Jahzel Misner

False Creek Plastic Surgery – Web Design

Jahzel — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:54:28 +0000

I am very behind in my blogging, so I am going to be a rebel and post twice today. I am currently working on a website for a Plastic Surgery Centre at False Creek Healthcare. The art direction is clean and minimalist. I personally favour the minimalist style; however, this client loves the clean/sparse even more than I do. It was a very different experience being asked for less colour and more simple! Here are my top 3 favorites of the design mockups.

CRM Interface Design & Icons

Jahzel — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:25:49 +0000

GUI, logo and icon design for Customer Relationship Management software for False Creek Healthcare Centre. There were 2 directions that were requested – fun and quirky, and clean and sexy. Such opposing directions resulted in many many mockups. (!)

2 mockups that almost made the cut. I had actually started implementing the CSS and graphics for the green mockup before a last minute decision changed the whole look:

The Final Version, this is an actual screenshot from the finished software:

Btw Microsoft, you guys need to have more icons in your CRM.

Logos:

Nicli Antica Pizzeria Website Design

Jahzel — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:42:11 +0000

Authentic Neapolitan Pizza is coming to Vancouver. Is anyone else as excited about this as me? If only I weren’t lactose intolerant. Below are the 3 website mockups I designed for Nicli Antica Pizzeria.

Nicli Antica Pizzeria – Neapolitan Pizza will be opening in Vancouver later this Summer. Follow Niclia Antica Pizzeria on Twitter for the latest news.

Note: Images and text are used for mockup purposes and will not be used for the final production.

False Creek Logo Design

Jahzel — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:36:45 +0000

The first set of logo compositions for False Creek Healthcare Centre. The themes for these logos focused on Hope, Partners, Urgent Care and Canada. As usual labelled numerically with comic sans ms. All fonts deserve love.

Green Collar Redesign

Jahzel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:45:56 +0000

To redesign or to not redesign, that is the question

Not all redesigns require a brand overhaul. The need to rebrand every time is a mistake that new designers often make. We’ve all been there, the need to make the design truly yours can be tempting. Over zealous rebranding however is a good way to alienate a client. Green Collar already has a great brand and a great looking site. What they want is to clean up their site to give it a sleeker and more sophisticated appearance.

New Site

Old Site

The old Green Collar site is not bad, however there are issues with Hierarchy. The first question I ask is which elements are the most important.

1. Logo

I increased the dominance of the logo by adding white space around it. I also reduced the real estate of the login bar and donate menu to further increase the dominance of the logo.

2. Menu

Lightened the colours in the menu so that it doesn’t overtake the logo. This also removes the very heavy line dividing the header into two.

3. Header

Increased the white space around the header and reduced the white space as the page goes down. This increases the dominance of the header while encouraging the eye to travel down the page.

4. News/Blog buttons

Removed “Read this post” buttons as the headliner links to the same content.

5. Featured Organization banners

Reduced the size of externally linked partner banners.

I also worked on consistency. I toned down the colour palette by making sure the same shades of blues and greens were used. I hacked away at their CSS so that the font types and sizes were consistent.

All the changes I made were small, but it lends to a more cohesive website.

My First Doodles of 2010

Jahzel — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:54:12 +0000

The first 2 drawings I’ve done in the new year. Here Comes the Bride was designed for my company Something Green. As for the Pikachu inspired bunnies, I have no explanation.

Media: Illustrator

No Money, No Problem Christmas

Jahzel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:22:45 +0000

December rolls along and I realize I have not saved up nearly enough money to buy my friends and families Christmas gifts. (Curse you unemployment!) Thought I’m sure my friends miss my usual economy class gifts of soaps, chocolates or movie tickets, I really hope they enjoyed my “hand-made” gifts better.

A flash game I made for Corinne. Play Game. (Warning, corny music)

A personalized My Little Pony I drew for Harv. An acrylic painting for Jerah.

Happy Holidays!

Jahzel — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:12:23 +0000

It’s that time of year again. I’ve made cards with ice queens, penguins, snowmen and carolers. For this year, Devin suggested robots.

Card Variations.

Mehndi Card Design – Something Green

Jahzel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:42 +0000

New card design for Something Green. Drawing in this style requires a lot of patience and many breaks to keep from getting sloppy. This is the 2nd time I’ve drawn in this style (see Henna card). This time around I had a plan. During Henna I was too anxious about getting all the details and swoops in that I neglected the composition. The result was an un-anchored layout (it feels floaty). With Mehndi, I stuck to basic outlines until I was happy with the composition and white space balance. Lesson learned.

Sci-Fi RTS Front End

Jahzel — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:14:06 +0000

Another UI practice for me. Graphics and icons by me. 3D background by Visual Paradox.
These are mockups, not a real game. However, I was playing the Battlestar Galactica board game before designing these and took much of the game mechanics as inspiration. Note to self: Learn how to draw spaceships.