Hi there! The name's Jason Stanley. I'm an Icelandic born American graphic designer living in the UK. It's okay, that's a lot to take in all at once. Take your time and have a look around!
// January 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // Graphic Design, Inspiration, Photoshop
So another year is upon us and here’s hoping it’s going to be a good one! I felt that 2011 was the year I made my real start on this site and pushed my creativity to a new level. 2012 will be all about that and more. To all my family, my friends (new and old) and to all those that check out my site I’d like to wish you a Happy New Years and all the best for 2012. Let’s make it awesome!
// December 19th, 2011 // No Comments » // Creative Mondays, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Photoshop
“What is Creative Mondays?
Monday’s are always a drag. The start of a new week, you have to go back to that routine of going to bed early/get up early. If (like me) you have to commute then you prepare for that long journey into work and that long journey back for the first time after a nice two day break.
So to kick off those lousy Mondays, I’m going to get my creative mind flowing in a positive way. Creative Mondays. A chance for me to show off something unfinished or finished that I’ve been working on throughout the previous week.”
I usually get a phrase stuck in my mind with the intention of creating something around it but never follow through with the idea. With the help of Creative Mondays I have a feeling that a great deal of work that will pop up on these posts will be representing just those phrases!
Would be nice to keep all my ideas in a container that I could just sprinkle out and complete a great artistic recipe!
// December 12th, 2011 // 2 Comments » // Creative Mondays, Illustration, Illustrator, Inspiration, Photoshop
This week’s Creative Mondays piece comes from a project I heard about on Twitter earlier in the week. The project created by @ph7labs entitled Illuniverse enables artists/illustrators to submit their own created planets onto a website showcasing their work. The aim is to create an entire universe with a variety of different styles.
The project seems to have taken off pretty well and you can already see a nice selection of styles from artists around the world. As an added bonus, each planet links back to it’s creator’s website and serves as a brilliant resource to explore a very creative collection of people!
What’s great about this project is that it’s an open idea. The brief is very open leaving you to create pretty much anything you want!
My first planet (I call Reddy) was an exploration from scratch. I sketched out a circle and drew whatever came into my head. I then worked on fleshing the planet out in Photoshop and the result seems to be some sort of red dripping spotted planet with a double halo ring!
The idea for my second planet was an homage to a scene from The Empire Strikes Back where Han Solo and his companions land the Millenium Falcon on an asteroid in an attempt to escape from the Empire. I created this planet in Illustrator as I rarely work in this program and wanted to expand my knowledge. Watch the clip below to see the scene that I’m talking about.
So I hope you enjoy these little guys and be sure to check out the entire collection over at Illuniverse.com!
// December 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // Creative Mondays, Graphic Design, Inspiration, Photoshop
“What is Creative Mondays?
Monday’s are always a drag. The start of a new week, you have to go back to that routine of going to bed early/get up early. If (like me) you have to commute then you prepare for that long journey into work and that long journey back for the first time after a nice two day break.
So to kick off those lousy Mondays, I’m going to get my creative mind flowing in a positive way. Creative Mondays. A chance for me to show off something unfinished or finished that I’ve been working on throughout the previous week.”
Here’s my second installment of my ‘Creative Mondays’ project and this one is for all those ideas that are boxed up waiting to be released into the internet wilderness. Wanted to mess around with one texture (the wood) and see how far it would take me. As the idea grew it became a box with hinges and a little handle! Was fun to create something from scratch and let the idea take shape.
The wood texture can be found here.
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