Comments for Joe Mills http://www.joemills.com Illustration Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Sweets Factory by Joe Mills - The Sweets Factory http://www.joemills.com/portfolio/the-sweets-factory/comment-page-1/#comment-57997 Joe Mills - The Sweets Factory Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:27:34 +0000 http://www.joemills.com/?page_id=2677#comment-57997 [...] As for the overall treatment, I stuck with a set number of colors again. I continue to like that direction. Also, I did away with the gradients and shading I had done in some of my previous work. I wanted to give it a more graphic look so I only added a few areas of shading on the underside of objects and a handful of highlights. One other departure was the use of a non-black color for the outline. Plus, I really played with the width of the strokes to make everything pop since I could not rely on the gradients to give the work dimension. I plan on expanding on that style in some of my future work…it gives everything a nice graphic element. To see the portfolio page and a larger version, click here. [...] [...] As for the overall treatment, I stuck with a set number of colors again. I continue to like that direction. Also, I did away with the gradients and shading I had done in some of my previous work. I wanted to give it a more graphic look so I only added a few areas of shading on the underside of objects and a handful of highlights. One other departure was the use of a non-black color for the outline. Plus, I really played with the width of the strokes to make everything pop since I could not rely on the gradients to give the work dimension. I plan on expanding on that style in some of my future work…it gives everything a nice graphic element. To see the portfolio page and a larger version, click here. [...]

]]> Comment on Chicago Communities Map – Done! by joemills http://www.joemills.com/2012/01/20/chicago-communities-map-done/comment-page-1/#comment-57964 joemills Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:04:57 +0000 http://www.joemills.com/?p=2669#comment-57964 Thanks...I had gone so far as to add some of the more well-known neighborhoods on top of the communities, but it just looked cluttered. I know if I go through the process of trying to sell this it might hurt the "marketability" of it without Old Town, Wicker Park, Bucktown, etc on it, but I'm willing to take that risk for aesthetics. Actually, the one that bothers me the most is not having Back of the Yards. It covers most of New City, but I had never even heard of New City before. BTW, I realized I have not checked your site out in a while. I will need to get on that soon... Thanks…I had gone so far as to add some of the more well-known neighborhoods on top of the communities, but it just looked cluttered. I know if I go through the process of trying to sell this it might hurt the “marketability” of it without Old Town, Wicker Park, Bucktown, etc on it, but I’m willing to take that risk for aesthetics. Actually, the one that bothers me the most is not having Back of the Yards. It covers most of New City, but I had never even heard of New City before.

BTW, I realized I have not checked your site out in a while. I will need to get on that soon…

]]> Comment on Chicago Communities Map – Done! by PiVisuals http://www.joemills.com/2012/01/20/chicago-communities-map-done/comment-page-1/#comment-57957 PiVisuals Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:10:39 +0000 http://www.joemills.com/?p=2669#comment-57957 As usual, great job. The font really works. Sadly, it reminds me that Old Town is not a community but rather a subsection of Near North. I don't like it! Not sure why that bothers me... it just does. As usual, great job. The font really works. Sadly, it reminds me that Old Town is not a community but rather a subsection of Near North. I don’t like it! Not sure why that bothers me… it just does.

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