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Salome - The Right Brain Project
Promotional photography for The Right Brain Project's website update for their 10th Anniversary Season. ( http://www.therbp.org)
The photograph is from the production of Oscar Wilde's Salome, and the ink clouds were shot personally - not a stock photo.
Compositing was done in Adobe Photoshop.
Mockup for Prologue Theatre Company's production of Saturday Night/Sunday Morning as part of the Steppenwolf Garage Rep.
Photography by Tom McGrath
Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
Poster and Promotional Art for Promethean Theatre Ensemble's 2014-15 season, Tiger at the Gates and The Winter's Tale.
Top: Tiger at the Gates photo edited in Adobe Photoshop with additional text and editing in Adobe Illustrator.
Bottom: The Winter's Tale Photocomposite created in Adobe Photoshop.
Both images are optimized for social media (Tiger at the Gates designed in Instagram/Facebook/Twitter profile photo proportions, and The Winter's Tale designed for a Facebook cover photo.)
Strawdog Theatre Company - Pontypool
InFusion Theatre Company - Another Kind of Love
Promotional Art for InFusion Theatre Company's Another Kind of Love.
Photo edited in Adobe Photoshop.
Forks and Hope - The Pied Piper
Production image from The Pied Piper, a production of Forks and Hope Theatre Company.
Writers' Theatre - The MLK Project
Production image from Writers' Theatre's The MLK Project, a production of Writers' Education department.
Additional information at http://www.writerstheatre.org/tours
The Right Brain Project - Marat/Sade
Promotional image from The Right Brain Project's production of Marat/Sade.
Retouched with Adobe Photoshop.
InFusion Theatre Company - Another Kind of Love
Live Production Capture from Another Kind of Love, produced by InFusion Theatre Company.
Organization/Group Photos
(l to r): Pinewood Dental, The Right Brain Project, Northshore Concert Band, Akvavit Theatre Company
All photography by was edited in Adobe Lightroom with additional work completed in Adobe Photoshop.
Imagestrip created with Blogstomp.
Paulina Brown Line
Part of the L Stop Series - Paulina is represented by Dinkel's Bakery, a Lakeview institution for more than 90 years.
The image is a photo illustration created in Adobe Illustrator from a photo by Tom McGrath and publicly available art from the Chicago Transit Authority.
Central Purple Line
Part of the L Stop Series - Central is represented by Northwestern's Ryan Field.
The image is a photo illustration created in Adobe Illustrator from a photo by Tom McGrath, and publicly available art from the Chicago Transit Authority.
Washington Blue Line
Part of the L Stop Series - Washington is represented by The Goodman theatre and the Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza.
The image is a photo illustration created in Adobe Illustrator from photos by Tom McGrath, and publicly available art from the Chicago Transit Authority.
As a diversion from the L Stop Series, I was inspired by the Game of Thrones Transit Map http://tyznik.com/thrones/), and worked out what various station signage would have as their real-world analogues.
Casterly Rock - New York MTA
Winterfell - Chicago Transit Authority
Highgarden - London Underground
Created in Adobe Illustrator
Pride & Guts
Posters created for the Northwestern University Marching Band, featuring the motto of the band "Pride & Guts."
Photo illustrations created in Adobe Illustrator from photographs by Tom McGrath
Sweat and Heavy Dew
Created for the NUMBALUMS (the Northwestern University Marching and Band Alumni Organization), based on a quote from former Spirit Leader Drew Kerr.
Logo courtesy the NUMBALUMS organization, illustration created with Adobe Photoshop and Red Giant Effects Suite, from a photo taken by Tom McGrath.
Dan Farris SBO Cover
Published cover of Dan Farris, director of the Northwestern University Marching band.
Birth Announcement Word Art
TCMcG Photography Brand Redesign
A brand redesign to unify and clean the look of TCMcG Photography. Work was done primarily in Adobe Illustrator.
Save The Date Card
"Save the Date" card created from photographs by Heather Cook Elliot Photography for Tom McGrath and Laura Bayard.
Editing in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
NUMB Intro Video 2013-2015
The Northwestern University "Wildcat" Marching Band used this introductory video to introduce their pregame show before home games at Ryan Field.
The video was produced in conjunction with Sugo Media on Blackmagic Cameras, Nikon DSLRs, Go Pro Cameras, and Pentax DSLRs. Processing and editing completed in Adobe Premiere with Red Giant Studio products used for effects and coloring.
Rising - Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Created for the CD Release of "Rising," by Dr. Mallory Thompson and the Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
This BTS Video of the recording process for "Rising" was met with great acclaim at the Midwest Clinic International Band & Orchestra Conference.
This video was created with the generous assistance of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall and staff, primarily shot on a Canon HDV camera, and edited in Final Cut Pro.
