Richard Taylor is a motion designer who has experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects. His portfolio includes several personal projects showing his skills in character design, illustration, and compositing. Some of his projects are original illustrations like Stemma and Spinboy. Others are composites like Smoke that combine line art and coloring. He has also done work for clients like Visual Structure and Create 3D, creating designs, compositions, and 3D renders for websites, advertisements, and presentations. His work shows proficiency in techniques like lighting, shadowing, and seamless blending.

1. RICHARD TAYLOR
ANIMATION / MOTION DESIGN / DIGITAL COMPOSITING
1.868.488.1633Copyright Richard Taylor 2008

2. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Character Design, Illustration, Colouring
Project Name: Stemma (personal project)
Original character, sketched on paper along with background. Transferred onto the

3. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Character Design, Illustration, Colouring
Project Name: Spinboy (personal project)
This is an original illustration done using an extreme perspective. Initial
various illustrative techniques.

4. Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Skills: Character Design, Illustration, Colouring,
Composition
Project Name: Smoke (personal project)
onto the computer. Lineart done in Illustrator, then coloured and
shaded in Photoshop using various techniques.

5. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Character Design, Illustration
Project Name: The Straitjackrabbit (personal project)
intent to be rendered into an animated short. The character’s concept was developed with a
modern style, portraying the look and feel of a japanese anime character.

6. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Fox (personal project)
This is an original character design. Started as a sketch on a page, it was transferred onto the
computer and completed as an illustration showcasing a unique feathering technique which
depicts fur.

7. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Coastal Cities (personal project)
Concept design was based on an original photo of my hand at the piano. I sketched the initial
element then using various illustration techniques to add colour and shading.

8. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Character Design, Illustration
Project Name: Puppy (personal project)
cartoon feel.

9. Tools: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop (mockup)
Skills: Layout
Project Name: Know Your Code Company: Visual Structure
Campaign Description: Billboard design concepts for AIDS campaign. Various design elements
concept were combined, completing the billboards above.

10. Before
Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Compositing)
Skills: Composition, Retouching, Lighting and Shadowing Techniques.
Project Name: Lakes Company: Create 3D
A well detailed scene of an aerial site. Completed by seamlessly blending the render into an
aerial photograph of the site. Composited shrubbery, cars, people, a man made stream,

11. Before
Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Compositing)
Skill set: Composition, Retouching, Lighting and Shadowing Techniques.
Project Name: Bacolet Aris Company: Create 3D
This project was completed by compositing the 3D structure in a broad range of trees and
foliage to secure a natural feel. People were integrated to give scale to it all and also give the
scene a sense of life.

12. Before
Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Compositing)
Skill set: Composition, Retouching, Lighting and Shadowing Techniques.
Project Name: Chaguaramas Company: Create 3D
Provided with a photo of the potential location for this project, the composition was
completed with the addition of people, green grass and bright foliage accomplishing a sense
of realism within this poolside scene.

13. Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Composition)
Skills: Composition, Layout, Website Design
Project Name: 4cocktails.com Company: Visual Structure Inc.
A bottle shot composition I worked on for a website. Used as a banner on 4cocktails.com, this
piece was completed by arranging multiple bottle shots in an order most suitable to the
dimensions provided, showing as much of the branding as possible.

14. Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Composition)
Skills: Composition, Website Design
Project Name: 4cocktails.com Company: Visual Structure Inc.
A series of compositions designed for multiple uses on the 4cocktails.com website. With the
recipe for each drink provided, a design for each was completed by combining the various

15. Tools: Adobe Photoshop (Composition)
Skills: Composition, Layout, Website Design
Project Name: 4cocktails.com Company: Visual Structure Inc.
These are bottle shot compositions created for a website. Firstly by routing each bottle from its
background then arranging them in a way that was visually satisfying. Each bottle was then

17. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Layout, Design, Composition
Project Name: Cascadia Presentation Samples
Sample brochure design for presentation, using organic vector elements to promote
Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre while introducing their new Privilage Cards
Company: Corestyle Advertising Limited

18. Tools:
PressAdvertorial
Card LaunchInvitation
Card LaunchBanner
Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Layout Design, Composition
Project Name:
Company:
Cascadia Presentation Samples
Sample mock material created for presentation purposed, using organic
vector elements to promote Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre.
Corestyle Advertising Limited

19. Tools:
PressAdvertorial
Card LaunchInvitation
Card LaunchBanner
Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Layout Design, Composition
Project Name:
Company:
Cascadia Presentation Samples
Sample mock material created for presentation purposed, using organic
vector elements to promote Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre.
Corestyle Advertising Limited
Or is it just ME?
Is it WEIRD in here?
Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Weirdo Tee Company: ID
This self-explanatory t-shirt design was created by combining various
vector elements with original artwork to establish a humorous and
personalized illustration.

20. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skill: Illustration
Project Name: Dark Heart Tee Company: ID
Designed by piecing together multiple vector graphic components to

21. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Omega Angel Tee Company: ID
This t-shirt design was completed by combining multiple elements into
knockout techniques to give it a stone type appearance.

22. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Company: ID
Tribal stylized t-shirt design done by combining an original vector

23. Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Skills: Illustration
Project Name: Spiral Kitten Tee Company: ID
From various concepts, this kitten design was completed for a t-shirt
by creating a contrast of curls and sharp edges with subtle gradient
blends of colour.