DESMONDINDI can create unique DVD/cd-rom design and authoring customized to your project. We specialize in exciting, stylized interfaces incorporating stop motion, 3D (object) illustration and motion graphics. We also have experience in game screen designs. See an overview of client and personal projects here.

DVD & CD-ROM:
Roger Ferragallo: Tree of Life The Residents: Margaret Freeman DesmondIndi: Fear and Fun with FIsh
Omnific Pictures:
Goodie: Outlining an Invisible Man

GAMES & EDUCATION:

CDS West: Tiki Bonus  Aristocrat, Inc: Casablanca & Astro Diner  Eureka Partnership: ZoomWheel


'Tree of Life' cd-rom
Interactive Flash presentation for
Tree of Life painting © Roger Ferragallo

'Tree of Life' is a cosmic digital painting by artist and luminary Roger Ferragallo, now approaching 4 years in the making and near completion. The vast 25 x 13 foot size of the work demands new technologies for viewing.

This CD has been developed to introduce both 'Tree of Life' as a new concept in the creation of digital art and the unique power of 'Zoomify' software as a means of navigating this painting in real time. The CD-rom demo was designed and authored in Flash with Zoomify technology.

     

Margaret Freeman menu
The Residents Commercial Album DVD
1minute stop-motion animated video, 2004


The 25th anniversary of the Commercial Album DVD complements and completes the project with an amazing collection of 56 one-minute films based on the original 40 Commercial Album songs.

This screen was created for Niffer Desmond's title card page for her video 'Margaret Freeman'. The surround frame is an miniature dresser mirror used in the piece.



      

Fear and Fun with FIsh DVD
A DesmondIndi Production © 2005
directed by Niffer Desmond


Desmondindi designed and authored this full featured DVD including extensive special features, motion menus, animated segments and 5.1 Surround sound audio options.


The Main Menu for Fear and Fun with Fish has a movie loop playing in the center, as shown at left.



Screenshots from special features menus. Creative design with real objects; frames, fabric and embellishments were used to tie into the movie's look. The top left screen is a the beginning of an interactive feature with stop motion segments to flip through the 'Ferrignos' restaurant menu.


      

Tiki Bonus
Match & Spin game
produced for CDS West


DesmondIndi was hired to design a Tiki video machine game, from characters and animations to interface design. Four Tikis divided into three parts each spun to match. The pay off is a laughing danciing Tiki!

Each character had a distinctive look and dance. (You can see a closeup of more characters under graphics design.) Next time you are in Vegas look for these guys laughing and dancing while you gamble your quarters away!


     

Casablanca
Hi-Lo Video card game
for Aristocrat, Inc.


Aristocrat need some creative new 'skins' for their Hi-Lo card bonus games. Desmondindi created this middle-eastern/morroccon influenced design from the bottom up.

Stylized elements included the arabesque archway, mosaic tile work, shrine and of course a monkey to hold the 'change my card' button.

     

Astro Diner
Match game concept
for Aristocrat, Inc.


This is a futuristic concept skin for a match and win game. Desmondindi created the original robot characters as well as futuristic intererface for the 'Astro Diner' game. Special future bonus tiles were designed to match the theme; note the space car and flying saucer styles at left.

As this was a 'Retro Future' game, atomic symbols and a classic 'tin can' look were used in designing the backgrounds and robots.

     

ZoomWheel
Educational module
for Eureka Partnership


Niffer designed Icons and graphic layout under the direction of illustrator Jon Hersey for the Eureka partnership. Project ZoomBox was developed as an educational and communication tool for children. Bright colors and contemporary themes were used throughout the various screens, mostly hand illustrated in Illustrator.

Demonstrations for ZoomBox were assembled and animated in Macromedia Director.