Kristie Taphouse
Graphic Design - Comics - Animation
COMICS
Art Work
I postcard design for a comic book class' in-store signing without color
The Colored version of my Shirt design for my College anime club the theme was the officers as chibis
The T-shirt design for anime club based on the theme of S.O.A. or Sword Art Online and the video game of Fire Emblem.
The theme for the year was Attack on Titan a Famous anime and a colleague and myself put this together he did the character drawing in the front center and I did the text and layout.
Designing a postcard for the State of Michigan I’m working with Graphics and layout.
A page taken from a chapter in a compiled book of various comics I have created over the course of my comic book training.
Medium: Oil on Canvas A collage of images that remind me of my college life.
Medium: oil on canvas Taking a still life, beginning with blocking out shapes then going in and hashing out the details of each figure while still leaving the original shape.
Medium: gouache on watercolor paper Using shapes to create an intricate pattern. Inspired by Native american quilts
Medium: Gouache on watercolor paper Using more organic line work to create a piece that moves and gives the feeling a being alive.
Medium: Gouache on watercolor paper Using different forms of line work and design elements to create an unique piece.
medium: gouache on watercolor paper A close up of the native american inspired design.
Design
Image of how my redesign Wizard magazine looks on a magazine stand.
Here I took the Wizard Magazine that focuses on the pop culture world of Comic and entertainment I have redesigned the covers and main article spreads on the Green Lantern piece back in 2011. This piece focuses on Type and design.
Here I took the Wizard Magazine that focuses on the pop culture world of Comic and entertainment I’ve redesigned the covers and main article spreads on the Green Lantern piece back in 2011. This piece focuses on Type and design.
Views of how app looks on a tablet screen
Given the problem to help states parks create a way get people to come back to the parks and to get more interaction and aid in finding to parks through technology and the like so I design a layout for a mobile app the corresponds with the website layout.
Given the problem to help states parks create a way get people to come back to the parks and to get more interaction and aid in finding to parks through technology and the like so I design a layout for a mobile app the corresponds with the website layout.
Video
The topic is "An experience" the act of buying a comic book and there being only one is shown. The characters of Peter Parker, MJ, and Carly from The Amazing Spiderman: Spider Island issue 668 created by Dan Slott, Humerto Ramos & Victor Olazaba were used to tell the story. The audio is a recording of the Marvel opening sequene used for their movies. This was made in Adobe Flash.
Using Flash the video was created using a word that was a contranym meaning or a word with multiple meanings. The project focuses mainly on Typography and Animation. No images allowed. Program used was Adobe Flash.
Stopmotion Video to the theme Design Is(...) my partner Erica Garcia and myself chose "Challenges the Mind" as our topic. Using magazine and newspaper clips to make our video the setting is the display case just outside the elevators on the ground floor of the Kersge Art Center. This was challenging to put together in it's own rights in what to use and how to set it up plus keeping the same frame for each picture.
Computer
Generated Video
First animation project I did some of the modeling in this one such as the solar lights in the background, the spotlight stand and the yard sign.
The concept is based on the Creature Comforts videos where the video is like a talk show. The audio is the Charlie Sheen 'Tiger Blood' interview. I did the animating in this one and had two amazing teammates rig, model, render, and edit. I drew the end credits though.