donkeybeatz http://donkeybeatz.com This is the site of Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Dung "Donkey" Nguyen. Funky. Fresh. Sometimes funky AND fresh. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:18:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Yeah Dawg (November 2011 Set) http://donkeybeatz.com/2011/11/yeah-dawg-november-2011-set/ http://donkeybeatz.com/2011/11/yeah-dawg-november-2011-set/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:02:12 +0000 donkeybeatz http://donkeybeatz.com/?p=903 ]]>
DJ Donkey
Yeah Dawg
November 2011 Set

  1. NAPT – Lock the P
  2. The Nextmen feat. Dynamite MC – High Score (Stanton Warriors Remix)*
  3. Maduzah & Sue Cho – I’m Free (Curtis B & Houserocka Remix)
  4. DJ Fixx – Glide
  5. Quest – Break Me (Quest vs Pyramid Remix)
  6. Sue Cho – My Next Thrill (DJ Fixx Original Mix)
  7. Benjamin Leung & Jim Neild feat. Sarah Jane – Cry (Dj Mondo 813 Remix)
  8. Micah feat. Tomomi Ukumori – Sing When It’s Dangerous (Sean McClellan Remix)
  9. Anjulie – Boom (donkeybeatz Shakalaka Remix)
  10. DJ Infiniti – Running Away (Sue Cho & DJ Fixx 2011 Vocal Edit)
  11. DJ Darkness feat. Sabrina Demonica – Love
  12. Seth Vogt feat. Goldillox – On Your Own (Seth Vogt’s Indie Breaks remix)
  13. Mio feat. Mavoks – Someone Like You (Pornographic Equalizer Remix)

*I forgot to mention that this is the Stanton Warriors Remix in the files. If you’re picky, please make the correction =)

UNTRACKED (1 mp3 file) – [download via mediafire]
Download this for uninterrupted play. Good for exercising or house parties. Set it and forget it! Well, at least until the mix ends.

TRACKED (13 mp3 files) – [download via mediafire]
Download this if you’re really impatient and like to skip tracks.

Reference for “Yeah Dawg”:

]]> http://donkeybeatz.com/2011/11/yeah-dawg-november-2011-set/feed/ 0 donkeybeatz is now on mixlr http://donkeybeatz.com/2011/11/donkeybeatz-is-now-on-mixlr/ http://donkeybeatz.com/2011/11/donkeybeatz-is-now-on-mixlr/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:26:41 +0000 donkeybeatz http://donkeybeatz.com/?p=893 Check me out on mixlr.]]>
Check me out on mixlr. It’s like shoutcast but way more simpler and streamlined. Best of all, its free! I did a short, unrehearsed 30 minute set and it went pretty smooth until the end where I started to have connection problems. If you listen to the set I have on there now, it hiccups at the end and cuts off. The mixing is kind of rough also since I just literally got some of the songs I played. Anyway, I don’t have a set schedule or anything so things will come at random times of the day.

From the looks of it, you can’t download the mixes from the showreel unless you upgrade to premium membership but, you can still listen to it.

Listen to donkeybeatz live on mixlr
Check my twitter to see if I’m streaming

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This is a personal project that was done solely for practicing my lettering skills so don’t expect anything fancy on the physical package itself. It’s kind of overboard to build a project around some lettering I did but hey, you gotta complete the package. Maybe I’ll do something creative for one of my future mix sets.

Album title lettering
A font (Cronos Pro) was used for the Late Night Alumni text at the bottom. The graphics of the birds, bees, and butterflies came way later.

Lettering for their logo
It’s not their official logo. I’m not even sure if they have one really.

Now on to the pictures. Click to zoom.

CD Sleeve (front)

CD Sleeve (back)

CD Case (front)

CD Case (back)

What’s inside

Design credits are on the spine.

Additional notes:

  • Photos of the group were taken from their site. Unless I’m mistaken, photos are by Finn Bjarson (who is part of the group).
  • Font used for all copy is Cronos Pro by Robert Slimbach.
  • Everything is printed on watercolor paper except the CD label.
  • The CD label is just regular paper from a CD label kit. The label was pretty thin so I thought the labels on the CD itself would show through. I added another label on top. So there’s actually 2 labels on top of the disc.
  • Trying to fold watercolor paper was pretty tricky so I used a scoring knife to help with the folds.
  • I kept the project simple due to limited resources. And I like minimal designs. Some negative space wouldn’t hurt.
  • I did start over a few times because something like the CD sleeve was a millimeter too short or some of the text were a few pixels too high on the layout.
  • Favorite track from the album? That would be Light Reading. I was hoping they were going to add the live version of What’s In A Name but they didn’t =(

Check out Late Night Alumni:
Website
Youtube Channel
They’re going on tour soon. I hope they hit up New Orleans along the way!

That’s it! Expect more lettering in the future. Maybe a wedding invitation or something. Until next time, love, peace, and grease.

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Kitty Pryde a.k.a. Shadowcat
(Click to embiggen the image… What? Don’t you guys watch The Simpsons?)
Graphite (mostly 3B grade).

Breakdown:
Line work

More line work

Figuring out where the shadows go

Shading

Testing, testing. 1, 2.

Oh, I should mention, the whole thing took up 3 18″x24″ sheets of drawing paper. They’re taped together obviously. This was my original intent. What was also my original intent was to draw an angel passing through the wall. I figured Shadowcat would be more appropriate =)

Also, I am on tumblr so if you wish to follow me, follow me here: http://donkeybeatz.tumblr.com/. I honestly don’t know how much I will be updating it but its there.

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Not the most original idea but I thought it would be fun to try something like this. Designed in Adobe Illustrator.

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