Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Intergalactic Zoo
While contemplating the future of Tomorrowland at Disneyland, I thought a great attraction would be the Intergalactic Zoo. An alien corporation partners with Disneyland to bring a whole herd of interesting beasties from planets around the galaxy for the people of Earth to enjoy.
Ranging from the cute and cuddly to the ferocious and deadly, the beasties would roam about custom enclosures that were designed to look and feel like their home planets. You would tour this zoo in an open-air hover craft. Sometimes you would enter the enclosure itself and sometimes you would be behind glass, depending on the relative danger to the park guests. Wink, wink.
I made a quick sketch of the marquee that hints at all the treats to expect inside.
Ranging from the cute and cuddly to the ferocious and deadly, the beasties would roam about custom enclosures that were designed to look and feel like their home planets. You would tour this zoo in an open-air hover craft. Sometimes you would enter the enclosure itself and sometimes you would be behind glass, depending on the relative danger to the park guests. Wink, wink.
I made a quick sketch of the marquee that hints at all the treats to expect inside.
*I spelled intergalactic wrong on the sign. D'oh!
Labels:
concept,
dark ride,
Disney attractions,
illustration,
sketch,
theme park
Monday, April 12, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Another iPad Wallpaper
Why am I doing this to myself? I don't even own one! It really is fun having a new canvas size for some reason. Oh yeah, and why is it 1024x1024? I've read that when you turn the thing on its side, it doesn't resize the wallpaper to enlarge it if it were 1024x768; it shrinks it and gives it a letterbox feel. Again, haven't tested it. Not completely in love with the 'starburst.' Hmmm. It may come out.
Labels:
Illustrator,
inspiration,
iPad,
wallpaper
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
i heart iPad Wallpaper
I don't own an iPad, so I couldn't test this. But it should work beautifully no matter the orientation. I created two masks for both orientations and aligned the graphics to look good even if you're spinning your iPad like a basketball on your finger. (But don't do that. It's kind of expensive.) Not sure what the image will do when it actually orients itself. Think I need to buy one. For research purposes. Yeah, research purposes.
Click here to download to whatever folder syncs with your fabulous new iPad, you lucky dog.
Labels:
glow,
graphic,
heart,
illustration,
Illustrator,
iPad,
wallpaper
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
it's an iPhone world
Here's an iPhone wallpaper made in Illustrator, which is based on Disneyland's it's a small world tower clock. I did my best to line up all the various sections so that it would match the interface.
But it started as a sketch first.
UPDATE: I decided the date/time area was too boring and the slide bar area was too busy. So I tweaked it a bit.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Really Bad Kitty: Easter Card
Labels:
Easter,
graphic,
illustration,
Illustrator,
Really Bad Kitty
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Seasonings
It had been a while since I'd used Illustrator. More than a decade. Which on a software development timeline is like visiting an art gallery three caves over. So I was desperate for practice ideas. Just anything really that would force me to learn all the new features and tricks. I chose to do one piece for each season. Not terribly original, I know, but it did provide the bonus of not having to think of any other ideas since this would mean I got four for the price of one idea! Score!
Labels:
illustration
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