Thursday, December 21, 2006

The Calendar

For the last 3 or 4 months I've been doing quite a lot of art...and as Christmas approached, I decided to collect everything I've done and make a calendar out of it. Mostly to show off...but also to take a step in a direction I've always wanted to go, but never had enough art I was confident enough with to give out to everyone I knew.

I designed the entire thing from scratch (the art, the page layout, and the days of the week). It was quite a tedious process (especially making all the days of every month of the year), but once they were printed, I was very happy with the result. Here are some examples of this:

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Friday, December 01, 2006

Detail: of the Yin Yang Penguins

These are just bigger versions of the previous post...I also seperated them so they could be viewd seperately and not as one whole drawing.
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Yin Yang Chinstrap Penguin

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Yin Yang King Penguin

Graphic Design: My take on yin yang

I did these as I was trying to do a penguin version of the yin yang symbol. These were the first attempt at it - trying to keep most of the penguin head, while still having them flow into each other. It ends up being more of the universal sign for infinity. I was using the king penguin and the chinstrap penguin markings.
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Yin Yang Penguins: King penguins and Chinstrap penguins
drawn in Illustrator

Graphic Design: Chinstrap Penguin Pyramid

I did this at the same time I did the king penguin pyramid. Since the Chinstrap penguin doesn't have any color, it was easier to commit to a strict black and white design.
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Chinstrap Penguin Pyramid:
drawn in Illustrator

Graphic Design: King Penguin Pyramid

I did so many to try to see which combination I liked...
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King Penguin Pyramid
drawn in Illustrator

Yin Yang Penguin

I had an idea for more graphic penguin drawings. I did some a while back with sillouette in a pyramid design...but I keep coming back to the Yin Yang symble and decided to draw a bunch of them. I think the chinstrap penguin is the least successful. The adelie and king penguin seem to have stronger characteristics to their faces.
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Yin Yang Penguins
drawn in Illustrator
 
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