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Tim Cunningham, of www.cfmumbojumbo.com, needed a logo for his podcast/radio show where he does quick interviews featuring one guest per show.
I helped him out, starting with a few variations on a concept I came up with.
Tim picked a concept after asking around, and I finally added some color and depth while coming up with a wide version and a square version:
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In addition to running two shows on Codebass Radio (one music, one tech talk), I’m on the management team. I’ve helped out with graphics here and there, so of course when station owner Vicky Ryder wanted a logo, I was happy to help!
Here is the styled final logo
And here it is on a tshirt!
Last, a black and white version:
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Runtime Expectations is a live talk show on software development. I co-host with Bucky Schwarz and Adrian Pomilio.
The show page is over on CodebassRadio:
http://codebassradio.net/shows/runtime-expectations/
We also have a meetup page that we schedule shows and invite people to sit in: http://runtimeexpectations.com.
Adrian came up with the show name – I warmed up to it pretty fast despite wanting to come up with something better. Now that we’re 8shows in, I couldn’t imagine a better name.
Here’s the final logo I came up with. I originally thought we could base it on the Windows alert when an error pops up. Adrian had the idea to tilt it, and then I put the finishing touches on.
Here’s what we had for the first couple of shows. The Durham American Tobacco District is pictured in the background cause that’s where we broadcast from
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I was just going back through the archives and digging up screenshots of old portfolio sites and CD’s. Kind of embarrassing how bad things looked all those years ago, but it was in 1997, who can blame me!
My 1997 website hosted on my school’s webserver!
1998 – Same deal….still looks pretty bad even with the glassy effect!
A portfolio CD from 2000! I toted this one with me around NY and Boston for a few interviews as I was fresh outta college.
My year 2000 website – interactive breakfast themed!
I don’t even know what this was….no time? I had an idea for Yellow5Labs in 2003 – a take on the additive food dye. I killed it off, cause people thought I was really into labradore retrievers. But not before going through a few more iterations….
In 2005, I seemed to get my act together to make something good looking. The chemical compound flies across the screen with your mouse. Hovering over it will zoom into the hexagon and load up a section of the site on the right
This is the final iteration of Yellow5Labs from 2008 or 2009. As I said, I killed it off cause people thought I was into labradore retrievers. I couldn’t find a screenshot, but here it is as a comp without copy. The test tubes blow up as you mouse over (shooting up vertically). And the cloud is the header, while the lab technician is the footer, with the part in-between expanding vertically with the copy.
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Back in college, I took a fair number of 3D animation classes. We used a tool called Softimage, but if I remember right, I started out with 3D Studio MAX. Anyway here’s a couple 3D renderings from back in the day
First off, some friends and I had this grand idea for an animation revolving around a mad scientist’s lab. We never finished (and actually barely started if I remember right. But I did a few lab equipment renderings.
Next, here’s my first 3D scene I ever did. It was a tutorial out of a 3D Studio MAX book:
Finally, lets talk senior thesis! I made up an entire legend of the Cancerbot 9000 project. Since the cigarette companies couldn’t advertise to kids, they manufactured a fleet of robots to do it instead. And the fake advertising propaganda ensues!
I actually forgot what the deal was here…but I was doing some Grocery store themed 3D animation that never panned out. Here’s a still….but I do remember the final video being kinda trippy.
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So, my brother in law needed a website. He sells Amsoil and wanted to sell it through his website as an affiliate.
I helped him get a site off the ground and designed. I did his logo as well
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NCDevCon is an awesome annual conference in Raleigh, NC. It focuses on Flash, Flex, Coldfusion, Web, and Mobile.
The organizers had asked me to help design a logo. I came up with a black and white concept for them, and ended up stopping there since they wanted a simple black and white webpage and something to print on t-shirts and marketing material.
It came out extremely simply, but I think everyone likes it. Its interesting to hear people’s takes on what the logo symbolizes. With so many technologies in one conference, how to symbolize them all? I chose to go for something that symbolized an open, new document. Like the icon you see when choosing blank/new document from a menu (where the corner of the page is turned in).
Anyway, I did that – but I heard that it did a good job to represent the Raleigh skyline. I think the best logos are simple and can be interpreted however the viewer sees them.
Below are some more sketches I did before landing on the final
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My wife runs a restaurant and cocktail review website called “The Gourmez”. I designed a website for her and built a WordPress style around the design. Shown here is the second revision I made for her in 2010.
Click the image to go to the site
Here’s the old version of the site, prior to 2010:
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Back when I ran the Raleigh Durham Adobe User Group, I was a one man show. I thought it would be a great idea to join forces with Adrian Pomilio who ran the local Flex User Group. We came up with the name “Tri-Me” for Triangle Media Experience.
I came up with some logo concepts:
And then I comped up a webpage. Adrian thought it was really ugly with the colors. I actually still dig it. Needless to say it was scrapped:
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My friend Jason Burke had asked me to help him on his children’s show spoof he was working on for his senior thesis at Emerson. I was asked to draw some scenes that he would composite live actors over
The show took place in a treehouse – the exterior here:
And the interior here:
And yah, occasionally I’m not the best with perspective, but its a kids show, so I ran with the look!
Jason wanted to hit the whole consumerism angle, so we have “Chuckles” brand action figures on display:
A mall’s pretzel stand:
The mall itself:
“Chuckles” brand clothing:
And finally – la piece de resistance, “Chuckles” kids working a sweatshop to make the clothes:
