Brand New Ethan Page tshirt design (FINAL)

I was contacted by Ethan Page (seen here with my nephews hat on) to work on his new t-shirt design. More pictures can be found at www.ontarioindywrestling.com . Ethan had showed me something he was working on and we took it from there. The final design is seen here !

Ethan Page t-shirt Designs

I was asked to help design a t-shirt for local Indy wrestler "the motion picture" Ethan Page. Mr. Page much to the thrill of my friends thoroughly embarrassed me @ the last CWR show. He decided I would like a "Val Venus" like grind show and finished by knocking my hat of my head. As I said my friends were thrilled, and the fact that I was so embarrassed only added to their satisfaction. None the less here are the designs I have come up with.

Best Of Samoa Joe In TNA

I got a copy (is that bad to say ?) of the Samoa Joe DVD that TNA put out. As always I wanted to do a custom cover for it, this is old but I thought id post it.

If I have some time over the weekend ill post some older designs and some new stuff I'm working on.

More Work For CWR

It feels good to be doing some graphic work again. The last few months have been very busy for me, and free time a rarity. When I first sat down to use photo shop for the first time in a long time I was rusty. It took me about three times longer to complete a project.

I had joined the CWR forum after attending one of the shows they had in Toronto. I was blown away by the product. I saw there they were looking for T-shirt designs,etc. I sent along some of my work (seen in my blog) and it was well received.

The intention now is to try and do the DVD covers for CWR and whatever else I can. Be it posters,flyer's,t-shirts,etc.....if I have time I will try.

My first cover was for "Back In Business." That was the first CWR show I had seen.
Ive begun work on "The Inaugural Canada Cup of Wrestling" which is coming up on June 8th,2008. That cover is for the most part complete, event photos and match listing will added after the event. I've also started work on the July 13th show which at this point remains unnamed.

Here are the lo-res samples of the work.

Back In Business Now Available for Pre-Order

Was just checking out www.canadianwrestlingrevolution.com and noticed that "Back in Business" is available for pre order.
You can pre order @ this link : http://www.canadianwrestlingrevolution.com/shop/
its real cool to see my cover in use !

This Is The Poster . . .

This is the poster idea I'm working with. All info can be entered into the "box" & a selected wrestler would be showcased for each show.

I'm waiting on a response from CWR now, but you can see its very much like the DVD cover.

Concepts & Templates

One of the hardest things about design (for me) is the development of a concept.
Once I have a concept in mind, which can be as simple as saying "OK this is going to be a very clean image" I can map out a path. Not having that concept has me void of direction, and something that would take an hour can take several.

That's part of the reason I like to get is much info as I can from clients. Its very easy to have no idea! Then see something and say "change this" & "change that." Its OK when its edits that are being paid for, but when your doing something as a favor or for free it can be a real pain.

I don't really do any work based off of templates. But I do realize that they can save me a ton of time. I'm in the process of creating a few templates that will allow me to take apart my design and place elements where needed. This will give me an overall desirable look, and save me a ton of time.

This is the case for CWR (Canadian Wrestling Revolution).
After the first CWR show I had ever seen I was a fan ! it was new, it was fresh, it was exciting.
I went home joined the forum & took an extensive look at the website. Checking out the merchandise etc. I noticed on the forum they were looking for T-Shirt designs.
I sat down at the computer and came up with a DVD cover. They liked it,and said they would use it for the new release. I also took what limited information was available and began to make covers for two other shows.

I was asked if I could develop posters to help promote the shoes. I found this to be a challenge, more so because my time can be very limited. I decided I wouldn't come up with an original concept per poster, but would take the DVD cover and use its elements.
By creating a template I could take apart my cover, place items where needed, enter text (provided to me by CWR) and bang out a poster in 30 minutes.

More work for CWR

Here are a few DVD covers for upcoming releases , as well as a poster concept being developed.

Just something easy where a picture of someone on the roster can be added, and all required info placed in the "box."

Streamlining the process of making promotional posters would save me a ton of time !