Digital Imaging - Joseph Toschlog Online Portfolio

HoBLotH III Cloth Map

The world's second double-sided Ultima cloth map and the first 18"x12" double-sided cloth map. The front is using modified artwork provided by Lucifuge of Iron Oak Games. I reworked the roads, restyled the land and water, changed the text to runic, and laid it out for printing with a border and titling. The back is my original art, excepting some sign illustrations borrowed from the Ultima manuals. The back is a stylized rendition of Richard Garriott's property of Castleton, used for HoBLotH III, an Ultima LARP event. Printed on sueded microfiber. Click the image for a full size version.
Adobe Photoshop

Thank You (Hisss Jive)

The introduction to Ultima VII Part Two: The Serpent Isle is voice acted by the game's creator, Richard Garriott and the legendary Bill Johnson. However, if the player disables sound and starts the game using the parameter "hisss jive," a special version of the introduction will play with comedic subtitles (but no audio). 21 years later, I asked Richard and Bill to record those comedic lines, captured an upscaled render of the intro using DOSBox, and edited together a new intro. This was my gift to the fans of Ultima who helped me reach my dream of working at Portalarium. Click the image to watch the video on YouTube.
Adobe Photoshop Adobe After Effects

HoBLotH II Cloth Map

The world's first double-sided Ultima cloth map. The front was created by digitally painting the line art created by Kevin Smith in GIS software. The back is a mostly original stylized rendition of Richard Garriott's property of Castleton, used for HoBLotH II, an Ultima LARP event. The back uses assets provided by Scott Jones. Printed on 12"x12" sueded microfiber. Click the image for a full size version.

GIS Map Project Entry and Credit (via Ultima Codex)
Images of Printed Maps (via eBay)

Darkstarr Training Montage

A training montage for Darkstarr, the in-game persona of Starr Long, showing the preparation for an upcoming fencing duel with Lord British. Written, directed, shot, and edited by me for Portalarium to use a reward to backers of Shroud of the Avatar. Background music provided by Recap. Click the image to watch the video on YouTube.
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe After Effects

Blade of the Avatar Layout

Blade of the Avatar, which has since been published under the title of The Sword of Midras, is a novel by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott. It is a companion novel to Shroud of the Avatar. Prior to publishing, the novel was digitally released chapter by chapter to backers of the game. I was responsible for the internal layout of the PDF's including the page backgrounds, page design, typesetting, and pagination. The cover art is by Stephen Daniele and the internatl illustrations are by Denis Loubet. Click the image to download a free PDF of the first chapter of Blade of the Avatar.
Adobe Photoshop Adobe InDesign

Virtue Cards Deck

One of the rewards for the Hearth of Britannia Telethon of the Avatar, my fan-run fundraiser for Shroud of the Avatar, was a deck of custom designed 3.5" x 4" virtue cards, based on the Ultima series of video games. Created using 3D assets provided for the project by David Peters. Click the image to view the entire deck or view the printed product on eBay.
Adobe Photoshop

Legends of Ultima Cards

Another reward for the Hearth of Britannia Telethon of the Avatar, my fan-run fundraiser for Shroud of the Avatar, was a deck of trading cards of the big names in the early Ultima games. Created using original graphics to stitch together assets from third parties. Click the image to view the entire deck.
Adobe Photoshop

HoBTotA Countdown Graphics

During the Hearth of Britannia Telethon of the Avatar, my fan-run fundraiser for Shroud of the Avatar, the footer graphics changed each day leading up to the start to build hype and give clues about the prizes. To view all of different graphics, click through to the event archive, scroll to the bottom, and click the crystal ball. Each image represents a different day.
Adobe Photoshop

B-Dawg Cargo Carriers

Product line for a new wave of imported hitch-mounted cargo carrying products. I created the brand, logo, product names, and photographed the products. My solution, B-Dawg Cargo Carriers: Take Everything, was distrubted to Ezra's dealers as official material for the product. Click the image for a close up of the flyers which were mailed to dealers as inserts coupled with invoices.
Adobe Photoshop Macromedia Freehand Microsoft Word
Used with permission from Ezra Distributing.
Current website layout and contect may be different from my original design.

Vector Illustration

Vector illustration of a Yamaha YSS-475 Soprano Saxophone superimposed over an image of Kyoto JR Station in Japan. Click the image for a full size version of the saxophone.
Macromedia Freehand Adobe Illustrator

IWT Business Card

Business card for Innovative Workflow Technologies with over ten revisions. Click the image to see all of the revisions as well as a larger version of the final design.
Adobe Illustrator
Used with permission from Innovative Workflow Technologies.

Logo Designs

Logo designs for assorted companies, products, and projects. Creating using Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia FreeHand, and/or Adobe Photoshop. Click the image for the full spread of logos.

All logos are copyright their respective owners and used with permission.

Tokyo Dreams

An artistic take on the fantasy life of every day Japanese. This image is a blend of a photograph taken in Iidabashi, Tokyo and created photoshop scenery. For extended information and artist's statement, view this image at Deviant Art: Tokyo Dreams or click the image to the right for a larger version.
Adobe Photoshop

Tako Gohan

Poster of a tentacle emerging from a bowl of rice as a birthday present. The original image is 16" x 20" at 300 dpi. Sketched in pen, traced in Adobe Illustrator, and colored in Adobe Photoshop. Click the image for a larger version or view the full artist's statement at Deviant Art: Tako Gohan.