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Simon H.
Simon H.

Cleveland, OH

Designer, photographer, blogger, husband. USofA, France. Currently accepting projects.

adobe illustrator, adobe photoshop, brand identity, branding, illustration, poster design, textures

  1. I finished the unfinished skull I finished the unfinished skull — Well, using the same base line work than the unfinished skull from a week ago, I did this. The "zone hatching" technique is interesting, and certainly to be explored more I think in future pieces, but it still leads me to a "hatch all the things" vibe, which I want to go away from a bit more. You can see the piece up close in the attachments, along with a quick gif showcasing some of the prog...
  2. Human skull Human skull — I'm happy with this one. I managed a shading approach that isn't "cross hatch all the things!", to leave open areas for the shapes to breathe, and to be more readable. The goal for the next pieces is to make the direction of the shading more in line with the volumes of the piece. I feel like there are still areas that feel a bit flat.
  3. Vampire bat skull, take #2 Vampire bat skull, take #2 — Here's another revisit: the vampire bat skull I drew almost six years ago. At the time, I received some incredible feedback from the ever so talented Justin Kammerer, also known as Angryblue. He reminded me that drawing is about using lines to show where light meets shadows, and he sent me an edited version of my original drawing with more space left open for light areas. Taking this to heart, ...
  4. Unfinished skull Unfinished skull — This old piece ended up unfinished. I hit a block in the road, and grew very unhappy with my shading technique. I might have to revisit my line work, and apply some other approach to it. The volume/light rendition right around the area where the eye socket meets the nose opening is satisfying, but overall the image is too dark.
  5. Apparel design illustration explorations Apparel design illustration explorations — These two illustrations, which ended up not being used, were done as explorations for an apparel design project for one of my favorite restaurants in Cleveland: Toast. Each were drawn using stock imagery as a reference. The first piece wasn't even shaded, just line work. The second one features a second color as shading. You can have a closer look at each piece in the attachments.
  6. Corvus Corax skull Corvus Corax skull — A long time ago, I drew another common raven skull. I decided to revisit with a different reference, and an update to my shading technique. "The common raven (Corvus corax), also known as the northern raven, is a large all-black passerine bird. Found across the Northern Hemisphere, it is the most widely distributed of all corvids."
  7. Is this thing on? Is this thing on? — Hello there, is this thing on? It's time to dust the good old Dribbble profile off.
  8. Inktober 2017 Inktober 2017 — Time to dust off the Dribbble profile - here are my Inktober 2017 entries. Instead of just drawing objects around me like last year, I decided to draw owls, then skulls, then music-related objects around me, then some random objects around me. You can have a closer look at all the drawings in the attachment. Fun tidbit: I actually drew two entries for 10/28, because I forgot I had already dr...
  9. Southampton Pedals - the humble beginnings Southampton Pedals - the humble beginnings — I'm finally ready to share the extensive amount of work done over the years for Southampton Pedals, an independent guita pedal maker out of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. As a (bad) guitar player myself, this is one of my bucket list item checked, right there. It all started with this drawing of a Mullard EL91 vacuum tube I did back in 2012, when i first started experimenting with drawing on my trus...
  10. "10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck!" "10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck!" — An entry for @Rogie 👑 's quote contest. I miss Robbin Williams a lot. (A closer look at the clean and textured versions is available in the attachments.
  11. Introducing the CMYK/RGB texture pack! Introducing the CMYK/RGB texture pack! — Hello everybody! Let me present to you the latest from The Shop: the CMYK/RGB texture pack! These seventeen (17) textures were printed on a copier with a faulty toner, which gives them a grainy feel, along with noisy artifacts similar to risograph prints. The colors are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, then red, green, and blue, then ten hues following a rainbow spectrum gradient. Each of t...
  12. Goshen Guitar Works, phase four: applications! Goshen Guitar Works, phase four: applications! — With all the assets finalized, the various elements finally moved from the screen into the real world. The usual business cards, small logo banners, and the like happened. Also, a stamp (second frame). But more excitedly for the (not so great) guitar player I am, the shop started making their own T-style and S-style guitars! It's quite a special feeling to see the little tidbit I designed on...
  13. Goshen Guitar Works, phase three: final assets Goshen Guitar Works, phase three: final assets — After all this variation work, we settled on a list of final assets to use: - The main mark, in its main color scheme, then in black and white - The secondary mark, in black and white. - The alternative color schemes we couldn't bring ourselves to leave out on the cutting floor You can have a closer look to all of these in the attachments.
  14. Goshen Guitar Works, phase three: fine tuning, secondary mark Goshen Guitar Works, phase three: fine tuning, secondary mark — After the main mark got finalized in the previous step, we decided to see if simplifying things further for the secondary mark could be of interest. We decided to stick with the full version.
  15. Goshen Guitar Works, phase two: more stuff Goshen Guitar Works, phase two: more stuff — To anchor the project some more within the guitar world, I hunted down the official colors from the big two guitar manufacturers out there (Fender, and Gibson), and went to work on creating combinations. Additionally, I also created a smaller footprint version for square application, and looked at various ways to apply color to it.
  16. Goshen Guitar Works, phase two: first digital pass Goshen Guitar Works, phase two: first digital pass — After the sketches, it's time to do a first digital pass, draw the shapes, pick some typefaces, some color combos, etc. The first concept was based on a vintage bicycle head badge shape, but didn't translate well. The typeface used is Lost Type's Sullivan. The second concept was also based on a old badge shape of some kind (old kitchen appliance maybe?), but suffered from poor information hie...
  17. Goshen Guitar Works, phase one: sketches. Goshen Guitar Works, phase one: sketches. — Here are some of the sketches done while working on the mark for Goshen Guitar Works. The attachment shows the pages in order, from not so great warm-up, to more structured ideas.
  18. Pencil test Pencil test — I busted the pencils out for a style test for a project currently in progress. I'm a bit rusty (check out how distorted that front wheel is), but man does it feel good.
  19. Introducing the TV noise texture set! Introducing the TV noise texture set! — Introducing The Shop's newest set of assets: the TV noise textures. I got inspired by an old CRT TV set I recently put my hands on. I grabbed my trusted DSLR (Nikon D60), and started snapping photographs of the static patterns. The resulting sixty-six (66!) images were lightly processed in Camera RAW (lens distortion, color correction, and straightening), for a giant collection of static moti...
  20. Ffffkrrrrshhhhhhhh Ffffkrrrrshhhhhhhh — I'm working on a thing for something.
  21. Inktober 2016: day thirty-one Inktober 2016: day thirty-one — Day thirty-one: a little jar of black ink.
  22. Inktober 2016: day thirty Inktober 2016: day thirty — Day thirty: a USB connector.
  23. Inktober 2016: day twenty-nine Inktober 2016: day twenty-nine — Day twenty-nine: an old webcam.
  24. Inktober 2016: day twenty-eight Inktober 2016: day twenty-eight — Day twenty-eight: one of these connectors doubling headphone plugs.
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