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High Five

vonglitschka — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:30:57 +0000

Project: Book Cover Illustration
Client: Peachpit Press
Art Director: Charlene Will

Author Mordy Golding asked Glitschka Studios to illustrate the cover for his latest “Real World Illustrator” book.

It’s always a challenge to create a cover that demonstrates and showcases new features in a software application, but do it in a fun and memorable way. For this design I focused on the fact that the new release was “CS5.” So I played off the number “5″ by featured the top “5″ new features, and kept the central focus the user.

Book Cover Illustration

Illustration in Context

Illustration Details

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Visually Intoxicating

vonglitschka — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:57:30 +0000

Project: Brand Character Design
Client: Tommy Knocker Brewery
Art Director: Jim Hargreaves

As a creative hired gun, Glitschka Studios does a lot of collaborative exploratory work for other agencies and design firms. Denver based Barnhart called on us to create a new brand character for a pitch they were developing for their client Tommy Knocker Brewery.

A character development like this represents an entire company and a product line, so the process can become long and drawn out. Often the focus moves off the bigger brand picture and gets bogged down in the minutia.

When a project languishes like this, the design may never be used and is almost always shelved.

Regardless of that reality, we’re happy with the work we provided in this creative partnership and think Barnhart did a great job implementing the character into the overall brand development.

“Tommy Knocker” Brand Character

“Tommy Knocker” Brand Character – With Shading

Packaging Design by Jim Hargreaves

Bottle Label Design by Jim Hargreaves | Alternate Logotype Concept by Glitschka Studios

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Vuly Trampolines

vonglitschka — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:01:22 +0000

Project: Corporate Identity
Client: Vuly Trampolines
Art Director: Von Glitschka

Glitschka Studios enjoys getting to know our clients. We take into consideration what type of personality and culture their business operates under, who their core audience is, and what message would best communicate with that audience. Our immersive approach towards understanding our clients industry allows us to then dream appropriately on their behalf so we can define a strategic solution that’ll make their business more successful.

Formerly known as “Australia Trampolines” our client was expanding their distribution and moving into the American market place and needed a new identity that would brand them globally. The inspiration for our brand mark design was derived from the circular shape of a trampoline, and the Vulcan god of smithery, and thus the new brand name “Vuly” was forged.

We strive to create long lasting, rewarding, and effectual relationships with our clients. If you have a project you’d like to bounce off us, we’d love the opportunity to jump on it.

Corporate Identity

Business Cards

Catalog Design – Front / Back Cover

Catalog Design – Spread Sample 1

Catalog Design – Spread Sample 2

Office Wall Application

Branded Corporate HQ

“Hex Vex” Trampoline Game – Logo & Game Icons

“Hex Vex” Trampoline Game

“Hex Vex” Game Instruction Sheet

Pad Pattern Design

Pad Label

Banner Ad

Olympic Athletic Uniforms

Promotional DVD Intro

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Tasty Visual Recipes

vonglitschka — Thu, 06 May 2010 23:48:44 +0000

Project: Linear Illustrations
Client: Hillebrand Cory
Art Director: Sara Stoner

Glitschka Studios enjoys it’s roll as a strategic design partner for other agencies when it comes to branding. Hillebrand Cory needed some fun linear illustrations to facilitate their print collateral concept for the National Restaurant Association, so we developed the visual recipe needed.

To help them achieve the look they were after we also designed a custom repeat pattern they could use as a background element on the cover.

What ever your creative appetite, we enjoy cooking up tasty solutions.

Cover Illustration

Interior Illustration

Repeat Pattern Design

Print Collateral designed by Hillebrand Cory

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The 4 Hats of a Creative Professional

vonglitschka — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:56:29 +0000

Project: 4 Hats of a Creative Professional
Client: Orozco Design
Art Director: Joven Orozco

Not all of our clients at Glitschka Studios are large business, this project was for a fellow small business. They wanted the artwork in a small world style, so I guess you could say it’s a small business world after all.

This specific art was to help illustrate “The 4 Hats of a Creative Professional.”

