Two Subaru’s and a beautiful day in NH.

Timeframe:

three hours total

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3, & Nikon D50 (wide angle)

Product (click for fullsize, contact for higher resolutions):

This is my personal flash portfolio.   I gave myself a very limited timeframe, only one week for all storyboarding and asset building.  The remainder was spent in Flash and AS 2.0.

Client:

David Sakolsky, Graphic Designer/Advertiser : http://www.davesakolsky.com/

Timeframe:

Five weeks, conception to completion.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, & SmartFTP

Product:

Artist Impressions:

We learned a lot of Actionscripting on this project. Every animation is scripted with a few small exceptions. Very little keyframing was involved. Regarding the actual design, we were going for a movie site type of feel. We decided on mostly greens and grays with some deep red for contrast. Lots of texture play and Photoshop work.

A single page magazine ad we designed for the Instron Materials Testing Corporation. This and the subsequent piece were for an interview I had there. Supplied with three spot colors and the Instron logo. The copy was done by myself, save for the last two thirds of the paragraph.

No matter what separates you from the ground, better materials testing means a safer world.

Client:

Instron Materials Testing Corporation

Timeframe:

Three Days, conception to completion.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3

Product:

Artist Impressions:

We were given one week to produce two fully fledged concepts for Instron per our interview. One a trade show poster and one a single page magazine ad. With the pre-production out of the way, we got started on our magazine ad. The Instron logo adorns the upper right corner in succession.

A 18×48″ trade show poster we designed for the Instron Materials Testing Corporation. This and the subsequent piece were for an interview I had there. Supplied with three spot colors and the Instron logo.

Client:

Instron Materials Testing Corporation

Timeframe:

Three Days, conception to completion.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3

Product:

Artist Impressions:

We were given one week to produce two fully fledged concepts for Instron per our interview. One a trade show poster and one a single page magazine ad. After some deliberation we decided on having a ‘ribbony’ effect with the spot colors, displaying the many facets of material testing that Instron provides.

A 4×9″ rack card we designed and printed for Irish jewelery artist, Deirdre Donnelly. Supplied with photos to include and a rough cut of the logo. Double sided, 4 color, UV gloss coated.

Client:

Deirdre Donnelly, Jewelery Artist

Timeframe:

Three weeks, conception to completion & printed.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3

Product:

Artist Impressions:

These were a lot of fun as we hadn’t done any Rack Cards prior to this. All photos were supplied by Deirdre and professionally taken, as was the logo rough cut and several spot colors. Again we were going for a mystical feel to supplement the Celtic Jewelery.

A set of business cards modeled after the 4×9″ rack card we designed and printed for Irish jewelery artist, Deirdre Donnelly.   Single sided, 4 color, UV gloss coated.

Client:

Deirdre Donnelly, Jewelery Artist

Timeframe:

Two weeks, conception to completion & printed.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3

Product:

Artist Impressions:

This client was after a mystical feel. We modeled these after the Rack Cards we created. We went with a decisively thick 15pt business card. I was supplied with a rough cut of the logo along with a few spot colors and product images. All photos were professionally taken.

A web presence for author David Fuller and his debut novel, Sweetsmoke. We were chosen to design and build a site and blog for Mr. Fuller to promote the novel. Includes Flash navigation and Cushy Content Management System for ease of updating all but the WordPress powered blog.

Client:

David Fuller, Author : http://www.sweetsmokedavidfuller.com/

Timeframe:

Six weeks, conception to completion.

Tools Used:

Photoshop CS3, Flash CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, SmartFTP, CushyCMS, and WordPress

Product:

Artist Impressions:

We really enjoyed this project. We spent a little under two weeks on pre-production locking in a design. We had a lot of fun playing with the ‘moodiness’ of this piece. It was also a pleasure to work with such a distinguished, talented client.

Welcome to CognitiveCreation.com, the online portfolio of Graphic Designer David Sakolsky.
This is the official launch.

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