My son’s birthday is coming up and I need to come up with a design for his birthday give-aways. So I got on my thinking cap, opened up Illustrator and started drawing beautiful and colorful illustrations.
I’ve been very busy with a lot of custom WordPress theme projects that I haven’t posted here for more than a week. Also, my son’s very first birthday party is coming up this Sunday and I’m very excited already. I have created 3 different illustrations and designs for button pins that we would give away on his birthday. I created the designs on Adobe Illustrator using the Pen and pencil tool combo. That’s right, With the pen and pencil tool together you can create an amazing stunning design. See what I’ve done with the Pen and Pencil tool below.
A Portrait of my 1 year old son
The Pacifier, a tool to make a baby sleep and stop crying.
Criss David Day
Yes, I do love vectors. Lately, I’ve been creating different illustrations that I will be using for a personal project. Below is an example. It’s an illustration of the Philippine Jeepney, the most common form of public transportation, in the Philippines of course.
Web Standards Compliant Jeepney.
If you’ve noticed on this post, the image has styled captions. A feature the new WordPress 2.6 has. I’m also integrating it on Una, the free WordPress theme that I’ve released lately. And speaking about Una, I’ll be releasing the latest, widgetized updated Una tomorrow, so be ready to download it once it comes out. You may subscribe to my feed so you’ll get updated whenever I make a new post.
Tags: buttons, illustrations, Una, vector
July 25th, 2008
at 12:15 pm
you’re a top ‘lupit’ web designer!
July 28th, 2008
at 12:23 am
I remember my niece’s first birthday. It was “Dora the Explorer” themed and we held it at Peter Piper Pizza.
I love the Una theme, in fact it makes me want to blog myself but I have no idea what I would blog about. haha
July 28th, 2008
at 8:39 am
Thanks Brian.
There’s a lot to blog about, you can blog about your experiences, your thoughts or even create a blog about your photos. There are WordPress themes out there designed just for photoblogs. All you need to do is explore man. I’m sure you’ll love it.
July 29th, 2008
at 2:59 am
Just curious, are you from the Philippines?
July 29th, 2008
at 8:24 am
@Brian – Yes, I am. :)
August 7th, 2008
at 4:53 pm
You’re really good! Share ka naman ng tutorial kung pano gawin to. :)
August 7th, 2008
at 10:27 pm
@Joni: Sure. I’ll try to create a simple tutorial on how to draw in Adobe Illustrator. Thanks!
August 11th, 2008
at 5:06 pm
You are very talented I must admit, I have tried vectors before, and I can not even get close to your standard.
August 11th, 2008
at 10:24 pm
@Craig: Thanks so much. I couldn’t have created those vectors without inspiration and total dedication to my work.
August 12th, 2008
at 8:21 pm
pards my tatanungin ako. techy stuff.. anu email adress mo? mail moo ko dude pls..
August 20th, 2008
at 9:35 am
Hi dino ang cute naman ng baby mo and i love your vector illustrations. Thanks nga pla sa mga post ng comments mo sa blog ko. I was busy in my new work ngayon ko lang na check mga post of comments mo. Thanks again, have a great day.
August 26th, 2008
at 8:50 pm
Hey Dino, I’m a fan of your web-work and am interested in having a Typepad powered blog re-designed…see website above.
Give me a shout if you’re interested.
Best,
Rafael
March 28th, 2009
at 6:20 pm
This was nice!!
I’m thiking about installing the Una-theme on my blog, but i’ll have to figure out the Theme test drive-widget first :)
I’ll let you know if I do :)
April 26th, 2009
at 12:16 am
request! tutorial on vectors!
May 27th, 2009
at 9:46 pm
Thats certainly food for thought, where can I get more information on this?
May 29th, 2009
at 10:31 am
Great I’m loving your website.
July 7th, 2009
at 6:58 pm
Excellent blog, very thoughtful and to the point, keep up the good work.