Cleo McKeever's Art Portfolio

Olympic Snowboarding Gear

2011-02-24T10:50:00.000-08:00

Olympic snowboarding gear.

Youtube Business Card Design

2011-02-14T11:02:00.001-08:00

Business card design for a youtube account featuring video game-related videos, featuring a picture of the channel's host's face photoshopped onto the body of a popular video game icon.

Ouroboros-Book Cover

2011-02-03T11:03:00.001-08:00

Faux book cover done in class, using paper torn (not cut!) by hand into a semi-abstract shape of a dragon forming a spiral, to represent Ouroboros, the symbol of cyclicality and a frequent figure in ancient myth. If you don't know what Ouroboros is, I highly recommend googling it--it's pretty cool. ;)

Time taken: About 2 hours (most of which was spent ripping up the paper).

Magazine Cover/Contents/Article

2010-12-09T16:35:00.000-08:00

Faux magazine done for student/portfolio purposes

Cover (made in Photoshop by splicing together several images, title done in Illustrator):
Contents page:
Main Article:

Articles/images taken from the internet for non-profit student and portfolio purposes only.

Logo

2010-12-09T14:58:00.000-08:00

Personal logo done in Illustrator

2010-12-09T14:50:00.001-08:00

Newsletter done in InDesign and Illustrator for Falcon Hills Vineyard.

Page one: cover (right side) and back page (left side)
Page Two: inside pages (facing)

Articles/images taken from the internet for non-profit student and portfolio purposes only.

Newspaper/Masthead

2010-10-21T15:26:00.001-07:00

Faux art newspaper done in InDesign. Did the masthead in Illustrator. Articles/images taken from the internet for non-profit student and portfolio purposes only.
Time taken: about 8 hours.

CD Cover

2010-10-18T11:47:00.001-07:00

Cover for an alternative band CD. Heavily modified type and fractal brush strokes. Done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Time taken: about 8 hours.

Business Card/Envelope

2010-10-06T12:03:00.000-07:00

Business card and envelope designs for a fictitious company. Also did a letterhead (not shown). Done in Illustrator and InDesign. Time taken: about 6 hours.

Movie Poster

2010-10-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

Fictitional movie poster. Done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Time taken: about 4 hours.

Sports Logo

2010-10-06T11:59:00.000-07:00

Sports logo. Done in Illustrator. Time taken: about 7 hours.

TV Station Logo

2010-10-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

Fictitious TV logo/call sign. Done in Illustrator and Photoshop. Time taken: about 6 hours.

Wine Label Comps

2010-10-06T11:52:00.000-07:00

Some wine label comparisons for a fictitious vineyard. Done in Illustrator CS5. Time taken: about 6 hours.

Quote from the client for the "Cutesy Monsters" Commission

2010-06-13T16:20:00.001-07:00

Quote from the client for the "Cutesy Monsters" Commission

"Cleo was professional and very fast! She worked with me until I was completely satisfied with my commission. Everything turned out perfectly, it was just what I was looking for!"

Cutesy Monsters

2010-06-05T18:01:00.000-07:00

Done for a client who wanted "cutesy monsters" to base a theme for her son's first birthday party around. She wanted simplified monster designs that were not too close to any easily identifiable animals, and she "liked horns."
Done as vectors, alternate stroke styles.

Time taken: about 3 hours.
Program used: Adobe Illustrator CS4

Vector Cheshire Cat

2010-05-22T15:58:00.000-07:00

Not my design--this was a "fanart" request of the Chesire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, as defined in the horror video game American McGee's Alice. This piece has no shading yet as the decision was made to go with a different style of cat, but I thought there was enough work in this piece to warrant putting it up here.

Program used: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Time taken: about 5 hours.

Vector Cakes

2010-05-22T15:54:00.001-07:00

Finished version of the "vector cakes" illustration I did, with soft gradient background. The style is "loose color" and is, in fact, a vector--any of these cakes can easily be enlarged and/or given different colors.

I want to eat the chocolate tiered cake. <3

Program used: Adobe Illustrator CS4
Time taken: about 7 hours

Assorted vector graphics

2010-04-07T15:45:00.001-07:00

Some assorted vector graphics done in the "loose color" style of applying color in very rudamentary shapes beneath the actual strokes. Drawing that loosely is a new experience for me--I tend to draw "within the lines" most of the time.

Illustrator Woodcut (Vector Color)

2010-04-05T13:38:00.001-07:00

Finally, some new work~
Done in Adobe Illustrator CS4 using a mouse and wacom intuos3 tablet.
Time taken: About 6 hours.
I enjoyed this project because it encouraged me to experiment more with the live paint tool!

Various Mixed Media

2009-07-12T16:05:00.000-07:00

Thought I should upload some photographs of mixed media pieces I've done, to show potential employers some of my other skills.

Simple Flash Portfolio

2009-05-02T18:41:00.001-07:00

Still alive--just been putting together other pieces, as well as learning Flash and Dreamweaver CS4.
Click here to see a simple portfolio done in Flash.

