Illustration - "Visual Narrative"

Keeping the theme of games from the previous illustration project, we were asked to create a visual narrative, taking emotions into consideration:

Illustration - "Happy Families"

The brief for this project was to create two new sets of families for the traditional card game "Happy Families." One set had to be a recreation of one of the original families, the other of an original profession.

Bones the Butcher Family:

Gun the Tattooist Family:

And the back of the cards were kept pretty simple:

Introduction to Graphic Design

This work was all produced during my first few weeks at Uni, which was really just to get us into the habit of working.

All of the work was based around a bogus company that we had to come up with; mine was "Clearline Airways"

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Company Logo:

Logo Board:

Used to show the colours/fonts used, and how well the logo works at different sizes/formats.

Letterheads:

Business Cards:

These were designed primarily for internal use which is why there is such a large amount of white space in the centre, allowing the person to write their name and details as well as abandoning the need for customised cards.

Vehicle Signage:

Logo with Tagline:

Advertisement 1:

Feedback from tutors suggested I got the focus wrong with the phrase here, it should have said "One small step for us, One giant leap for you" which I agree makes a lot more sense.

Advertisement 2:

Introductory Project - "Partners"

In the holidays before starting uni, we were all sent a load of information in the post about starting university including maps, an equipment list etc. There was also a brief in with this titled "Partners," asking us to create a life-sized portrait of a partner to present to the rest of the class.

The brief stressed that a partner does not have to be a love interest, and could be for example a partner in crime, an imaginary friend etc.

After a lot of thinking and doodling of ideas here's the final piece I created:

The idea behind this is that it's how I imagine my dog Suzi would look if she were human. She has strangely human characteristics anyway, and she's very loyal, shy, playful, cheeky and just generally good to have around.

The image was put together in Photoshop using photographs I took and a couple of pictures from iStockPhoto, and then painted onto the canvas, which is about 5 feet tall, with acrylics. She has various items with her that say something about her personality, and she's set in the four colours that dog's can see.

First Post!

From now on I pledge to upload all of the final work I produce, both good and bad, so that I and the rest of the world can see my progression into the inspiring world of design.

Signed, James Cook