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I used to do design & custom illustration work long ago (prior to 2010). However, I don't offer this service anymore, and most of my illustration portfolio is no longer available on this site. The only thing you can still see is my Mascot Illustration for Brizzly.
Brizzly, a web-based Twitter application, was developed by a few friends of mine (Thing Labs), whom I've known for years. Below documents some of the fun illustration work I've been doing for them!
To the left you'll see the original illustration of Phineas, the mascot for Brizzly, that they used to launch in beta. They liked this little guy, a bear wearing a turquoise bird suit (a nod to the Twitter bird), but they wanted to clean him up & make him more unique for their brand.
Below are some of the finished illustrations I've delivered thus far. They hired me to clean him up (clean up the vectors, make his parts moveable, so that he may be animated in the future, etc). As well they wanted to dress him up in different costumes and place him in different fun scenes & scenarios for their various service offerings (Let's Be Trends, Brizzly Pics and FaceBook connect, to name a few).
So, without further ado, let me introduce you to the *new & improved* Phineas bear!
(note: the little 'bird buddy' character you see him with here isn't final… it was just a part of a mockup I delivered.)
TechCrunch, Let's Be Trends: Brizzly Launches A Twitter Trending Topic API
TechCrunch, Brizzly Gets a New Coat: Facebook
Can Phineas fly in that bird suit? You betcha! 🙂 (animated gif)
Happy Holidays from Brizzly! (used for an invite to their open house holiday party)
Brizzly integrates Foursquare! (don't you love his rad headband? sporty spice phineas!)
Brizzly launches Brizzly Picnics!
TechCrunch article, Yum! Brizzly Picnics Go Live To Turn Twitter Into A Private Chatroom
You can also keep your eye out for new illustrations in the footer of the Brizzly Guide… I illustrated a number of fun ones! Here's the one that's live today as I post this:
Lastly, below are some fun illustrations I mocked up for the Brizzly pics feature.
Note: Some of these haven't been published yet, or are still in progress.
I have completely LOVED working with Brizzly, and my good friend Jason Shellen, creating this adorable little bear.
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