos. I came up with the headline and the look.

Photoshop CS3 & Quark

South Side Choppers - Art Piece

2007-07-31T20:12:00.000-07:00

This is another one that I designed out of boredom. It was late, the kids and wife were asleep, so I started messing around. I grabbed a pic of a motorcycle online. Cut the background out, ran some filters in Photoshop. I used a dingbat of a tattoo design - which is in the background and just manipulated it until I was happy with the look.

All of this is made up - there is no South Side Choppers.

Photoshop

The Big Six Poster - Forgot this one...

2007-07-31T09:34:00.001-07:00

This was another poster I did... Forgot to post this with the other ones.

Photoshop & FreehandMX

The Big Six Advertising Team - Poster Design

2007-07-30T17:45:00.000-07:00

This was a series of posters I did for an advertising team. The top poster is the one that was chosen.

A digital photo was taken of the team in a hallway. I then took it, cut everyone out and made a path. Then ran some filters or made a bitmap tiff and used that. But I had to actually cut the photo down the middle in order for the little lady in the middle to show up. In doing so, I had to make a leg for one of the guys in the back. I know its hard to get that image in your head. I cut a leg off of one of the other guys, flipped it, morphed it and put it in place. Can't even tell, neither could he!

I used Photoshop & FreehandMX, Nikon Digital camera.

If it don't Rock • Then It won't Roll - Art Piece

2007-07-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

I did this for a friend and his blog.

I used a pic of a hotrod from the web. I did numerous things to the pic - converted from RGB to B&W, bumped the dpi up to 300. Then I ran a few filters on it to get a distressed look. Then flipped it back to RGB and colored it.

Photoshop CS3

Kozen Contemporary Japanese Cuisine - Advertsing Design

2007-07-30T09:55:00.000-07:00

I do a lot of design work for retaurants. Here is one that I enjoyed designing. The owner was a younger guy who let me get creative with the deign. Red is a color that really has alot of impact when used in a subtle way. I feel like the red really draws you in.

Photoshop & Quark

Biba Ristorante Italiano - Advertising Design

2007-07-30T09:46:00.000-07:00

Quote from http://www.italiancookingandliving.com:

"Biba Caggiano is the chef owner of BIBA Restaurant in Sacramento, California, and host of her own internationally syndicated cooking show Biba's Italian Kitchen on the Learning Channel. (Presently the show is being seen on the Travel Channel.) Biba is also the award-winning author of six bestselling cookbooks. Combined, the cookbooks, which are all still in print, have sold over 500,000 copies. She has also recently signed a contract with William Morrow for two additional books."

I've designed several ads for her restaurant. This is my favorite, which never made it to print. This is a spec design that she turned down. I have to say, the one she went with wasn't great. I designed that one also - I'm not psoting it because, well, it sucks.

I used a old photo of Biba Caggiano. Used a full color photo of a picture frame. I aslo used some design dingbats for the little accent art pieces.

Photoshop & Quark

Ricky Dean - Del-Fi's Greatest - Album Cover Artwork

2007-07-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

I know Ricky Dean personally... I consider him a friend. We work together. Everyday...

Ricky Dean recorded a series of singles back in '62 - '63 for the Del Fi record label (also on Emmy Records - maybe another - not sure). He's shared the stage with the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Brenda Lee, The Champs & The Ventures to name a few. His singles have shared the radio charts with Elvis Presley, Neil Sedaka & Ritchie Valens. However, Rick decided to leave music and enter the miltary, where he served his country. Upon his return home he decided not to return to music as the scene had changed so much. He then started a new career at a major newspaper corporation in N. California. He's been here 35+ years and will be retiring soon. He's married to his beautiful wife Jan (see track #4) and has three grown sons and grandkids. When I talk about "Rick" I always say - "If there were more people like Ricky Dean in the world, it would be a much better place". And I mean that. He's a class act, he lights up the room when he walks in. You can't help but love Rick's enthusiasm - for work, his family & life. I have had the pleasure of getting to know & work with Rick for the past 8 years. And for that - I feel blessed.

THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RELEASE. Ricky Dean only released singles. I'm a designer here where we work. I took his promo photo and another pic he had and scanned them to created the front & back covers. I also scanned the actual 45 of "Liitle Girl" and re-created the look of that for the CD label. I then burned, printed, hand cut and produced about 100 cd's for Rick to give to family and friends - they flew of the shelves!! My copy of this album is autographed to me, by the legend hismself.

