7 Apr 2011

Can you draw the internet?

Just a little update on the http://www.canyoudrawtheinternet.com/ competition from a few months back and I thought I would post the link for the video explaining the competition from the kids point of view...enjoy.

http://www.canyoudrawtheinternet.com

4 Apr 2011

New website...

On with my portfolio site at the moment and I think I have finally decided on the style i want to go for. The style i have chosen is based around traditional hand painted signwriting, which is influenced by a love of nineteenth century type and also because of a book I bought just before christmas which is packed full of amazing type..

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/05088/facts.type_a_visual_history_of_typefaces_graphic_styles_1628_1900.htm

I wanted to give it a modern feel by using bright colours and so have used a black background to give the type more impact. The site is still a work in progress, but i'm finally happy with the style at least after trying far to many different branding ideas and spending far too long messing about with logos. Just need to play around with layout and type size so hopefully it will be finished and out there before to long.






30 Mar 2011

Blue Bridge Record label...




This is a live brief we received at college to design the logo for the college record label, after several different approaches I decided to keep the logo fairly abstract and concentrate on making it as eye catching as possible.









27 Mar 2011

YCN Brief, M&S Plan A submissions.




I finally submitted to the YCN competition on Friday afternoon, but still have a week or so before I hand in the project as a college brief so I will probably spend a little time this week just tightening up layout and type, and maybe mocking up the leaflet and hang tags to be photographed. But overall I think its pretty much finished, it has been a good experience writing and allocating time for this brief myself and has shown me where I need to focus to improve my workflow and time management. On with the next project!






Front of bags



















 Back of bags











Hang Tag with PlanA info for bags







PlanA information leaflet