On The Surface

This image is of a design I did for my 'On The Surface' Project. I had to create my own surface pattern. I was inspired by nature surface patterns that I found when researching. I liked the illustrative style some designers had. I then tried to create my own in that same style. I was hoping to achieve a nice nature/feminine styled surface pattern that had my own edge to it. I created this by drawing a Swallow bird filled with finer detail inside the birds body etc and then added some flowers that I had hand drawn from a image I had taken for my Still Life Studies. The thing that I think works is the repetition of the bird and how it all links together and still stands out very well. If I were to improve this further I would try a different layout for the pattern and see what works well or better. 

You're A Smoothie

These are images of a Smoothie Label design I did for a my 'You're A Smoothie' Project. I was inspired by actual current smoothie products that are of a greater quality. I was intrigued by the posh/modern style some products had. I was hoping to achieve a nice, fancy, feminine smoothie label which would be targeted at more upperclass women. I created this digitally. I created my logo by scanning a hand-made texture into the Mac and making it into the shape of a strawberry for my logo. I then found an illustration of a women which was similar to a one I had done in my experiments. I chose to use this one because it was more realistic. I then created the label using a strict colour scheme and style. I then found brushes to add on to create a more organic style.  The thing that I think works well is the feminine style that is automatically given off. This was one of my aims when creating this and I think I achieved this. If I were to try improve this further I'd try different layouts and move things on the label around to see if there is a layout that maybe looks better. 

Album Artwork

This is an image of a design I did for an Album Artwork Project. I was given the task of choosing a music artist of my own choice and design an album artwork for my chosen artist and base the whole design on their actual style. The things that inspired me were mainly things in my research into album artworks and Nicki Minaj herself. I found that she was from Trinidad. I then researched Trinidadian fashion, styles and history to try and interpret this in the artwork I'd be designing. I found that they have a lot of festivals and wear face paint etc. This is mainly what I was trying to achieve when making the piece. I made this piece digitally. I did everything on Photoshop. I found an image of Nicki, some relevant brushes, and font to put together. The things that I think works well is all the brushes blending together, the color scheme. I think this because the brushes create extra detail within the piece and the colours suit Nicki Minaj very well and the piece as a whole. I would not add anything or change anything on this piece. I am very happy with everything, the only thing that is a problem is the quality of the main image of Nicki. I would have to find a better quality image to make this better. 

Typography

This image is of a design I did for a Typography Project. I was given three words at random to base my Typography project on. The word I chose to use was 'Believe'. The things that inspired me were Disney and Peter Pan as they are all fairytales and fictional. Which children and people 'believe'. I was hoping to achieve an almost magical piece which interpreted Disney and Peter Pan very well. I created this digitally. I used Photoshop to design this piece. I found brushes that were fireworks and glitter to create the magical feel. The think that I think works well is the whole script style font and Disney Castle and Characters all blending as one. If I were to improve this further I'd take away the stars on the 'B' because I think they look tacky and maybe experiment with other Disney Characters. 

Carried Away..

This is an image of a design I did for a college project called 'Carried Away..' Which was basically all about creating your own bag design for a shop of your choice. I chose to do a bag design for the shop called Accessorize. I was inspired by my research into Accessorize and the style of store and products they have. I found that the store was very feminine and full of patterned products which were very much to do with Summer as the Summer Collection was currently in the store. When creating this design I was hoping to achieve a very detailed, unique and bright piece which was very feminine at the same time. I made this by hand drawing everything and scanning it into the Mac and using Photoshop to add colour and more pattern. I added more patterns by finding Photoshop brushes that suited the style of the piece. The thing that I find works well is the largely detailed shapes on the piece. I think this because the detail interprets the whole style of Accessorize. If I were to improve this piece I'd change the whole thing because I personally think its too busy. I'd go for a more simple design but still keeping the colour and detail in the design.   

A Taste Of Summer

This image was for the 'Taste of Summer' task I was given. I was inspired by research images I was given to look at that other designers had created. Some of the styles that were used on their versions were quite similar to mine by the illustrative style. I was hoping to achieve this 'illustrative' style in my own design and I think I did so by all the finer detail and hand-drawn bits within the piece. I created this piece by hand-drawing the design and then scanning it into the Mac and tweaking the colours and titles on Photoshop. I also found brushes online and added them within the background of the design to give extra detail and style. The thing that makes the whole thing work so well in my opinion is the lined details and bright colours within. If I were to improve this I would draw out the detail parts more carefully to make the whole thing just a little bit neater.