IF "Dusty"

Oops! I forgot to post some examples of student work for the Illustration Friday word "dusty." Here are a few I thought turned out pretty good!



Above: "When I first thought of the word dusty I thought of a name and then thought of the type of place a person named "Dusty" might live or work." ~ Jenna Bardecki



Above: WWE Legend - Dusty Rhodes ~ Steve Skedden



Above: "This is Dusty... he sits in an old dusty house awaiting his long lost love bunny to return home. He doesnt understand that she was picked up by a vacuum cleaner and isn't coming back." ~ Courtney Pascoe

International Women's Day Posters

Our first major assignment of the fourth semester. Each student had to research one woman - a famous person or someone with whom the student has a personal connection - then design and illustrate a poster for this year's centenary celebration of International Women's Day. The best ten designs will be selected by a jury of Graphic Design faculty members. Those ten designs will be printed in multiple copies and be displayed at all of Mohawk College's campuses in time for International Women's Day!



Designed by Samille Elliston



Designed by Nick Stirling



Designed by Ally Flynn



Designed by Ange Blomberg



Designed by Lynn Greer



Designed by Ashley Demers



Designed by Ashley Ince

Designed by Christie Hoeksema



Designed by Brian Kountourogiannis



Designed by Lyndsey Rondeau



Designed by Derek Lavoie



Designed by Vy Pham



Designed by Courtney Pascoe



Designed by Sophia Polermo



Designed by Steve Skedden



Designed by Ashlee Lloyd



Designed by Amber Matheson



Designed by Tom Pepper



Designed by Gabe Nikota



Designed by Chev Brown



Designed by Todd Miles



Designed by Jackie V Long



Designed by Rachael L Patterson



Designed by Ziying Li



Designed by Mike Mystyk



Designed by Jenna Bardecki

IF "Surrender"

Here's a sampling of what some of our group came up with for the word, "Surrender" for this week's Illustration Friday...



"I always hate when I have 'art' block, because it make me feel like I surrender to the homework." ~ Christie Hoeksema



"We have you surrounded. Done in Photoshop and Illustrator with a Wacom Intuos 4." ~ Todd Miles



"Surrender" ~ Gabi Fortin Smith



"My illustration this week was inspired by Elvis Presley's song 'Surrender', so I did a new cover for his single." ~ Tom Pepper

Self-Promo Postcards

A carry-over project from last semester's Promotional Illustrations course, students created self-promo postcards. The front of each card had to be full colour and painted in acrylics. Here are a few I had a chance to scan.

 (and I hope we can add some more during the semester).

IF "Chicken"

This time around the Illustration Friday word was "Chicken." Here are few of the pieces that turned out great!



Above: "They always have backup. Inspired by the Legend of Zelda series, done in Adobe Photoshop CS4 with a Wacom Intuos 4 tablet." ~ Todd Miles



Above: "If there's one thing I'm chicken of, its probably sharing what I'm really thinking." ~ Tom Pepper



Above: "When I was a wee lad, my friends and I would go to the park and play chicken on our bikes. It didn't take long before we realized we were all chickens!" ~ Derek Lavoie



"Cropped Chicken" ~ Ally Flynn



Above: "I can haz chikn nuggtz plz?" Sketched with pencil, inked with both fine-tip and broad-tip sharpie markers. Character design belongs to me. ~ Catherine Venema

Illustration Friday: Deja Vu!

Once again, this semester we're participating in the weekly Illustration Friday conceptualization exercises. Because our two classes are slightly staggered, only one group created images for the word "Deja Vu". Here are a few that turned out really well!



Above: "Your mind flickers back to something you feel like you have seen before, maybe not in this life but maybe in your past." ~ Ephraim Cirillo



Above: "This Image represents deja-vu. Whilst being in the motion of doing something you feel like you have done it before at another time." ~ Amber Matheson



Above: "This is my interpretation of the word Deja-vu. It reminded me of a puzzle. You can never find the piece you need because they seem to always look the same." ~ Ashlee Lloyd



Above: "What is Deja vu? A confusion of the brain, whether something is fictional or non-fictional." ~ Oahn Tran



Above: "Must we repeat the past?" ~ Derek Lavoie



Above: "Deja vu" ~ Gabe Nikota



Above: "They felt as if they had met in another life" ~ Todd Miles