Character Illustrations

4 Hats: Marketing, Operations, Planning, Creative

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Editorial Linear

vonglitschka — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:15:38 +0000

Project: Continuous Line Illustration
Client: Oil and Gas Investor Magazine
Art Director: Marc Conly

When ever we create an illustration for editorial use we obviously have to read the article. Doing so has allowed us to understand new industries and the often subtle and not so subtle issues within them. From this informed perspective we’re able to create an appropriate visual for the article.

This full page illustration was for an article on shale gas replacing oil and offering a clean energy source moving into the future leaving old petroleum resources behind. We suggested using the linear line style because it’s a clean, efficient approach that matched the personality of the article while reflecting the attributes of the new energy source.

The end result is a nice sophisticated feel.

Editorial Illustration

Illustration Details

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Leaving My Comfort Zone

vonglitschka — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:54:31 +0000

Project: Non-Profit Design
Client: Life in Abundance
Art Director: Von Glitschka

At Glitschka Studios we love design. We thrive on the creative process and we love working with our clients to create captivating and effectual design that’ll make a difference to their bottom line. But that said, we certainly don’t think design or our industry for that matter is the most important thing in life. It’s not. A good life should inspire and facilitate design.

A friend of our studio Justin Ahrens has been doing just that through his work with “Life in Abundance” (LIA) and he invited us to be part of a team filming a documentary about the work LIA does in Nairobi, Kenya.

Our team will include a handful of creative people and we’ll be going into the Kiberia slums on the outskirts of Nairobi every day to shoot. We look forward to being part of this great work and leaving our comfort zones behind. You can support our efforts here.

“Comfort Zone” Design

Design Details

Apparel Graphic View / Order Shirt Here

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Stick It To Me!

vonglitschka — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:29:44 +0000

Project: Product Stickers
Client: Paslode
Art Director: Chris Mettler

Paslode, the nations largest manufacture of cordless pneumatic fastening systems for the construction industry hired Glitschka Studios to create a set of custom stickers that Paslode owners can personalize their tools with.

We created a unique die-cut specifically designed to wrap the top selling product in their line. In total we created four themes including one in a “Tribal Tattoo” style.

Let us custom build your next project.

“Tribal Tattoo” Top and Side Stickers.

Die-cut “Tribal Tattoo” Sticker Set.

Hand Lettered Logotype Design.

Sticker Package Header Card.

“Build Tough” Top Sticker and Apparel Graphic.

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Good Eats

vonglitschka — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:58:21 +0000

Project: Brand Character Development
Client: Bon Mangez
Art Director: Dickie Adams

An entrepreneurial client contacted Glitschka Studios about developing a new approach to syndicated food journalism. We love to cook up original creative recipes so we put on our conceptual chef hats and got to work.

We first developed a character called “Bon Mangez.” The name is French, “Bon” meaning “Good” and “Mangez” meaning “Eat.” Bon is a snarky but fair food critic personality the public will enjoy, and serves as a syndicated platform that localized writers can license and use to do restaurant reviews for print or online.

We also designed a fun and unique approach to the rating system, mustaches. And the hierarchy follows the guidelines set forth by the Association of Food Journalists.

“Bon Mangez” Brand Logo

“Bon Mangez” Character and Rating System Icons

First Run Publication

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Gamer Icons

vonglitschka — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:15:46 +0000

Project: Game Avatar Icons
Client: Upper Deck Company
Art Director: Brian Bateman

Huntik™ is a roll playing game produced by Upper Deck Company. Each character card in the set needed a custom avatar icon designed for it.

Simplicity is key when developing iconography. So being able to bake down complex character attributes so they work as a simplistic one color quickly read piece of art can be challenging.

Unfortunately due to the economy Upper Deck Company has now shut down their entertainment division and this killed the project before it ever saw the light of day.

Avatar Icons – Jericho & Midnight Rook

Avatar Icons – Vigilante & Wildwood Druid

Avatar Icons – Pendragon & Marauder

Avatar Icons – Caliban & Harlekin

Avatar Icons – Divine Kagami & Arc 2

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