Hello Everyone,

Its the day before school goes back, and I am doing a post of the letter P in Times—Bold, Earlier I did a hand written P, and this time after some concept work, and working through I came up with 4 different posters with some design elements in mind.

To start with I will show you my concept work in case you are wondering where I am up to, followed by the actual finished pieces done in Adobe Illustrator CS3

Concept Work

Positive and Negative Space

With the positive and negative space category after working through some different categories, I decided use the golden mean theory of divine proportion and take the negative space out of the P make it big, cut it out of the box, and put the rest of P inside it.

Line and Shape

With the line and shape, I took the straightest part of the P, the main stick part, enlarged it to create one big line, took some inspiration from a playing card, and made the P into its own card, the new ace in the stack.

Emphasis and Scale

With emphasis and scale I was left with the question, how do you make something emphasized using scale, I couldn’t come up with a better idea, make the emphasis using scale. The part I like most about this one is the scattering effect, I also included the use of Positive and Negative space to make use of the the emphasis, and a design element called Visual Discord to also create the emphasis.

As an interesting side note, for the scale of the P’s I also used the golden mean.

Geometric Shape

Although a little bit further away from my concept work, this one came alive on the screen, as I was playing around with different bits and pieces, I decided a movie reel was the way to go. It created a motion to the piece , a visual interest, and a direction. All the time using parts of the P to create the geometric shapes, taking advantage of the negative space, a bit of symmetry, rhythm, and pattern.

The next part of this project is to create some actual models of the letter P, while at the moment it seems like fun to do, I have no idea how it is going to work out. I will be posting pictures of my work on here though, so look out for that.

Cheers
lacedrabbit

Although probably more popular for its use in body copy, the typeface designed for a popular newsprint called Times.

My letter of choice which was either a P or  an S from my initials of my name. I went with P. The first part of this project was to hand draw the letter of choice. Below is a scan.

As you can see, I was never going to be a brain surgeon. But what it does illustrate is a few things, Firstly how much time it must have taken the original typographers to create the font, secondly, how easy it is to create ‘perfect’ on a computer through use of vector formulae. thirdly, on a computer this P looks like I did it with my eyes closed, and not carefully and pedantically I actually did.

cheers,
lacedrabbit.

Its what I call corporate blue for all the right reasons, it is a recognized color symbolizing corporate, professionalism, trustfulness, intelligence and stability, all traits that Power Market Consulting would want to convey to it’s customers.

Below is the new logo in it’s different applications, whether it be on black, white, in white, in black, or in color.

Thanks for Reading,
lacedrabbit

In the original brief, the client mentions that they were interested in that nodal look, and another idea, that did not make the cut with my version of it. Out of 3 this one was chosen.

I took on the nodal concept picture supplied, so I then had to bring the nodes to life. In the brief it was mentioned that the company deals in all aspects of electricity consulting. The concept of all encompassing bought about the circle, with the nodes all around it. Sub-consciously it brings about a global feel, which to me shows a worldly knowledge.

The nodes gives the feeling of connectivity, which in my mind follows through with the companies dedication to communication, connection of electricity, and connection to its clients it is consulting with.

The gradient effect was a nice touch to give the circle some depth, I am worried that it is a little bit of a I can do this effect, but it does look good, and the added depth makes the logo pop a little.

The title of the business goes straight through the middle, giving them an priority feel, ‘You can’t make the connection with out them’. The lines above and below nodal points, following on with the connections.

Times New Roman was chosen for it immediate recognizable trait, a feeling of comfort, familiarity, as well as a strong typeface showing dominance, professionalism.

The teal color which in concept was a greenish blue, was chosen for its blue qualities of professionalism, intelligence, stability and a corporate feel, with the green bringing in a new beginning, and showing growth.

In Conclusion, I think that I may need to shift the color to a more blue dominant color. In concept the greenish add is not working for me anymore. Perhaps a lapse in concentration, or just an error in judgment.

cheers
lacedrabbit

A part of the objective was to include texture, color, and line in a way that shows the frames moving, or movement, not just still shots, I think I got that part right.

