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Travis Tom is an award-winning independent designer, illustrator
and icon
specialist from Augusta, GA. In September 2000, he founded
the Creative Postcard Club which is a group of professional
designers, illustrators, design students and creatives alike
from around the world who enjoy corresponding through their
own postcard creations. The group is currently working on Round
23 Dots with a mailing deadline of June 20, 2004. Previous
rounds include a Design Quilt and Typographic Portrait. Tom
has been a contractor for the past 4 and a half years and he
is currently in a 3 month contract job as an inhouse designer
for a marketing financial group – which he is considering going
full time with the company this Summer.
In late April 2004, Tom responded to an ad posted on a job
listing site
seeking an iconographer. The company rep called in early May
out of the blue to find out his availability. The start-up,
located in NYC, flew him up in mid May for a personal meeting
to sign contracts and discuss the scope of the project. The
large icon job was recently completed and consisted of a set
of 22 icons which were designed in three different styles totaling
66 icons with over 120 concepts developed in the process. The
product (undisclosed to the artist) is expected to be launched
in the Fall of 2004 and is beginning beta phase testing over
the Summer. Both the client and Tom are pleased with the end
results. Imagine designing within a 14x14 pixel frame – definitely
a challenge. The client has given permission to the artist
to include the icons in self-promotion, competitions and a
forthcoming book idea about iconography. Tom hopes to pitch
the book concept to publishers in the very near future.
