Wedding Announcement

This is a design I created for my wife's cousin, Fawn.

This is a composite of about 3 images.  The archway was much closer together in the original, and the foliage behind them was more brown. 

Podcast Cover Art Concept - The Pearl of Great Price

Concept I created for an Audio Podcast for The LDS book of scripture: The Pearl of Great Price.

Taylor Joelle Black Friday Ad

Online Retailer Taylor Joelle needed a Black Friday ad put together in a hurry.
So I sat down with the client and came up with this beauty in about 4 hours...

As you can see from the ad, they will be having some great deals on Black Friday. Check them out at www.taylorjoelle.com

Cover Art: Old Testament Podcasts

Cover Art I designed for two Video Podcasts:

Old Testament Visual Resources and Old Testament Stories.

They are published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 11 languages.

Before/After Series - Iron Man Argonath

I always thought that the way Iron Man does his "Talk to the hand" stance looked hauntingly familiar 

For your consideration...

Mash-up of the Argonath from Lord of the Rings and Iron Man & War Machine.

Before (2 images)

After

(Its even big enough for wallpaper...You're welcome)

Methods:

Various blending modes

Pattern/texture overlays

Lighting/shadows

Cloning/rebuilding background

"Comic Book" Style Cityscape

I designed this stylized Cityscape for the Birthday invitation for my son.  His party was "Super Hero" themed.
The sky was accomplished used Photoshop's "Halftone" effect.
I think it turned out pretty well!

I'll post the completed invite once it is done.

My take on 'The Dark Knight Rises' movie poster

I gave my Photoshop class an assignment to recreate the Poster for The Dark Knight Rises.

Here is my take on it: 

 

Here is the original:

 

2013 Hidden Garden Tour flyer

The 2013 Hidden Garden Tour is upon us!!! Crazy to think this will be my 3rd year helping out with their graphic design! This year I suggested that they change up the cover a little bit to give it a more unique look and feel...

To view more "Hidden Garden Tour" artwork click HERE.

LDS Meme - President Thomas S. Monson

You can like/share this image and others on the official Facebook page of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Here.

Possum! Possum! BIG BIG Possum!

Anyone who has seen The Dark Knight Rises knows the iconic "Rise" chant in the Prison.
I don't know about you, but everytime I hear it, I can't but hear this...

LDS Meme - President Boyd K. Packer

You can like/share this image and others on the official Facebook page of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Here.

Custom Calendar - Jellyfish

Calendar design I did in a Photoshop class in College

T-Shirt Design: Double Xing (Double Crossing)

Here's another in my new lineup of Xing Tee's.
I gave one a tie to show that they were businessmen.
I think it helps.

T-Shirt Design: X-Wing Xing Street Sign

This comes from a line of T-shirts I am planning on starting soon.  They will feature variations on the "Ped Xing" street signs with an AstinMedia touch!

Nick Fury's thoughts on the end of the world

I was getting a little tired of all the insanity of the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012.  So I drew on the ultimate authority for some inspiration:

Movie Poster

Movie Poster I designed for a Short film I produced in College

You can view the film here.

2012 Hidden Garden Tour Guidebook

The 2012 Hidden Garden Tour is this weekend!

Here is the finished 42 pg. guidebook for this years tour that I put together. 

go to www.hiddengarden.org for more information.

Fantasy Image

While in college I had an assignment to create a fantasy world.  I started out combining elements from other pieces and, and slowly this image evolved:

Some of the part are more subtle than others.

Darth Maul: Illustrator's Pen Tool

I am trying out Illustrator for the first time... (I've played around with it before, and took some classes in college...but that was years ago)

Illustrator's pinnacle feature: The Legendary PEN TOOL!!!!!

Here is a sketch of the villainous Darth Maul that I dug up from an old box of sketches, and

using the Pen tool, I was able to clean it up:

Here is a side-by-side comparison...

Original                        Finished

         

The Avengers Wallpaper

The Avengers comes out out in 2 weeks.  I haven't been this excited for a movie in a really long time.  

And with all the advertising for it comes tons of wallpapers and poster art.  

I've seen several but none have wowed me.  So I took elements from these, and made my own...

For your downloading pleasure, I made 3 sizes:

1024x768

1280x1024

1920x1080