Shopify Design Challenge – Neighbourhood Crest

Today’s design challenge at Shopify was to create a crest for a neighbourhood in Ottawa.

I chose Byward, and when I think Byward I think Beavertails, so I started sketching a beaver:

We didn’t have too much time to finalize, but here’s my submission:

Pingu

My high school teacher just posted an old video that I made in grade 12. It’s a cheap knockoff of Pingu. More then anything I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since I finished high school… time sure does fly!

Enjoy

Doodlage

Now that I’ve finished my theme I decided to get back into drawing (and Battlefield 3). I wanted to revisit my dog dude because looking at it now, it looks way too “plain”. I think the problem is that there’s not enough detail.

I started sketching again and decided to give him a nice shag. I also wanted to add more details around the eyes and mouth so that they don’t look like they’re floating there.

I didn’t like how sharp his hair was, so I decided to restart and give him a bit more bounce (don’t know if that’s the right term, heh).

Montreal Meets Two

Last weekend I went over to Montreal to check out Montreal Meets with my good buddy Grant Lucas. Montreal Meets is an event organized by Aoiro Studios where several designers from around the world give talks on design and their experience as a designer.