Business 101

Hello!
yes updates are slowing down-- I've just been busy at school and actually having a social life this term!

I am currently taking this class called Business 101 and this is the promo assignment. Which is a continuation of the last assignment we had about what kind of business we wanted to run. So~ in some alternate universe or some time in the near future, I'm hoping to travel the world and compile my experiences in a bunch of journals that I will eventually publish.

I delved even further into the idea and thought that it would be cool to make traveling more fun for kids. Happy kids= good and memorable trips. So that the next road trip or visiting family on the other side of the country wouldn't be so boring. Since a lot of families are upgrading to the digital age, so are a lot of magazines and books. I thought making an animated kids travel magazine would be fun to do. It would be both informative but also interactive.

So since it's currently the month of October, I've decided to do a Halloween edition of this magazine and since families usually don't travel to other countries for the holidays (unless their entire family lives in another country) I've decided to do one about the Queen Mary which is more local and well known. Here's an image of what it would look like on the phone because the video couldn't really capture it as well.

I did not make the iphone template, I downloaded it from 365psd.com . I did make the images on the screens though. I created the digital magazine using MagPlus which is an add on to your InDesign. This thing is amazing! I've only been using it for two or three days but it is so much fun when you get the hang of it...I'm so hooked. Anyhow, on the left is just a sneak peak at what it would look like and on the right is what happens when you tap one of the words colored in yellow- a box pops up giving a short definition of the word. I tried to stick with an art deco feel for the scrolling and pop up assets because the Queen Mary interior was built with Art Deco sense of design.

I animated quite a few little tidbits of each illustration but found that it overloaded the program so I just stuck with one or two little animations per page. Here it is in action!
I would have just recorded the screen using some kind of app but apparently you have to jailbreak your iphone for that. So excuse this grainy video-I will find a way to make a better recording once I'm done with this :)

Thanks for reading guys! I'll post more progress later on.

new book cover ideas

book covers © 2011 snow*cinder
-i did not write the book or claim ownership over it

old digital illustration stuff

part of my final--wasn't quite happy with the finished product
but I want to continue working on it maybe for portfolio or to sell

poo poo kachoo!

yei WIP time AGAIN :D  for a t-shirt design for dig. illustration

yeii grabbed it from my sketchbook, tweaked with PS, and live painted in illustrator--not fully finished
and this color scheme is definitely from something i've seen before...i'm not sure it's curious george or something....


anyhoo...i've been trying to work very studiously but the HEAT WAVE this weekend just came out of no where--on top of me having a cold (which is wearing down and i'm absolutely feeling better now!) Almost normal but for a few cough attacks) and once again i let the weather and my cold get the better of me....i really gotta stop doing that...
no a lighter note (haha maybe it isn't) i've decided to take a break from fb~i thought it might help me be more efficient and stop wasting time on a site i hardly ever communicate to anyone through