Here are some Minimalist Portraits I made of myself and my friends. I was inspired by the artist Ali Jabbar. These were all done in Adobe Illustrator.
November 27, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: Adobe, art, blog, CSUSM, design, donovan olson, Graphic Design, Illustrator, minimalism, minimalist, minimalist portraits, portraiture, self portrait, student | 1 Comment
Here’s a recent project I made for my Process of Art class. I took popular company logos and flipped flopped them with competitor’s logos in Adobe Illustrator. 
October 27, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: albertsons, art, at&t, bridgestone, chevrolet, chevy, coca-cola, company logos, coors light, corona, CSUSM, design, dhl, donovan olson, famous logos, flip flopped logos, flipped-flopped logos, ford, goodyear, Graphic Design, Illustrator, in-n-out, logos, McDonalds, paramount, pepsi, popular logos, subway, swapping logos, switched logos, switching logos, ups, verizon, vons, walt disney, Wendys | 2 Comments
Here are 20 pages laid out as 10 spreads for my artist’s books class.
ARTIST BOOK 20 pages
April 6, 2011 | Categories: My Photography | Tags: art, artists books, book, CSUSM, CSUSM art, donovan olson, Illustrator, photography, photoshop, visual arts | 2 Comments
Here is an updated version of the Making Connections assignment. I decided to do a list of the top things I’ve wanted for Christmas every year since 1992 when I was 5 years old. Each Christmas Ornament represents a year range.
April 1, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: art, blog, chart, christmas, Christmas infographic, design, donovan olson, Graphic Design, Illustrator, infographic, Making Connections | Leave a comment
For my list I chose the top 40 golf courses in America according to Golf.com
March 18, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: 40, art, art design, blog, CSUSM, design, donovan olson, golf course, Golf Courses, Graphic Design, Illustrator, list, student, top 40 | Leave a comment
March 18, 2011 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: art, counterpoint, CSUSM, design, donovan olson, Illustrator, point, Point/Counterpoint, shark, student, typography | Leave a comment
Posters made from my book in progress. Each is a double page spread. I used a combination of Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
March 16, 2011 | Categories: My Photography | Tags: blurb, book, CSUSM, donovan olson, Illustrator, indesign, photoshop, San Diego, student | Leave a comment
My vector self portrait done in Illustrator using the pen tool and a large number of layers and fills. Link to PDF attached at the bottom of the post.
LINK TO PDF ——-> Vector Portrait
December 15, 2010 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: Adobe Illustrator, art, art and design, blog, Cal state san marcos, computer, cool, CSUSM, design, donovan olson, Illustrator, illustrator cs5, people, portrait, realism, realistic, San Marcos, self portrait, student, vector, vector self-portrait, voice on a page, voiceonapage, voiceonapage.com | Leave a comment
Hills and Bubbles assignment done in Illustrator using only shades of blue and green.
November 17, 2010 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: Adobe Illustrator, art, art student, CSUSM, design, donovan olson, Graphic Design, hills and bubbles, Illustrator, mesh hills, mesh tool, student, vector, vector bubbles, vector hills | Leave a comment
A Frog and a Fish created in Adobe Illustrator for my graphic design class. A link to the PDF file is at the bottom.
sharkandfrog <——- link to PDF
September 5, 2010 | Categories: Graphic Design | Tags: Adobe, Adobe Illustrator, art, Cal state san marcos, CSUSM, design, Donovan, donovan olson, fish, frog, Graphic Design, Illustrator, shark | Leave a comment
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