Ninja Robot Monkey!

Adobe Illustrator CS2

    I had an old illustration I decided to expand on.  I wanted to add a blurred background to make the sharp vector character pop forward, and I wanted to add a logo.

    I made a purple triangle and placed it behind everything.  I rasterized the triangle and added film grain texture.  I added zoom blur to get the speed effect.

    The title text is LCD.  I wanted the text to look like LCD numbers on an alarm clock.  I copied and pasted two versions of the text behind the original.  I moved one set slightly to the right and the other to the left.  I lowered the transparencies, then changed the colors to add depth.  I created a row of thin lines in front of the text.  I played with the transparency and colors to achieve the T.V. lines effect.

Birthday Boy Anthropomorph

Adobe Illustrator CS 2

I don't know how much this actually looks like the boy I based the picture on, but for me, it captures some of his thoughtfulness and complexity.
Just a straightforward illustration. I created all the base shapes, then used the Offset Path command with negative numbers to make smaller inner shapes. The base shapes I gave darker colors, the inner shapes lighter colors, then blended.
I used the Free Transform tool to put the sidewalk and text into perspective. :)