Carry Hope Print by SAWDUST

A run of exceptionally well finished tote bags by SAWDUST. The imagery and illustrated type is beautiful, especially the BEAT tote. I would like to experiment with doing some type like this for the cover of my publication. I also put this up to show how SAWDUST dealt with the distribution of their totes, in the form of a publication.

Workshop retail design research.

Ollie &Tom look as if they are doing really, really, well for themselves with their company: Workshop. So first off, really well done guys!

These are two projects from Workshop : One is a loyalty card for  A Barber (Barber & Mack). It is nice because it is just simple design with the foil logo on the reverse. The foiled idea I like alot and still want to persue, but it has made me decide the loyalty card I have made needs another look at. Theres like 3 bits of ingormation of the workshop design, which is really effective, and direct as a piece of design.

Auburns retail environmental design and branding: The signage is simple and effective. With the logo taking dominance over any other information, which is the way it should be.

Sam Green - Editorial

A submission for Popshot magazine by Sam Green. Popshot is a publication that combines poetry with illustration across double page spreads. Again, some outstanding craftsmanship using only pencils, but this is somehting I should be starting to think about in terms of how an image relates to type. The high quality of this illustration also scares me into beleiving there is so much room for improvement with my illustration. I will get there, eventually.

great type treatments

Artist's Sketches

Some images I found on behance of an artist's sketchbook. The intricacy and precision of these illustration is a bit on the mind blowing side, Im also very jealous as I would love to be able to do this by hand. The images would work very well as vector images which would then be scalable. It makes me glad that I have decided to produce vector artworks for this rebel pin up brief because it does mean that I can apply my illustration to a range of formats with no limitation to scale at the highest quality consistantly.

Vector junkie

I love the way this illustrator deals with line and block colour. Everything looks juicy and oily, but then also gets complimented by tasteful gradients and blending techniques. Makes for a really effective and vibrant image.

Promotional design for miss selfridges

Less is truly more. Beautifully executed typograhy co exisiting in harmony with illustration that is amazing. I want to be working towards my range of promotional products coming together something like this using bleeds, block colours with type and tight margins on documents. it works very well indeed, and the multi coloured papers gives it that sublte breath of life it has. Beautiful stuff, This has got me fired up to keep developing my layouts until theyre hitting a similar standard.

Painted Mural

I Found these images on the Behance network, but failed to get the name of the illustrator at hand, so i apologise for that, but I love this illustration, the rendering is amazing in the way that it transitions from simple block colour in the clothing of the character into tonal beautifullness for the face. Proper rad image making skills. The double outline is also really working well - alot of the time I dont like a double outline on characters but this works well in this instance. I need to start considering what is out there in leeds in terms of art on wall space and how it works in a variety of contexts to help inform my own mural for rebel pin up.

Famous Brazilian Sporting Heroes

I posted these images up purely for the beautiful colour combinations and the way it is rendered. The rotoscoped feel works well and contributes to a striking image overall. I have been considering this approach to rendering illustrations throughout the process of my rebel pin up brief.

Sam Green - Illustrator's promotional mailer

The fold method used here clearly showcases the work well and the type lends itsself to the illustration really effectively. The use of stark black type enhances this fold method and gives the overall product a really proffessional feel. This man is clearly someone who loves what he does, but is also very serious about it. It's this kind of tone of voice I want to communicate with my rebel pin up promotional materials.

The monotone and selective colour really does help enhance this product, and the poster on the back is a good idea to show the best piece of work off well.

Rare Print - Ray Ban

Amazing digital illustration advertising ray ban sunglasses. What strikes me most about the illustration itsself is the use of colour and the combination of more comic and realistic visual approaches split across the top and bottom of the page, which works really well. It is good to see how logos have been applied to this as an overall image too.