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Sandbox – Ornjluv

Tyler — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:45:30 +0000

Hey guys, it’s been a while since we’ve had a sandbox posted up here, since I’ve been doing mostly tutorials lately. I thought I’d take this chance to show off a bright and vivid piece I did recently: Ornj:luv!

Recently, I’ve begun working with renders, randomly (and not-so randomly) generated abstract shapes that run the gamut from curvy to spiky, smooth to very, very detailed. 3D visualization and design programs are utilized for these pieces of work like Maya, 3ds Max, and Vray. There’s a thriving community online of people who love to spend their time creating shapes like these and release their works for general public use. The main render in Ornj:luv is courtesy of Old Man James (http://oldmanjames.deviantart.com/art/Render-Pack-1-19701500).

To compose this piece, I began with the main render, chose a color scheme, and then began to play with several renders blended together onto a photo of a texture from my favorite stock photo site, sxc.hu. Add in some brush work and a slick text treatment, and there you have it!

Ornj:luv

Sandbox – Omega

Tyler — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:46:55 +0000

Time again for another Sandbox entry!

This piece sprouted from an earlier one that combined the colors blue, green, and red/yellow, and after mulling it over, I decided each color would work best as their own composition. It will become a three-part work. All work was done in Photoshop, using layer blends and masking primarily. Some Hue/Saturation and other color adjustment techniques were used to help layer blends look better.

Sandbox – Velvet Acid Christ

Tyler — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:44:05 +0000

Hey guys, I’m back with another sandbox entry, this time with an industrial music act that I’ve been a fan of for some years now.

The considerations I wanted to take in making this piece were:

Presentation style: This entry, like my GT-R advert, are intended to be used as promotional desktops for fans.
Graphic components: The core logo in the center, I nabbed from the website, so I cannot take credit for that. However, it was my intention that the logo be clearly identifiable and easy to see.
Aesthetic feel: Velvet Acid Christ’s music has a feel all to its own, so I tried to interpret and capture that here.

Hopefully, you can see these reflected in this piece! That’s all for this time, but keep checking back, as Saulter and JP will be submitting their own sandbox projects soon.

Tridea Design presents Sandbox

Tyler — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:00:54 +0000

Hey guys, we’re going to be introducing a new regular feature on our blog called “Sandbox”. We decided we needed to exercise our creative muscles more in our down-time, and also take the opportunity to learn some new tricks along the way. We’ll be periodically presenting the results of these sessions; some may have real-world applications, where others might just be for fun.

I designed a logo some months ago for a new progressive magazine, Amplifx, that just had their launch party here in East Lansing, Michigan. After knocking around in Photoshop one day, I decided to put the logo to use and create something that they might find useful as promotional material or just a graphic. I tried to really capture themes of growth and positive progress.

Until next time!