headline booklet

headline tags

final tag design. change to white outline.

these are a variety of designs i put together to package and help brand my products for this brief. find final design in Final products link.

these designs had to be fun and include my own self branding also the designs are interesting and help tie the brief together.

super soaker development

these are some initial designs and tests that have helped me clarify the design i want. initially the designs was drawn left lined but i changed it through illustrator useing the direct selection tool. i found there was alot of gaps so i re-produced some sections to tighten the design up.

also i found that getting rid of the stroke gave the design a nice finish so i think i will choose from that selection of designs.

lego block development

I tested some layouts, left lined, centred and also i tested adding shading to areas to try give the design another dimension. and bring the design of the page. i prefer the simplistic shapes without the shading.

summary

these pictures i have taken show some testing with stocks however to really show these pieces of as a set i need to use the same stocks in my opinion there for i will have to test each stock on the other designs to see which is the best compromise. also i need to re photograph the pieces as i need them to look the best they can!

Headline posters - lego block

Matt paper stocked used for this print, very flat colour. but the colour and stock reflect solid colour and that's what i wanted limited effect from shine like on the super soaker print.

Headline posters - super soaker

For this print i decided to test a different stock i used a satin white paper stock which gave a really interesting touch as the context of the design is water and liquid, the satin stock gives an interesting shine to the design which reflects the water it self.

Headline posters - teddy bear

First of all once printed i noticed i printed the wrong file and Camera is spelt wrong Camara!
other than this i printed on too a thick sugar paper stock which gave a great texture to the piece, as it had all the lines and fibers on show from the formation of the paper. also the shades of the stock worked well with the subject matter of the poster as the brown shades worked well together. also the textures of the paper added to the context of the piece.

Design needs re-printing without mistake!

Type trial

this a test piece i put together to see how the lettering could be created by using the scribble technique that i researched earlier. the design works as it displays the letter forms and portraits the crayon as well. i should try re produce the whole design using this technique....look at different type face shape!

crayon research

How could i create imagery from the shape and style of crayons.....scribbles??















initial test with crayon's. i used different coloured crayon's for each style of scribble i created. i wanted to see if i could generate any interesting imagery from this which could possible influence my design decisions.

to create the imagery i just performed different motions with crayons, to create circles, close scribbles wide scribbles. the idea for doing this is taken from kids colouring in books and the techniques they use to colour things in.

the research was quite interesting to look at the shapes and styles that i could use to create the imagery. i feel i need to pin down a focus for the Crayon poster as this is the one i feel a little behind with and i really need to generate a good idea. i think the research is a good start i need to use this and see what i can achieve.

More water research

this development in researched help me realise a bit more of the shape of the water i was looking for. i used the Macro setting to try and get close to the shapes and sections of the spillage. i tried a few with the flash setting but it created bad reflections of the surface of the table. the glass table offered and interesting surface to work with however i probably need to look at a surface the defines the whole shape much clearer!









i used a darker back ground to create a clearer image from the spillage the shapes are really interesting.

i think the shapes i am creating from this research are more realistic than the shapes i initially design with big droplets coming of the letters which was quite unrealistic.







with these photos i used the multiple shot function on my camera to try and capture the action of spilling liquid/ pouring it.i think this helps support my other research and that my designs need to be influenced more by the realistic shape of a spillage rather than creating imagery from a lack of quality research.

when generating the imagery for my design i need to make sure that the lines and very smooth but morph the letter shapes in a way which represents the shapes created through my research. But maintain the readability of the letter forms.