Favorite Projects
Scott Draves
Software Art Portfolio
A Portfolio Website for Scott Draves' fascinating Software Art.
Scott was looking for a minimalist style, to showcase the vivid colors and wild shapes of his art.
In addition, there were tons of interesting exhibits to catalog,
amazing visual imagery from countless performances,
and high-resolution prints worthy of getting lost in!
Check out the site to find out more about Scott Draves' Software Art -
ScottDraves.com
Speck Products
Web & Graphic Design
One of my favorite clients, Speck Products, makes beautiful and functional hi-tech cases and bags. Here's a web graphic feature for their PixelSkin case, one of many graphics I've designed for their website.
Here's the previous graphic, featured in the site.
And another, featuring Speck Products' CandyShell case...
Check out Speck Products' site for more awesome cases and bags! --
SpeckProducts.com
Speck Products
Product Infographic Pages
Before and After: a sketch and the finished design for an informational page about Speck Products' line of MacBook cases.
The goal of these pages is to help visitors discover which cases and bags will fit their computer or device most perfectly.
Find the perfect bag! This page helps visitors discover which bags are available for their laptop size.
This page helps distinguish the many different types of iPod models, and shows which cases are available for your model.
A page dedicated to one particular product model, and all the cases available. Check out more tasty hi-tech products at the Speck Products website -- SpeckProducts.com
Speck Products
Product Advertisements
Variations on a Theme: This series of advertisements for Speck Products is designed to fit in various spaces on websites, like in sidebars and headers, and within articles.
It's a fun challenge creating unified designs across a wide range of sizes and shapes...
balancing and arranging the elements, ...
drawing inspiration from product materials and concepts, ...
experimenting with textures and colors, ...
and of course, drooling over gorgeous new product designs!
For more delightful hi-tech accessories, please visit SpeckProducts.com
Speck Products
Wallpaper Design
Look closely, behind the main area of the Speck Products website... there you will find a repeating pattern, often referred to as "Wallpaper Art".
Here's the same wallpaper art as the previous image, shown by itself. This is one of many wallpaper designs I've created for Speck Products.
The process of creating repeating pattern art is also called "Tessellation".
Tessellating is a wonderful geometry exercise loved by designers and math geeks everywhere! I started drawing tessellation art as a kid, and continue to practice tessellation in my fine-art work.
Here's a tessellation created with tiny icons of Speck's cases and bags...
to see the actual cases and bags, please visit SpeckProducts.com
Electric Sheep
Logo & Mascot Design
Sheep rule! I designed this logo for Electric Sheep, a gorgeous live fractal animation art project. It has has won a multitude of awards, and it's watched by thousands of people all over the world every day.
I've been designing animated fractals for Electric Sheep for many years, and I worked with the project's creator, Scott Draves, to create this logo design: a sheep in black and white, that was decorative, modern and minimal.
The logo is featured on the project website, on t-shirts, and is shown briefly in the corner of the streaming animations every now and then, as a "station i.d." of sorts.
Scott Draves, the artist and producer of Electric Sheep, was kind enough to include the logo and a mention in his blog. Find out more about Electric Sheep: ElectricSheep.org
Scott Draves for iGoogle
iGoogle Artist Themes
iGoogle offers a wide variety of "Artist's Themes" for its' customizable personal dashboard. I worked with fractal artist Scott Draves to develop a theme for iGoogle featuring fractals as decorative repeating elements.
The theme changes every four hours, and there are six total themes that cycle through the day. It ranges from lush, bright, full color...
to sparse and feathery...
to wild and fanciful!
The theme is featured in a series: "Google Artist Themes". It's an honor to be included among an amazing selection of designers!
Get the theme here: Scott Draves for iGoogle
Scott Draves for Chrome
Google Chrome Artist Themes
Google offers a wide variety of themes for the Chrome Web Browser. I worked with fractal artist Scott Draves to develop a theme for Chrome, featuring fractals as decorative repeating elements.
The fractal pattern repeats infinitely in the top bar. Icons and tabs are matched to the fractal art.
The theme is featured in a series: "Google Artist Themes". It's an honor to be included among an amazing selection of designers! Get the Theme Here: Scott Draves for Google Chrome
Angela Richardson
Photography Portfolio
Angela Richardson's beautiful photos from around the world are exhibited in her portfolio website.
A minimalist design shows off each photo on a dark background.
I designed the arrow, hourglass, and "X" icons to be subtle and universal across all languages.
See more of Angela Richardson's photography here: AngelaRichardson.net
Glow Beadwork Kit
Available via Maker Shed
The Glow Beadwork Kit was inspired by conversations with the wonderful people at MAKE: and CRAFT:zine magazines, and their store, the Maker Shed. They liked my Fire Skirt design, and hoped that a smaller project could be made as a kit.
The beadwork pattern is designed to reflect and distribute the light of a common directional light-emitting diode (also known by the acronym "LED").
The kit has been featured by fun edgy fashion blogs such as Craftzine, Talk2myShirt, and Toxiferous.
