Last change to the website, I swear*
I’ve gone and overhauled the website layout again. I’m really digging this one, and am relatively confident it will stay this way for a while. For anyone (everyone?) who might need a refresher, you can check out a screenshot of the old one after the jump.
Business Cards! (Again)
My business cards arrived a few days ago, and I’ve already offloaded about half of them to friends and family that would come across potential clients:
Looks ma, two hands
In my last post, I introduced my eagerly awaiting public to one of my new logos. After staring my creation for several days straight with no food, water, or sleep (or blinking), I decided that Hippo needed hands. He looked too much like every other cartoon hippo ever made. Allow me to reintroduce Epic the [...]
A New Logo for a New Era
In my continued efforts to step up my 2D illustration skills, I whipped up an additional logo to brand all of my nice things. When visiting this site, you may have asked yourself where the name “epic hippo” comes from. To be blunt, I wanted a short name that was easy to remember and didn’t [...]
Choppy animations make me a sad panda.
As I continue to tinker and toil away on the site, one of hurdles I have yet to overcome is the choppiness of the animation when the background fades in. After some experimentation and observation, it appears as though it’s related to amount of pixels being animated. Running the site in a maximized window at [...]
State of the Website
When it comes to my personal work, I can be endlessly indecisive. The website has been up for maybe 5 days now, and I’ve already altered the layout 3 times. First iteration: Hit the jump for two more.
Business Card!
My goal was to have a clean and simple design. I had initially planned on getting those awesome CD business cards, but figured I should save the fancier cards for when I have fancier card money to spend. The QR code links to a redirect which is currently pointed at a detailed copy of my [...]
DOTA 2 “The International” LIVE NOW!
Go watch it!: http://dota2.com/tournaments/international/ I have to applaud the developers for the remarkably clean visuals in this game. They did a great job differentiating units from the terrain, an area the original DOTA and Heroes of Newerth fall a bit flat at times. The spectator view and replay system (from what I’ve read) seem superb [...]
WIP – Coat Lady
TL;DR: Here’s some lady I’m working on because I was curious to know if I retained any of the drawing talent I once possessed. Hit the jump for more details. When I was younger, I drew CONSTANTLY. I drew every waking hour of every day I wasn’t required to do something else (food and sleep [...]
Brian starts blog, general public apathetic
As a budding creative professional, I feel it’s important to have a place to document the progress of my work and get my thoughts out. I also wanted a way to improve my writing prowess and show people how intensely perfect, amazing, and humble I am. These pages will also be filled with neat things from around [...]