Princess Leia

I thought I'd start a new project now I'm done with the majority of uni work apart from Summer projects - I just fancy doing some portraits so I thought I'd look at doing some of iconic/famous people and help work on my line work - my first one, princess Leia. 

 

 Prints are avalible frmo my society6 page: http://society6.com/KittyJudge/Ms-Leia_Print
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Getting back on track!

Well then, first off, Happy Zombie Jebus Day!

I've been really horribly ill for about a week now, so I'm kinda trying to remember what I've done and what I want to show you all.

For my uni work I've been progressing more with idea for how to do the Holly posters. I did a big experiment with lots of layers and different modes on the layers and had a lot of fun developing a completely different design to what I have in my mind. I think doing something completely opposite to what you imagine you will create is extremely beneficial and productive as it opens you options up and let's you explore other avenues you didn't intend to originally develop.

With this, I this I came across some interesting experiments that I hope to maybe use in my work.

As well as this I think I have finally cracked the idea to how I will present everything. As I wanted both paper and 3-D objects within my promotion kit I was really struggling for an interesting way that I could present everything together and have it so it could be mass produced if necessary.
I wanted the object to be around the size of your average book, this would mean that people could easily keep and store everything instead of it being annoying and get thrown away.
I originally loved the idea of using an actual book carved out with sections but I felt that although it linked strongly with Holly herself it wouldn't work on a mass production scale. I also looked at making a book box which I could again alter and use to store things but I felt that would be very time consuming to make.

Finally I settled on a massive match box idea. I created a template for a book around A5 in size and I think that this could be easily mass made and reproduced. I will re created the template on Illustrator  so I can easily print out a design on to the template on A3 paper. Hurrah!

More work on the Holly project

I'm having an awful lot of fun working on this project about Holly. It's very creative and flexible and I'm really enjoying mixing her lifestyle and personality in with my own work and style! I'm still unsure how everything will fit in together as it's becoming harder than I thought but that will come at a later date! For my favorite images of Holly that I'm using I hand drew them out and did a tattoo technique called power lining on the image to thicken up certain lines. I kept these originals and copied them to add more line detail, especially in the hair and eye lashes. I've then rescanned them into the computer and developed them on Photoshop for experimenting to see the sort of styles and colour I could use and work.

The Art of Promotion

I felt that for this project it was very important to look at ways people promote their skills/products to the world and how they get noticed. In this blog there are various types of promotion work that I thought were different, unique or really stood out. I wanted to have a look at why they appealed to me and if this could have a positive impact with my Illustration Futures project and promoting Holly and in the future, my own self promotion.

 I thought that the above image had a really nice link of typography, colour and illustration. I think that making a poster similar to this style with information about Holly, maybe looking at hobbies perhaps could be really worthwhile and become a fashionable information poster or post card to have in the advertising campaign. 

I really like the little cupcake image as I think that food and memory are very close and that if someone gives you free food - you are more than likely to remember them! Although I don't think I could bribe my tutors with lovely cupcakes I think that having some form of edible goodness in the pack could be a good extra touch to show I've done a little more research and give a different take on the advertising project.

I thought that the memo pad head was a really funky and unique idea, especially as the hair line goes back as the head gets smaller. I think small interactive objects like this are really effective in showing off and being kept on desks to easily be seen and used. I think anything you can give in a pack that has a "real" use to it and can be kept and used has more chance of being memorable and thus having an impact on the person using it.

I thought the above poster was a really cool little poster idea with a bit of attitude in it too. I'd really like to use fairly realistic images of Holly that are a bit stylised  with text and this image gives me a bit more inspiration and an idea of what I'd like to create or the layout and styles I like.

I thought that this card was funny, cheeky and good because it was interactive it would have an impact on the audience. I think something like this makes a plain business card more fun and interactive.

I thought that little sweets like this could be really good in a pack as they don't go off/mouldy/stale and could be a good little extra to put into the pack.

I think having things to make and do make good promo packs great and that if you get things that people interact with and make they are more likely to keep it around on their desks and remember you, just like the little plane above. 

The above posters and card I really liked because they all had unique colourful styles that all have various ways of promotion. I I like the fact they all have their own styles and have had a lot of though put in to the composition, typography, illustration styles and content to make them stand out and be memorable.