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pokedstudio is an illustration graphic design and multimedia
service based in south wales UK / our services are available
to clients around the world / design services include
illustration / graphic design / multimedia / 3D / animation

contact / jon@pokedstudio.com flash site / www.pokedstudio.com
tel / 01633 211748 (UK) location / wales united kingdom
scroll down to view a sample of recent work or see my work on flick
illustration / blender + photoshop
client / personal project

Winter battle. Illustration the robots have come. Mix of 3D and vector illustration with various graphic motifs.

letoy
illustration / hand drawn + photoshop
client / gc records

Pandas like music too. Illustration for gcrecords check out their downloads at www.gcrecords.com

letoy
3D illustration / blender + photoshop
project / recreate letoy

Spanish designers letoy asked for a variety of illustrators to redeign their mascot character
here is my submission to recreate letoy

letoy
desktop wallpaper / hand drawn + photoshop
client / personal project

Space hogs wallpaper is one of a range of desktop wallpapers you can download for free
from pokedstudio / they are available in a range of sizes to suit various computer monitors
spacehogs wallpaper

space hogs
Poster / Blender + photoshop
client / Urban Retro

Ms Pac-man and monstersone/ posters / tools / Blender 2.44 phostoshop freehandMX
these are aq couple of illustrations created with blender 2.44
Ms Pac-man is seen protecting her little pac children from the nasty ghosts
that inhabit their world / all prints from pokedstudio

pac-man
pac-man
flash game / flash + freehand
client / National Library of Wales

nanws great adventure / flash game / tools / flash freehand
nanws great adventure is a web hosted flash game commissioned by the National Library of wales
It was designed to help make children aware of various importatnt histroical artifacts owned
by the National Library. The game is bi-lingual consisting of a welsh language and english language version
it also has various accesability options to meet the needs of people with various disabilities
play the game here nanw's great adventure

naw's great adventure
illustration / hand drawn + photoshop

various / illustration / tools / hand drawn photoshop freehand
client / personal
Illustrations using aged effects created in photoshop and freehandMX

whale and gun
posters / illustrator
client / frappe nation

frappe nation / illustration / tools / illustrator
these posters were commissioned for the launch of a book on coffee culture
the style was based on simple vector shapes of a frappuccino cup with a frothy top
this was then offset with various colour combinations in a style reminiscent of Andy Warhols prints

frappe illustration
magazine cover / vector + 3D rendering
client / digit magazine

gary and the bots / illustration / tools / freehand photoshop blender
magazine cover and inside spread comissioned by digit magazine
the cover image is titled "gary and the bots" and is a vector
illustration created with freehandMX and photoshop
the two page spread features the image "pokepeace"

didgit cover art
illustration / 3D rendering + vector
russian doll triptych / illustration / tools / blender 2.34 freehand
this tryptych image was inspired by russian dolls
I used the 3D programme blender to created the dolls and
the textures were created with freehandMX and photoshop
these were then mapped on to the 3D models
the virtual camera was set up to simulate DOF
and other real world camera artifacts

toy dolls 3D
illustration / 3D rendering + vector
pokepeace / illustration / tools / blender 2.34 freehand MX photoshop
pokepeace is a collage of 3D renderings and vector graphics, the robots were created
in blender while the graphical elements in freehand MX then the whole image was composited in photoshop

toy dolls 3D
illustration / vector
king of the eggbirds / illustration / tools / photoshop freehand MX
this is a simple vector illustration created in freehandMx then coloured and aged with photoshop

toy dolls 3D
product design / 3D rendering
one eye dolls / illustration / tools / blender 2.4 photoshop freehand MX
these little one eyed guys were created in blender 3d and are a visulisation of a plush type doll
they are still at the prototype stage at the moment but I hope to get them to market soon

toy dolls 3D
illustration / 3D / graphic design
flower mechanic / illustration / tools / blender photoshop freehand MX
flowers are very organic and are often considered to be romantic
I wondered what whether a mechanical flower would retain any of those properties
this image is a 3D render with grahpical elements added in photoshop

