Ding, you make my heart explode.
30 April 2010
Ding-ding!
05 April 2010
Kings of Convenience
A few months ago a friend of mine, one Ian McKinlay, emailed me asking if I could do a poster for a gig that was coming up in Hong Kong that the company he works for was putting on. I agreed instantly because I like Ian and I like making posters.
Turns out it was for Kings of Convenience, one of my favourite bands despite them sounding like "elevator music" as one of my former flatties put it. I prefer to think of them as the Scando version of Simon and Garfunkel (who were one of my favourite bands when I was 12). Worth checking out eh.
Anywho, Ian sent me through the rejected design from the previous designer so I could see what had already been done:
I thought it was really clunky (obviously, so did UNTITLED seeing as they got me in to do a new one) and while I liked the photo, I didn't think it was really all that attention grabbing... and I really, really did not like how the text was being treated by cramming it in boxes with some kind of bland Arial font.
So I decided to start from scratch. I wanted to do soem kind of sweet illustration but I get freaked out doing posters sometimes and the photos they supplied were really cool so I decided to just do a fairly straight edge poster. This is the first version I submitted:
The last option was their fave, so I tweaked the logo layout and the blend of the solid background into the photo and voila! Finished!
Hopefully I'll be working with these cats in HK more in the future. I'll be sure to keep you posted :)
Turns out it was for Kings of Convenience, one of my favourite bands despite them sounding like "elevator music" as one of my former flatties put it. I prefer to think of them as the Scando version of Simon and Garfunkel (who were one of my favourite bands when I was 12). Worth checking out eh.
Anywho, Ian sent me through the rejected design from the previous designer so I could see what had already been done:
I thought it was really clunky (obviously, so did UNTITLED seeing as they got me in to do a new one) and while I liked the photo, I didn't think it was really all that attention grabbing... and I really, really did not like how the text was being treated by cramming it in boxes with some kind of bland Arial font.
So I decided to start from scratch. I wanted to do soem kind of sweet illustration but I get freaked out doing posters sometimes and the photos they supplied were really cool so I decided to just do a fairly straight edge poster. This is the first version I submitted:
Too much negative space and the information needed to be bigger. Ok. Let's try it again... and again using a different picture... and again with slightly different elements... (you can click on them to see larger versions)
The last option was their fave, so I tweaked the logo layout and the blend of the solid background into the photo and voila! Finished!
30 March 2010
OH MAN, I really ought to be filing CDs right now...
Worst blog writer ever.
It's quite high on my list of priorities to start writing a blog on an "at least weekly" basis. The problem is, my other priorities are "go to work on a daily basis", "relax post-work on a daily basis", "play heaps of netball", "do some design stuff", and MOST importantly, "get the house to a liveable state of tidiness".
It's actually the messiest I have been since I was 10. No shit. My mum used to say my room looked like a bomb had hit it and I'd be offended but the reality is that if she were to say it now, I'd be forced to agree.
On a total tangent, here is a really awesome doodle tool - called harmony. I do suggest you try it. Below is one of my doodles. Sweet!
It's quite high on my list of priorities to start writing a blog on an "at least weekly" basis. The problem is, my other priorities are "go to work on a daily basis", "relax post-work on a daily basis", "play heaps of netball", "do some design stuff", and MOST importantly, "get the house to a liveable state of tidiness".
It's actually the messiest I have been since I was 10. No shit. My mum used to say my room looked like a bomb had hit it and I'd be offended but the reality is that if she were to say it now, I'd be forced to agree.
On a total tangent, here is a really awesome doodle tool - called harmony. I do suggest you try it. Below is one of my doodles. Sweet!
11 January 2010
Twenty ten eh?
Hey! So Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Gosh it's been a busy start to the year so far.
Working Christmas Eve in a retail store that sells some of the most common Christmas presents (CDs, DVDs, and books as well as gift cards) is a really crazy experience. At the end of the day when we closed the doors and tallied everything up, I figured out that we made a sale every 30 seconds. From opening to closing. I mean, obviously there were slow times when we'd get to kind of tidy up the chaos and get a drink of water, but there were also insane times where we were doing fifteen sales a minute... Nuts!!
But also really fun. People were quite nice, probably because they knew that the chaos was more their fault than ours seeing as how they'd left their shopping to the last minute.
After work I went round to my Aunt's house for some extended family love and promptly fell asleep in the massage chair in the study. Rosey sure knows how to appreciate the finer things in life. When I woke up, everyone was leaving but Champ and I stayed and introduced Rosey to the wonders of Battlestar Galactica. Yuss.
Christmas day I woke up early and went to my dad's house where we ate a fantastic breakfast that my stepmum Monique had made (eggs benny with bacon! coffee! champagne!) and watched the twins rip into their presents although Zach only wanted a Wii game and ran off with it as soon as he found it.
After that we went round to Mum and Paul's wee house on the hills above the peninsula for lunch with them and their pals Sandra and Dieter. It was PHENOMENAL. Here is photographic proof of the nomness of that lunch. It was the best roast chicken I have ever had in my life.
After lunch Dj had a wee catnap, much like my favourite chum Pusster who is so lovely. And old. He's about 21years old now. Gee whiz!
When Dj woke up, we went for a wee stroll. Below is a photo of Mum's partner Paul, and a lovely foxglove. Their garden is seriously cool - it's such an idyllic cottage garden.
