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UX Tools: Sketch, Flinto & Illustrator
Time Frame: 10.5 hours
This was my first freelance gig as a UX designer. The client wanted 20 avatars (just face) with different looks. I thought it out for a bit, and decided that rather than doing 20 individual faces, I could use elements of faces to create a unique look. I would have polished it up a bit more, after submitting the first version, I never heard back from them. As it turns out they decided to go a different direction with the Avatars. It will be interesting to see how their app turns out, I hope they at least get one version out.
Ironman Helmet - Exploded View
UX Tools: Sketch, Flinto & Illustrator
Time Frame: 1 hour
I was watching the first Ironman movie, and at the end it had these really neat shots of the Ironman armor. They were really cool technical drawings that exploded to show all the electronics underneath. I was curious to see how hard it would be to create from scratch this animation. I looked up the helmet and found Mark 1 drawing with an exploded view. I traced this drawing in Illustrator; I then placed the drawing in Sketch. After which I sent it to Flinto. Then added a swipe back and fourth action, and Flinto did the rest. I was very satisfied how well the animation came out; there are some vector shapes that could use some more polish, but overall cool effect.
Design for Unity at the Bemis Art Show
UX Tools: InDesign & Illustrator
Time Frame: 15 hour
Sara from Facing Homelessness reached out to me with a design challenge she needed done ASAP. Facing Homelessness wanted to do six posters with Facebook comments and a quote, to be displayed at the Design for Unity at the Bemis Art Show. Originally Sara just wanted a template created in either Photoshop or InDesign and they would take care of the rest. Creating a template turned out to be really quick, but then having to format all the comments took much longer than anticipated. In the end I completed all the design aspects to make the tight deadline they had for the Design for Unity.
My wife Patty, our dog Sonic and I paid a visit to the Facing Homelessness office over the summer and were surprised at how efficient the little office was. In the 35 minutes we talked, Sarah helped out 5 people with; food, clothing, information on help centers, and some much needed positive energy. It was an eye opening moment for the two of us, we see on the news that there is a housing and homeless problem in Seattle. Seeing it first hand, and seeing how getting basic items likes socks, can be an issue when you don’t have money or any sort of identification items. They have some great plans to help the homeless community beyond just handing out clothing/food/information; The Block Project is tackling the issue with the help of the community.
If you have a moment, checkout their sites: www.facinghomelessness.org
www.the-block-project.com.