I did not concentrate on recreating the actual logo’s of the shows. I believe that was a waste of time, due to copyright, and the fact if I was doing an actual show, I would either need to create a logo, or use one that is supplied to me. Having said that, I found a CBS logo on brandsoftheworld website, and used that one quite happily. Well here they are;

All Saints

With this one, you see the blue and red flashing like you would see an ambulance lights flash, then with the title coming in the blue part of the flash would fade away slowly into a fade and arrive, with a new flashing lights style coming in under the All Saints colored with the gurney colors of the medical nurses. Then with Coming Soon, transitioning into the frame with cbs closely followed.

Knight Rider

With Knight Rider I tried to capture the essence of the KITT light found on the bonnet, using the concept that knight rider is an old show come new, the one very common theme was the bonnet light. The typography at the bottom the screen building up to the final screen.

On the 3rd frame I tried to bring about the snake used in the new knight rider coming from behind, and engraving itself into the bitumen road, giving it that engraved look. Of course the CBS logo would also be in there.

NCIS

With the third and final show I chose NCIS, although a huge loss not using the actual NCIS logo from the show, from the first frame the see’s the background texture building up, along with the story of text before NCIS arrives on the scene, reminding us what NCIS actually stands for, CBS quietly adding itself to the wall, with a play on times in the military format.

So in conclusion, I gave this project a good going at, failing a little with the logo’s used, which is ironic, that this was about typography, and yet we didn’t have access to the actual fonts used in TV shows. However I think my concepts shine through, maybe with my research of All Saints falling down a little.

Cheers,
lacedrabbit

Hello Readers/Watchers,

This one was a school project were we had to do a self portrait in an illustration class, but the catch was, we had to use typography of some description and use sentences. One typeface and no color.  This was about my third or forth serious attempt at it. Like most things it took me a few goes, but I guess that is why I am at school and not doing it professionally.

Cheerz
lacedrabbit

The five pointed star also know as a pentagram in some forms was the basis for this design. The finished design was first done in black and white with consideration for being reduced in size substantially. Curves was not aloud with this design, and was reliant of shapes originating from straight lines. The next version of the star was a coloured design using only two colours both spot colours at 100% tint, and white as the substrate colour. The blue was chosen for its cooling effect as the sharp points generated a lot of energy for me.

Cheers
lacedrabbit

Hey Everyone,

Today I am posting the follow-up as promised on the KIT design packaging, all five packages are now done in an Illustrator file, the correct font used and colors used, the pink color I used is a 55% Red from the PMS colors allowed.

In my mind I feel I have finished, but class is tomorrow, and with some luck and good management, I will get some feedback that will aid me in my learning progress, and maybe even lift my rankings in the competition.

Anyone else out there involved in this, I wish you best of luck, and I hope my designs and thoughts aid you in your learning and making better designs, although I really hope to win, its the consumers that win with better designs.

cheers
lacedrabbit

This work was based around a tutorial for school. As seen previously in this blog, I did a vivid commercial effect image, and this one is essentially the same. The brief was to redo a previous tutorial using your own photograph. I chose this one I took to help me with my Kit design award design.

You may see the similarities, you may not, but after some different layer effects, and lighting effects you get an image like this out of photoshop.

cheers
lacedrabbit

My Latest school project was to create a logo design for “Your Choice” healthy lifestyle intervention. After a day of grueling concept development I came up with 4 different logo’s. After a good nights sleep and a bit of exercise, came back and the second of the four got thrown out, it just wasn’t working.

So above you can see the final 3, all of the colors are bright active colors aimed at the demographic of 12 – 18. I tried to avoid the grunge effect, to create a professional logo that symbolized professionalism, a serious attitude, yet at the same time, showed that Your Choice is ultimately a fun, lively organization with a healthy outlook.

I tried to emphasize movement in the logo’s because that is one of the major parts of “Your Choice’s” goals. I believe the logo works in black as well as color and would look good on any material to do with “Your Choice”.

I will be putting this with other designers in my class, so while my icon might not be the one used, I will hopefully show you in this blog which one does get showed for you analysis.

Cheers
lacedrabbit.