Suit up...

11. 03. 2012

I recently stumbled across this design hidden away in my computers files, I had totally forgotten about it! This is my original poster design for the Summer Design Ball. The reason for 'original' was because I ended up changing it to the paint chip design because all of my designs at that point had been vector illustrations and I needed more variation in my final portfolio.

This was one of my first ever major Illustrations using Illustrator, and it's one of my favourites because I don't often get to see my boyfriend in a suit ha ha!

Totally 90's..

16. 02. 2012

Not long ago 'The Roost Creative' in Newcastle had an exhibit entitled 'Totally 90's'.

The Brief:
Make a poster inspired by the decade that was the 90’s. Get nostalgic! Can you remember Kid n Play, Mortal Kombat, TLC, Round-the-Twist, Rocko’s Modern Life, Encino Man, Daria? Let these and any other cherished memories be your ammo for making the ‘freshest’, ‘radest’ and ‘dopest’ poster on the block.

I was born in 1990, so I am a 90's kid!! It would have to be my favourite decade! Growing up in the 90's was great: 

• Cassette players were soon replaced by the Discman
• The first CD came out when I was 6. 
• We got a computer and the internet when I was 10 
• Mum's mobile was the size of a house brick
• I loved Barbies and Cabbage Patch dolls and had every Yowie and Tazo you could collect
• Double denim was SO in and who could forget butterfly clips???

So here is my 90's inspired poster, which features a Tamagotchi, a Troll doll and a Furby!

' An Era of Unique Toys' - The 90's

This design was hand generated in Adobe Illustrator and took a very, very, very, very, VERY long time.

SIMPSONIZED

25 / 12 / 2011

I have always wondered what I would look like as a 'Simpson,' I recently found a website called 'Simpsonize Me' but the website has been down and unable to Simpsonize anyone.

So I took it upon myself to Simpsonize myself, my other half and my cat. I used an Adobe program called Illustrator. Here's how it turned out:

Then for a Christmas present I decided to Simpsonize Hannah, Cory and Taylee, because they love the Simpsons. I got it framed for them, and sure enough they loved it! I downloaded the Simpson font called Groening to add to the Simpsonized effect!

It's not what it looks like...

5 / 10/ 2011

This is a design I created for my University's Summer Design Ball. At first glance it looks like a stripy ice-cream, but what it is really made of is paint chips, the ones you get from hardware stores. I hope no one saw me, because I did take LOTS!

First, after a lot of attempts I created the circular shapes out of two of the same colour paint chips, cut two slits in each side, then used double sided tape to stick it all together. The cone was created using about 5 paint chips of the same colour rolled up into a cone shape. I then placed them on A3 coloured paper and photographed it. Then I completed the finishing touches in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Paint chips from a local hardware store.

Trying different coloured backgrounds.

The shapes placed on A3 coloured paper