The kit can be found at Maker Shed's online store, as well as at Maker Faire events: Visit Maker Shed
Mythical Sirens for Firefox
Mozilla Firefox Artist Themes
While teaching a class on Interface Design, I created a decorative theme for the Firefox Browser incorporating my decorative magic-realist characters rendered as pixel art icons.
Here are all the windows and icons involved in the design. Tiny flowers and mythical creatures adorn every button, bar, and checkbox.
Over 400,000 people from all over the world have downloaded the Mythical Sirens theme. I still get emails from grateful users thanking me for making their browser more lovely and magical!
Get the theme from Firefox Artist Themes: Firefox Artist Themes
The Wellness Source
Website Design
I designed this website for the Wellness Source, an integrative medicine practice started by Bertram Furman L.Ac.QME.
I worked with Bertram to create a website incorporating his company logo and information about his practice.
Visit The Wellness Source: TheWellnessSource.org
Dr. Misty White
Logo & Graphic Design
A logo & business card I designed for Dr. Misty White, a Naturopathic Physician. The Caduceus is a classical symbol of medicine: a snake swirling around a staff.
The back of the business card is an appointment reminder card.
Here's another card for Dr. White at a different office, featuring a Jasmine flower, an herb commonly used in Naturopathic Medicine. More About Dr. Misty White
Electric Sheep
Fractal Design & Animation
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I've designed many fractal animations for the Electric Sheep project under the alias llamamama. This one is "Sheep 18279". - ElectricSheep.org
My design, "Sheep 18279", was lucky enough to be featured in SHIFT JAPAN, representing the Electric Sheep project - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 11909 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 12909 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 2500 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 7664 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 7283 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 6606 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 15957 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 778 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep - ElectricSheep.org
Sheep 51521 - Animated Fractal Design for Electric Sheep -ElectricSheep.org
Fire Skirt!
Glow Fashion Design & Tutorial
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I created this illuminated dress design in 2001, based on a need to be visible at night-time parties. This awesome photo was taken by Joel Crisp, and the lovely model on the left is Mary Elisa.
Fire Skirt! has been featured in ELLE Argentina, in an article about electronic fashion.
The Fire Skirt! design has also been featured in ELLE DECOR Italia, in an article about lighting in textiles.
After many years of presenting the Fire Skirt! design at art exhibits, fashion shows, and technology conferences, I created an online tutorial for the design for Instructables.com.
The Fire Skirt! tutorial includes a video of my lecture at Maker Faire 2007, which was recorded and distributed through ArtFuture. The tutorial was featured by awesome cutting-edge fashion blogs like CraftZine and Talk2myShirt, and is credited in Alison Lewis' book Switch Craft as an inspiration for her "Dancing Queen Skirt".
Detail of the Electroluminescent wire and stitching, on Instructables.com.
Connecting & soldering the Electroluminescent wire, on Instructables.com.
Finishing the seams, on Instructables.com.
The tutorial earned a brief honorable mention in the book "The Best of Instructables, Volume I". Check out Instructables.com for more!
Scientific Learning Co.
Interactive Illustrations
Go ahead and click on the illustration above to see the morphemes taught at different reading levels. This interactive illustration is one of a series I created for an online training program, "The Reading Brain" by Scientific Learning Co.
Here, you can click on the types of writing systems to see examples of each. It's amazing how complex we humans are in the languages we create and understand!
In this interactive illustration, you can click on the symbols to see the transformation of Sumerian script over different eras. Developed for "The Reading Brain" online training program by Scientific Learning Co.
Scientific Learning Co.
Web & Graphic Design
Scientific Learning Co. is an amazing software company dedicated to helping people learn how to read, speak, and understand language. Here's a home page design I created for the company website.
Because Scientific Learning tests its programs scientifically, they have a lot of information they can share. Here is a Results page, showing progress in students across different locations, subjects, and student groups.
Another page in the Results series, showing student progress results by location.
Another Results page, including comparison charts and descriptions of the methods used.
I've also designed for various other Scientific Learning projects, such as this training website for educators whose students are using the Scientific Learning programs.
Learn more about Scientific Learning Corporation:visit Scientific Learning Co.
BrainConnection Journal
Article Illustrations
One of a series of article illustrations I made for Brain Connection Journal. All the articles I illustrated had interesting subjects related to neuroscience. Read the full article
"Playing the Piano Might Make You Smarter" - This illustration is for an article about whether music study affects brain deveopment.Read the article
"How the Brain Learns a Second Language" - This image illustrates an article about language acquisition and neuroanatomy. Read the article
Scientific Learning Corporation.Read the article
Scientific Learning Corporation.Read the article
Scientific Learning Corporation.Read the article
The Coppercat
Graphic & Web Design
I created this logo drawing for The Coppercat, a music producer best known for his behind-the-scenes work for electronic music performers, shampoo companies, and academic documentaries.
Here's a close-up of the logo drawing, in The Coppercat website. To hear music and learn more, visit Coppercat.net
Scientific Learning Co.
Day in the Life of a Brain
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Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!
Day in the Life of a Brain!