Illustration, Design, and Creative Process
It was great working with Terry and Jeff at Mountain Equipment Co-op putting together this Know Your Bike Panel. It is going to be in all the stores across Canada (with a couple exceptions) and it should play a good role in a Bike Tech’s conversation with a customer about their bike and any mechanical issues that bike may have.
OK OK so I will leave James alone after this post, I was just talking about his show last night with a friend of mine, we were discussing who was a bigger fan. I think I won – right John.
I don’t think there is any doubt that I am a fan of James Jean, I have been following his work now for about 5 years. I was introduced to Fables based on the art of James, and I can only imagine where his talent and drive will take him. I hope I can be half as successful in some aspect of creative professionalism. Jame’s is an artist first, an illustrator playing second fiddle second, and now I find him somewhere in between. I am looking forward to seeing more true talent finding its way onto fabrics, on wine labels, and into other parts of our everyday life. James Jean is starting to bridge that gap and he is going to pave ways for new technologies and processes that we will all take for granted. Thanks James. Keep it up and come to Vancouver to say Hi.
http://arrestedmotion.com – photo credit
James Glen (www.jamesglen.ca) is a big fan of music, Tom Waits, building models, photography, and light. This is a short film with the words of Tom and the imagery by Jim.
So it was her birthday, who would have thought to buy the typeface and have one shirt printed would have been so much money. I guess it wasn’t that much of a surprise. She loved it, so it was worth every penny. Happy Birthday.
The following is some identity work that I have done in the last while – a fairly diverse collection of things, some obviously more successful than others. Some of these companies don’t exist yet, some do millions of dollars in revenue – there are a few that do slightly less than that. One is a hand drawn version of an existing logo, its a company I am illustrating for, one is a book, another is a campus tour, one is a line of tool belts that isn’t available to anyone except a chosen few. The bottom four are mine, I guess you could say I am still looking for my own identity.
Bottom line – they are all identities. The last section shows the process from sketchbook to digital concept – this logo is still in development stages – I will keep you posted.
The David Suzuki Foundation has been very patient as Mark, Jimmy and I put together this identity for a up coming campus tour. We have been working with the foundation for a while now trying to get the identity to stand on its own and allow a younger generation a vehicle for voicing their environmental concerns. It is now time to get Hot and Bothered about the Environment.
I used to draw from my mind and the sketchbooks were sometimes scary, now I draw form from the minds of others – you’d think that would be scary but often times it’s simply interesting. This is I am sure, part of that age old discussion about the ever so fine line dividing art and design – or is it the line bringing them closer.
Great type, killer message
Processhaus 