ShanesArt Blog Has Moved!!!!

I just wanted to give anyone a heads up that my blog has moved and I will not be updating this one anymore. Even though the new blog has all of the old posts and comments I will still keep this one active. I just won’t be posting to it anymore.

The new ShanesArt Blog is HERE!

Just Don’t: Rehashed

Here’s another take on the “JUST DON’T” image that I worked on earlier this week. Every time I looked at it I thought it should be in one of those “truth” ads so I went and mocked one up. It’s a very simple ad and I think the image worked well with the over all design. Now keep in mind that this is just me playing around and not an actual ad. With that said,, enjoy! – ShanesArt

Click on image to see a larger version.

Photos used in design.

Obama in the House!

This morning after getting an awesome caricature illustration of Barack Obama from my friend Joel Carlo and watching Obama’s presidential inauguration I felt inspired. However, I didn’t have enough time to start a new illustration so I reworked the “Obama” vector illustration I did back in October. I was just playing around with it for a bit and came up with these two images. The top image is a poster layout that I’m going to put up for sale on my “TheUntappedSource.com” gallery and the other image is a background for my desktop.

All-in-all, it was a great day! Congrats Mr. Obama! Peace – ShanesArt

Just Don’t!

Here’s a little Photoshop work for ya. I’ve been wanting to brush up on my photo manipulation skills for awhile and since I have a friend that’s going through a rough time right now due to smoking I thought I’d put the two together and see what I could come up with. I’m pretty happy with the outcome and it was a blast throwing the images together. I highly recommend stepping out of the norm and try something else for a new change of pace.

Enjoy – ShanesArt.com

All Employee All Agency: Mockup

Here’s a mockup of a type treatment and web layout that I designed last week. Since the web layout has your standard “blog” look to it, I thought I’d add some depth to the title bar. So, using Illustrator, I created a 3D look using just a few layers and some shadows. This allowed for a very crisp, clean look without the use of a 3D program. Granted, I could have achieved a similar look using a 3D program but, opted not to this time. All-in-all, I think it turned out well.

Peace – ShanesArt.com

Rockin’ Character Design

This was a commission piece for RockinBabySling.com. They wanted a revamp of their existing character design and asked me to see what I could come up with. They wanted me to change the character from the “club/party” mom to an older more mature “Rockin” mom. I think I did a pretty good job.

However, I’m not sure if they are going to use it or not so I thought I’d show it some love. I like the original sketch more but think the final vector piece came out well.

Enjoy – ShanesArt.com

Happy New Year!

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I hope it’s been good to all of you. I wanted to start the year off with a new image that I’m going to try and have printed up onto a few shirts. It’s a fairly simple design and will be a one color limited run on black. The lower images are alternate pieces that led to the final image. Let me know what ya think.

Peace! – ShanesArt.com