I used Photoshop CS3 & Quark

Gene Vincent - Rare Sessions & Outtakes - Album Cover Artwork

2007-07-29T00:38:00.000-07:00

If you know me, you know I love music. Especially rockabilly & oldies. Gene Vincent is one of my favorites. My buddy over in France, Uncle Gil, has a collection of rare recording sessions, rehearsals and other stuff. So I took some of these rare recordings and designed artwork. As a music collector certain personal and rare compilations are just priceless. Uncle Gil kept these great recordings from being lost to us all forever. So its nice to burn it to a cd and put in a cd jewel case with some artwork.

I was pleased that the Official Gene Vincent Fan Club of France was very pleased as was Uncle Gil.

RockHall - Web Banners

2007-07-29T00:30:00.000-07:00

I designed these web banners for my favorite music forum on the net. I was asked by the site admin - Twister to design the banner. I was more than happy to do it. He already had colors selected and I already was familiar with the site. The bottom design was the first one I did. Then I changed it a bit in the middle banner. Then the top banner was the final banner I did, which is the one that was selected. This was a fun project.

I used images from the web. Thats the great thing about designing art for the web. You can use art from the web that you can't use in print because of the resolution. I designed these in Photoshop CS3.

FIESTA! - Poster

2007-07-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

This was something I did a little while back. It was late, I was bored... so i just made this up. None of the information is real. Its all made-up.

I found all of the images on the web and used some clip art.

I used FreehandMX & Photoshop

Warner's Rendezvous Lounge - Advertisement Design

2007-07-28T22:40:00.000-07:00

I was really happy how this one turned out. This was for a brand new restaurant/loung that had live jazz.

I used Photoshop & Quark.

Tavano's Italian Restaurant - Advertisment Design

2007-07-28T22:00:00.000-07:00

I designed this at work (I'm a full-time designer) for an Italian restaurant. The ad ran a few times.

I grabbed the image of the Leaning Tower of Pisa off the web. I went for simple, elegant impact. I really liked this one...

Photoshop & Quark

Madico: Performance Car Catalog Cover - 2005

2007-07-28T21:43:00.000-07:00

This design actually has a story... goes like this. I knew a guy, we'll call him "John Doe" or "JD" for short. Anyway, JD & I worked together, JD got fired. Years later JD appeared out of nowhere. Somehow he got ahold of me. He asked if I could help him. He was trying to get a job for a car customizing shop as a designer. Are you seeing where this is headed? I arranged for JD to come by my place and he could show me what he was up to. He shows up with discs, catalogs, etc... So he says the owner wants him to design a "mock" or spec cover and based on this design, he would decide whether or not to hire JD.

So I ask him - what are yo thinking of doing. "I don't know...", he says.
"Do you have any ideas?" I say. "No". He replies.

So then I ask him if he know's what the following things are: pdf, clipping path, layers, distilling, resolution... HE HAS NO CLUE!!

Finally he comes out and asks if I will design a cover and he'll pay me... So I did. I know, I shouldn't have, but I'm not perfect and we all make mistakes. Anyway from what I understand he did get that job, he did pay me and then disappeared as fast as he had reappeared. I've never heard from him again... its been about 2yrs.

Anyway - I used some hi-res pics of a car that were form a disc, along with the Madico logo. I found a pic online of a road in Italy with The Coliseum in the background and used it. I've never seen the final catalog.

Mama's Pride - Promo Fliers

2007-07-28T21:21:00.000-07:00

Mam's Pride is a 4-piece rock group. I did some freelance work for a promoter - TruEntertainment.

I used Photoshop & FreehandMX on these. I took a single group photo from the web (thats all I had to work with) and the rest was just imagination. I've never heard what these soud like, but they won some awards so they can't be that bad.

Street Candles Album Cover

2007-07-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

I downloaded a "demo" of an Acapella Doo-Wop group from Barcelona, Spain. I was blown away at how great these guys sound. They are unsigned and had no artwork or anything. So out of the goodness of my heart, I designed an album cover for them and sent it to them.

Here is the reply I received from the lead singer:

Hi Mark ,this was a big surprise for us. Your work is amazing , we don't
know how to thank you, we're going to 3 radios tomorrow to record in live
too , we'll send you the programs for your enjoy!!
many many thank's friend.
Eddie "Street Candle"

Process:

I got a feel for the group by listening to their album. I also ripped tracks from YouTube, MySpace and a video to add to the album. I then searched the web for photos. Once I selected a photo I thought would work - I went to work. I used Photoshop CS3 for everything. Picked colors based on an outfit they wore in the video - white with pink. But used a dark Green/Blue color for contrast in the background. I put a transparent photo in the background of a street at night.

What do you think?