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Andy Van Koevering  

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Springish

Journal Entry: Thu Apr 10, 2008, 1:30 PM
Since it's spring, and classes are almost out, I feel I should go through and submit work I forgot about, and resubmit ones I want to refine. So there might be some new ones up, or some revised versions. If there are any you would like to see redone, then I am open to suggestions. I have been busy with finals, so I might get those up when they are done. I also am also trying to finish work, and make new ones, so maybe even more of that. Hopefully. I also might end up submitting some work from my photography class.

Thanks for everybody's support.

  • Listening to: Rain
  • Reading: Negima/curses/others
  • Watching: kodocha/ppgz
  • Playing: it's been a while, heh.
  • Eating: cow
  • Drinking: strawbanana smoohie

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 20
  • Current Residence: Mitten Zoo
  • Interests: skate....guitars.....Macs.....graphic design....videography
  • Favourite movie: umm.....
  • Favourite band or musician: I never feel the same, so none
  • Favourite genre of music: Nobody labels correctly anymore.
  • Favourite artist: Theodore Geisel, Joe Castrucci, Andrew Pommier
  • Favourite poet or writer: Theodor Geisel/Conor Oberst/Todd Fink/Bob Dylan
  • Favourite photographer: Dan Zaslavsky
  • Favourite style or digital art: exclusive and unique
  • Operating System: Leopard!!!
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod mini
  • Shell of choice: I had a dream where a spider had a shell body, and it's legs could recoil inside itself.
  • Wallpaper of choice: polka dotted CMYK splashed on a white-ribboned canvas, and random black paintings for decor
  • Skin of choice: apple skins.
  • Favourite game: MGS series/DMC series/We<3 Katamari
  • Favourite gaming platform: Playstation_and gamecube, currently.
  • Favourite cartoon character: undecided.
  • Personal Quote: -What are birds free from?
  • Tools of the Trade: illustrator, photoshop, Bamboo, sharpie, pencil, ERASER,

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~grusblot:icongrusblot: May 2, 2008, 11:03:34 AM
Thank you!, I am very happy to hear that! : )

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~jeremyrichter:iconjeremyrichter: Apr 30, 2008, 9:40:50 PM
You do great work!
I really like "Cryptid Hominid stamp series"!
*PaulSizer:iconPaulSizer: Apr 10, 2008, 6:08:34 AM
Hey Andy, thanks for the note. Yeah, I'd agree that one of the things I need to work on is making sure I don't let little mistakes bring down an entire image. It's an ongoing task for all artists, myself included.

I looked through your gallery. Looks pretty good, maybe a few comments:

1. You may want to work more with images that you've LiveTraced in Illustrator. Some of them just look LiveTraced, and a few tweaks could remove that generic look.

2. Generally, the components of your compositions seem to have all the same visual size, which applies to type and image. You may want to look at varying the size of type a little bit more, and think of type more like a foreground/middle ground/background kind of way.
The individual elements are fine, but they all kind of cancel each other out because they're all fighting for the same visual space. Some more hierarchy in the type and image would help several of these really stand out.

3. As for color work, I'm just working with a Wacom tablet and PhotoShop, and working more with layers and color/light FX to get a broader palette. I'm also bringing more organic texture in to counter-balance the more cel-shaded techniques I use. It's always a work in process.

Overall, your stuff looks pretty good. I think the design work will improve with having actual client requirements to it, as that will give it more focus and make you include more of the details most design work needs.
Keep up the good work. Hope my comments help.

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~m-U-n-s-t-e-r:iconm-U-n-s-t-e-r: Apr 10, 2008, 1:05:14 AM
thanks 4 da watch!

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*artume2-4:iconartume2-4: Apr 7, 2008, 3:07:47 PM
Hey, thank you for the watch!
*Firemane:iconFiremane: Apr 7, 2008, 12:15:16 PM
:heart: Thank you for the watch :heart:

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~Nunosk8:iconNunosk8: Mar 27, 2008, 9:56:35 AM Mood: Optimism
thanks for the watch :)

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*Inutaisess:iconInutaisess: Feb 29, 2008, 1:58:18 AM Mood: Joy
thanx for visitng my page.

hayashi mel

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*Q-Lok:iconQ-Lok: Feb 24, 2008, 11:14:06 PM
Hey there! Thanks for dropping by my devPage! ^_^

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`x-horizon:iconx-horizon: Feb 20, 2008, 7:53:11 AM
Good day, thanks for watching and sorry for my slow-ass
answers. Hope you have a great week.

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*rlehmann:iconrlehmann: Feb 19, 2008, 1:14:42 AM
Thanks for the kind words brother!

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*rlehmann:iconrlehmann: Jan 24, 2008, 1:45:32 PM
Thanks man

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~featherbrain:iconfeatherbrain: Jan 11, 2008, 3:28:05 AM
Andyyyy!

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~flyk:iconflyk: Nov 5, 2007, 9:12:42 PM
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~mynameisgavin:iconmynameisgavin: Aug 2, 2007, 2:51:50 PM
thanks for the commenttttt
~flyk:iconflyk: Jul 31, 2007, 9:59:16 AM
hey, thank you for the favorite
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*wildhysteria:iconwildhysteria: Jul 18, 2007, 8:14:55 AM
Thanks for visiting my page :wave:

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*rlehmann:iconrlehmann: Jul 13, 2007, 10:20:40 AM
Thanks for the add/comment

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=jhaumann:iconjhaumann: Apr 24, 2007, 4:20:55 AM
Thanks for the visit!
~WBHooligan:iconWBHooligan: Apr 16, 2007, 2:49:22 PM
Thanks for the watch mater. :ahoy: Cheers.

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~ducksXsayXmoo:iconducksXsayXmoo: Apr 6, 2007, 12:31:40 PM
thanks for the fav<3

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~grusblot:icongrusblot: Mar 17, 2007, 11:04:34 PM
thanks

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