PRD Boards

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YCN Boards

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vinyl labels

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Specifications

vinyl layouts

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photography for designs,,,,,

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Nets

typefaces...

Testing out a few typefaces to potentially use for headings and stuff...I quite like the look of Franchise although I've used it quite a bit recently...might have to go with Bebas Neue, which is looking like quite a solid choice...

further texture experiments

Messing around with a few more textures; I felt the ones I were using already might have been a bit strong...i'm reckoning it would be more effective with a slightly more subtle texturing as to not take away too much attention from the text/logo etc.

The colours are not definite...I was just using these to get a good idea of how they would look with gradients....

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Final style....

After the final crit session last week and talking to some of my class mates it was decided that this style was potentially the most effective for what I am trying to do...not sure whether I agree yet but it seems to be the general opinion of others so fair play, I'll mess around with this style and apply it to my products.

Final Crit feedback

Sheets from today's final crit. Got some pretty decent feedback and used this to create an action plan...which is down below...I've got a fairly good idea of what direction to head in which is good. I turned up with quite a range of visuals so it was helpful in terms of narrowing it down to a more consistent style which I will be able to apply across the range of products.

Packaging sketches

Been doing a few sketches recently for potential packaging for the vinyl. I'd like the whole thing to be in some kind of neat box but once opened have a certain level of interaction in order to avoid it being just another basic vinyl sleeve.

Having actually done a few sketches I've realised how big the actual nets would be...in some cases I would have to make 48" nets which is mad; I've got a print slot booked as well but I don't think I will be able to print anything larger than A2; so we'll have to see about this one.

cover development/experimentation 15-5

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Spent a little while longer experimenting with some visuals on photoshop; I moved on from textures to playing around with a couple of photographs, I figured that as a few of the more well-known releases sometimes incorporate photography it would be cool to develop a visual style that would combine the logo and imagery...the last few in this issuu doc demonstrate what I mean by this...I reckon they give the cover a fairly urban feel which would represent the label's nature fairly well.

Another quick texture idea

After spending a while messing around on photoshop (I've never really taken the time out to get to grips with it...so today has been the day...) I came up with this which I feel is perhaps getting more towards the kind of thing that would suit the label...as in the original logo is very much the focal point...although it would still be nice to incorporate the one I was messing about with before...

and in the words of Eddie 'I think you've gone a bit far with the whole texture thing' and I suppose he's right, I'm quite liking this layout though. Might be nice for a CD cover. For a mixtape or something...it may just be a little much for the vinyl cover.

Textures...

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Messing around with a few textures; haven't done many yet because my macs been giving me grief all morning, not so much the mac but just moving files around generally...anyway yeah I quite like this kind of thing, they could look good for products inside the package, it's probably too vibrant for the overall packaging itself...

the first one was what I made the other day then I started messing around with combining gradients and textures to make some trippy effects....there's no end to how much I can do with this so I'm going to begin to apply designs to products pretty soon.

Research - audience/distribution...

A few of the websites the product would potentially appear on; redeyerecords, juno, surus etc. At some point when I have the designs finished and ready I'll mock it up on a few of these websites to see how they would work in context; perhaps mock up a feature on them + some web banners and the like.

covers development 11-5

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Just been messing around with the covers a little more...re-positioning the patterns in various ways...adding a bit of colour...changing the use of the original HF logo...the last one is a BIT fuzzy because I made that in photoshop and imported it straight in without re-sizing it before exporting it etc. etc. which I probably should have done but I suppose it is Friday so I've been a little bit less than sharp with it.

I'm going to start experimenting more with colour and texture; which I feel will add a significant amount of depth to the design work. I should hopefully have the designs pretty much finalised very soon so I can begin applying them to products in various ways.

potential covers

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elaborated on the quick design I did earlier this morning; combining the pattern with the vectored type...I also incorporated the original logo back into the design which I hope works effectively. Each one is subtly different so I'll have to fetch some opinions and work from there. I feel as though this has a more sophisticated feel to it, which might not be entirely right for the label but I suppose it is for a tenth anniversary type thing. I still have to fix up the pattern design to get it more crisp, without any dodgy points here and there.

quick idea

Quick idea I put together this morning combining various bits and pieces that I've been messing around with already....will have to get some feedback as to whether it's any good or not..it goes some way to solving the problem of my design not really linking back to the original logo

further logo development

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been continuing messing around with the whole hand drawn thing...playing with drop shadows and a bit of colour...this logo is slightly different to the earlier ones, I did another sketch but a bit more neatly, scanned and vectored it and all that. Then I ironed out all the creases that get formed by a silly number of anchor points appearing when they don't need to appear...obviously I'm no expert at using Illustrator just yet.

I also did a couple of how it could potentially look with the other parts of the logo (i.e. 10th birthday etc.) which instantly made me realise that this style might not be appropriate whatsoever for the label...it kind of looks too inviting and upbeat in a way.

I'll have to see how I could fix it up so it looks more appropriate to the label, or maybe even scrap it altogether.