Pro Con 3

So it’s been a while, but for a good reason….I got a...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:41:41 +0000

So it’s been a while, but for a good reason….I got a job, thanks to my updated CV (previous post). I now work for New Balance and Warrior Sports, as the Graphic Designer. Creating the brand content for the UK market. Anyways, here is a snap shot of some of the things I do. These are two web banners that I created for Footasylum’s website, for the women’s ‘Windbreaker 574’ shoe.

As my old CV hasn’t been successful in getting me a job,...

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 17:07:52 +0100

As my old CV hasn’t been successful in getting me a job, now that I have finished university. I decided to redesign it to make it more straight to the the point and more visually interesting. This was the result of my redesign. Hopefully, it will be more successful in getting me a job. I have applied for loads of jobs today and yesterday with it. Let’s hope someone gives me a chance!

I'm featured on Business Boom Bolton's website! Check it out here!

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:17:53 +0100

I'm featured on Business Boom Bolton's website! Check it out here!

Finally put my portfolio on behance. Check it out here:

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 19:47:40 +0100

Finally put my portfolio on behance. Check it out here:

For the last part of my project, I finished off my sketchbook...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:35:00 +0100

For the last part of my project, I finished off my sketchbook and created my boards. These are my final boards. I am very happy with the result of my NMP project. I think I have created a great solution to my brief and developed my skills along the way. Especially, my motion skills as I haven’t done any motion since learning some basics in Final Cut in my first year of Uni. So to further these skills I learnt how to use Adobe After Effects.

I then went back and looked at my interactive poster to make...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:30:00 +0100

I then went back and looked at my interactive poster to make sure there was nothing else that I could change on it. However, I thought it would be better if I had a different example on each poster, to give more of an idea of how it works. These were my changes with different examples on each poster. I think this looks a lot better and I am now ready to hand it in like this.

I then reworked the underground poster. These are the...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:25:00 +0100

I then reworked the underground poster. These are the developments for this poster. In the end I decided to go for the last one as when printed out it looked the best and balanced well.

I then moved onto the ruin map poster. These were the...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:20:00 +0100

I then moved onto the ruin map poster. These were the developments in colour. In the end I decided to go with the last one, as when printed the colours seemed to balance the best.

I then reworked the colour of the Nazi poster. I went back to...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:15:00 +0100

I then reworked the colour of the Nazi poster. I went back to the orange and green colour from the beginning, but in the end I decided that I liked the last one best, as when printed out the colours looked the best.

As I wasn’t quite happy with the colours of my posters, I...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:10:00 +0100

As I wasn’t quite happy with the colours of my posters, I decided to try changing them. I thought I should limit my palette to maybe 3 colours, so that the posters look like they all go together. I decided to add purple to my already chosen colours of green and orange. I started with this poster (human hybrid). These are my experiements of colour with this poster. In the end I decided that I liked the last one best, as the colours seemed the most balanced.

After speaking in my seminar about making my A-Z digital to fit...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:05:00 +0100

After speaking in my seminar about making my A-Z digital to fit with the rest of my project, I came up with the idea of having an interactive poster (like cleverbot) where an alien sends a message on the poster and then whoever is viewing the poster can reply and talk back to the alien. I really like this idea and how it looks. The layout of the poster has the message area at the top and the keypad at the bottom. The keypad is interchangable between the alien language and the english language. As this poster is interactive I think it will also create more of an interest in my project from whoever is viewing it.

This was the response video I created as a reply to the alien...

Thu, 10 May 2012 10:00:00 +0100

This was the response video I created as a reply to the alien communication video. I kept the same styling as the alien communication, because I think that if in reality we were replying to aliens we would want to reply in the same kind of way that they sent their message so that it increases the probability that they would understand it. I switched the colours around so that it is now an orange background with green text to emphasise that it is a reply. I like this video. However, I don’t think it is as good as my alien communication video.

After my seminar, I decided that the first thing I would tackle...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:55:00 +0100

After my seminar, I decided that the first thing I would tackle is changing the colours of the posters, so that each one is different. I kept the constellation poster the green and orange colour because I think these colours work well together on this poster. I changed the other posters to quite contrasting colours so that they would stand out. However, I’m not sure whether they work as well as when they were all orange and green. Maybe the colours in these need rethinking.

Seminar - NMP

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:50:00 +0100

In my seminar I discussed my work so far. My alien communication video went down really well, and so did my posters. However, my tutor thought it would be a good idea if I picked about 4 or 5 posters and created each one in different colours. Also he thought I should rethink my A-Z idea as it seems to be taking a step backwards from the rest of my development work. My project so far is very digital based so to do what I was going to do wouldn’t really fit in with it. Therefore, I am going to rethink this to try and make it a digital piece.

This was my first idea for my A-Z translation. I thought back to...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:45:00 +0100

This was my first idea for my A-Z translation. I thought back to my brief and how it started being about a secret society/cult thing for UFO enthusiasts. I also thought about how all my project is about code, and only people who are a part of the society would know what it said. Therefore, I thought that it would be good if the A-Z translation was also secretive and had to be worked out. So I thought of having a Bible type A-Z book (to go with the religion part) and having the letters (alien) on a dps and the english translation is in UV ink (white box). However, I’m not totally blown away with this and feel I could do a lot better. So I will talk it over with my tutor in my seminar and see what he thinks.

After changing my posters to green and orange, I decided it...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:40:00 +0100

After changing my posters to green and orange, I decided it would be a good idea to do the same with my video. However, in this video I also added some static to represent the degraded parts of the video from traveling through space for a long period of time. I am much happier with this video than my previous one, as the colours work a lot better and it seems to feel more authentic.

This is the development for my underground poster. Once again...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:30:00 +0100

This is the development for my underground poster. Once again following the styling. I was pleased with the result. This time the orange seemed to work best. My favourite is the last poster, as there is just the right amount of green involved in the symbol.

This is the development for my ruin map poster. I followed the...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:25:00 +0100

This is the development for my ruin map poster. I followed the same style as the other posters. I once again tried out the orange colour as the main colour, but ended up making it green as it seemed to work better. My favourite poster is the last one as everything flows nicely.

This was the development for my Nazi poster. Following in the...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:20:00 +0100

This was the development for my Nazi poster. Following in the same style as the other posters. I started out with orange as the main colour in this poster, but then decided to go for green as it seemed to work better. My favourite is the last poster. I think everything balances well and creates a good effect.

This is the development for my human hybrid poster. I once again...

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:15:00 +0100

This is the development for my human hybrid poster. I once again went with the styling and format of the other posters to make everything uniform. I like how this poster has turned out. I especially like the last design.