a great photoshop tutorial...

I came across this Photoshop tutorial that i think has helped me refine a few different skills that i have been struggling with.

http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d/3d-mini-planet/

a little advice for creatives...

I found this video on Youtube and it has really inspired me to keep creative...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbC4gqZGPSY&feature=related

A new Illustrator...

I recently came across this illustrator and I am really inspired by some of his work. I think this way of illustrating could work really well with my Little White Lies illustration for AD207 - Work Based Learning.

http://www.booooooom.com/2011/04/26/drawings-by-artist-yosuke-goda/

SpoonGraphics

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/design-a-grungy-western-movie-poster-in-photoshop


I follow a fair few different design tutorials from chris spooners blog and I think this tutorial could possibly come in really handy when creating posters not only for college but also for my third year when creating nightclub posters.

Decking out your resume...

http://www.colourlovers.com/web/blog/2012/02/21/decking-out-your-resume


I came across this decent website including a lot of different CV examples for graphic designers. I think its a really good site as it has given me ideas and inspiration when considering creating my own resume.

A day in the life of a Graphic Designer...

Just received an email from the web designer depot.
One of the links on the emailer was a day in the life of a graphic designer.
I thought it was a very funny rendition of the job I am hoping to venture in so I thought it would be a good idea to put the design on my blog to add a little humour...

website inspirtaion

http://www.ralphvanrentergem.be/

Spiral design could really work well for my website to showcase some of my work. This website has given me a lot of inspiration for my designs 

My Letterhead…

I really like this letterhead but I think it could be worked with a little bit to make it more prominent and to make it stand out more from the rest of the page.

I could make the logo stronger by increasing the opacity or making it a darker tone of grey. I think this would work really well because it would let the reader know instantly who the letter is off and I think this is the main thing that I need to think about when setting up my letter head layout.

I could consider making the typography bolder or making it in a darker tone of grey. I think this would be effective because it would allow the reader to see my information clearer so they could immediately contact me.

The second example that I have created works a lot better than the first because I have made the letterhead darker so it stands out more from the page. I think the rest of the page looks too white so I could increase to opacity on the letter background so the textured background stood out more so it looked more luxurious than just a standard white background.

The letter will include a die cut and the logo will be cut out of the letterhead. So the paper that I printed my letters on would have to be quite high quality so the die cut would work to its best effect. Obviously if the header was used on a PDF for an email or anything like that it would be in the colour that I have used on this example so it would be easy to read.

The final example that I created works really well as the background is a lot more prominent on the letter and the colours are stronger n the type on the letterhead and that makes the text a lot more legible. 

My business card ideas…

 I really like the style I have chosen to work with for my business card. I think it could really work well when incorporating a textured background as it makes the car look a little more luxurious and gives an immediate effect.

The logo that I have placed on the business cards will be cut out of the card so this will also make the card more luxurious however it will increase the price that it will cost to get my card out to print but I think it would be worth it when first meeting the ‘real world of design’ as I want to give a good effect.

I am not too sure on the layout of my business cards and the layout of the typography on them because I think I need to consider what type I want on my card and what type I am planning on leaving out. The presentations featured earlier in this file have made me consider that I don’t want to put my home address on my card because I don’t think its necessary. I only need to consider if I am going to put on my twitter account or if I am going to leave that out. I think my website, email, name and title would work just as well, and if I was going to put a contact me page on my website I could also possibly leave out my email address.

I really like the placing of the type on the bottom business card as I think the box shape text doesn’t work as well as it does when set out into two lines. I will have to consider the hierarchy of information when using colours and bold, italics etc. I think using colours to pick out the main focal points works really well so I will consider using that technique.