The Green Leefs cd package design: Illustration and Logo design- redemption cover art

 This is the final package design I created for the excellent hip hop reggae band - The Green Leefs. I created illustrations for both the cd cover and cd traycard back. I also created the brand identity for the band with an iconic logo graphic that incorporates a grunge texture and green leef plant. This was a fun art project to work on, the client gave me creative freedom to develop the illustrations and I was inspired by the music when creating the cd graphics. The music style is a hybrid of hip hop and reggae with a very natural and melodic feel, so I used natural textures and organic elements in the design.

Hip Hop Reggae promotional illustration design

This is an illustration I've been working on for a musical duo The Green Leaves. The custom illustration art will be used on their cd packaging and other promotional art.

Fernando Medina Art Gallery Show- Chicago area, Aurora IL

Here are some photos from my recent art gallery show at the Aurora Roundhouse. The exhibition included my illustrations, oil/acrylic paintings, pencil drawings, and digital art.
The show went well, I met some interesting people, local art lovers, and other artist. I rarely show my original work in public - so this was nice to do, it inspired me to show my work in public more often.

Medical heart ekg illustration sketch

Here's a quick medical heart illustration sketch I was working on. There's an ekg reading flowing through and around the heart. The sketch is incomplete, but in essence, that's what a sketch is I guess- incomplete. It's more of a study really.

Aurora Illinois paddle sports festival logo graphic design

The Aurora, Illinois paddlesports committee approached me with the goal of revamping their 2010 promotional graphics. They host an annual paddle sports weekend in Illinois, and this year they were holding it in my home town Aurora, IL. They wanted a graphic that could work in various facets including poster art, logo, t-shirt graphic, favicon, and more. They needed this design finished fast and within a budget, so I dedicated a weekend to completing the art in time for them to send to the local newspapers and I constructed the best fitting project parameters to fit their budget. Another difficulty was that they wanted the design to be simplistic but they also wanted it to embody multiple concepts: fun, educational, and both canoes and kayaks had to be incorporated. That's a lot of concept to fit into a simplistic graphic. I started by sketching out a few ideas and presenting them various ideas- once they narrowed it down to their favorite designs- I polished them up by adding color and sharpening the lines. Once I created a final draft the client fell in love with the design- then it was just a matter of refining it and making a few minor revisions. The paddlesports graphics received rave reviews and the event was a great success. Below is an additional design concept I created that wasn't used but I thought came out pretty nice.

Illustration Art for Children/Youth Awareness theater production: Change Teen Statistics

These are a collection of custom illustrations I created for a theater production company called R.E.di Foundation, directed by Kimberly Farah and Diana Martinez. The illustrations depict American youths and the risks they face in today's world. The art was used to compliment the stage play and used as backdrops during the performance. The illustrations process was started by hand drawing the concepts in pencil, I then transferred the sketches into my computer with a scanner and touched up the line work. Before adding any color, texture or details, I sent preliminary proofs to the client for them to review and approve- there were a few minor revisions- but for the most part the art was just as they wanted it. I then brought the sketches into adobe Photoshop started to add color, I used a muted pallet on all the illustrations to maintain consistency throughout, I then overlaid some textures of old weathered paper and coffee stains to give it a rich depth. I also added a grunge black border around the illustrations to isolate the image and to ground the action/characters within the frame. The stage play was a huge success and is now being performed throughout the Midwest at middle schools and highschools.

Eagle wolf logo design illustration

I designed this logo for a European musician that performs ambient music- sometimes called "soundscapes". The artist name is actually James Eaglewulf- i'm not sure if that's his birth name or if he legally got it changed- but regardless, that's a pretty awesome last name. Nobody messes with Eaglewulf. This client wanted a logo to represent his recording studio based on his last name- he wanted it to be detailed and to have a somewhat serious mystical overtone- he also wanted it to be a solid color so he can reproduce it in various mediums. I designed the wolf and illustrated the wings onto his back- I then went in and hand drew the etching lines inside the logo.