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So I have a bit of a love affair with Dennaton Games’...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:57:00 +1100

So I have a bit of a love affair with Dennaton Games’ ultra-violent indie title, Hotline Miami so I had to make a poster. Minimalist design of the first ‘proper’ stage.

If you like the design, you can grab a print or on a shirt!

Print: http://society6.com/chaddcruze/Hotline-Miami-Minimalist-Design
Shirt: http://dustycartridge.spreadshirt.com/

Full size version of my Big Boss / Christian Bale...

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:10:00 +1000

Full size version of my Big Boss / Christian Bale piece.

Original Post: http://dcruze.tumblr.com/post/30711880536/christian-bale-is-the-big-boss

http://dustycartridge.com/

Full Size Version: http://dcruze.tumblr.com/#30712767529 With...

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:44:00 +1000

Full Size Version: http://dcruze.tumblr.com/#30712767529

With all the excitement regarding the new Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes game and the ‘official’ announcement of the film, figured I’d take a stab of creating some fan-art.

Christian Bale is a splitting image of Snake so I thought I’d take a shot at transforming him into a vector version of the one and only, Big Boss. First time at something like this, all manually done - no ‘cutout’ filters etc. Turned out quite nice I must say!

http://dustycartridge.com/

Typography inspired promotional flyer I created for Dusty...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:24:02 +1000

Typography inspired promotional flyer I created for Dusty Cartridge www.dustycartridge.com

www.dustycartridge.com My magnum opus. Me and a couple of...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:24:00 +1100

www.dustycartridge.com My magnum opus.

Me and a couple of friends started DC a few years ago but decided to give it another a shot. Instead of rehashing gaming news, Dusty Cartridge aims to provide readers with consistently original editorial content of the highest quality.

Designed from the ground up for the web of today, dynamically changes to work on nearly all mobile devices (responsive), large fonts and a clean design which is easy on the eye for increased readability. Logo design was inspired by retro typography pieces.

My first attempt at a typography piece, whilst being bored on...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:31:25 +1100

My first attempt at a typography piece, whilst being bored on Valentines Day :)

My take on a teaser poster for the upcoming live adaption of the...

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:35:00 +1100

My take on a teaser poster for the upcoming live adaption of the Phoenix Wright video game by Takashi Miike (Yes the same guy who did the batshit insane ‘Ichi The Killer’).

Very simple photo manipulation. I tried using fancy styles and gradients for the typography but it kept looking cliche & corny. Using just white text whilst overlapping it into the background kept it interesting enough without going overboard with crazy colours.

A custom poster for Breaking Bad. Inspired by retro 80’s...

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:26:01 +1100

A custom poster for Breaking Bad. Inspired by retro 80’s posters. Oh and if you haven’t heard of Breaking Bad, do yourself a favour and watch it (its good shit, trust me)

My take on a Criterion Collection style cover for Sucker...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:40:00 +1100

My take on a Criterion Collection style cover for Sucker Punch’s (excellent) game ‘Infamous’.

Custom movie poster for David Fincher’s fucken awesome...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:45:00 +1100

Custom movie poster for David Fincher’s fucken awesome film “The Social Network”. Inspired by the works of Jerod Gibson. After purchasing a poster from the series, A friend wanted one for The Social Network - how to solve this? Make one yourself.

Custom cover for Nine Inch Nail’s “The Slip”....

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:40:00 +1100

Custom cover for Nine Inch Nail’s “The Slip”. The cover is based on the idea of digital distortion, in this case literally.

I took a high res image of the original cover and opened it up on Notepad. If you do this with any image, you basically get a bunch of jargon which is the image properties in text or ‘code’ format.

By modifying the contents in a text editor you can edit the image to produce weird sort of effects aka random distortion, which is what you see above. (I literally copied and pasted Wikipedia articles into the picture.)

Custom CD cover for a remastered version of the self-titled...

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:03:00 +1000

Custom CD cover for a remastered version of the self-titled sampler from Xero (Xero = Linkin Park before they were Linkin Park). Changed color scheme from the original and added distortion sort of effects.

I tried to emulate analogue TV effects (scan lines, random rainbow coloring) but the final copy out of Photoshop still looked too digital - so I took the final image, threw it up on an old CRT and took photos with a low res camera. Added nice imperfections and random scan lines.

Blu-ray cover artwork for a friends film called ‘The...

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:20:00 +1100

Blu-ray cover artwork for a friends film called ‘The Session’ previously mentioned here.

Custom cover Linkin Park’s upcoming album ‘A...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:28:00 +1000

Custom cover Linkin Park’s upcoming album ‘A Thousand Suns’.

A piece called ‘Multos’.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:12:00 +1000

A piece called ‘Multos’.

The 2nd poster design for a friends film called ‘The...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:44:00 +1000

The 2nd poster design for a friends film called ‘The Session’. Personally this is my favourite out of the two. Inspired by the works of Josh Vanover.

Final poster design for a friends film called ‘The...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:42:00 +1000

Final poster design for a friends film called ‘The Session’. This was also used to create a Blu-Ray cover.

Artwork for a song that I composed called ‘Affina’....

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:43:00 +1000

Artwork for a song that I composed called ‘Affina’. This is the first piece in a set of four.

Custom cover for O.N.E’s sophomore album...

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:32:00 +1000

Custom cover for O.N.E’s sophomore album ‘Home’. Check out their Facebook page for some good music.

Promo shot for Dusty Cartridge www.dustycartridge.com. Custom...

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:49:00 +1000

Promo shot for Dusty Cartridge www.dustycartridge.com. Custom made label stuck on-top of a NES Cartridge. Shot with a Canon 7D (50mm f/1.8 II lens)