How do I class this?

I try to keep my tags well organised, I do, so anyone can see a specific aspect of what I do with ease, but 2 posts now that are tagless. Do I make one for 'hat' and 'magazine'? Who knows, there will be a few posts about this, so maybe I should give in on the magazine front...

I was put the challenge by Mike Borgia to make a magazine/booklet that was an alternative to releasing a CD. Great idea Mr. B! There were 5 songs and 5 artists/designers had generously offered/donated/create a piece for the magazine, it was my job to piece the whole thing together and make it look snazzy!

I have had to keep the files off my computer, because it is a massive folder, but I was sent a few pictures of the finished article the other day, which made me smile, so I thought I would share them with you.

















I am genuinely proud to have made that! I can't wait to get mine! A piece of mine that got reject a few years ago suited one of the songs so it is in there and it is tattooed on my left arm!

Night all.
Michael

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A response!

One of my friends passed comment that some of my posters were a little samey, I have no problem with this as it would seem I am developing a style of some description! I mean who knew?

But I can't take something that sounds like a challenge and not do anything about it! So I designed a poster that was a little different to my...what am I saying...it still looks like my work to me!



The awkward thing about this poster is that it couldn't be drastically different as it is for a release show for the artwork I have already completed!

Right, time to go...
Michael

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Press sheet...

What do you do when you need to get a van for free to transport a Virtua Fighter arcade cabinet? Offer to do someone in a band a favour in exchange for some design work! Yeah! You can't beat bartering! Ok, I DO NOT condone not paying for services, but it is ok when they are your friends!

I was given a photo, a blurb, logo and told to get it on one sheet of paper looking tidy.

I did this!



It's not rocket science, but it is purposeful clean design.

Mythbusters is on, so I am going to make the next post quick!

Sweet
Michael

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Christmas Present!

I haven't been able to post this as soon as I wanted, but it was a surprise for my girlfriend so I couldn't really post a picture of my girlfriend's surprise Christmas present in the public domain for all the world to see could I? Obviously not!

My girlfriend is in a roller derby team, and she had mentioned that she wanted to have trucker hats made for the team but they couldn't afford to get them made, so it just seemed logical didn't it! They are called the Tiger Bay Brawlers, and if you don't know Tiger Bay is a part of Cardiff that has been rebranded as Cardiff Bay, long and the long and the short of it is, its Cardiff dock area and was know as Tiger Bay for a long old time, oh, many moons ago, so I made something that looked old and shippy!

Artwork:



On the hat:



What the hell do I tag this as?

More posts a coming...
Michael

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A little different than usual

I saw someone screen printing onto old wallpaper recently, it was a cool effect! I don't have any wallpaper or any method of screen printing things, so I decided to cheat and make something that looked like it had been screen printed onto wall paper!



Again, its a poster for Dead Punk at The Croft, so I tried to keep it within the style they like, but mix it up a little.

Enjoy!
Michael

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Skating skating skating,,,

My girlfriend is a roller derby team, and she asked me to help her make a Christmas present for her friend. She wanted me to design a logo of her friends skater name (a massive deal in roller derby! I know, who knew?), so that it could be cut as a vinyl sticker for her helmet.



I went aggressive, as it is a rough sport and it is a silly name, trying to find the balance and all that!

I know it is incredibly tightly kerned and leaded, but it has to be to make it easier to cut out.

Yes, it does say Lola Coaster.

Poster to design...
Michael

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Some webby stuff!

Recently I had to do a task for an interview, didn't get the job (bummer), but still had a chance to flex my more corporate web design muscles which haven't been used in a while! It has also lead to a nice idea which should (fingers crossed) be rather tasty!

Anyway, the layout(s)! I got asked to re-design their current site, this was my offering:



Yes I have rather lazily removed their logo from it, but I would rather not make this a potential slander campaign! They didn't hire me, no biggy, move on!

I wasn't sure as to what I had done was quite right, so I ended up doing 2 more layouts, no major difference from the layout I had done, just little visual tweaks that gave them options, as I thought that was a good thing.

Take 2:



and take 3:



Which is actually my personal favourite of the bunch, for a stupid reason that I won't share, as it will stop me smiling!

Not much more to say on this, as it got me nowhere!
Michael

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