EDGARAS CERNIKAS edgarcern@gmail.com +370 67376369
DESIGN PORTFOLIO Artwork & Illustration Print Design Web Design Concept Sketching
2015
CV
PROFILE
Reliable graphic designer able to produce a wide range of creative work. 5+ years of experience creating high visual impact graphical content. Have a strong background in working as part of a team with printers, illustrators, web developers and marketing specialists.
KEY SKILLS
Excellent graphic design, typography, sketching, composition and presentation skills. Design research and critical thinking abilities, keen to assist, take initiative or collaborate. Fluent in written and spoken English, Lithuanian and Russian languages.
EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer / Sep 2014 - Dec 2014 / London, UK Instant Access Technologies (Retail Technology Company) • Helped to grow bigDL.com and epoints.com into the respectable brands they are today with valuable visual content creation for Web Apps, Social Media, Blog and Advertising. • Developing digital illustrations from the initial concept ideas. Illustrator / Graphic Designer / Sep 2012 - Aug 2014 / Lithuania Pakruojis Manor (Tourism & Recreation object) • Designing and illustrating maps that help people navigate through the area. • Developing brand identity elements, booklets, flyers, posters, and large format print design. • Brainstorming creative ideas with the staff to attract more people to explore the manor. Freelance Concept Artist / Jan 2010 - Sep 2012 / Lithuania Home Studio • Producing a wide range of creative environment, prop and vehicular concept art sketches. • Solving design problems through rough sketching and conceptualization. • Creating finalized illustrations from initial sketches to communicate all aspects of visual design.
EDUCATION
Vilnius Academy of Arts / Oct 2007 - Jul 2013 / Lithuania Master's degree in Visual Design (MA). Adomas Brakas Art School / Sep 2003 - Jul 2007 / Lithuania Completed a 4 year course in an art school.
SOFTWARE
Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 3D Modeling/Rendering: Rhino3D, KeyShot
PROJECTS
ARTWORK & ILLUSTRATION 04
Part of an Old Town in City Klaipeda
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Play Rug for Children
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Brochure “Information Graphics in an Urban Environment”
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Illustrated Map “Activities in Pakruojis Manor”
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Poster “Entertainment in Manor’s Smithy”
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Logotypes
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Still Motion Photography
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Website Lab
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Aircraft Models “From Sketch to Render”
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Vehicles and Aircraft
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Sci-Fi Environments
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Conceptual Buildings
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Classic Architecture
PRINT DESIGN
WEB DESIGN
CONCEPT SKETCHING
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ARTWORK & ILLUSTRATION A series of artwork and illustrations from my freelance and individual projects.
PART OF AN OLD TOWN IN CITY KLAIPEDA This illustration conveys a German architectural style building that is a part of an old town landscape of city Klaipeda in Lithuania. I had applied flat style to it and kept the stylistic coherence between the objects.
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ARTWORK & ILLUSTRATION
PLAY RUG FOR CHILDREN A Client asked me to design a playful and interactive road map play rug based on Lithuanian capital city Vilnius. This practical rug is a great addition to any kid’s bedroom or playroom.
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ARTWORK & ILLUSTRATION
PRINT DESIGN A collection of various projects that were done while working as a graphic designer in firms.
BROCHURE
“INFORMATION GRAPHICS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT”
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PRINT DESIGN
Once I did a research on an impact of information graphics around us. I had analyzed the iconic examples of our era and put my findings together in this brochure.
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ILLUSTRATED MAP “ACTIVITIES IN PAKRUOJIS MANOR” 1
I was asked to create an illustrated map of the Pakruojis
in an illustrative form. I traveled to manor by myself
Manor area that is located in Lithuania. The request was
and took many reference photos of buildings and other
to represent all of the buildings and objects of interest
important objects that must be included into the map.
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1. Palace
4. Windmill 3D model
2. Arch bridge, watermill and hotel
5. Watermill and hotel 3D models
3. Palace 3D model
6. Arch bridge 3D model
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PRINT DESIGN
7. Manor’s area final 3D model
Modeling Objects
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I decided to put the same amount of detail in each of the objects. Everything was modeled on a single plane and the placement of the 3D models was done using Google Maps aerial imagery.
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During the next stage of the project I’ve established the
changed my working environment into a image-editing
angle of view for the upcoming map and converted all
software and added elements such as terrain, water,
of my 3D modeled elements into 2D lineworks. Now I
trees and animals. Turn the next page to see the results.
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What to Do in the Biggest Manor in Lithuania? • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Escape together to the Love Island. Visit Manor exhibitions and expositions. Send a letter written by real goose feather. Meet the Manor homestead farm animals. Test the power of the legend of the Gates of Paradise. Celebrate a special occasion in the Ruins of the Manor. Ride on a horse, or visit horses in the horse barns. Have fun and romp at hay fortresses. Take a rest in a cozy hotel “Stadala”. Celebrate a birthday party or organize a conference. Row a boat in the river Kruoja or ride vintage bikes. Get more info at Information Centre. Get to know FARM Lithuanian herbs and vegetables.
LOVE ISLAND
CENTRAL SQUARE
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E TO T H ENTER C IT Y C
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Get frightened by the old torture peculiarities. Have your photo taken wearing courtier outfits. Attend the wedding performance of Žaldokas. Try out the pleasures of the amber bath and SPA. Taste the culinary heritage dishes. Listen to the concert by candlelight.
