4mations Website

This is the final website I created for the brief of making an identity for Channel 4's new animation channel, 4mations.

4mations final logo

This is the final logo I created for the brief of making a logo for Channel 4's new animation channel, 4mations.

Third Year?

I'm currently thinking of staying on fir a third year at Newcastle College, and achieving my BA Honours in Creative Practise. The talk I attended informed me that the third year was based on 'Supporting Sustainable Practise in Industry'.

The layout of the year at Newcastle College:

1. Project Proposal (3,000 words)
2. Project Planning (3,000 words and a presentation)
3. Development Portfolio (Annotated Portfolio)
4. Realisation Portfolio (Annotated Portfolio)
5. Dissertation (7,000 words)

I am excited by the thought of gaining the experience in industry through a third year, but will have to do more research on which institute I would want to attend.

Seaton Sluice First School Emblem

These are two ideas I pitched for Seaton Sluice First Schools Emblem, the ideas are similar but the type has changed to make out the full name of the school. The top images were to be used on a school jumper, the bottom left to be used on a white T-shirt, and the bottom right to be used as a letterhead on school paperwork.

What its like to be inside a retro Pinball Machine

Here's a an Ident for Fox Retro, created by Plenty and Fantasma, to show what its like to be in a 1980's retro-futuristic pinball machine.. http://www.behance.net/gallery/Fox-Retro-Birthday-Id/794321 

Tetris

As I'm working on Tetris based piece, I had a friend who sent me this as inspiration for my animations.. http://www.anim8stopmotion.com/play.php?vid=573. Check it out, it's actually quite good.

Nuby Packaging - Different - Evaluation

This was a brief set to create a series of package designs for ‘Nuby’ baby products. The brief stated that the designs had to be fun, consistent and natural, while also appealing to parents. I had the idea of creating a cube, with 4 white sides and 2 sides with a wrapping-paper style pattern. After consulting the tutor, I noticed my design didn’t have any shelf presence, point of sale, and the pattern couldn’t be seen. I then re-created my package in a different way, losing the box shape but creating the pattern into the main part of my design.

I feel that after much time spent trying to give this design more shelf presence, I have come up with a good solution to the task. If there were any parts to be changed, it would just be small changes, such as the layout, but overall I am happy with the outcome.

Nuby Packaging - Different

Design company, Different presented us with a brief on a Nuby product packaging. They wanted a designs that would work as a series across many products. I was inspired by the old-fashioned, repeat-pattern wallpaper for these designs.

The Organic Connoisseur (Chocolate Packaging) Evaluation

This was a teamwork-based task. After pairing up with a Jonny Hindson, we had to design a successful solution to package a high quality bar of chocolate, aimed at a target audience of 20+. We first drew up a mind map to come up with some brand characteristics, which we then used to come up with a brand name. After this we drew up some initial ideas of what we believed could make this packaging a success and we discussed which parts to collaborate to be a success. We then decided to work to our strengths; each doing an element for the design, which we believed we were better at, though we constantly spoke of how each other’s work could be improved and what we liked. We then took these final elements and used In Design to create a successful layout.

I feel that overall I was able to work as part of a team and come up with a successful solution to this task. If I were to go back over this project I would only make small changes to the final outcome, for example, I would integrate the slogan into the illustration of the character.

The Organic Connoisseur (Chocolate Packaging)

This is a packaging piece I worked on with Jonny Hindson. The concept came from creating a high-end expensive chocolate, for an age range of 24-35.

CV and Covering Letter

I am currently writing the covering letter for my CV, and never thought it could be this tricky. Making the covering letter interesting and readable is hard enough, but doing this while not sounding generic is quite difficult. I have been using http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/cv.html  to give me advice on writing my CV and covering letter. I have found this site to be very helpful, and hopefully it will allow me to be successful in writing the rest of my CV.