But as soon as Wednesday kicked off and I started doing a little work, from speaking to people and hearing the stages they were at I realised that I wasn’t so far behind after all, giving me renewed confidence. I got cracking with work and the day really did fly past, I concentrated on getting started with my CD designs, which I previously had thought to be a tough task to come up with an idea suitable, but I was surprised at how hard it was for me, I gained numerous inspiration from images and actual CD covers. But putting this onto paper or on screen and creating something of my own was a struggle. I got caught up in the idea of having CD artwork relating to the music, or the album name. Or even the track names, which resulted into creating music for none of these! And before I knew it the day was over, so unfortunately there are still initial ideas to be created. But I possibly aim to have ideas for when we return, and it would even be good to have a shortlist of neats, and be one or two steps away from completion, of a front cover.
As far as the Corporate Identities go I have made progress, I have digitalised some ideas and created a template in which to display these as a Style Guide, and I predict that it shouldn’t be too long till I have finished that task, but as I we all know, you can never judge what will happen next so we shall see how long it actually takes.
Overall I am pleased with the progress I have made this week, and it’s also good to be back, and hitting the ground running for the final push of the year. The finish line is close and there is certainly no time for slacking now, so its time to get my head down and make sure that I reach the finish. Jamie
Business Cards, and an Image I was playing with:
8 comments:
I really like the business cards you've created and it looks like you have made a lot of porgress. I was the same as you I thought that I could have done so much more over the holidays but when I got back I seemed to have a renewed confidence too.
I've had a 'creative block' in concerns to the CD Sleeve and Inlay. I know what I want but I just can't seem to do it so I'm attempting the CD Label this week and then attacking the Inlay and Sleeve. Your cover looks good though and the fonts work well too.
I was quite confident that I was on track with everything and that I was at the same stage as everybody else but when we got to college on Wednesday and a lot of people had already finished their websites I was a bit worried! I have been able to almost complete this now though and I suppose that it does not really matter what everybody else has done as the most important thing is that you are on track with your assignment plan.
I also feel that there was much more I could of done throughout the holidays. I thought I mite of been ahead a bit with almost all of my corporate identity elements. But I've been advised to change my colour scheme, which will mean me recreating the logo, applying the logo to all of my work, and changing the colours on my website. This seems to have halted my progress for the time being as I can't seem to find the correct colour.
People are also getting ahead with the CD work, which I have yet to work on. It's nice to see some of the creative ideas in the class coming out. It's very inspiring.
There's people who on every assignment stretch out in front of evryone anyway. So there's nothing to worry about. Aslong as we all meet the deadline!
I like the CD cover, though it looks a bit aggressive and stormy with those colours and you say its alot more to the ambient side of the music.
Try the same design with some different colours and see how it looks.
There's alot of potential for the CD inlay and back cover ideas with that idea too.
Yeah I see what you mean, the deep purple is quite aggresive, it's not by any means though any where near complete. It's just one design so I've got "play time" left.
Good idea to try differant Calmer colours though. Cheers
I like your blog title, the CD artwork looks good too. I like the direction you have chosen using a script font, it gives it a classical feel.
Does it represent the music?
I don't think that clouds are particularly aggressive, I feel a sense of expectation as the sun is about to revealed.
Very well put Scott, It's just one idea, hopefully many are to follow untill I am completely happy with a design
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