Jordan Mattmiller

_Artwork

Purple Star
Orion Nebula
Navi Logo
Grape NOS
Pine Cone Bar
Carcosa
Supernova
The Watcher
Gas Mask
Work Samples

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Purple Star

This image came to me in a dream. When I woke up, I tried recreating the absolute awe that I was in when I first witnessed it. The sheer immensity of the object, warping space around it. Shimmering through the stars at an unnatural pace.
Truly a godly figure.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Orion Nebula

This animated gif was created using a real NASA image of the Orion Nebula. I love aliens, and I thought it looked like a heart. Do you believe that aliens are out there somewhere in the cosmos?

Programs:

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Illustrator
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Navi Digital Media

This is a full logo redesign that I did for Navi Digital Media. The project involved redesigning the logo while maintaining a few of the original design elements. Ongoing collaboration with the client helped finalize the edits they requested, and then then I sent the logo in several different colors, sizes, and formats.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Grape NOS

I love Grape NOS so much that I made a full scale replica of the NOS GT Grape energy drink label. This might not be very impressive on its own, but no assets were used; I created every element from scratch! Measurements were taken using a ruler and caliper to determine the exact size and location of each element.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Pine Cone Bar

This little fish is so detailed, this picture just can't do it justice. I traced this fish from a low-quality image. He is made up of four colors. All of the color separations for this whole project needed to be perfect; to ensure that each color could be screen-printed without any colors showing through the areas where they touch. This includes the pine cones and the little pine needles!

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Carcosa

A large poster design inspired by the podcast Malevolent! I wanted to recreate the feeling of the twisted atmosphere present in the second season, a door inviting you in, an eye always watching, eerie shadows that move when you aren't looking, or stars that shine the wrong color.
Are they stars? Do you feel them gazing back at you, too?

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Supernova

A desktop wallpaper I made for myself, inspired by stars and supernovas! In this project I used gradient meshes, color dodging, and image layering to achieve a vibrant cosmic effect. I think the unfathomable power of a supernova will probably never be felt through an image, but this one sure shines bright.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Watcher

I made this poster design when I was inspired by The Magnus Archives podcast. I had a lot of fun experimenting with overlapping color modes, 3D shapes, blue noise textures, gradients, and even the unique pattern designs.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator
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Gas Mask

A pencil drawing of a free-to-use historical image. This realism drawing was created using a technique of tracing basic shapes, matching values, and filling in details. Time to completion: ~25 Hrs.

Medium:

Pencil
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Work Samples

This is a collage of decals I worked on during my time working for Metallics. Each piece had to be separated into specific color channels, matching ANSI standards and Pantone colors. I then trapped the colors to our screenprinters' standards to ensure no registration errors would be made on overlapping colors. Most of the artwork required me to transform the art from raster content to full vector for maximum quality when printing.

Programs:

Adobe Illustrator