Linear line set of faces.
Drawing continuous line artwork is a lot of fun. I approached Tuts+ Premium and suggested they hire me to create a set of stock linear line illustrations for members of Tuts+ Premium. They agreed.
I thought a whole set of faces would be a nice pedestrian theme that a lot of people could use for a variety of project types.
The following post takes you behind the scenes of their creation.
A local companies identity.
The majority of clients and agencies I work with are either out of state or out of country. That said I like helping small business owners locally improve their own branding and marketing efforts as well if and when the opportunity arises. When ever I see a new local business open up and it has a lousy logo I’ve wondered to myself at times “How do I get connected with them before they started building upon a bad graphic foundation?”
A local sign shop recently asked for my business card because they were familiar with my work and said they’d like to send people my way when ever they run into poorly designed work that comes their way. I’m all for increasing the quality of the local design culture so I gave them some of my business cards.
I was contacted by a local business called “Green Carpenter Antz” who asked if I could clean up their muscle bound construction worker, and change his face so he doesn’t look drunk. He wanted it to be more fun and happy. He also explained how some people thought he was an exterminator instead of a carpenter.
Holding back a laugh, my gut reaction was to just turn it down and say “Sorry but I really don’t re-furbish existing logos.” But right after this initial thought I had another one that made me think “Why don’t you try to help this guy out? You can create an identity for him that’ll work great.” in other words I should invest in my local design culture.
So I proceeded to explain to this small business owner the problem with his current identity by auditing it.
Logo Identity Audit
- This isn’t really a logo, it’s a bad layout using equally bad illustration.
- There is no clear hierarchy of information, it’s a cluttered mess.
- It reads “Carpenter Antz” and “Green” is lost.
- No one can tell you build using environmentally conscious “Green” methods.
- It looks amateurish which I’m assuming doesn’t reflect the quality of the work you do?
I explained to him how he needed a logo that would read quickly, a more graphic approach that would also reinforce the fact that he was an environmentally conscious carpenter. I also said part of the communication problem is that he was using “Antz” in his business name so I suggested changing it to “Green Carpenterz” instead. He seemed to be OK with that but insisted it had to have an ant in it still.
I informed him what I normally charge for an identity but said I would be willing to help him out and just charge for my time only. He was still hesitant even at this severely discounted rate. At which time I thought to myself again “Just wish him the best and tell him you’re not a good fit for what he’s looking for.” I again battled within thinking “I want to convince this guy that good design can improve his bottom line.” So I told him I’d be willing to design a logo and show it to him, if he liked it than it would be the price I stated and if he didn’t than he could walk away without any cost to him.
He agreed to this arrangement and I planned on working on this later that night.
Bonus set 16 sheet.
Here is another ’7′ ornaments in this latest bonus set. This brings the entire bonus collection count to ’84′ above and beyond the 600+ ornaments that come with my book Flourish.Banner.Frame.
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Keywords: Book, Ornaments, Process, Patterns
Vonster Tattoos in context.
Flattering Copyright Infringement
Every couple of months I get an email from someone saying they spotted my art being used as a tattoo. When ever this happens I try to find a picture of it and over time I collect a motley crew of flattering copyright infringers. Some times the person who infringed will email me pictures showing me how they applied my art to some area of their body. The whole idea of infringement never crosses their mind and frankly there isn’t much I can do about it really other than be flattered.
Having someone get my art permanently scribed onto their body is a level of dedication that I can’t even commit to myself. If someone wants to live their life with my tribal art always keeping them company where ever they go, than more power to them.
Semi-Famous Sighting
Recently my friend Ty Mattson spotted a tribal design of mine during a concert by Three Days Grace. The lead singer Adam Gontier had one of my tribal face tattoos on his upper right arm. (See images above) I had nothing to do with the lousy skull he had added to it however.
Additional Sightings
Other tribal designs of mine that have popped up over the past six months as well. Whether on the arm, chest, back, neck, shoulder, or the always classy tramp stamp, my tribal art keeps getting used over and over again. Some applications of my designs are executed better than others and the photos are almost always hostage quality at best.
VonsterTattoos.com
Trying to contain the use of my art in the subculture that is tattoos is an exercise in futility. So instead of fighting it I decided to facilitate it and have created an easy way for anyone to use my tribal art for a tattoo. This allows me to help individuals get high quality reference for my designs so they are executed accurately when going to a tattoo shop.
For more information and to view all my stock tribal designs visit VonsterTattoos.com.
Keywords: Tattoo, Tribal Design, Custom
Vector Basic Training Workshop: AIGA Oklahoma
Vector Basic Training Workshops.
The Vector Basic Training (VBT) one day workshop is a live three hour event that takes the attender through a systematic creative process that reinforces drawing, and demonstrates how to precisely build your drawn design in vector form through simple vector build methods.
My goal is to help demystify the often frustrating process of creating vector graphics, so you can leave the event better equipped to produce well-crafted vector artwork for your own design projects.
Attenders can bring their own laptops and follow along using the vector resource files that are provided in the link below, or they can just watch the presentation. Either way you’ll learn a lot. Attender questions are welcomed during the live event and every paid attender will receive a discount code good for 35% off my book Vector Basic Training.
This workshop is being hosted by the AIGA Oklahoma chapter and is open to all local creative people who’d like to attend.
What: Vector Basic Training Workshop (3 hrs)
Who: Von Glitschka – www.vonglitschka.com
When: April 14 from 9:00 – 12:00 (Noon)
Where: Metro Downtown
Why: To improve your creative process.
Resource Files for VBT Workshop: Will be posted once sign-up limit (25) is met.
Important: To make this event happen I need to have a minimum of 25 paid attenders by March 31. This covers the cost of travel and shipping the mobile workshop to the event location and back to my studio. (See sign-up information below)
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