Available to do work...

If you guys know anybody that needs some illustration, digital, layout, etc. work done, get in contact with me!
I will definitely respond to any email or facebook message:

wilsontr1@cougars.sf.edu

I work for reasonable prices and remain flexible with the client's ideas, directions, or concepts.
If you would like to see a resume, I would gladly send you one.

Thanks!

-Tanner

Printed matter

Here is my submission for the new tri-fold brochure from Artlink.
For those of you who don't know, Artlink is an awesome spot in Fort Wayne for upcoming local artists and its reeaaall cheap to become a member so you definitely should. They have a bunch of exhibitions all year round too.
This was an awesome opportunity for me to experiment with type and layout. Layout and type can be some of the most frustrating things in design due to the minute details. However, I had a lot of fun creating the brochure and I hope they pick it.



Here is the a better view:
OUTSIDE


INSIDE





Also, I had to post the Close Only Counts cd because it was definitely one of the most time-consuming yet rewarding pieces i've done in a while. I had so much fun doing this project that when it finally came out in print I literally couldn't believe how awesome the whole thing turned out. The printing company did an awesome job and the recordings sound good as fuck. The whole process and the record in itself was such a success in my opinion.

Btw im not gonna post the whole album just the front and the back so YOU HAVE TO BUY IT!

some scanner work...

I did these three little quick scanner compilations tonight for class and they turned out pretty awesome.
All of the images I used were cut out of either Vogue Magazine, W Magazine, and a couple other women's fashion magazines. To me, nowadays, I feel that women are exposed to so much authority telling them how to look, what to wear, what body parts to show, and what to eat. Even though I am a graphic designer, the world of advertising becomes sickening to me at many times. I have to respect the magazines for their skills in photography, graphic design, and layout but the content that comes packaged up in these magazines are mostly fucking ridiculous. There are fashion ads for BVLGARI that have a woman naked on the beach with an exotic snake wrapped around her face, what does this have to do with fashion anymore? I feel we have that these magazines have lost their original direction and are somewhat to blame for our constant self-conscious mentality.

So i dissected the women, flowers, and some of the text from the magazines and placed them in the scanner. Then I added some digital flavor.

Dedicated to my brothers and sisters under the cloud...

For the past couple months I've been doing a lot of work involving depression with Chlorine Nights (which should be printed soon) and a couple other pieces including The Black Dog. It's something myself, as well as most of my family, have struggled with throughout our lives. So it seems only natural that I would eventually confront depression in my art. It's also something that I feel most everybody can identify with. Whether or not you have been diagnosed, or you feel sad, or you don't feel any sign of it at all...everyone recognizes that familiar feeling. The cloud of hopelessness, loneliness, or ambiguity has touched everyone's shoulder at least once in life. Whether a loved one died or your heart was broken...the feeling of depression is something we can all relate to. With these new works I want to aesthetically reproduce exactly what depression feels like to me, in simple terms. I want the pieces to be noisy and uncared for. I want to feel rather uncomfortable when painting them. The paint is applied in thick coats while aerosol runs over top. I feel the essence of the dark paint and the thick, muddy aerosol illustrate at least one corner of depression. I don't hope you understand the disease by looking at these pieces, I hope that you can get closure. I hope that you can get a hint of what I feel all the time. And I hope that these works show you that there are people out there that understand. You are not alone.


The first attempt. And yes they are self-portraits




I used a lot of umbers with the acrylic, never any pure black.




The paper I used was a 300lb. Arches paper. Extremely heavy and durable to a ton of saturation.
I then attached it to panel later on.

SOCA Halloween Bash Flyer

Here is the flyer I made for the University of Saint Francis' Annual Halloween Cookout.
I had a lot of fun drawing up this zombie dude and adding the color digitally. The entire concept of the poster is humorous and pretty awesome.
Little zombie fast food boy!

New Things...

I've recently got my hands on a couple new things so im going to post them here.

If you haven't checked out Black Magic, White Noise...please do so now.
It features a ton of amazing illustrators, photographers, digital artists, sculptors, etc.



Secondly, if you haven't gotten your hands on any of the Sistine Press releases then your a fucking goon.
GET THEM

www.sistinepress.bigcartel.com
www.sistinepress.wordpress.com



Thirdly, im basically finished experimenting around with this recent piece and im submitting it to the Renaissance in Roanoke Festival on October 9th. Definitely excited.

Sam Weber

A friend of mine, Katie Moore, showed me this painter a couple weeks ago and I've been obsessed with his stuff since then...Especially his experiments. Go check out Sam Weber and get some of his prints!

www.sampaints.com

Here's some of the work he did for a Lord of the Flies publication: