Rythm
Man's Head - This is a pencil rendered image of a man's head that takes six steps - starting from a basic oval - to be completely finished. This, in fact, going from beginning to end, portrays progressive rhythm.
Self Portrait
Mirror Reflection - This was a pencil rendered image of myself that I drew with a mirror. With this assignment, I noticed a lot of things about my facial features that never really caught my attention. In turn, I also picked up little tricks on shading as well as certain hatching methods. Also, this piece was submitted into the 2001 Teen Arts Festival held at Brookdale Community College. Although it wasn't nominated for anything by the judges, the visitors paid a lot of praise to this piece, which, in turn, was much more rewarding.
Monochromatic - This is another pencil rendered image of myself. The image was derived from an image that was taken of me using a digital camera. The image was then rendered in Adobe Photoshop to be in grayscale and set to have three levels of color, therefore, making the image monochromatic.
Still Life
Bones - This piece was first outlined in pencil and finally rendered in ink. The still life (no pun intended) came from pieces of an old human skeleton that was originally used in the science labs, but had recently become art examples due to years of wear and tear.
Texture:
Fruit Bowl - A color pencil rendered picture of a fruit bowl that was derived from an Internet image. The purpose of the assignment was to help understand how texture can be emulated into artwork using a multitude of methods such as stippling and hatches.
*All artwork was scanned and then touched up with Adobe Photoshop.
**All sources(rough drafts) that the work has dervied from can be found in each respective folder on this CD.
2OG (2000 Odyssey Group)
2OG Logo (color) (black/white) - These two images were both originally designed in Adobe Illustrator according to the specific instructions by the owners of 2og.com (an upside down triangle with an eye in the center and each character of 2OG on each corner of the triangle).
Different Toon
Layout - This is the most recent layout for a website I had in mind that I have been working on, in an effort to provide an online portfolio for myself as well as establishing a background for myself. The layout itself was originally designed in Adobe Illustrator but after several versions it was finally created in Adobe Photoshop with portions of elements imported from files I made in Illustrator.
Character - This is one of the characters that I created in Illustrator as sort of a mascot for Different Toon. In all honesty, this character is an exaggerated depiction of myself. Although it isn't finished it helps to demonstrate my ability to be able to draw in Illustrator.
Magic Home Improvement
Original Layout - This was the original site layout that was created solely in Illustrator for a relative of mine in order for him to promote his carpentary services on the Internet.
Top Hat Logo - To me, I wanted to unite the whole "magic" and "home improvement" themes by making a creative logo and incorporating it into the site layout through Illustrator. Hence, I decided on a top hat and a magic wand to be the main captivating icons of the logo with a banner that shows the name "Magic Home Improvement."
Final Layout - My relative disagreed on the logo and insisted the logo be changed to the one he made. A small change to the logo and finally I resubmitted a layout that he liked.
Stopwatch
Layout - This was a layout of a site that I had in mind of creating to help display my portfolio online. Basically, it was created in Illustrator and was supposed to be ported into Flash to perhaps allow it to be an interactive entity of the site.
Tinton Falls
Public Works Map - This is the map that is used in the Public Works section of tintonfalls.com for the trash zones. Photoshop was to outline and color in the zones while the Map Key was done in Illustrator and imported into Photoshop.
Jeff Tam - 2001
