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Some Recent Infographics

rob — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:14:20 +0000

Designed for a variety of clients…

Character Designs

rob — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:45:29 +0000

A few unchosen concepts from a recent character design project I’ve been working on…

Penelope Pilot is available!

rob — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:08:29 +0000

Good news everyone! My first children’s book, “Penelope Pilot and her First Day as Captain” has been published and is now available for sale at GirlsWithWings.com!

Here are some of the illustrations…

Would you buy this shirt?

rob — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:50:29 +0000

If this shirt was made, would you buy it?

Character Illustration

rob — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:44:49 +0000

Are you looking for a character for your company and would love to be the next MailChimp? What about a children’s book you’re putting together, or an advertising mascot so your company can have the next GEICO gecko speaking for you? Customers and constituents identify with characters – look at Snap Crackle and Pop as well as Tony The Tiger!

If you’re looking for a character to help sell your business to the masses, look no further than RobTheDesigner.com – I can do that for you!

Unveiling Bacon Baby!

rob — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:44:18 +0000

Final Penelope Pilot Cover Art

rob — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:19:57 +0000

Character Design

rob — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:17:36 +0000

A couple character sketches, Steve and Alan, for an animation project I’m starting…

Animation Reel

rob — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:16:04 +0000

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

Changes to the Last Illustration

rob — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:13:54 +0000

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!