Never Give In & Never Give Up

The Brief 
The aim is to design the outer design of a travel mug using inspirational words integrating illustration where possible. We often look upon inspirational quotes to boost our motivation to get us through the week long of reports or essays we have in our workplace and yet they can even go to the lengths of providing us with the courage to pursue our life long dreams.

Background Information
I decided to go along with the idea of hand-lettering, as it was something that I haven't yet been able to experiment with in my previous projects. This grew out of my fascination with the works of Steve Simpson and Linzie Hunter, who were both key inspirations for this project.

The Design
Done in both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I produced a tea-leaves pattern for the background to create a connection between the design and Twinings, a British-based tea company, and emphasised this through the use of a teapot and cup in the illustration. My colour palette choice is linked to soothing emotions with the red to give a vibrant appearance as well as that energy boost.


Important Notice:
Please note that Twinings did not in any way commission me to produce this piece, this is completely for university purposes only as I had to pick my ideal client to base this project on.

Digital Design

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APP Words: Final Design

I'll probably develop this and place it on a mug prototype, but I thought that I'd leave this here just to remind me to put some photos up later on.

I'm really, really pleased with it's outcome, and surprised at myself... My vectors actually turned out okay! I've never really been that experienced in that field so I'm happy to see that it actually worked out okay in the end.

I printed out my designs on matte paper to provide that extra boost of texture, and after comparing two versions (one with the watercolour texture and one without) I went with the one that didn't have any texture applied. This is because the colours in the ampersand and banner were a lot brighter and stood out a lot more. It provided a very 'clean' and smooth appearance, something that relates to the soothing taste of tea.

Once chosen, I cut out my design and applied to my mug and... It fits perfectly! I am so glad that I did trim off the bottom slightly otherwise it would've been too long. I'll take better pictures later but here is a preview just for now:

Unveiling Wonderland

For our APPs (Advanced Professional Practice) we had the choice of whether to create our own design brief or follow one of the competition briefs listed by our lecturers. The Serco Prize hosted by both the Association of Illustrators and Serco really caught my eye; it involved portraying a London story or stories in a single narrative.

 

I delved into London folklore as I had a keen interest in fantasy and fairy tales. I wanted to create an amalgamation of both well-known and lesser known narratives, and the ones that really stood out to me were Sherlock Holmes, Dick Whittingham, William I and Sons, Spring-heeled Jack and Witch Well. 

 

Even though I was unable to fully complete my illustration in time for the Serco Prize deadline, I continued with it and produced a poster design to submit as my university project. I initially had produced a different A3 version which you can see here, but after following the feedback from my lecturers and classmates who had all agreed that they preferred the Double Royal poster version. I thus adapted my A3 poster design to reflect this one so that it would mirror the Serco Prize's existing poster designs. 

Illustration

Poster Design

APP Home (AOI): Unveiling Wonderland

Update: To see my updated version, please click here

As I've mentioned in my previous post, I am going to produce two designs for submission; one as an A3 poster, and another as a mockup of what the Double Royal would look like. I'll also submit my illustration as a standalone.

This illustration was... Challenging. I haven't really ventured into digital painting that much so there were some parts where I struggled but I'm very pleased with the results nevertheless. It's really nice to see that it is possible to mix traditional and digital media without looking too 'artificial'.

A3 Poster Version

Fairy Tale Wedding Stationary

My FMP (Final Major Project) was to design an invitation for a fairy tale wedding and, if I had the time, some other parts of wedding stationary. I wanted to create something that links in with traditional media, taking inspiration from Illuminated Manuscripts and the work of Jan Pienkowski.

The Other Faces

Final Illustration

Mock up (how it would look when printed)

"We have many faces beneath the surface; anger, happiness, surprise, mourning… and each of these make us who we are. "

This is my editorial illustration for my uni project based around the subject the "Psychology of Faces" to be displayed in a magazine similar to New Scientist. I used the line technique where I didn't lift my hand/pen from the page so that all of the faces are connected by a single line to show that our emotions are, in the end, all connected.

The Original Illustration

Live Music Project Designs