Central Manor Palace
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Odour Museum
Childre
Mews
Pharm
The Carriage House
The Far
Cattle Shed
Wardro
Stables
The Pe
Become a Courtier for a Day!
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PARK
See the birds life up close Watch the movie in a real Wind Mill Go swimming or catch a fish of a lifetime Go over river Kruoja by unique five arch bridge Mint the nail of happiness or coin to entice the fortunes Celebrate courtier weddings or a special family occasions Go for a ride in Pakruojis Manor homestead in a carriage or a sleigh Get acquainted with the history of odors and their evolution through time Ride on a horse in Pakruojis Manor homestead and feed the legendary horses “Žemaitukai” for stables visitors / for riding arena visitors
for day visitors
for day visitors / for hotel guests
for White Ball Hall visitors
Atelier
The Martyrs Museum
The Gates of Paradise
The Movie Theater
en’s Playground
The White Ball Hall
Boats
Bird Watching
macist – Herbalist
Craft Workshops
The Ruins
Hotel “Stadala”
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The Love Island
The Arch bridge
Restaurant “Traktierius”
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The Smithy
SPA
Info Center
erformance
Coal Kiln
Wi-Fi Spot
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POSTER “ENTERTAINMENT IN MANOR’S SMITHY”
The concept behind this poster is to reflect the main activities in Pakruojis manor’s smithy. Descriptions inside the poster declares that with a guidance of a blacksmith, every visitor can make his own nail of happiness or a coin with an imprint of a manorial palace graphic.
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PRINT DESIGN
I designed this poster using a warm color palette to make
deals with the vertical layout. Stylized graphics of a coin
associations of fire and burning iron. A condensed font
and a nail were added to convey the objects of choice.
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LOGOTYPES
100 %
100 %
35 mm
35 mm
a detailed version for medium
a version with simplified graphics
or large scale printing
for small scale printing
50 %
50 %
20 mm
20 mm
too much details
still visible at small sizes
Logotype for Pakruojis Manor I’ve designed an official logo for Pakruojis manor complex in Lithuania. There is two versions of logo for various printing purposes. The logo itself depicts the view of a manor’s palace represented through elegant linework.
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PRINT DESIGN
100 %
100 %
28 mm
28 mm
lithuanian version
english version
Vytis of Lithuania
Lithuania map shape
Bolnur-Katskhuri crosses
Georgia map shape
Logotype for 4x4 Expedition In January 2014 there was an off road club expedition from Lithuania to Georgia. One of my clients was a club member and asked me to design a logo to promote the event. The final result is a combination of symbolics of the countries.
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WEB DESIGN A collection of website projects made in collaboration with web developers, web analysts and marketing specialists.
STILL MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY Introducing professional photographer services specializing in all genres of photography. This website had to be vibrant and convey the creativity behind each photo shoot.
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WEB DESIGN
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WEBSITE LAB A team of web developers asked me to come up with a creative idea for their portfolio website. I took the chemistry theme to emphasize the special ingredients such as design that is vital for a well developed website.
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WEB DESIGN
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CONCEPT SKETCHING Sketches of an imaginary vehicles, aircraft models, environments and architectural objects that could be featured in video games or animation.
S3 AIRCRAFT Final Render TWO SET OF WINGS FOR BETTER AEROBATIC PERFORMANCE
MODIFIED LIGHTWEIGHT JET ENGINE
QUICK RESPONSE RUDDER CONTROL
LANDING GEAR WITH SUSPENSION AND HIGH QUALITY RC 6404 TIRES
Form Exploration
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
Concept Exploration
Final Concepts
video game or animation. The main idea was to blend the
AIRCRAFT MODELS
modern and classic aircraft fuselage elements into one.
FROM SKETCH TO RENDER
An imaginary aircraft model that could be used for a
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VEHICLES AND AIRCRAFT
I found drawing vehicles and aircraft to be an excellent
were drawn using the same principles of sculpting along
way for practicing curved forms because of their
the construction lines. All the section and construction
aerodynamic shapes. All of these four drawings above
lines are visible to help read the form more clearly.
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
Medium: pencil and ballpen Type: from imagination Time: 1 hour each
Year: 2014
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
Linework
Value Block In
Shading
Texturing
Linework
Value Block In
Shading
Clean Up
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SCI-FI ENVIRONMENTS Within this compilation of sketches I’ve tried to convey various imaginary environments. Trying to emphasize the atmosphere playing with the scale and lineweight.
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
Medium: liner and markers Type: from imagination Time: 1 hour each set
Year: 2014
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CONCEPTUAL BUILDINGS This set of an imaginary buildings sketches were inspired by playing video games. I drew my own structures that could be adapted in a video game level or animation.
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
Medium: ballpen
Type: from imagination
Time: 1 hour each
Year: 2014
Observation Building
Base Platform
Additional Deck Multiple Levels
Top Floor Balcony
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CONCEPT SKETCHING
CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE All of these fragments are a true architectural gems from Lithuania. Two bigger compositions are an observational drawings of the Pazaislis monastery in Kaunas, Lithuania. The tiny sketch in the right lower corner conveys the view of an old catholic church in Kelme, Lithuania.
Medium: pencils and ballpen Type: from observation Time: 3 hours each
Year: 2013
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Every great project starts with a sketch! To hire me please contact by
edgarcern@gmail.com
Thank you for your time.