Jiggity Jig logo

This is from a freelance job. I was asked to come up with a concept that included 50's style typefaces & colors while giving a Las Vegas sign type feel to it; they also asked me to use a rough drawing of the dog. I did my research on 50's typefaces. I came up with Sugar Pie for the main part & Brandon Grotesque medium for the latter part. I felt like they would compliment each other. This logo is for a pet transport company.

Trifold

This is my most recent creation for work. It is a trifold for one of the products of our clients. It was an update from their previous version. I tried to add a little more creativity to this version.

Brochure Preview

Small part of a folding brochure that I created, also for work. This is from when I first started & was learning corporate design. I realize that some companies would like to be a little more creative, some companies would like to stick to a clean & corporate style, while others are in the middle. I am still learning all the different ways to pull a layout together.

Training Material Preview

A couple of examples for some training material that I put together for work. Made using Microsoft Word with image editing in Photoshop (that way my other co-workers who do not have the Adobe suite would still be able to open / use the training material. As with some of my other work projects, the same challenges apply; still having it look corporate without being boring.

Statistics Slide

This was originally what I came up with for a presentation at work to show statistics. The final product ended up being a different design, but I do enjoy how the statistics are displayed in this design.

Powerpoint Slides

My current job likes very corporate design. The challenge is to make something creative without going too off the corporate mark. These are a couple of examples of a powerpoint presentation I created for some of their clients.

Risk Comparison Data Visualization Chart

Something I whipped up for a powerpoint for fun. I do have to keep it more corporate at work (so I can only make regular graphs & charts). This is how I saw the data & possibly something I would use in a project somewhere.

Rejected Aceea logos

I'm working on a logo for my bosses company, here's a few of the rejected ones & just some I was playing with type while trying to come up with new ideas.

Finished Norman Studios logo

I have finally completed the logo. It was hand drawn, then pulled into Illustrator. I then "traced" my hand drawn logo & smoothed it out. The silent film museum part was removed & the gradient (which I'm not all that fond of gradients for logos anyways because of the print quality). I'm happy that it's completed & satisfied with my first experience in the hand drawn to finished Illustrator product.

Creative Bee Collective logo

Creative Bee Collective is a freelance partnership between Ron Clark & myself. It is mostly for computer repair & tutoring which is handled by Ron. Any design work would come my way. We have a page on Facebook that has all our information. I first drew out the logo in my sketchpad. The bee's body is actually a B, & the antennae are C's. I then pulled it into Illustrator & played with different line sizes. It's a simple & creative logo that incorporates our idea of simple, yet effective which is what we are about. We wanted something a little more than the average computer repair logo, with room to grow into other areas.

David Carson style album release poster

I read a few interviews & spent some hours looking at David Carson's work before I started this project for History of Graphic Design. He said two things that stuck with me "If I take a roll and get back two that are any good, that's a pretty high percentage." & something to the effect of that he places type until it feels right, he feels the project. I tried to incorporate that into this design. I used a picture I took of chicken boiling in the pot while shaking the camera slightly to give it a more out of focus feel. I also used the photo as is, much like Carson's photography. He doesn't touch up his photos. I also played with different typefaces, both serif & sans serif until it felt right to me. I used one of my favorite albums "God Fodder" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin. They rock.

Art Nouveau poster

This project is for History of Graphic Design. I chose to do Art Nouveau style. The concept was to take the concepts of that style & make a poster ad for any museum of our choosing. The museum I chose was Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive since they show silent films. My inspiration for this was Alphonse Mucha, Aubrey Beardsley, & Gloria Swanson (I modeled the woman after a picture that I've included to see how it influenced). I printed on a light colored paper to match the color scheme. I've added a colored background as to not have it displayed on white.

I Like What You Like

I Like What You Like from Erminda Flores on Vimeo.

A flip book style animation scanned into Photoshop & then finished with After Effects in an image sequence. The music is Annette Hanshaw "I Like What You Like" which is public domain.

Illustration of my son based off a tutorial by Abduzeedo

Abduzeedo posted a Roy Lichtenstein Style tutorial that I went through using a picture I took of my son. I followed the tutorial for the most part, but went off in my own direction as far as textures & the color halftone.

In the Orchard by Tiger Army poster for AIGA's Always Summer poster show

One of my favorite bands is Tiger Army, so I made this poster based upon the song for AIGA's Always Summer poster show. I liked how it turned out & I got a good response from the poster at the gallery showing. Will also be on display for October's Art Walk downtown.