Evan Schlesinger

Description: this project is for the upcoming amtgard event "Pacwar". This year's theme is Chuthulu and lovecraftian inspired, and so I wanted to reflect that in a humorous way for the logo for the event. The monster is wrapping itself around the spire, the logo of the local group, as it bursts from containment behind the heraldry - summarizing the plotline of the event.

Time to complete: 15min Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop

So far this project is ongoing, but I see great potential for future expansion into other groups, as well as further growing my media outreach network.  

A poster created for personal use. Was inspired by the infamous “Not A Wolf” quote, as well as classical memes and classic rock albums. Working more in photo manipulation as well as creating better color schemes. Slowly finding my love for the Franklin Font family. Especially the condensed bold typeface.   

WOW

A quick little addition I’ve made for the Sakura Con handbook, Highly inspired by  ww2 american Women in the Workforce propaganda. Wanted to create some proprietary artwork for the “Guidelines” Section.  

Submitted logo for online contest. Thought process behind the design was to incorporate design aesthetics indicative to the client’s market, while being creative and fun with an airtight design that can be placed isolated or next to other media. Hopefully I win the contest, but it’s good practice either ways.   

Description: This would be the first digital photography that I’ve undertaken where I have had to learn new skills. While in the past I had a rough knowledge of color grading, I attempted to find a greater mastery through practice and repetition. What I found is that Red black and white monochromatic color schemes tend to look the most visually impressive. In the future, I’ll consider other color schemes, but I do enjoy how this picture came out.

Time to Completion: Approx 30 min

Project Summary: A quick throw-together announcement and advertisement for an upcoming contest for the The Spire newsletter. Created with the intention of online distribution over social media platforms. The bright and color scheme grab the attention of the readers, as well as coloring helps with directing the eyes towards important information. I had a lot of blank space after getting all the text onto the sheet, so I threw together a cute little cartoon skull with a ruby on it’s head. The idea is that it is a focal point of the poster, but also gives makes the reader think: who’s skull is that? Are they a warrior (helmet)? Were they powerful (the jem)? These questions feed back towards the main purpose of the campaign - to raise interest in a writing/art contest for the newsletter to drive up brand awareness and participation in with it. 

This project is part of a collaborative effort to create content and spread news about upcoming events as well as in-game lore and ideas. For more info check out amtgard.com or visit the kingdoms facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/Blackspire/

Programs Used: Html5, CSS, Photoshop CS6 

I was mostly inspired by 80s olympics posters that seem to litter my folder titled INSPIRATION on my desktop. I wanted the main concept to come through but have a slick and almost universal aesthetic to its design. I’m fairly content on how this one came out. 

A quick logo design submission for a local amtgard realm. Made several designs and let the members choose which one was their favorite. Once narrowed down I created a handful of color schemes and this design and color scheme was the favorite. 

Time to completion: 3 hours 10 minutes 

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Programs used: Photoshop, Illustraitor, Toolpaint SAI