I was hired by the greatest hardcore band to ever come out of Tokyo, Japan to create their new logo to hype fans up for their 2010 return to the music scene.
I designed this calendar as an entry to the Smashing Magazine November 2009 Monthly Calendar Contest. It was chosen and featured as a free download on the Smashing Magazine site. You can view it here.
This image was originally created for a wallpaper series I was going to release last year titled “Nightshade Vol. 1″ It was never released but who knows? I might end up releasing it in the near future.
Inspiration is sometimes really hard to acquire when you’re bombarded all day with bad design. So out of my lowest moment, I was able to put this piece together by just putting type and shapes together.
This is a Logo design for A brighter Day, a solo acoustic act created by Scottie Noonan, a 16 year old singer/songwriter from Enid, Oklahoma.
If I had the power to put on a show with any band I would ever want, these 3 bands would definitely be on the bill.
This is a Typographic Retro Futurism design I created using and mixing blending modes, lighting effects, and masks. FYI, there’s no real meaning behind the title.
This is one of my very first motion graphics pieces I did when I was starting to get into animation. Its a spec spot for Ozomatli’s album Street Signs. (I know the album name is wrong in the video)
I created this shirt design for a clothing company I owned a couple years ago called “MurderTrust Apparel”
This is a spec piece I did for the 1st Generation Apple iPod Touch.
For the past couple of weeks now, I’ve been working with a super talented musician from Enid, Oklahoma by the name of Scottie Noonan on numerous designs for his solo acoustic project titled A brighter Day. He is currently trying to promote his project and expand to a wider audience. And so that’s where I [...]
On Wednesday, August 11th, 2010, The new DesignByRaul site was launched. I managed to get a lot of people’s attention by utilizing social media to advertise and make sure people were aware of the upcoming launch. After receiving a ton of good feedback from fellow designers and personal friends of mine, I was eager to [...]
I’d like to welcome you all to the new and improved DesignByRaul[dot]com! This new version of the site has been in the works for the past few months and as my fellow colleagues can vouch for, has gone through NUMEROUS changes and redesigns. But I decided to stick with the first original design I started [...]