Visual Design

Dance Poster

uxte — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:26:03 +0000

Poster for my dance class at Fressi’s Health Club in Kuopio, Finland.

Client: Fressi
Date: Apr 2008
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator
Job: Art Direction, Design, Illustration
Photography: Alexander Yakovlev

UT LOOP

uxte — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:04:01 +0000

I am going to start a new category called “Best on the web”, where I’ll be posting stuff that I find and can’t keep just for myself, enjoy: http://www.uniqlo.com/utloop/

Xtreme Faro 2008

uxte — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:43:03 +0000

Identity for Extreme Sports Event - Xtreme Faro 2008
Client: Universidade do Algarve, Câmara Mun. Faro, ProRide
Date: Mar 2008
Tools: Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Pen, Canon Powershot G9
Job: Art Direction, Branding, Design, Illustration

Brink Adventures

uxte — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:36:27 +0000

Brink is a not-for-profit adventure-driven environmental organisation run by a small group of volunteers in Brisbane, Australia, the idea behind the project is to deliver educational resources to students trough real life experiences which is in short what it means Adventure Learning.

I will be developing their new identity as well as a new website and online presence. At long term I will also be developing online interactive experiences with educational experts to deliver studying content in a more attractive way to students.

Bellow you can see the logo study for their new image. I will be posting here further developments.

Logo for Adventure Learning Organization - Brink Adventures
Client: Brink (not for profit)
Date: Mar 2008
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, Pen, Canon Powershot G9
Job: Art Direction, Branding, Design

Recognition and awards

uxte — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:17:41 +0000

I always thought of the awards as a way of getting recognition and respect from my peers, some would be of more importance for their value others for what they meant to me as a designer, but I was missing an important point… awards meant more job opportunities either by increasing my visibility or by proving the quality of my work.

As one of my friends said “people tend to like what other people like” and even if that may sound like underestimation for your work it is true and if you know how to use it, it can lead to more and better jobs.

So to prove me right I have submitted one of my works in some of the best Award websites out there and got a nice amount of features and awards which not only made my work and me more visible it increased exponentially the traffic in both my website and the submitted site.

I would like to leave my respect and thanks for the awards and features in all the websites, here is a list of them:

Prol - Identity

uxte — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:47:29 +0000

Identity and stationery for consultancy company PROL
Client: Prol
Date: Feb 2008
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator
Job: Art Direction, Branding, Design

Professional Network

uxte — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:34:27 +0000

In the last few months I’ve been using social networking websites to get some visibility and therefore attract possible clients or work collaborations, this has worked quite well since I got some contacts that leaded to prospective jobs.

In the meanwhile I found the Behance Network which is a platform for sharing portfolios for creative professionals and I saw immediately the possibilities, not only I was showing my work I was showing it directly to my target, design agencies, studios and other creative professionals. Even though it is still in Beta version and it doesn’t have the traffic of other networking sites the Behance Network multiplies the opportunities of making profitable professional relationships.

I am now using it to post my works and in the process of updating my Flickr account at the same time so it will make my work more visible across the web.

Visit my portfolio on Behance »

Super pick of the world - NewWebPick.com

uxte — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:46:43 +0000

I am very proud to announce that the website erikreis.com was picked today by NewWebPick.com “because of the design and technology”.

New Web Pick is a worldwide renowned design magazine and it’s one of my favorite inspiration resource. There you can find everything from Graphic Design to Tatoo Art. If you don’t know it yet (which I don’t believe) hurry and download one of their free issues, if you fancy great design you should opt for the full issue for an (really) inexpensive price.

You can see the website featured here.

Featured on faveup.com

uxte — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:12:07 +0000

Yesterday I got featured on Faveup with the website www.erikreis.com

Faveup is a Design Inspiration Gallery as they call themselves. Everyday the best designs in 4 categories, Logos, Business Cards, Flash Websites and CSS Websites are posted for the design community to get inspired.

You can go here and vote for the website if you like it.

www.oldschoolgarage.com.pt

uxte — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:18:46 +0000

WordPress based website with flash header for the classic car workshop Old School Garage.

This project was a lot of fun, creating this old school style grungy work, and besides having the chance to play a little bit more with WordPress (WP), I did a few experiences with Flash integration with WP and CSS, overlapping layers and positioning the backgrounds.

You can see the final result here: www.oldschoolgarage.com.pt

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