T-Shirt Design for LOLMartShirts.com

My boy and I are modeling the shirt I designed for LOLMartShirts.com – check it out, and GET YO PANTS OFF DA GROUND!

Animation Reel

Here are some samples of the animation work I’ve done using After Effects and Photoshop:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1416202092617397073&hl=en#

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2831286510441406373&hl=en#

http://mpcrob.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-animation.html

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5401202689892480091&hl=en#

http://vimeo.com/8660431

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj0WVbVZV24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu86BrBrgvk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbQzdRAFG2c

ManCards coming soon

Have you ever wanted to give a card to your husband or boyfriend, but all you could find was foofy girly stuff? Guys, did you forget to tell your brother happy birthday last week, and you want a send him a card you wouldn’t be embarassed to buy in the checkout line? Check out ManCards – featuring pictures of stuff guys actually like! No flowers, no butterflies, no silly babies dressed like vegetables. We’re talking machinery. Mountains. Good fishin’ spots. Coming soon from RobTheDesigner.com…
And men, each card comes with exactly what we want to say already printed inside! Nothing! ;)

I couldn’t resist…

Changes to the Last Illustration

The illustration of the view from the air traffic control tower has been bugging my client for a long time and she couldn’t put her finger on why. We finally realized it was the 2-point perspective of the runway – it was a bit off, making the far taxiway look like a “high speed taxiway” (angled) rather than parallel to the runway.

Since consistency is key going from page to page in a children’s book (just watch “Elf” for an example) I will be redoing the runway – a very large undertaking for one illustration this late in the game, but a necessary step.

Since I nailed the runway markings on the following page’s illustration, I needed to make a reference to make sure the runway is technically accurate. I made a quick, flat, 2d version on a separate layer in Photoshop, which I will be duplicating as neccessary and playing with the perspective tools until I have it perfect.

All in all, even though this change is a LOT of work to a previously approved illustration, I’m confident it will look TONS better!

T-Shirt Design at LOLMartShirts.com: Pants On The Ground

Check it out – my shirt design, “Pants Off The Ground” is the shirt of the day at LOLMartShirts.com! Go buy some!

Virtual Decorating for Rhapsody Marketing

So I’ve got projects now and then for Rhapsody Marketing where I’ll be Photoshopping empty rooms to make them look already furnished. I guess watching all those HGTV shows with Jennifer is starting to pay off! Take a look at my before and after shots…

BEFORE:

AFTER:

If this is a service you’re interested in for your home, get in touch with Rhapsody Marketing here – it’ll save you THOUSANDS of dollars!

After Effects Cartoon

"Not a Real Cowboy"

I just created this cartoon last week for the class my wife and I teach at church. The dialog and character names come from Randall House – the illustrations, animation and voices are all me. (Except the funny snore – that was a WAV I found)

New Project: Tradeshow Banners

Here’s a quick project I’m working on this week for J&D Foods. They will have a presence at an upcoming tradeshow, so I’ve been tasked with designing two large vertical banners to sit on both sides of their booth.

I’ve used an old-school dithering trick I learned from Greg Hunt back at HLM (now HL2). It used to drive us crazy in the e-pro area when he’d create these dithers because they took so long to process and RIP, but now that computers are faster and printing is all digital it lends a great “natural” effect to vector layouts.

If anyone wants to know how to create it, I’ll be glad to share in an upcoming post. Just ask. For now, here are the banners:

PS: In case you’re wondering, that blue line was a guide on screen when i took a screenshot in Illustrator. I’m also going to reduce the size of “POP IT” and “DIP IT” so they’re more uniform to the neighboring banner…

Bacon Ranch, BaconPOP and Mmmvelopes on TV!

A newscast in Idaho Falls, ID just reviewed the products I designed for J&D Foods… check it out!