Description: A simple portfolio made in Adobe Flash CS4 showcasing a few pieces of mine in an interactive fashion. I can easily add in more pieces; this was more of an experiment to see if I could do it at all. I'm looking more into frame label navigation to adapt the previous and next buttons to the functions I want. The royalty-free music is copyright Incompetech.

Just a Testamonial

2009-02-12T15:41:00.000-08:00

"Thank you for the work you did for me. I am very happy with it and would be willing to recommend you to others for such work."
-
David Tierney M.Ac., D.P.M.
Beautiful website designs, technical support and other web-site services.

http://www.designsbytierney.com
david@designsbytierney.com

Designs--T-shirt, logo, etc.

2008-08-18T22:43:00.001-07:00

A few simple vector designs such as might be used for T-shirt designs, logos, etc. Time taken: about 20 minutes per design.

Business Card

2008-08-14T13:03:00.000-07:00

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Sample business card, like something a realtor agent might use. Done in Illustrator, time taken: less than 1 hour.

Bash Flyer

2008-08-13T12:16:00.000-07:00

Simple lightly-colored flyer for a party, to be printed on light orange paper, to save on ink. Done in Illustrator.
Time taken: less than an hour.

Fashionista Sketches

2008-08-10T23:45:00.001-07:00

"Fashionista Sketches"
Examples done for a fashion illustration position that turned out to be already filled. The style was very sketchy and loose, so I made a custom brush in Photoshop to give it a marker or pastel feel. The poses were taken from reference, but the outfits are of my own creation. Took less than an hour for both.

Wide Eyed Productions

2008-04-30T11:49:00.000-07:00

Really simple logo design in Illustrator, just to show off a loose, artsy style. Time taken: less than 1 hour

Lavendar Skies and Bubblegum Hair

2008-04-14T12:04:00.000-07:00

Really quick portrait of a fantasy girl in a fantasy landscape. Going for a light, fluffy feel, instead of dead-on realism. Girl done in Painter, background in Photoshop.

Time Taken: less than 3 hours

Through the Storm

2008-04-09T18:51:00.001-07:00

"Through the Storm"
Centaur done in Painter, details and background done in Photoshop.
Took about nine hours total, including the multiple times I redrew the background until satisfied. Drawn from scratch except for the backdrop of the clouds, which is a photo manip colored over to make it look more stormcloud-like.

Beach Bridge Experimental

2008-03-03T10:23:00.000-08:00

"Beach Bridge Experimental"

A more impressionistic approach to a landscape. Done in Painter.

Line Art Examples

2008-02-29T12:22:00.000-08:00

Just some line art samples I did in Illustrator. Colors are very easy to change, so black and white or colored makes little difference to me.

Siamese and Coffee

2008-02-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

"Siamese and Coffee"
Picture done entirely in Corel Painter. Used the various chalk tools to get the basic colors down, then heavily used the grainy blender tools to make the fur. Also used dodge and burn here and there. Named "coffee" because the colors in the background remind me of mocha.

Time taken: Less than 5 hours

Details:

Julie Character Sketch

2008-02-28T15:02:00.000-08:00

"Julie Character Sketch"
A concept sketch of an elf girl named Julie, from the same project as Faolan. She's on the move a lot in a medieval-type setting, so I tried to design a practical outfit that fit the setting. Faolan is her guardian of sorts, and the gem ties her to him. She also has her hair cropped short, but she couldn't bear to make it too, too short. Done in Photoshop.

Time taken: About four hours.

Nikolai the Betta

2008-02-28T14:51:00.000-08:00

"Nikolai the Betta"
Sort of a color theory experiment, drawing of my betta, Nikolai. Made a photoshop brush for the scales. The background is simplified to bring attention to the details of the fish.

Time taken: about four hours.

Starsky Cityscape

2008-02-28T14:45:00.001-08:00

"Starsky Cityscape"
A bit of an experiment for me, to see what I could do in a different style of a subject I don't usually draw. More sci-fi than fantasy, I'd say. The background sky is a photomanip, the rest is drawn. Done in Photoshop.

Time taken: Less than two hours.

Faolan Character Sketch

2008-02-28T14:37:00.001-08:00

"Faolan Character Sketch"
A concept character study for a fantasy character, a baby dragon named Faolan. I studied bat wings quite a bit in designing this, and lizard/cat feet. As he's supposed to be a very tiny creature (less than two feet long, counting the tail), I think he could physically work. Done in Photoshop.

Time taken: About four hours.

Daisy

2008-02-28T11:07:00.001-08:00

"Daisy"
Just a simple daisy done in Painter. Vine charcoal tool, with blending. Ink pen tool for the details.

Time taken: About 5 hours

Fae Medusa

2008-02-28T10:17:00.000-08:00

"Fae Medusa"

Sketched on paper, then scanned in, inked and colored in Photoshop. For the scales, I made a new brush and played around with filters.

Time taken: About 6 hours