Charity Work - Life Activities Clubs Victoria

I was recently lucky when my daughter was offered some work from a charity and she was flat out busy with work and her own business asked me to step in.  I was asked to create a brochure for a bike run walk being held in October.  I am doing this work because I will be able to improve my skills in Graphic Design.

Here is the result:

If you live in Melbourne, why not go on down and participate in the event.  Open to all ages and its FREE!!

Below is a postcard I made for them as well.  I am really enjoying creating real requests, not just assessment tasks.

TAFE - Logo Design

My task:

The Scope of the creative project that you will originate is… your creative project must be a 2D graphic design and be replicated 3 times using these colour schemes and colour application techniques:

    Analogous
    Monochromatic
    Complementary

…. so that means you will produce 1 version in each colour scheme. By doing this you will be able to see the effect different colour schemes have on your ideas and learn the role that colour plays in communicating your ideas.

Above are my three versions.  Which one do you like?  And why?

Logo Choices

I have created three versions of this logo so far.  Which to choose?

The colour theme chosen is Atlantic.

Uni Assessment Task 2 - Digital Publishing and Typography

Background

There is a new restaurant opening in the city. It has based its décor and cuisine on the popular North American West Coast style diner. The food is abundant, cooked fresh and good value. It has a relaxed atmosphere, funky décor with cool colours and a minimalist feel.

The restaurant/diner is called 'g.f.e' (good food experience) and they require a logo and invitation designed and produced to promote their opening. However the invitation has to also act as a brochure promoting their unique dining experience.

This is my current idea for the logo.  If you have any ideas please let me know.


Due to budget constraints the brochure can only be printed in two colours (that's any two colours, you do not have to use black as one of the colours). So that means any photos or illustrations you find have to be restricted to a monotone or duotone image.

Day 5 of August Photo Shoot

Winter and work are keeping me indoors.  Here is today's photo.

Curtains

Integrate Colour Theory and Design Processes

Uni Assessment Faces by Image

You have to design and create two sets of four faces. The first set of four faces have to be made up of images in a collage, these can be photos you've taken or pictures you've cut out of magazines, etc. Combine these in any order to make up four very different faces (head and shoulders only). The images and photos you use are not to be of faces or facial parts but rather of anything at all - what
you've got to do is bring these together into a collage representing a face.

Mine were created using silhouettes to give me a face and head shape.

Day 4 of August Photo Shoot

Doing some photos for my university assessment task and they came out so well, I decided to submit one for my daily shoot!  I cannot eat these till my assessment task is done.  *sighs*

Jelly Beans

Day 3 of August Photo Shoot

I have not managed yet, to get a shot outside and we are into day three of the month!  So I took a picture of my cat Ava, who is slumming it on my bed.

Ava

 

Day 2 of August Photo Shoot

Today's photo is of one of my Kewpie Dolls.  I grew up with them and would get them at places like the Royal Easter Show in Sydney.  I remember one blew off its stick in the wind and I was devastated.  Lucky for me my parents got me a new one.

Here is a brief history of the doll:

Kewpie dolls and figurines are based on comic strip-like illustrations by Rose O'Neill that appeared in Ladies' Home Journal in 1909. The small dolls were extremely popular in the early twentieth century. They were first produced in Ohrdruf, a small town in Germany, then famous for its toy manufacturers. They were made out of bisque and then celluloid. In 1949, Effanbee created the first hard plastic versions.

Their name, often shortened to "Kewpies", is derived from "cupid", the Roman god of beauty and – as Eros is the Greek version of Cupid – erotic love. The early dolls, especially signed or bisque, are highly collectible and worth thousands of dollars. The time capsule at the 1939 New York World's Fair contained a Kewpie doll.

1st August 2013

The day started out really well.  I packed the camera in the car and we were off.

I went to the library and did more research on my uni assessment task, borrowed a few more books to read.  Went across the road to the newsagent to buy card board to use for assessment task as they will act as back drops for my photos.  I then went to ATM to withdraw money to pay for my ink that a friend purchased for me through her work place as it would be a saving of money.

I then went into this shop as I saw some optical lights which I thought would be cool for my next few photos.  I then visited my friend and gave her the money.  Stopped for a chat then left.  Jumped into my car, turned the key and nothing.  It did not want to start.  I double checked the car was not in park (yes I tried to start a car in park and called roadside service only to find I didn't have the car in park).  SO me and the car were towed home.  Car was dropped off at the garage and I walked home as I live in the same street.

Anyway here is my photo for the day.