raul's design blog

Drafts for a friend's website

2009-05-18T20:16:00.000-07:00

Cover ideas for my band's album

2009-05-12T19:49:00.000-07:00

Symbols from previous drawing, CMYK

2009-02-22T17:25:00.000-08:00

For this I took the symbols from the drawing below, and created a set using shapes found in the symbols themselves.

abstract drawing working with symbols

2009-02-22T17:24:00.000-08:00

Seattle ferry

2009-02-22T15:58:00.000-08:00

Experimental drawing I did while traveling inside a ferry in Seattle.

Starbucks Form

2009-02-22T14:54:00.001-08:00

This is an experimental composition inspired by the interior design and objects in a starbucks store in Chicago, combined with the building across from the store.

Gelato Illustration

2009-01-23T16:09:00.000-08:00

Just a fun drawing I did at work today

photo in Cartagena

2008-05-11T16:48:00.000-07:00

Two years ago, Natalie and I went to Cartagena, Colombia, a gorgeous, culturally rich city in the Caribbean. I took this photo of her outside an old monastery (now a museum). I've always thought this is a beautiful image... her expression, her dress, the blue sky, the composition, and of course, her... Any way, hope you like it as much as I do.

art for a t-shirt on "voting"

2008-05-04T16:54:00.000-07:00

I am working on art for a few shirts devoted to a variety of subjects. The shirts intend to raise awareness. In this case, the idea is to encourage people to vote.

Seattle

2008-04-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

This is somewhere in downtown Seattle.

View from Gas Works Park

2008-04-12T21:12:00.001-07:00

Another panoramic, this time from the Gas Works Park.

Seattle

2008-04-12T21:08:00.001-07:00

Here I tried to get a panoramic view of downtown, crossing a bridge toward Capitol Hill.

Seattle

2008-04-12T21:04:00.001-07:00

Natalie and I went to Seattle last week. It was awesome! This is Natalie at the corner of Pike St and 1st., near the entrance to the legendary Pike's Market Place.

Poster for AAFF

2008-04-04T17:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a shot of the poster I designed for the Ann Arbor Film Festival this year. This is at the entrance of the historic Michigan Theater, in Ann Arbor.

Different colors

2008-02-16T15:37:00.001-08:00

Film Festival screen print poster

2008-02-16T15:28:00.001-08:00

I am working on a silk screen version of the poster for this year's Ann Arbor Film Festival. This will be a 3 color print, so the original design had to be modified for this limitation. I enjoy working with a limited palette. I think it makes purposeful use of color easier.

Today's Experiment

2008-02-04T18:57:00.000-08:00

I keep playing with some shapes I made a little while ago. This time I made a poster and attempted to create type out of the abstract shapes.

Film Festival banner improvement

2008-01-31T18:57:00.000-08:00

I decided to improve this banner by making it more consistent with the concept of time we are going for. I am playing a lot with transparencies and they are producing nice "film-like" results. Like light playing on glass... And the circle shapes have this motion-like effect that reminds you of film reels without having one single film reel here. I am trying to stay away from the incredibly, almost-impossible-to-avoid cliché of film strips and reels. And I think it's working...

Experiment 2

2008-01-26T19:25:00.000-08:00

Experiment

2008-01-26T18:50:00.001-08:00

Additional images

2008-01-26T13:35:00.000-08:00

These are images that resulted from the process of working on the concept below.

46th AAFF idea #5 and approved concept

2008-01-26T13:33:00.001-08:00

This is the main image of the concept that was approved by the Ann Arbor Film Festival for their upcoming 46th annual festival in March, 2008.
They wanted to play with the idea of time (time to watch and the festival in time). The slogan will be "It's Time to Watch"

46th AAFF idea # 4

2008-01-26T13:31:00.001-08:00

46th AAFF idea # 3

2008-01-26T13:30:00.001-08:00

46th AAFF idea # 2

2008-01-26T13:29:00.001-08:00

46th AAFF idea # 1

2008-01-26T13:20:00.000-08:00