illustration robot flowers
illustration / hand drawn technical pens
the birds / illustration / tools / technical pens photoshop
this is image consists of hand drawn elements that were composited together in photoshop
the image was given an aged look
this image is available as a print by request

illustration vector
illustration / graphic design
eye of the beholder illustration / tools / photoshop freehand MX
this is a simple vector image of a one eyed creature
it also uses typography form www.misprinted type.com a great
soucre of creative typography on the internet

illustration vector
illustration / 3D / graphic design
robot being illustration / tools / blender photoshop freehand MX
this mechanical being is a 3D render created in blender
I used a collage of various renders and composited them
in photoshop to create a character that reminded me of a frog
the image was partly inspired by the work of Chris Cunningham
and his robotic video for bjork's "all is full of love"

illustration robots
illustration / animation
danad competition sting / tools / after effects photoshop freehand MX
these are some screen grabs from my submission to the 2006 DanAD student competition
it was created with a variety of imagaes composited in after effects
the final animation was then edited in I-movie
it was featured in the 2006 computer arts magazine graduate showcase
you can view a small version of the animation here or a larger one by request

illustration dandadillustration robot flowers
illustration / hand drawn technical pens
illustrations / tools / hand drawn images photoshop
this series of illustration are hand drawn with technical pens
they feature bod and snigger who live in a world of over crowded compactness
these illustration can be bought as prints from urbanretro
or on canvas from nopaper

illustration bedsitillustration bedsitillustration bedsit
illustration / graphic design
magazine spreads / tools / photoshop freehand MX
the illustration here were created for a one off magazine called code x
the magazine was part of a college project at the university of glamorgan
it featued 3 page pull out spreads and was printed on coloured card paper
the title font was created by me in freehand MX and is called 450

illustration japanillustration iceland
illustration / graphic design
client / MTV
MTV website illustrations / tools / hand drawn images photoshop
these images were comissioned by design agency gluelondon for an MTV web site called MTVstarzine
these illustrations were to be collages of a variety of contrasting images
these were then used as backdrops for peoples individual profiles on the MTVstarzine web site
the image on the right hand side consists of a photo my wife took in iceland a hand drawn
illustration of a tree with some typographical elements and aging effects added in photoshop

illustration MTVillustration MTV
illustration / character design
playing cards / tools / hand drawn images photoshop
this is a set of illustratated cards featuring some of my characters
at the moment there are 23 cards but I am adding more all the time
they are available for download here

illustration playing cards
illustration / graphic design
t-shirt illustrations / tools / hand drawn images photoshop
these are a couple of hand drawn images modified in photoshop

illustration womanillustration robot
illustration / 3D rendering + flash website
house of the future illustration / tools / blender photoshop freehand MX
these posters formed part of my final project for my graphic communication degree
at the university of glamorgan in south wales
the project was to created marketing material for a new housing developement
I wanted to look at a furturistic style of housing and came up with a few different ideas
one being plastic housing pods the other a simple triangular house build of wood
as well as creating posters I made an interactive website using flash , a CD-rom
to contain the site and packageing materials
the flash web site I created can be downloaded here

illustration future house illustration future house
illustration / graphic design
leaflet design for orange broadband (competition entry) / tools / photoshop freehand MX
this was a college project which was part of the YCN student competiton
the project was to design promotional items for orange broadband
I created a leaflet containing a CD-ROM and a poster featuring the tag line
communication keeps you together

illustration leaflet
illustration / graphic design

leaflet design / tools / photoshop freehand MX blender 2.4
this leaflet layout uses images of futuristic mechanical parts
the colour coding is draws inspiration from the new order covers by peter saville

illustration leaflet
illustration / website
pokedesign / tools / freehandMX photoshop hand drawn images
this was the first web site I created useing flash
it primarlly features my early illustration work and college projects
the look I created was based on old victorian funfair posters
its also features some flash animations
to view the flash site click here

web site
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illustration and graphic design wales by jonathan ball www.pokedstudio.com
pokedstudio is an illustration graphic design and multimedia service based in south wales UK
our services are available to clients around the world
please contact us a to discuss your graphic design, illustration or multimedia requirements
e-mail jon@pokedstudio.com flash web site www.pokedstudio.com © jonathan ball 2008