I haven't posted here for a while, mostly because I haven't made a tag in just as long, which I feel a bit bad about because I used to enjoy them so much and it's what started me out in things.
For those that don't remember me, or never really knew all that well, my name is Dan. I've had a few different usernames here, but I was primarily The Scarecrow for a good deal of the time. I've been registered here for at least six years now I think and I spent most of that time in this section. I started tagging here probably in 06 or 07, and went out to other places like the old NarutoMania forums, Tagmonkey, and a number of smaller forums that were initiated by other members of this forum (SalsaJar and The Art Stop, namely). Ultimately, I spent most of my time here moderating this section and running Signature of the Week with Ray, who as far as I know still posts as ♥. Ray was (and to an extent still is) my primary source of inspiration, motivation, and support whilst I was here, and most of you should consider yourselves lucky that he's still here.
Anyway, I have still been busy. I'm about to enter my second year in visual communication, for the second time, making this my fourth year at university. Whilst I don't make tags anymore, I still work on a number of personal and academic projects, some of which are client-based. Many of these projects are unpaid. This is for several reasons, but the primary one is that I don't yet wish to be paid for most of them.
The reason I'm posting this is to touch base with where everything started for me. I'm going to share some of the work I've done on my own and with my partners, and considering I've been at this for a few years now I thought I might share some of my experiences.
I haven't worked in a full-time studio environment, but I've been managing my personal/professional/academic work sometimes well, and sometimes not (hence second year for the second time). I've experienced a lot of failures but just as many successes. If you have any questions about what it is I do, or any of the following work, that's why I'm here. If you're passionate about art or design and want to take it further than tags (as I wanted to) I can offer guidance on how to proceed with that, too.
Anywho, here's the work;
The following posters were largely a catalyst for most of the work I've done since. They allowed me to establish myself within the local design community, gifting me with new contacts, friends, and job opportunities.
These posters were created for a local cinema that my friends and I visit regularly. They run a program called Cinematheque, where a 'season' comprised of four films runs every fortnight. As you can probably tell, these posters were made for their Bill Murray festival, which featured Rushmore, Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters and Life Aquatic. I created these with my friend Chris, who I have worked with many times since.
We were not paid for these posters, and initiated the project ourselves. We approached the cinema several months before the festival was screened, pitching the idea and offering to do it for free. Many designers will tell you this is dangerous, as it allows a client to take advantage of you and undermines the role of designers and the value of our work. Whilst in some cases this can certainly be true, we assessed the situation and saw that there was little issue in proceeding (for those that face this question themselves, I direct you to a wonderful flowchart by Jessica Hische). The reasoning behind that was largely because the cinema itself is independent, and quite underfunded. To be given the opportunity to help a local business that we had a personal investment in was reason enough, but what we were later rewarded with was ultimately invaluable (I'll explain this further on).
For those that don't remember me, or never really knew all that well, my name is Dan. I've had a few different usernames here, but I was primarily The Scarecrow for a good deal of the time. I've been registered here for at least six years now I think and I spent most of that time in this section. I started tagging here probably in 06 or 07, and went out to other places like the old NarutoMania forums, Tagmonkey, and a number of smaller forums that were initiated by other members of this forum (SalsaJar and The Art Stop, namely). Ultimately, I spent most of my time here moderating this section and running Signature of the Week with Ray, who as far as I know still posts as ♥. Ray was (and to an extent still is) my primary source of inspiration, motivation, and support whilst I was here, and most of you should consider yourselves lucky that he's still here.
Anyway, I have still been busy. I'm about to enter my second year in visual communication, for the second time, making this my fourth year at university. Whilst I don't make tags anymore, I still work on a number of personal and academic projects, some of which are client-based. Many of these projects are unpaid. This is for several reasons, but the primary one is that I don't yet wish to be paid for most of them.
The reason I'm posting this is to touch base with where everything started for me. I'm going to share some of the work I've done on my own and with my partners, and considering I've been at this for a few years now I thought I might share some of my experiences.
I haven't worked in a full-time studio environment, but I've been managing my personal/professional/academic work sometimes well, and sometimes not (hence second year for the second time). I've experienced a lot of failures but just as many successes. If you have any questions about what it is I do, or any of the following work, that's why I'm here. If you're passionate about art or design and want to take it further than tags (as I wanted to) I can offer guidance on how to proceed with that, too.
Anywho, here's the work;
The following posters were largely a catalyst for most of the work I've done since. They allowed me to establish myself within the local design community, gifting me with new contacts, friends, and job opportunities.
These posters were created for a local cinema that my friends and I visit regularly. They run a program called Cinematheque, where a 'season' comprised of four films runs every fortnight. As you can probably tell, these posters were made for their Bill Murray festival, which featured Rushmore, Lost in Translation, Ghostbusters and Life Aquatic. I created these with my friend Chris, who I have worked with many times since.
We were not paid for these posters, and initiated the project ourselves. We approached the cinema several months before the festival was screened, pitching the idea and offering to do it for free. Many designers will tell you this is dangerous, as it allows a client to take advantage of you and undermines the role of designers and the value of our work. Whilst in some cases this can certainly be true, we assessed the situation and saw that there was little issue in proceeding (for those that face this question themselves, I direct you to a wonderful flowchart by Jessica Hische). The reasoning behind that was largely because the cinema itself is independent, and quite underfunded. To be given the opportunity to help a local business that we had a personal investment in was reason enough, but what we were later rewarded with was ultimately invaluable (I'll explain this further on).
