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Four page spread for HonestMag profiling musical artist Martyn. Featured in the magazine's Lost Cities section, of which I also designed the logo.
 
Another four page spread for HonestMag. This article was dedicated to the Chicago staple Harold's Chicken Shack. The article also features the top 5 franchises to check out next time you're in the area!
 
Web design for the luxury brand Meridian, specializing in yachts and high end sport boats. I also created an interactive flash piece to browse their boat series.
 
Web design for the consumer content generated garagesalesondemand.com. The idea was to give some life and class to an otherwise second hand aesthetic that usually comes with your typical yard sale.
 
Quick intro done for Maytag Appliances to run in front of their Video On Demand service. View the Quicktime here.
 
Even after a long day of client work I could always sit down until the wee hours of the morning and jam on some identity work. Summing up a brand in a tumb-sized image has forever been a fun challenge. Below are some samples of my favorites.
 
This short entitled dot dot dot was my final film at the conclusion of college and marks a very important moment in my life. It's great to have this film as a finite reminder of this period. I shot it with a small crew over four days. My sister and I play the lead parts and it was a blast working and hanging with sis for a long weekend. Its the work I'm most proud of to date. Although I have left my acting career behind, my sister is still quite exceptional in front of the camera. Check out her website after you watch the film by clicking here.
 
Typography has become an obsession of mine which I find to be quite a driving force in the overall direction of my current design work. Its fascinating for example how simply adding or removing a serif, adjusting the kerning, using depth, or utilizing a set's alternate characters could changes a comps overall feeling/theme.
 
This was a fun project I collaborated on with my friend Mark Smith. Firefox, an internet browser provider, held a contest in which they asked user to create their own commercial promoting their browser. We decided to take a cue from 70's educational films and created a series we called Your Guide to Awesome - Parts 1 Through 3. You can view the spots here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.
 
A layout I did for an article called Deja Bed which was an editorial on the habits of sleeping partners...meh. I guess it was supposed to be funny? I created a bunch of icons to go with the sidebar that identified sleeping "types".
 
SafeDecisions personal safe company wanted a flash movie which basically told the user what their product was. Oh yeah, and they wanted it in eight hours. Despite the time contraint, the client was more than pleased with the result. View it here.
 
Two page spread featuring an interview with the band The Lords hailing from the great state of Kentucky.
 
Iloveyourtshirt.com held a contest for best t-shirt design. The topic was pollution and this was my entry. It features a sequential icon set of oil drums, factories, smoke, and skulls in CMYK.
 
The band Head of Femur needed a layout for a magazine profile. I was more than happy to jam on some type as well.
 
Web design for the boating brand Trophy. Their product line caters towards the hunting and fishing crowd and the design was built around it's aesthetic.
 
Web design for the high performance sport boat brand Maxum. This line caters to the "extreme sports" fan.
 
Rapper Sage Francis put the word out he was looking for some designs for his 12" single "Makeshift Patriot", a song dealing with the tragedy/media frenzy that was September 11th, 2001. The response was very positive and hopefully it will be popping up at a record store near you in the near future.
 
Here's a series of designs I put together for a skateboard company I was starting called Vestige Sports. The line dealt with the themes of history and time. These were a lot of fun putting together and still stands as some of my favorite work.
 
This was a short intro for Best Buy that ran in front of their Video On Demand service. You can view it here. The hardest part about these short intros was the lack of assets. They were mostly created with found images and original color treatments.
 
American Express was interested in sponsoring a restaurant guide on the Video On Demand platform. Here was a short intro reflecting the dining experience. Check it out the video here.
 
This was a Flash piece made as a commercial for AIU University. The motif of "getting on the right path" was used throughout. View the finished product here.
 
This is the cover for HonestMag issue #2 of which I Art Directed and designed the entire issue. Since the name of this issue was "Tastes Like Chicken", I wanted to make a cover that looked like a box for shipping eggs or poultry. Hence the type design which I also designed and the branded look to the woodgrain.
 
This was the inside cover and editor's note to HonestMag issue two. I made the LV inspired print to be featured on both the front and back inside cover.
 
Table of Contents for HonestMag. I took a cue from the Chicago Transit Authority's train maps.
 
A "broke man's recipe" article featuring "Kentucky Fried Tofu". This was inspired by Japanese pop culture, the leaves are tofu bean leaves.
 
Each issue of HonestMag features a different town in the US that has a rising art scene. This issue focused on the Mission District in San Fransisco. I used the San Fransisco 49'ers colors as inspiration for the look. I also tried to give the map a sun-bleached feel.
 
Article featuring the "Soap Factory" gallery in Minnesota. I kept the look of this article pretty German 70's.
 
HonestMag's top films of 2005 article. I saw a film that used the old blue and white "restricted" card at the end of the creditd and thought it would work well the Serif Gothic font.
 
"Moby the Cat" article.....yeah. I wanted to go crazy with the bing and diamonds. Also used a timeless quote from hometown heroes, the Wu Tang Clan.
 
Various web banners.
 
Web design for the Bayliner boating brand. This line is aimed at the family oriented or beginning boating community.
 
Story boards and animation for the Charter Real Estate on Demand service. The goal was to convey a user driven, selection based process for home buying. View the fnished product here.
 
Experimental collage.
 
Web design pitch for Comcast Current, a music entertainment based site.
 
Boards and animation for CVS On Demand. View the complete project here.
 
Fashion layout entitled "On the Southside of Chicago We Boogie". I made icons of the featured clothing to make it easier for the viewer to identify and purchase the featured clothing.
 
Design for interactive banner ads.
 
Intro for Garage Sales on Demand service. View the video here.
 
GamePaused was looking for entries for their upcoming book based on video game art. Here are my submissions. After working on HonestMag, I was very pleased with how the pattern for the inside cover came out. So I decided to make a few more patterns based on the NES (Nintendo's American 8-bit system) and the Famicom (Nintendo's Japanese 8-bit system).
 
Experimental illustration for honestmag.
 
Recipe template for Equal Sweetener website, for Liquidus/141 Worldwide.
 
Web design for Liquidus' Dynamic Publishing Platform website.
 
VOD Real Estate website design. Liquidus wanted to overhaul their VOD based websites. I gave each site it's own unique look and feel while still keeping them on-brand.
 
VOD Autos website design. Liquidus wanted to overhaul their VOD based websites. I gave each site it's own unique look and feel while still keeping them on-brand.
 
VOD Circulars website design. Liquidus wanted to overhaul their VOD based websites. I gave each site it's own unique look and feel while still keeping them on-brand.
 
VOD Jobs website design. Liquidus wanted to overhaul their VOD based websites. I gave each site it's own unique look and feel while still keeping them on-brand.
 
Desktop wallpaper for HonestMag which was also used for a sticker design.
 
Various email blasts for the Chicago Tribune.
 
Storyboards for tradeshow animation for SpringCM.
 
Flash intro for Schlage website. View final version here.
 
Intro for Safeway's VOD service. Click here for video.
 
Storyboards for Rainbow Rewards intro that was planned to run before thier service.
 
Website design for Goose Island soda.
 
Flash based web ad for Geek Squad. View swf here.
 
Layout for a feature on the Chicago Reader's movie reviewer Jonathan Rosenbaum.
 
Thank you again for viewing my work. Please feel free to contact me at anytime at eric@ericsandell.com.