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Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead

Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead Packaging

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Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead Packaging, 2013

Newly added To Portfolio, Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead Packaging, Created for The Holmes Group. Product Design

Earlier this year I was asked to come up with packaging for a brand new Mike Holmes bobblehead doll/toy.  I was more than happy to have a project like this to work on.  It started with the modeling of mike’s head and body that was done by www.bobbleheadscanada.ca.  (He worked from two reference shots of Mike’s head, both front & side profiles to create a successful likeliness of mike’s face).   Once that was completed I was given the model to take dimensions from and test out packaging ideas.  I knew from the get go that I wanted to have a large visible window to showcase Mike’s bobblehead, so I tested out some designs in photoshop and then printed them out. I took the printed pieces and assembled them together to get an actual view of the box. Once I had a better understanding of that I went ahead and came up with a theme and colour that would suit the project but also the company behind it. The colour theme I chose to go with was a nice middle tone blue that I thought would match the look of the Holmes Group’s current products but still have a little more colour.  The reason for this was because I wanted a more cartoony look as it would better match the fact that it was a bobblehead and not some cold tool.

 

Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead

Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead

 

 

“I tested out some designs in photoshop and then printed them out. I took the printed pieces and assembled them together to get an actual view of the box. Once I had a better understanding of that I went ahead and came up with a theme and colour that would suit the project but also the company behind it”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was also tasked to come up with the tattoos that the bobblehead has featured on both arms.  They were created using reference images of Mike’s actual tattoos, dumb down a little bit as I knew there would be scaling issues with the decals.  Creating the tattoos really helped make the bobblehead feel more like the real & “current” Mike Holmes so I’m happy they turned out, better than expected. I used Illustrator to create the tattoos as well as the rest of the packaging.  I highly recommend any illustrators just starting out to try their hand at the slice tool as it works really great in creating cartoony imagery.

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 “Creating the tattoos really helped make the bobblehead feel more like the real & “current” Mike Holmes so I’m happy they turned out, better than expected”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More images for this project can be found in my portfolio under, Mike Holmes Official Bobblehead Packaging 

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Mike Holmes – Roofing Images, (Manual)

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Mike Holmes – Roofing Images, (Manual), 2012

Newly added To Portfolio, Mike Holmes – Roofing, Manual, Created for The Holmes Group. Technical Illustration. Architectural Construction.

Below I’ve posted a small number of illustration I did for an illustrated home manual (I’ll post some more in the future) These Illustrations were to be kept simple, on a white background and the text kept as legible as possible as the images were going to be used in many different formats. Quite often the images were to be placed fairly small so it was imperative that the outlines and text maintain their qualities so the viewer wouldn’t lose any information.

Technical Illustrator

 

Technical Illustrator

Above is an illustration showing roof vents and the purpose they serve. Roof vents are used to circulate air, keep the temperature in your attic mildly cool, protecting the climate inside your house and preventing ice dams from forming on top of your roof.

Speaking of which, the ice Damming Illustrations showing both ventilated and non-ventilated were featured in the February 2013 On The Go magazine which accompanied the Mike Holmes article titled “Ice Dams & Your Roof”

 

 

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Quite often the images were to be placed fairly small so it was imperative that the outlines and text maintain their qualities so the viewer wouldn’t have to compromise on information.

 

 

 

 

Below is an excerpt from the article on Ice Damming –

“Ice dams prevent water from flowing down. It will eventually back up, finding its way under the shingles and into the attic. A thick ice dam can damage roof flashing, fascia and soffits. It can even shift vent stacks and create gaps that allow water into your roof. that water can flow into your exterior wall cavities and end up in your basement. Or it can leak into your home and cause damage to walls, ceiling and insulation”

-Mike Holmes, On The Go Magazine, February 2013

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VibroAcoustics – Vibration Isolation and Restraint Systems

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Completed some work for VibroAcoustics a couple months ago and they just released their vibration isolation and restraint systems brouchure

Newly added To Portfolio, Vibration Isolation and Restraint Systems. Created for VibroAcoustics.  Technical Illustration. Architectural Construction.  3D.

 

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I was contacted by VibroAcoustics last November to complete 12 Illustrations that showcased their various vibration isolation and restraint systems.  I started with their base mounted products first.  The idea was to keep it simple and in a greyish tone so that color could be used to highlight the various components of the system used to support and minimize sound in HVAC systems.

 

 

 

 

More about the company:

“Drawing on over 50 years of experience, Vibro-Acoustics focuses chiefly on providing the application engineering expertise and product solutions needed to achieve the desired sound criteria. This requires our Application Engineers to address both structure-borne and airborne noise.

“Vibro-Acoustics focuses chiefly on providing the application engineering expertise and product solutions needed to achieve the desired sound criteria. This requires our Application Engineers to address both structure-borne and airborne noise”.

Vibro-Acoustics writes project-specific specifications for vibration isolation, seismic/ wind restraint and airborne noise to save engineers time when reviewing submittals and to help avoid vibration problems post-design. Vibro-Acoustics also serves as a single point of contact for meeting sound criteria and for ensuring solutions are code compliant”.

http://www.vibro-acoustics.com/ 

 

 

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Macro Nutrition – Iso-Synth, Product Packaging

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Newly added To Portfolio, Macro-Nutrition Product Packaging Created for Sheridan College.  Product Design, Graphic Design, Technical Illustration.

Full product concept.  Macro Nutrition – Container concept modeled in Bonzai 3D, graphic wrap created in Illustrator and Photoshop.

This started as an assignment to develop product packaging for an idea that focused on 3 Flavors.  I decided to develop a concept for a Nutritional company, creating the Full Branding image.  From the Logo’s, Products, Flavours & Containers.  A lot of reference was placed towards pre-existing Health & Wellness companies, mainly the MuscleTech & Optimum Nutriton brands.  They’re designs are pretty fresh and up to date compared to a few of the lesser known brands.  After I had my reference material, I went into creating the container  – which was pretty simple. The container was designed so the lids would cup the next container that sat above it, Creating a more balanced display when placed in a store setting.  There also was some thought put into the inside of the container that showcased how the protein would have been dispersed for a mixed container.  Something that I haven’t seen done yet.  (I’ll update the gallery with a photo of this example shortly).  After I completely this stage I created the logo and decided on the flavours for the proteins.  The fruits were created in Illustrator & Photoshop and then placed onto a rough design of the label which I knew would wrap around the containers.  A little bit of graphic design & it was ready to be mapped onto the 3D model & rendered out.

 

 

 

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