I visited the neighbour's goat. This is a wacked out goat. Wants to be in the exorcist I reckon.
Then we went into the shed (it was really hot in there) and checked out Paul's rolling ball sculpture which is pretty excellent. I tried to photograph it, but it didn't turn out so good. So here is a photo of Paul talking to Dj about the mechanics of the sculpture.
Working Christmas Eve in a retail store that sells some of the most common Christmas presents (CDs, DVDs, and books as well as gift cards) is a really crazy experience. At the end of the day when we closed the doors and tallied everything up, I figured out that we made a sale every 30 seconds. From opening to closing. I mean, obviously there were slow times when we'd get to kind of tidy up the chaos and get a drink of water, but there were also insane times where we were doing fifteen sales a minute... Nuts!!
But also really fun. People were quite nice, probably because they knew that the chaos was more their fault than ours seeing as how they'd left their shopping to the last minute.
After work I went round to my Aunt's house for some extended family love and promptly fell asleep in the massage chair in the study. Rosey sure knows how to appreciate the finer things in life. When I woke up, everyone was leaving but Champ and I stayed and introduced Rosey to the wonders of Battlestar Galactica. Yuss.
Christmas day I woke up early and went to my dad's house where we ate a fantastic breakfast that my stepmum Monique had made (eggs benny with bacon! coffee! champagne!) and watched the twins rip into their presents although Zach only wanted a Wii game and ran off with it as soon as he found it.
After that we went round to Mum and Paul's wee house on the hills above the peninsula for lunch with them and their pals Sandra and Dieter. It was PHENOMENAL. Here is photographic proof of the nomness of that lunch. It was the best roast chicken I have ever had in my life.
After lunch Dj had a wee catnap, much like my favourite chum Pusster who is so lovely. And old. He's about 21years old now. Gee whiz!
When Dj woke up, we went for a wee stroll. Below is a photo of Mum's partner Paul, and a lovely foxglove. Their garden is seriously cool - it's such an idyllic cottage garden.
I visited the neighbour's goat. This is a wacked out goat. Wants to be in the exorcist I reckon.
Then we went into the shed (it was really hot in there) and checked out Paul's rolling ball sculpture which is pretty excellent. I tried to photograph it, but it didn't turn out so good. So here is a photo of Paul talking to Dj about the mechanics of the sculpture.
11 December 2009
Life Changes
So a few things of note have happened recently.
1. I finished up first year at Art School.
2. I got me some full-time employment. Working in retail selling books, dvds, and music. Which is awesome but has also been quite stressy due to the fact that the store opened a week after I started working for them (the week before they opened I worked 80 hours processing stock for the new store) and it's now building up to the whole christmas craziness (and we're still receiving and processing heaps of stuff).
3. We took possession of our new house yesterday. We're moving in over the next few days, which is pretty exciting. Like, really exciting. Expect to hear a LOT about it in the coming forever.
Right, those are the important things. I thought I ought to let you fullas know the reason why I've been so absent from my online existence. So yeah. Things will calm down soon and I'll be back around here a lot more.
Win!
1. I finished up first year at Art School.
2. I got me some full-time employment. Working in retail selling books, dvds, and music. Which is awesome but has also been quite stressy due to the fact that the store opened a week after I started working for them (the week before they opened I worked 80 hours processing stock for the new store) and it's now building up to the whole christmas craziness (and we're still receiving and processing heaps of stuff).
3. We took possession of our new house yesterday. We're moving in over the next few days, which is pretty exciting. Like, really exciting. Expect to hear a LOT about it in the coming forever.
Right, those are the important things. I thought I ought to let you fullas know the reason why I've been so absent from my online existence. So yeah. Things will calm down soon and I'll be back around here a lot more.
Win!
28 October 2009
Swimmer
Here's a drawing that I did today during a framing workshop at school. The workshop was damn cool, and I'm going to try and frame this as a practise run before I attempt anything big/time consuming.
Win!
(edit: below is a coloured version of it that I put together tonight while watching the Spongebob Squarepants Movie.
27 October 2009
Paisley Ghost
This one I drew thinking about poor old Champ who has his wisdom teeth coming in and wreaking all kind of havoc in his head. He's looking at getting them out but that kind of work don't come cheap, and isn't covered by his health insurance. Stink buzz!
Anyway, I'm playing with this drawing in Illustrator and will hopefully have something done with it in the next few weeks.
08 October 2009
Not doing so well on the Daily Drawing front.
BLOODY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS MAKE ME MEGA UNMOTIVATED.
Sigh. I don't think I've done any drawings for the past two weeks which is really lame. So I'll get onto it asap. I have, however, had a great time sleeping and playing Settlers of Catan both in the real world and online. It's awesome, easy to learn, and really fun.
So that's been my holidays.
I made this today.
Sigh. I don't think I've done any drawings for the past two weeks which is really lame. So I'll get onto it asap. I have, however, had a great time sleeping and playing Settlers of Catan both in the real world and online. It's awesome, easy to learn, and really fun.
So that's been my holidays.
I made this today.
27 September 2009
Argh! So behind!
So I've been mega-lax with updating this - here's some of the backlog now, more as soon as I FIND THEM AGAIN. Sigh.
Sketches from the 21st and 22nd:
The 23rd(ish):
September 24th:
Sketches from the 21st and 22nd:
The 23rd(ish):
September 24th:
21 September 2009
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