As a big “Thank You” for twelve years of support, Urban Family Dog is making the entire 45 minute video of our anniversary show available for FREE from the iTunes music store. Just click this link to get the Urban Family Dog - Twelfth Anniversary Concert into your iPod. If that doesn’t work for you, try one of the other links at the bottom of this recent UFD Kennelclub Newsletter.

Or you can just watch it here.

Don’t have iTunes? Check us out on YouTube. Watch the entire Twelfth Anniversary Concert in streaming video.

Here is a detail from a Princess Cruises poster I composed for of Saputo Design. I had to get old school and take some photos of water bubbles with my digital camera to add realism. Check out the “before and after” images in my portfolio player to see what went into this image. I think you’ll be surprised! More images after the click.

The outgoing Lexus ES was unable to connect emotionally with consumers. We needed to show that the new ES made a big visual statement of its owner’s success. Upon seeing the car for the first time, consumers described the car as sleek, sharp, and even sexy—words that would never be used to describe the past model. We showcased the new ES as a vehicle designed to appeal as much to one’s heart as to one’s head.

Notable features of this site: Beautiful intro animation and transitions. Video clips of the four senses - Sight, Sound, Touch, and Taste - that can be controlled with your cursor. Dreamy orchestral/spa style soundtrack utilizing musical rollover sounds that turn the user into a composer. An oversized gallery of images that can be initiated from any image on the site. Large flyaround 360’s and CGI demos of product features. Targeted for 1024×768, but resizeable for very large monitors. Industry response has been extremely positive.

What do you think of AllNewES.com?

If you have a really small monitor, please click here to view the archive.

Here are a couple of the ad banners that linked to the site: Senses and Style.

Within the tiny ES Mother’s Day MSN Roadblock Banner, users could generate a beautiful rich email featuring flowers, with a personalized message to mom, and only minimal branding by Lexus. Tastefully done, this roadblock ran all Mother’s Day weekend, and generated over eighty thousand emails. A nice way for Mom to start her day, and a very nice thing for Lexus to do. More images after the click.

Even though I usually start thinking about a holiday card well in advance of the holidays, I rarely get a chance to start one until I go on holiday break. Since I would have a difficult time topping last year’s photomontage masterpiece, I decided to do something entirely different. An illustration of the family. I have also added a few family photos from 2005 for those of you who received cards in the mail, and have entered the URL on the back.

What do you think? Do our illustrations resemble the photos? (comment below)

I just added two recently directed 2006 Lexus IS photos taken by German photogapher Thomas Strogalski. They are the first two images in the slideshow (Just click on 01 or 02 to view them). "Orange" was taken in downtown Los Angeles, and "Blue" was taken inside a parking structure. I was extremely excited to shoot with Thomas, and the results speak for themselves.

After the stills were taken, the IS shots were animated for the U.S. Lexus website. "Orange" is displayed on the Lexus Home Page, and "Blue" is on the 2006 IS Model Page. There is also a Wallpaper version of "Orange", and a Screensaver of the "Blue" animation.

Just a little image I put together to present the new IS anchor (that I shot with Thomas Strogalski) and strip images to Lexus. The strip image is created from two stock images and a CGI vehicle. I did the strip retouching to match the photographic anchor image. It’s fun to color coordinate, isn’t it?

In addition, here is the final Anchor Animation and Home Page Animation made from the still photos.

Saputo Design asked me to retouch their new GMC Canyon images. Dig those rich blue-blacks. More shots after you click the image.