Tourism Brochure design

After a bit of absence i'm back to blogging. This is a Brochure 2 fold we had to make, of course i chose to do it on Pakistan because i could not think of anything else at the time. Yes i know cuisine is written twice, but we were being marked on design and not content! Now that i know how to design brochures, i will next time go beyond limits with my design skills. Ok i'm off to sketch. 

Supermannnnnn!

A Double page magazine design layout. Topic was on Superman denouncing his U.S citizenship. Don't Laugh it is a serious matter! the space between the third and fourth column of writing is intentional as that is where the magazine fold falls, nothing more annoying than trying to read a book or magazine and half the writing is way down in the fold. I hope this magazine double page spread design pleases your eye as it did mine. To the designers out there-i hope you liked my use of grid system.

sam aS i am.

Record Cover Design

The brief was to re design record covers of the 50's-70's era. I wanted to redesign it give it a modern look but not lose its 50's feel. The Use of bright colours and 50's typography design gave it that, i kept it without images to give it a clean cut look. I was really happy with the end result.

More Than You imagine!

Life, it is such a puzzle, we come across obstacles, problems, and ideas we are unclear about.

A lot of Art is an analogy of exactly that.
Though all four slides are the same thing,  the first is to represent a problem, we have a solution for it but its a bit difficult to read (the solution is a bit wary) Then the second slide which represents change over time, shows that the solution/idea is a little clearer for solving your lifes obstacles, over time your idea becomes even more clear, and finally exploding into a big fantastic solution that you don't even know what to do with because you are excited and it all becomes more than you imagine.

Henna designs inspired me- Yes i drew this just with a normal black ball point pen and paper.

Poster Designs

A Poster to represent an exhibition at the powerhouse museum showcasing all different posters over time, the first has a outline of a time machine being warped and is s psychedelic look to which compliments a poster of a time period being showcased at the exhibition.

The second is also for the same exhibition but compliment a different era of posters, with a bit of messy type lay out replicating that particular era.

 

I Like the first one.

Logo design

A few logos i designed. The first was for  a Toy store, The second a construction company and the third for a telecommunications company.  The logo designed was more to emphasis on typography. The first i cam up with by play with a slinky, and looks like a P being repeated. The second has a shape of an A where the blue and red colours show. The third is the telecommunications wave as the T.  I would probably work on the Telecommunication logo design a bit more. but here they are.

sam aS i am

Romeo & Juliet

When i first had to do a poster for a play. I chose Romeo & Juliet. How cliche? But i wanted to do something away from the norm, which is  guns & roses, and broken heart and probably a blood or even bleeding hearts or roses. When all else does not seem to work, we sometimes forget what an impact just type alone can have. I would change things a lot now though in this poster, as i am picking up more design skills.

So here is my graphic design poster of romeo and Juliet.

sam aS i am

Designing Labels

Ok, So here is a label i designed for an alcohol beverage. Yes it is a made up alcohol and a brief i worked on before people start jumping up and down and say, but you don't drink alcohol Sam.

I was really pleased with this. Basically the choice of colours used and the design for the appropriate target market- which was woman. If this label makes it on an actual bottle i would buy it just for the design of the label. I once made one of my friends (Lauren Whittey) take home a glass bottle just because i loved the packaging. Graphic designers spend hours designing wonderful packaging and everyone just rips it open and puts it in the bin. Pity-but at least they bought it.

Graphic design Alcohol Label


sam aS i am

My First Logo.

After some time of not blogging, i realised i better get back in the blogging mood.

Ok when i still at the beginning of learning about graphic design, I wanted to design a logo for myself, that represented me in some way. The attached picture is what i came up with. It is basically my name written in arabic tilted on it right, with a S. It was so show my Two parts of me the S for the aussie and the arabic- well quite obvious. As i spent hours working on this logo, i began to realise, that the first impression people will get about this logo was that i was of some arab descent- which i am not and maybe it wasn't the best logo to attract a wide range of clients. i vitoed that logo, perhaps it would look better as a painting for my room?

Sam As I am