Another CD cover design...

This CD was re-named, so I altered the cover to reflect the new name and info.  I also changed the font of the title to something a little more dramatic.

CD cover design

This is one of my latest projects...a CD cover design for Smeezaleen's "Payphone Conversations."  I was given this picture:

and came up with this design:

This was a challenge.  It was a lot of photo manipulation.  The end result turned out great though and the artist was very happy.  I did a lot of running around and taking pics...the funniest had to be going to the only car dealership in the area that sold fancy cars, finding an Audi A7, hopping out, snapping as many pics as I could to make sure I got the angle I needed, hopping back in and leaving before a sales person came out to ask what I was doing.  You've got to do what you've got to do!  And the car fit in perfect...complete with a customized license plate :)

Trakdealaz Instrumental Mix Cover

My latest design is a cover for an upcoming instrumental mix tape

I was able to get a really nice glow on the type.  It looks pretty cool!

Web Design: XHTML/CSS

I haven't posted in a while...I've been taking another class.  This one is in XHTML and CSS.  I feel like I've learned so much!  This is my last week, and I've started to re-do my website.  I've found it's too hard to update it as we go along, with only 1 week left, I'm to the point where I know what I want it to look like and I can get started on the updating.  I've developed a process that works really well for me.  When I'm working on the computer I tend to want to just jump in start creating, but I've learned that I need to take a step back and really plan first.  I sketched out a few layout options, then I created the one I like the most in Photoshop before I started coding.  This really helped, because as I'm coding and viewing what I'm creating in my browser, I can compare it to the Photoshop version.  I think this process will help if I start designing for others as well, because I can show them what the web page will look like prior to coding and make all of the necessary changes at that point, instead of after the fact, when it's harder and more time consuming.

I changed my logo a bit...

I felt like my logo needed a little something, I wasn't completely happy with it.  I really like it now.  It's the same idea, but I added a gradient to the "!" and changed the type underneath a little.  I think it looks nicer now.

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www.trakdealaz.com

This is a promotional flyer for the launch of www.trakdealaz.com.  It's created with a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator.  This is definitely one of my favorites!  Creating work for the music industry is a lot of fun and lets me experiment and push myself.

Pur Uncut Radio flyer

This is a flyer I just finished up for the TrackDealaz new radio show that is going to be airing on SiriusXM.  It turned out really good.  The biggest challenge was working with a large amount of type...I got everything on that was needed and it looks cool too!