Coloured

I posted the original lines for this illustration last summer sometime, and actually finished the colours a few months ago and forgot to post it as an update. So here it is, enjoy.

Merry Christmas

A new illustration for Christmas, happy holidays from my family to yours.

It is Finished

Holidays have begun. Finished my placement on Friday, celebrated with a Christmas party at a great restaurant on Saturday, got snowed in on Sunday and stayed indoors on Monday... good times :) Going to be a very enjoyable holiday. Felling the sting still 7 months after not being able to adopt our little guy in the middle. Miss you buddy, but glad you are being loved. 

Yeppers!

Yep, you guessed it citizens!
Another post by yours truly! I'm on a role here :)
I'm at the studio (Creative Odyssey) working on a few projects; my placement time here is almost at an end (only one more day). I'm really looking forward to the holidays with my family. 


In homage to the holidays I leave you with a pic of our studio tree, and a site with some cool Christmas/Holiday craft ideas... enjoy :) 

http://www.craftbits.com/christmas-crafts/

Check it Out

This may be hard to recover from, another post only one day after my last one... I know, I know, try to contain the excitement. Probably not something I'll be able to keep up with lol... but you never know. I could do like a fellow designer friend of mine does and update my blog once a week or so but just put previous dates on the posts lol... you know who you are :)

Anyway, just wanted to take an opportunity to plug another blog site that I follow closely, it is a very inspiring site for design. I recommend that you go check it out, it is not as much a blog site as it is a portfolio site, but he shares many other talented designers works on there that inspire him... here's a little snapshot of one of his letterpress pieces...

http://www.graphic-exchange.com/home.html

The Home Stretch

December 7th 2010, second day of my last week in placement. We had to do a photo-journal as part of our placement responsibilities so I spent a couple of hours today putting it together so I could just relax next week as my holidays start. Our journal had to be like a "day in the life of" kind of deal so I took various shots around the studio/office and of the great people I worked with. It was a real joy to do this placement and I was graciously involved in 9 different projects during my time here. All in all this was a very enjoyable experience for me. I leave you with the cover I did for my photo-journal... 

Still Going

Third week of my placement is almost done and I've really been enjoying my time here at Creative Odyssey (Sudbury ON). The crew here is fantastic and treat me very well. It's been great working on all the projects that they have given me to do, some just to finish off, other's to do from the beginning, every one of them has been lots of fun and educational as well. There are still tips and tricks that years in the industry have honed that classes still can't teach, and I've been able to glean some of these from Maurissa Grano the Art Director/Senior Graphic Designer/Partner here at Creative Odyssey. I'm certainly glad that Cambrian College finally implemented a placement as part of the curriculum in the Graphic Design course. 

Okay that's it for this update, I leave you with a poster I did for a clients Italian Play at Thornloe University here in Sudbury, Ontario...