Aaron Tweeton's Portfolio

Jan201006

After being away from the computer (well, not technically, but at least away from the mouse), I’m back with continuing my daily design series of Brazil Cerrado coffee labels. I blew it last night roasting the coffee as I got distracted with other things, so I was paying no attention to listening for first crack of the roast. This morning the coffee tastes…hmm…bleh. Almost as good as this design I whipped out in 30 minutes in Adobe Illustrator. If I had more time, it would have looked better. Needless to say, my Photoshop skills are better than my Illustrator skills. If I still have some Brazilian coffee left tomorrow, I’ll try another crack at it – maybe come up with something better.

Dec200930

Aaron

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Brazil Cerrado label – part 2

Ah, what a difference when you try to sketch something out first. This time during my Design Something Everyday Challenge, I spent 2 minutes sketching out an idea. It’s actually borrowed from a cover of the last O.C. Supertones album.
Again, I spent only 30 minutes on this. One of the interesting things I’ve noticed is that when I’m pressed for time, I discover some of the inefficient ways I use Photoshop (i.e. not using keyboard shortcuts, rendering clouds on empty layers, etc.) Overall, I think this is a huge improvement over my last label.
I also took a screencast of this using QuickTime X’s new screen capture function. I’m not making it available this time but maybe later. Perhaps tomorrow I will design a coffee label using Illustrator only. It may not be Brazil Cerrado though since I think I have one cup left before I need to roast again.

Dec200929

Aaron

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Design something everyday

I recently read a challenge on Smashing Magazine to design something new everyday. I’m going to try to crank out a rudimentary coffee label everyday. I roast my own beans, so why not have a label.
My first attempt at cranking out a label in 30 minutes is… ahem. Okay, well, it’s definitely not my greatest work, but Lord willing, tomorrow I’ll make an even better one.

Nov200916

Aaron

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Motion Graphics Montage

I finally put together a short montage of some of my best motion graphics and video effects work. This includes stuff produced in Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, Zakswerks Invigorator, Bryce 3D, and so on. These videos were created between 2001 and 2007. Enjoy.