I was a graphic designer. I've done art for classes; I did art for a living; I do art in my spare time.

• Newer Art Portfolio
  I worked as a graphic designer at Signs First for over 4 years. When I left, I was not allowed to take anything with me, as it is theirs. Still, I see things around town that I've done all the time and decided to take some pictures for a portfolio. I threw in a little recent freelance stuff, too, and here is a more graphic design and sign-related portfolio.


• Older Art Portfolio
  Lots of pretty pictures all in one place. Some are from classes, others my own crazy ideas.


• A New Spin on My Name
  This is my name, "James Ryan Opp," stylized in such a way that if you rotate it 180 degrees, it is the same thing. I've learned that's called an ambigram.


• Thud Ambigram
  Here is another ambigram based on a favorite game of mine, Thud, where first you play as a dwarf, then a troll. Who knew one drawing could look like both things? This is a picture with 180° rotational symmetry: dwarf on left with a beard, helmet, hand in fist, axe hanging at side, baggy pants; then the word Thud; then a troll holding a club with loincloth and skull belt buckle (in case my art was too hard to figure out).


• Scarecrow Icecream T-Shirt
  A fun t-shirt I made. If you don't get it, we can't be friends. I later made a newer version.


• Cruz the Crab Stereogram
  You will find Cruz rendered in the Older Art Portfolio pdf. Here he is in a jumbo stereogram, perfect for hanging on your wall.


• Aardvarks in Space Commercial
  This is a Lightwave 3D animation with some space combat, the final for a 3D class at Aims. Aparently it ran a time or two on the local TV station, but I never saw it.


• The Clever Knight
  This is a 3D Studio Max animation for a class at Westwood College in which a knight cleverly defeats a dragon. The stress was on the animation, not the model quality, so the characters are just basic shapes.


• The Happy Birthday Fairy E-Card
  If you don't know the story behind this one, ask me about it sometime, but for legal reasons, I won't post it here.


• Play Nice
  This is an old animation for a hand-drawn animation class I took. We did it in the classic style with storyboards, key frames, tweeners, the works, all under a super time crunch. I ended up doing the vast majority of it as people dropped the class.


• Lady Jessica on Caladan with Gom Jabbar
  This image is nostalgic. My first time using the pen tool or a vector program. Way too many anchor points; I was so young and reckless. Oh yeah, it's a Dune reference, by the way.


• T-Rex Walk Cycle
  He's just so darn cute! I could watch him for hours.

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