Journal

For my concept class we are suppose to be keeping an idea journal. In a sketchbook we are required to do 5 spreads each week of just ideas we have, notes about projects we want to do, concepts we have come up with, things that inspire us, etc. The spreads are 2 pages. Here are a few I have done so far.

draw musical sound

Toy Comic Strip

In my concept class we were assigned a partner to create a comic strip based on the characters we had created from our random quotes. The comic strip had to open with one of our quotes and close with the other one. We only had an hour to do this. So in an hour we had to figure out a story that fit both of our quotes and then illustrate it. We made this on my partners laptop and it kept freezing up so on top of the time limit we were also faced with technical difficulties. In the end we had to use a screen shot that's why the bounding box in the last frame.
Our idea was the kids are crying for a toy from the toy store of course this is a toy store in Hell so it only has one toy. But the blue character has an empty wallet no money.

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Toy Design

In my Concept Design class we were given random quotes that were suppose to inspire us to make a toy. My quote was

Welcome to hell here's your accordion.

We had to design a toy, logo, and packaging based on the quote. I made a barbie like doll named Lisafer.

Tutorials I would use if I ever did this project again

Cubeecraft (pronounced “kyoob-ee”) papercraft toys feature interlocking tabs for construction – eliminating the need for tape, glue or other messy adhesives.
Action Cruisers
Cubee
Cubeecraft white template
Vector characters
Create a Cute Furry Vector Monster in Illustrator
Create a Simple Vector Creature in Illustrator
How to Create Typeface Characters
Designing the packaging

30 Sets of Free Vector Packaging Design Templates

Turn 2D designs into 3D product shots using software you already own, Photoshop!
Free vector pack of packaging designs
Design mocked-up as a package
3D Product Box in Photoshop
A mockup for some blister packaging
Mock-up image of a product box

Secrets - We All Have Them

First assignment in Concept Design was to make a secret postcard like PostSecret.

PostSecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by Frank Warren, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. Select secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website, or used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits.

Fall 2010

GD114	Concept Design
HIST2321	World Civilizations I
IMD211	Intro to Authoring