Colin Finkle

Industrial Designer. Author.

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  • Totally Rad Show background 1

    Totally Rad Show background 1

    One of my favorite things about the internet is that is has democratized media. One of the gems that have come out of that new media is The Totally Rad Show. At no other point in history could 3 guys with a camera, a garage and entertaining things to say reach so many people. The Totally Rad Show is a a daily podcast by Revision 3 that features commentary on movies, video games, and television from Alex Albrecht, Daniel Trachtenberg and Jeff Cannata. I was honoured that they chose me to illustrate a background for their show the week of December 6th, 2010.

    Producer Mike Gaines and I decided that an Epic Mickey themed background was a good direction because of the anticipation the guys had to review the Wii video game. My starting point was a great painting made as promotional material for the game. I illustrated the logo in and painted the guys in. I kept a close eye on the lighting and matching the brush stroke texture

    This is a painting for the promotion of Epic Mickey the Wii game. I did NOT do this painting. It was the starting point for the project.This the the illustration that I did for the Totally Rad Show. I inserted in guys in the painting and the logo in.

  • Smoke FX infographics

    Smoke FX infographics

    These are two of 18 graphics that I produced for Smoke FX that were published as homework aids for high school students doing projects on smoking as part of the Canadian high school curriculum. I did this as part of my freelance work with FireBrand Creative.

    This is a presentation for the graphic design of graphs for Smoke FX. One shows the decline of teen smoking percentage. The other shows that 84% of teens don't smoke.This is a graph for Smoke FX that shows the decline in teen smoking in the last 2 decades.