New Balance wanted to create an iPad app to share some of their new products with their customers by creating this simplified, interactive catalog. For more information on this project, go here!
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Our product team at Cengage Learning was exploring the idea of creating a product for Latin America Area Studies. My job was to create a mockup to help the team visualize what something like that might look and feel like. I wanted to capture the flavor and essence ... Read More
I designed this Facebook application for Playskool in which their users could upload and edit photos and create Play Snaps, or fun playtime tips, to share with their friends. The UI was built completely from scratch, so I started with doing some fairly in-depth, in... Read More
Hasbro launched a new line of toys and this game to coincide with the release of the live-action G.I. Joe movie. I worked on pretty much all the screens in the game and we did G.I. Joe and Cobra versions to match up with the two different story lines. What a great ... Read More
Sea of Japan is a group of very talented musicians and I designed this one-page website to promote their album Black Out the Stars. Make sure you download the record... it's free! I again had the pleasure of working with Brian Berryman's drawings to use in this des... Read More
Hello, I'm Matthew Rossana and this is my handsome online home, where you can learn about my career as an interactive professional. Presently I hold the position of ... Read More
According to their website, the band “will be breaking their 11 year silence.” Of course, this is very exciting news, but I wonder how awesome this reunion will actually be. Let’s be honest… the best part about ATDI’s live shows was Cedric and Omar wiggin out. And the first time I saw Mars Volta, it felt exactly the same as seeing ATDI (except it was a million degrees in the middle of summer standing in the balcony of St. Andrew’s). Each time I saw Mars Volta after that first show (and each time their hair got longer), their shows became increasingly less fun to watch and more about lighting and video art. Anyway, I’ll stop nay saying and just hope that they come to Detroit.
At one point, people could only get a glimpse into a celebrity’s life when some trashy magazine published some photos of celebrities shopping. THEY’RE JUST LIKE US! I know… I was surprised too. But now… we have Ashton tweeting pics of Demi’s butt. Yay? Yes, the internet and social media has given fans an insight into to the world of celebrities that at one point they would have never had access to. The same is true for comic book creators… many of which have embraced the always-changing world of internet and social media trends to engage their fans and promote their personal brand. Read more…
As I venture out onto the Internet to learn more about my favorite comic book artists, I keep coming across websites that look unprofessional, outdated, or some that are just plain terrible. (Say what you will about Rob Liefeld’s artwork, but he at least has a pretty professional looking website — pictured above.)These artists clearly have more talent in their little finger than I have in my entire body and I think that they should have a web presence that appropriately showcases their talents. This could be something as simple as James Jean’s minimalist portfolio, in which he lets the work speak for itself, or something more like Marvel or DC‘s sites, where they have the art take up the majority of the page. After the jump is a list of some of my favorite comic book artists and screenshots of their websites. Are there any that I missed?!
