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TEDxToronto

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:42:06 +0000

With the 2011 TEDxToronto theme “Redefinition”, we set our task to redefine presence and participation. Using physical sensors & social media, we set out to bridge the disconnect between the online and physical.

Putting together a library of 500 samples, from 17 world renowned producers, we set the base for what would be a live composition directed by all those following TEDxToronto on the day of the event. Whether they were at the venue, interacting with our visualizations, triggering visual, sonic or motion sensors – or whether they were watching the live feed and tweeting from the cyberspace – they would all become composers and directors with their output interspersed throughout the venue in the form of music and visuals.

Music in the installation produced by the following artists: Jimmy Edgar, Si Begg, Tim Exile, Trifonic, Drumcell, Kero, Yoko K., Audionerve, Adrian Ellis, Andrew Lauzon, BXFTYS Audio, AudioAndroid, Marco Morales, Lodewijk Vos, Darren Wiener, Matt Davis and Drasko V.

The Boring Gallery

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:53:39 +0000

The Boring Gallery is an interactive installation & online gallery. The installation was held for four days in May of 2011. There are three major components to The Boring Gallery: a database of tweets about boredom, an interactive touch screen application and an online gallery of user-generated artworks.

During four days of the installation, The Boring Gallery was monitoring Twitter in 6 cities: Chicago, Atlanta, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles and London. It was looking for people complaining about things and activities they found boring. Over four days, the application accumulated hundreds of complaints like “life is boring”, “people are boring”, “church is boring” from people in these cities. These complaints are the inspiration and the driving force behind each and every artwork displayed in the gallery.

All artworks and more information about the project can be found at www.TheBoringGallery.com

GSP iPhone Game

admin — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:56:44 +0000

Georges St-Pierre’s Strike Challenge is an iPhone punching game that I had a pleasure of working on. The player’s goal is to work his or her way up to a final showdown with Georges. At the beginning of the game, the player creates an avatar (male or female) that becomes more badass from level to level. Each level is a set of striking drills that get progressively harder. First level is “work the bag”, where the goal is to perform a light, medium or heavy strike. The strength of the strike is measured by the accelerometer. Towards final levels, the goal of the game is to throw combinations of strikes, for example medium-light-medium.

My roles: Art Direction, Creative Direction & Design Execution

The game is now in the App Store, as part of the gaming zone in the official GSP Mobile Application

Avatar progression through out the levels

Different reactions from Georges and his coach

CP24

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:26:35 +0000

CP24 is your source for Toronto’s breaking news and top stories. With Toronto’s most up-to-date traffic and weather reporting and information on all your favorite CP24 Talk Shows, the CP24 app has you covered!

This app features:
- Toronto’s breaking news stories
- Sports, Entertainment and Feature sections
- Vote in our daily poll
- Beat the Traffic delay information and traffic camera images covering the GTA
- Current conditions, daily and 5 day forecast for Toronto, plus many other weather details
- Up to date Lotto results
- Detailed information about CP24 Talk Shows
- Connect with the CP24 team – send us tips and feedback

I developed the visual language of the app & designed the UI of the platform.
This app is now on iTunes!

Niseko

admin — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 05:16:25 +0000

At the end of 2010, I booked a vacation to ski Niseko, an area in Northern Hokkaido, Japan that is very famous for its light fluffy powder. Before I went on the trip, I felt inspired and decided to put together an illustration which then turned into a blog theme, an iPhone background and a New Years card I gave to my friends and family.

You can see some memories from my adventures at japan.ivansharko.com

By the end of our travels, I put together a short video of the amazing skiing we got to experience

“I AM A POSTER” Poster

admin — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:59:52 +0000

This is a poster about a poster. It explains in very brief detail some key concepts that are key to creating a poster: grid, CMYK, printing & paper, typography and graphic design.

RogersCup

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:25:40 +0000

At Indusblue we designed & developed an iPhone and mobile web site for Rogers Cup. It featured everything you needed to know about the event, the players and the games in progress. Sports are tricky business when it comes to delivery, and you need the flexibility to change things on the fly. When building the iPhone app, this was our primary concern with Apple approvals of a timely app. So we decided to take the approach of a hybrid app, one that contained all the results data in HTML webviews with the app itself a native shell. We were glad we did as sure enough we needed to change things on the fly and our hybrid approach certainly paid off. My task was to develop the visual language of the application and ensure consistency in design between the mobile website and the iPhone app.

Lion

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 06:06:58 +0000

Self-initiated illustration

MTV/Messenger Casting Call

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:20:37 +0000

MTV & Messenger offered MTV fans the ability to submit their casting videos through a contest website for a chance to win an opportunity to star in their own show on MTC.ca. Once the contestant video passed moderation, it was available on the website for others to view. Each contestant had an opportunity to promote their video by attaching their Twitter & Facebook feeds of themselves to their video profile.

MTV provided this commercial as a take-off point for creative inspiration.

Taking the commercial as an inspiration, I created an environment of the website that directly tied to the video set.

MovePlayCreate Demo Reel

admin — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:39:42 +0000

This is a demo reel of my work I put together for an FITC event. It was looping on a projector screen for a day along with other submitted videos.