When I received the project to create a website for the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets, there was already a logo in place, it was just under-developed. The icon of the Bee stood alone, with undefined lines, hands, and details. I created the “Y” graphic based on common vintage baseball typography. I also added a third color, [...]
Velocity Trading
The word Velocity comes preloaded with immediate ideas of graphic representation. For me, and for this company however, I chose to represent the concept of perpetual motion. The company was founded on the idea that velocity of money is the best way to create wealth – keeping it standing still will yield a lower return [...]
Great Norther River Festival Logo
With this logo wanted to capture the speed, water and intensity that only an image one of the boats would provide. I also knew I wanted to create a graphic illustration for the entire design of the campaign which I was responsible for. The result was an icon sketched from a photo in illustrator. I [...]
iCare Web Application
The iCare Monitoring system was built using HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL and Flash – Actionscript. The User Interface needed to be developed considering deployment on website, handhelds and other devices. The integration of the core application written in Actionscript took required balanced team-work between the backend developers and myself leading the requirement gathering, modeling, [...]
Kubrick’s Ministry Tribute Video
[flv:http://mikeolaski.com/wp-content/uploads/fmj.flv 320 240] This movie trailer is a reworking of a favorite Stanley Kubrick movie called “Full Metal Jacket”. The hook here is the use of a song called “Thieves” by the industrial metal group, “Ministry”. The song uses as it’s lyrics the dialogue from the film. In editing the trailer, the linear separation of [...]
Visual Communication Flash Presentation
This flash presentation illustrates my ability to not only present material in a conceptually relevant and interesting way, but also my ability to see beyond the project to a bigger picture. In this case, the proposal to redesign the curriculum of my alma matter’s Visual Communications department. Each panel represents a discipline in Multimedia and [...]
Pepsi Point of Sale 3D Modeling
Using the software Lightwave to create life and photo-realistic images for both animation and still image design. The modelling of elements allows for detailed textures to be place in three dimensions and exported in a variety of ways. Models can also be used in Lightwave for animations to be used in banner ads, commercials, motion [...]
Space Monkey – Promotional DVD
DVD design and development, while similar to software and websites in the layout of user interface objects, differs greatly in the technology needed to build the application. This particular piece uses Photoshop to create stills and graphic resources, as well as layered files for button states. Adobe After Effects and Apple Final Cut Pro were [...]
Palm Springs Indian Canyon Golf Course
Even though I am not retired, I thought I would check out Palm Springs – mostly because my retired Father was there and well, it beats Saskatoon in the winter – I can be anywhere with palm trees in the winter. This shot is from the Indian Canyon Golf and Country Club – South. The [...]
2008 Photo Gallery
2008 started living Pura Vida in Gunacoste, Costa Rica. I would spend most of January on the Gold Coast before heading to the Gulf Coast of Texas; Houston, Galveston and Brownsville. From Texas to Florida and Back to Saskatoon for most of the Summer. The Fall brought me through Calgary, Kimberley and Vancouver before returning [...]
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