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JR4 Motorsports

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Description: A site selling parts to upgrade and enhance your car.  Client did an open request on a graphics forum requesting logo and banner creation and my work was chosen.  He also returned to ask for an animated 120×90 image and another advertising banner.

URL: http://www.jr4motorsports.com/store/index.php

Features: Custom graphics, logo design, website banner.

Completed: 2009

JR4 Motorsports Graphics

JR4 Motorsports Graphics

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JR4 Motorsports Graphics

Gaming and the Never Ending Story

Friday, August 14th, 2009

I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly how they end.  I’m currently reading the Malazan Books of the Fallen series by Steven Erikson (fantastic series!) and am about half way through the planned 10 books now.  The ending will be a complete unknown because it’s not been written/published yet, so I have something to look forward to.  As well, one of my absolute favorite manga series, Fullmetal Alchemist, is obviously coming to an end soon as well.  I read the scanlated chapters so I’m current on the story through the recently released chapter 98 now, and Arakawa is definitely starting to bring events to the ultimate conclusion soon.  It’s a fantastic story (and well worth the read, not the least because her art is extremely high quality as well) and while the overarching storyline has always been there, seeing everything start to come together has been a trip. (more…)

Vault Network Graphics

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Description: Vault Network is a gaming news portal website for consoles, online, and RPG gaming.  It also has a large base of gaming fansites as part of its network.  These graphics were created for the fansites as featured article teasers and small teaser links using images and screenshots from the games.  This is a small selection of the large number of graphics produced over a three year period.

URL: http://vault.ign.com/

Features: Custom graphics.

Completed: 2006 – 2009

Feature Article Images


VN Graphics - Guild WarsVN Graphics - Lord of the RingsVN Graphics - Lord of the RingsVN Graphics - World of Warcraft

Article Teaser Images


VN Graphics - Vanguard: Saga of HeroesVN Graphics - Pirates of the Burning SeaVN Graphics - Pirates of the Burning Sea

Assorted Fansite/Staff Blog Images


VN Graphics - Lineage IIVN Graphics - World of WarcraftVN Graphics - Rosethorn blog header

Vault Network Specific Images


VN Graphics - Editorial bannerVN Graphics - Gaming List bannerVN Graphics - Vault Comic bannerVN Graphics - Guild Database banner

Maplestory

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Description: Fansite for Maplestory online game.  This was done while I was volunteering for the Vault Network as a staff artist.  At the time, Vault offered paid hosting for fan-run fansites as well as graphics assistance.

URL: Offline

Features: Custom graphics, layout, template modification, built using WordPress software.

Completed: 2008

Maplestory fansite

Stargate Worlds Alpha

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Description: Fansite for Stargate Worlds online game.  At the time, this was part of paid hosting offered by the Vault Network for fans wishing to build their own fansites.  This was created for the client while I was volunteering as art staff for VN.

URL: Offline

Features: Custom graphics, layout, template modification, built using WordPress software.

Completed: 2008

Stargate Worlds Alpha fansite