web design, graphic design, art, music and illustration

YidMatch Homepage – Web Design, Graphic Design and Logo Design

YidMatch – Los Angeles, CA – 2010
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe ImageReady, HTML, CSS, PHP, VLDpersonals, WordPress and phpBB Forums

YidMatch is an social network (dating web site) built for marriage-minded Jewish singles. To build my client the most secure dating web site, we first purchased software from VLDPersonals. VLDPersonals is a web design company that makes internet dating websites. Outside of the VLDPersonal’s code, the web site also utilizes an additional wordpress cms system and a php forum installation that is synched with the dating site member database. The homepage design targets Jewish, marriage-minded singles. The launch marks the end of a two-year venture in social network programing and designing and I am happy to refer you to see the site here: www.yidmatch.com (feel free to sign up, too, if you are Jewish and single!)

The YidMatch Features page runs a javascript navigation and highlights the benefits to signing up.

After purchasing and installing the software, admins are presented with a number of features. Some of the default features were: Instant chat rooms, video, audio, friends, favorites, dozens of search options and a complex events calendar. I took this foundation in the php code, and added a number of modifications and additions to the software.

The YidMatch dating site allows members to modify a number of options on their profile pages. The profile options allow members to build custom web pages to match their personality. Members are able to choose their own graphics, backgrounds and menu placements on their profile page. I designed and implemented over 50 different graphic icons, five of which are part of the member’s profile page. The icons show a large number of characteristics like: eye color, religious background, career, sense of humor and hobbies. Other samples of profile pages are below.

Last Chance to Win – Web Advertisement

dhavir productions – Istanbul, Turkey – 2010
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

I like the simple animation on this ad. Not too flashy, but just enough flash to make it stick out on a crowded page. This ad is one of 7 advertisements I have made for dhavir productions.

Pulp Fiction – DVD Package Design and Logo Design

UFOTV – Venice Beach, CA – 2010
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

How I made the DVD package:

I was hired by UFOTV to make the package design for Pulp Fiction, a documentary on early science fiction authors and their work. I watched the film, it was inspiring! So…

…The Pulp Fiction DVD package design started with a volcano! I duplicated an area of a volcano, rotating it so it would form a sphere. An explosion!

I tried to stick with classic pulp colors: red, yellow and black.

From a large selection of AMAZING artwork, we chose images from these works.

After some detailed cut and paste work, I place the images into the layout.

The logo is added to the design with some DRAMA!

The final layout is heavy on the red and black, with much of the yellow exploding on the front cover. The sun that was made from a volcano is barely visible. The hands that were once reaching upwards towards a woman, are now reaching for a woman – defended by a robot. Meanwhile a white man in middle eastern duds is being goosed by a golden serpent! Come to your own conclusion here: _________________________.

The Pulp Fiction documentary had a custom menu screen. I designed the volcano to be a bit larger in this layout. The perspective on the logo drips super drama.

The Pulp Fiction documentary comes with two compact discs. Each disc has a custom image that relates to the overall package design.

Nights of Wonder – DVD compact disc cover and logo design

John Flinn – Portland, OR – 2010
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Great photography requires little design work, but the logo works well with the composition.

STAR Autism Support – Sunshine Literacy Educational Kit

Star Autism – Portland, OR – 2010
Illustration, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Streamline

The STAR Autism Sunshine Literacy Kit assists teachers with lesson plans, activities, data collection and educational games. Constructing the kit involved over 50 original illustrations and designing hundreds of printed materials. There are 10 total activities that require materials from the kit. Most of the activities required illustrations: 20 illustrations were converted for stencils, 19 illustrations were created for an activity which involves gluing macaroni on the artwork. Additional illustrations were created for the Bingo Cards and Teacher’s Manual. I designed and prepared 434 files intended to be used as flash cards. The flash cards show photographs, colors, shapes and words. Some of the material in the kit is provided on a cd to be printed by the teacher. On this CD, I created custom-built icons. All in all, the project resulted in over 1,000 files that are to be printed by the manufacturer or files that are provided on the compact disc that comes with the kit.

STAR Autism Support – Sunshine Literacy Lesson Plan Folder

Star Autism – Portland, OR – 2010
Illustration, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Streamline

All activities in the STAR Autism Sunshine Literacy Kit are explained to the teacher inside of 10 folders.

Each folder holds lesson plan props, data sheets and the one of the 10 illustrated lesson instructions (above).

STAR Autism Support – Sunshine Literacy Teacher’s Manual

Star Autism – Portland, OR – 2010
Illustration, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Streamline

All activities in the STAR Autism Sunshine Literacy Kit are explained to the teacher in a manual.

The teacher’s manual has 32 pages and include instructions on collecting data on student progress. I also designed the data collection sheets for the teacher’s aid kit.