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Hand Lettering: Made in Michigan The Movie

Nate Williams — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:02:09 +0000

Hand lettering for an editorial article in D Business Magazine about …. drum roll please … MADE IN MICHIGAN THE MOVIE .

These little clapper-boards were used to split up the various sections

Weddings Issue – Boston Globe

Nate Williams — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:30:42 +0000

Editorial illustration and Hand Lettering I created for The Boston Globe’s Wedding Issue … I think my favorite part of this project was thinking of different ways I could draw clouds.

Not your teen’s social network

Nate Williams — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:26:39 +0000

Editorial illustration for Family Circle Magazine about how social networks are attracting more than just teenagers now

Online Security

Nate Williams — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:09:30 +0000

Editorial illustration for an article about Online Security, Identity Theft, Secure Passwords, etc.

A methodology for creating new ideas

Nate Williams — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:40:49 +0000

This is a post is intended to give people a methodology for creating new ideas.
I have won awards for illustrations using this method ie “How To Manage Brilliant People” -2009 National Azbee Awards Gold and Bronze

A lot of the time when I create an editorial illustration an idea just pops into my head … but sometimes this does not happen, so I have this little methodology for creating new ideas that has helped me time and time again.

The idea behind this methodology is similar to writing a song. There are only a few musical notes, but by rearranging their order, length and speed you can create an infinite amount of songs.

Step 1 – Important Words

Try and think of the most important words related to your project … usually 2 to 4 words.

So for this project the creative brief was rather easy because it basically spelled it out:

“Empowering Teachers with Technology”

… but from experience it’s usually not too hard to think of 2 or 3 words.

So we now have our words: Empower, Teacher, Technology

Step 2 – Word Association

Next, for each of these 3 words .. think of other things associated with them … if you need help with this you can consult a Thesaurus or see what images are associated by searching Google Images or Flickr. These are the “notes” you will rearrange into “songs” … or ideas.

Empower	Teachers/Education	Technology
Bridge Helping Hand Ladder Crane Super Hero/Cape Power Electricity Motor Spark Ignite	Teacher Desk Books Brain Chalk Board World Map Apple Class room Graduation Cap Diploma	Computer Computer Chip Satellite Space Travel Math Formulas Schematics Rockets Molecules DNA Petri Dishes Telescopes Microscopes Light Bulb

Step 3 – “make a song”

Now that you have your “notes” think of ways you can rearrange them to convey meaning. Pick a word from each column and see if you can create an interesting idea. There are a number of ways to do this … change their size, their physical relationship to one another, their properties/material (metal=strong, ice=cold), etc.

Let’s see … what can we do? Maybe …

A crane driven by a teacher lowering a light-bulb into a student’s head.
A student climbing a DNA ladder to draw a light-bulb on a chalkboard
Students and a teacher crossing a bridge of computers to the moon
etc

“A Bridge to places out of this world”
Students and a teacher crossing a bridge of computers to the moon

“Ride The Brain Train”
The teacher’s brain is a vehicle that takes students to new places via technology/computer

“Knowledge Explosion”
leveraging the window/portal metaphor

“Super Teacher”
Teacher in a heroric position (foot on computer) a cape inspiring students

Here is the idea the client decided to go with …

I would love to hear if you have any methods for creating ideas??? Please post in comments below :)

“Laughing” Playboy Deutschland

Nate Williams — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:28:53 +0000

Here is an editorial image I did for, Playboy Deutschland, for an article about “laughter therapy session”.

another color option

… and another

Final Color they chose

Better Health Handbook

Nate Williams — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:34:37 +0000

Here is a series of illustrations I did for a magazine article about women’s health issues.

Eye Exam

Limited time with the doctor

Get a second opinion

Acing the your health exam

Consult your insurance provider

Hola Amiga Tshirts

Nate Williams — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:28:03 +0000

Wow blast from the past .. here are some old shirts I did for DeeDee Garcia. I wish I had one :(

Hola Amiga – Chicken and Bull

Happy Consumer

Run for your life! Here comes DEMOCRACY.

Illegal Immigrant Workers

Nate Williams — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:40:02 +0000

Here is an editorial illustration I did for an article about the US dependency on illegal immigrant labor.

BRILLIANT people

Nate Williams — Thu, 22 May 2008 02:18:47 +0000

“How to manage BRILLIANT people” a cover illustration for Computer World Magazine.