4 Free Holiday Wallpapers (from RobTheDesigner.com)

Ho Ho Ho! ‘Tis the season of giving, and in the spirit of Christmas, I decided to share 4 holiday wallpapers I’ve made! Each wallpaper is 1920×1280 so they’ll wrap even your largest screen (I hope!). ENJOY!

Coffee Tumblers (from RobTheDesigner.com)

Keeping it WARM.

How long does that paper cup your barista gave you keep your coffee warm? 10 minutes? 20? If you’re like me, you’re a sipper, not a guzzler. And if you wanted an iced coffee, you would have ordered one! Sometimes checking your email gets more involved than you planned, and before you know it, 45 minutes have gone by and your coffee is staring at you, sad and forgotten.

Keeping it GREEN.

In 2005, “Americans used and discarded 14.4 billion disposable paper cups for hot beverages. If put end-to-end, those cups would circle the earth 55 times. Based on anticipated growth of specialty coffees, that number will grow to 23 billion by 2010—enough to circle the globe 88 times.” (Source: www.treehugger.com)

Keeping it YOURS.

In addition to being envioronmentally responsible, with a custom tumbler design, you’ll never grab your coworker’s latte by accident – an embarassing and costly office mishap!

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO…

Introducing officially-official Rob The Designer custom coffee tumbler art, easy to purchase, download and print! These tumbler designs make great stocking stuffers or birthday gifts, because you can’t find them anywhere else on the Internet! So go on, take a peek… you know you want to!

Illustration Friday – Entangled

This is a mirror posting from my new blog:

Here’s a reposting of an older illustration that fits “entangled” quite well, mainly because I am too busy to create something new. Hope you don’t mind.

I used to have nightmares of that clown doll from Poltergeist with its endless entangling arms.

THIS BLOG IS MOVING

WE’RE MOVING OUT! I’ve integrated and imported all my blog entries from here at WordPress.com to my Portfolio site.

Please head over to RobTheDesigner.com/wordpress to look for new illustrations, coffee tumblers, Clue characters, cartoons, and whatever else you feel like searching for.

BaconPOP! featured on Uncrate.com

BaconPOP! has been written up over at Uncrate.com, “the Web magazine for guys who love stuff!” Go check it out!

These guys have also done a write-up on Mmmvelopes! as well… I need to keep an eye on their site more often!

Product OneSheets for J&D Foods

If God didn’t want us to eat pigs, He wouldn’t have made them out of bacon!


Here are two of my most recent projects, Product OneSheets for J&D Foods’ newest products, Bacon Ranch and BaconPOP Microwave Popcorn! You can order these fine foods at www.jdfoods.net or www.BaconSalt.com, along with myriad other Bacon-themed products.

These guys have to easily be one of my favorite clients to create artwork for. Plus, what an ingenius company concept! And it was all made possible by a winning video on America’s Funniest Home Videos. How awesome.

Coming Soon: The Bacathlon!

Stay tuned for details on this great benefit event for childhood cancer patients…

Illustration Friday: Skinny

Video/Animation Projects

Samples of Video work I’ve done so far…

Title: Good Company
Role: Illustrator, Animator, Keying, Editing
Created Using: Adobe After Effects 7
Client: Media Partners

Title: SonSeeker Safari, Day 1
Role: Illustrator, Animator, Voices
Created Using: Adobe After Effects 7
Client: New Hope Free Will Baptist Church

Title: SonSeeker Safari, Day 3
Role: Illustrator, Animator, Voices
Created Using: Adobe After Effects 7
Client: New Hope Free Will Baptist Church

Title: Change and Innovation Through Brainstorming intro sequence
Role: Illustration, Animation
Created Using: Adobe After Effects 7
Client: Media Partners

Title: Change and Innovation Through Brainstorming copier battle sequence
Role: Illustration, Animation
Created Using: Adobe After Effects 7
Client: Media Partners

Title: Marlins Baseball Highlights
Role: Camera, Editing
Created Using: iMovie HD
Client: 2009 Marlins, Parks & Rec

Title: Heat Fastpitch Highlights
Role: Camera, Editing
Created Using: iMovie HD
Client: 2009 Heat, Parks & Rec

Craigslist Ad: Experienced Product Designer

Craigslist is one of the most popular sites on the Internet among people looking for something specific. Since it’s free to post ads, I’m taking advantage of this resource to post ads for my freelancing business. If you’re a freelance designer or illustrator as well, why not do the same? Here’s my recent ad:

I’m Rob, a freelance illustrator and graphic designer with over 10 years of professional agency/corporate design experience. I’ve worked with clients such as Microsoft, Cinnabon, Starbucks, Mrs. Fields Cookies and most recently, J&D Foods, makers of Bacon Salt ™ and Baconnaise ™!

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR CREATIVE, out-of-the-box solutions for your “in the box” products? Do you want a fun and fresh look that will help your products to JUMP off the shelf? Look no further!

Check out www.RobTheDesigner.com or email me at the address at the top of this ad today! Let’s get to work!

Rob Christianson
www.RobTheDesigner.com
253.217.2032

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