JFlah's Blunders

Black and white is always classy...   Brown is nice too - it's warm and inviting, but not as flexible in relation to design solutions. Who knew slat board could be so cool? The boss came back from a staff retreat and brought me the idea of using a slat wall as a solution for what I've jokingly called his "wall of faces" (loosely translated: it's a wall of pictures for the worship ministry). The pictures have been taken by one of our church members - a very talented photographer - they'll be grayscaled. If the idea is approved, it's going to be nice when it's done. The above images are two of the many mock ups I've done for this wall idea, and I have to say that I like the slat board idea so much better than any of the other media choices we've explored. It will prove to be the most flexible for future things too. Once the boards are up, it won't be hard to install and remove and rearrange pictures and such at will. Surprisingly...

Sketching is always fun when it comes to figuring out logos. I've been picking up as much freelance as possible lately so when a former co-worker dropped by with a request or two I was ready. He wanted a publisher template that his secretary could use each week and he needed a logo. I've been working on the logo for a few days - thinking about it, sketching, doing rough layouts. Here are some of the results. These are the first set of logo roughs This is something they can put on the front of their bulletin each week. Layout is adapted from a GracewayMedia template .

Have to admit that the arms don't quite work there... and the contrast of painting style from the fuzzy tail to the smoother looking arms and head... Ah, well, for a quick job, he's pretty cute. Got a request from a preschool class teacher for a few cards featuring a raccoon. Here's one of them. Had fun working on these and wish I had need to do more. Took longer than it should have - probably 3 or 4 hours from concept to completion. I'm slow... Couldn't decide what I wanted to do for the card so I drew the arms last and combined pieces in photoshop.

Here is the frog part of the Bayou Buddies Logo. Finally made time to paint one part of the logo for their worship area. I hope to have the other one done before the end of May and so the next time you guys see this it'll be with a picture of it all installed in the worship area. So much fun. Wish I could do this kind of thing all day long every day. Finished Frog Almost finished... Eyes are done... sort of anyway. Wanted to get those done before starting on the green. Here's the logo I created and what I'm working from for the cutout... now I've got to do the alligator.

Every year I've been doing slides and cards for Parent/Child Dedication and every year it takes longer than I expect to transform the pictures that the parents give me into something that translates well to the SD format. Here are only a few of the before/after samples from this year's lot. Found an arm, color matched it then extended the background. Doesn't look like much, but I tilted the pic, extended the background and added a filter. This one was the most challenging of the bunch. Had to scan and fix a low res pic and then extend the background for the slide. Levels, sharpening, background work. Extended the background. This one didn't turn out quite right because of the pattern of the blanket he is sitting on. Added a wall and finished the dresser.