Lady Gaga inspired t-shirts....

My original source of inspiration came from this necklace.....I loved the retro, contemporary style and I really wanted to bring this into some designs.
I needed a concept behind the designs I thought so I thought who better to base the designs aroud then Lady gaga....a contemporary, unique stlylist up and coming icon of the 21st century.

Penguin Book-Alice's Adventures in Wonderland...

Below are the two final pictures that I chose to display my limited edition book covers in context.  I wanted to set a scene for my final pictures that related in some way to the story....so I chose the tea party scene and I think it has worked really well and I am happy with the outcome of the pictures.  I think I will use the landscape picture to place on my final boards as it has picked up more detail on the spine of the book where the gold foiling was placed and you can also clearly see both backs and fronts of the cover!

Flyer photographed in different context...

Flyer design for book launch...flyers could be handed out to help the sales of the new limited edition range of Puffin books. The flyers display contact details and inform people that they can go and collect their book in store now. The 'OUT NOW' will have gold foiling on it so that it one stands out and two emphasis's the limited edition range that is being sold.

Quick development idea for layout and composition of flyer to be handed out on launch day of the book!

Here I have photographed my printed book cover showing the front,back and spine. I made a few adjustments before printing as there were a few errors concerning the puffin logo in which I had used the wrong one in the pack provided and the type on the back needed re adjusting as it was 'lazy'.

1 of 6 final designs front/spine/back...

Illustrative J to start to involve on the back of my Alice's Adventures in Wonderland back covers...















This is an illustration that I drew in the style of Masha Karpushina that I then took into photoshop and added colour...I thought it could be quite fun and playful to put this design onto the cover of the book...its not too direct and the image doesn't give too much away about the story!



This is development work from my teapot illustration...here I have played around with copying and pasting and reflecting another teapot in illustrator so that I could work with adding type in the middle of them both much like the style of Daren Newman...I want to start to involve experimental typography!

This poster design stemmed from one of my pen drawings. They were orginally black and white so I decided to add some pastel colours to parts of the flowers...as a book cover I personally dont think it is appropriate or works but as a poster design I think it looks really eye catching and I think I could possibly work on it further and use it for my Don't Panic brief!

So taking Ralph Steadman's work into consideration I started drawing using appropriate images. I started by drawing this bunch of flowers and then scanned it into the mac to create an illusion of patterns making it almost unrecognizable as a flower.  I think it creates an enchanted and suspicous feel to it.

I worked on a brief relating to the Raplh Steadmans work in 2nd year so I thought I would look back at the work that I produced to see if I could get any inspiration.  I found this drawing that I produced below using different inks...although the content being a cigarette doesn't relate what so ever to Alice's Adventures its the style that I am concentrating on and the illusion of an object appearing to be something that it is not.

I produced a questionnaire to aid my work and development.  I asked people general questions about the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and what imagery they visualize when they think of the book which really helped me focus on in particular areas.  Also I picked up on this one comment, somebody mentioned researching into the work of Ralph Steadman where by his illustrations are very hand drawn and illusion based and I think that It could work really well on the front cover of a Penguin Book.

Crowdspring

This is the first entry i have made on crowdspring...'The happy shop' needed a new logo creating for their burlesque show so I had a go at re creating one for them..I decided to stick to a limited colour palette and emphasized the jazzy, vintage and fun feel that they wanted to be prominent in the logo.







These are developed designs that have stemmed from my show and tell...one of the things that was mentioned was that it wasn't very fun or noticeable so I decided to work on those two key facts and I have come up with these designs. I have played around with my original designs working with the type and colour and then I went on a whole new path and decided to use circles to represent boobs and use a fun font whilst still keeping a kind of vintage feel which was required in the brief.

Festive Leeds Goody Bag competition...

This is our final designs placed in the Light to be judged..it was a good opportunity for people to see my work and meet people in the industry.

Going back to hand rendered type I have placed designs onto appropriate bags to see what the result is...I am beginning to think that these designs are better than my bold type experiments and I think they utilize the 35cm sq space that I have been given.


Adding existing logos (festive leeds and the light) on to the designs that I think are most appropriate and communicate message well. I really like these simple type experiments and i think they are bold and eye catching and will look great on the hessian bags although i am torn between whether or not I should stick with these designs or go on with my hand drawn type...my hand drawn type is a little bit more original and may seperate me from other people entering the competition.





Starting to add other symbols to emphasis what i am trying to communicate. Adding circles to communicate snow and adding footsteps to emphasis 'walking' around Leeds and participating in the different activities that are on offer to the public.





Using existing type from 'festive leeds' i have created these type experiments...first of all sticking with just black and white and then adventuring into colour. Using purple and yellow to fit in with the colours of existing branding and red and green to bring in the feel of christmas.
I think the type experiments are quite simple but are clear and deliver the right message, encouraging people to come and visit
leeds over the festive period.



Experimenting with hand drawn type in illustrator... keeping to limited colour palette is quite hard!


Experimenting with different colour variations...looking at using greens and reds to emphasis and exaggerate the festive season.

Original hand drawn type made from little christmas lights....i will take these into illustrator and start adding colour.