Self lead projects
Outside of my normal studio (Local Universe) I have been joining Adrian’s Cinema 4D application tutorials. He goes through step by step some simple and very effect tools in which to create objects, lighting and general application interface basics. The first tutorial was to to create a bottle and be able to put water inside. The … More Cinema 4D Tutorial
Below is a trailer for the film FLYSPY. It is a short film directed by award-winning Dan Smith. I had the opportunity to work alongside the team making this short film, of which I produced the storyboards, in the storyboard team. <iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/148029052″ width=”500″ height=”281″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen>
I have set myself a little challenge. That is to draw/sketch everyone of my Facebook friends profile pictures (portraits) by the end of January. That will be just over 300 portraits in a month I will keep posting as I go!
I have put together some screen shots showing the process I went through on designing and making my poster for the Smint competition. To begin (above screenshot), I went to download plug-ins for the energy brushes in use in Photoshop. I sourced these at Brusheezy.com. Once I had chosen the brush I liked, I arrange … More Smint Poster
Here are my three initial designs. Something bold, bright and bursting with freshness! Feel free to comment on any critical advice to improve please! Or if you don’t like it then why not? what works best? what product on the poster works best? remember I can only post off one design.
After a long weekend of working on my Smint Promotion poster for the competition, I have taken the advise from my tutor and went ahead and sketched out some completely new design thumbnails. I took inspiration for a blog, http://www.creativebloq.com/print-design/how-design-poster-pro-tips-7133634 This gave me some information on how to capture the essence of a great poster. … More Smint Poster Development
Ricardo and I had a great chat about the Smint Poster competition, and my designs for my entries. Turns out I am going down the wrong route! We discussed about what the brief is actually asking me to do and he helped me realise the mistakes I had made and how to actually approach this … More Tutor feedback
I think I am happy with my current designs, I have now stripped them back to there raw basics so the message is loud and clear. The colours represent the new box design they want the advertising for. I am going to base my decision and final design on one of these. Please comment and … More Smint poster update
So, I’m going for the, Facebook based, Smint Poster Competition after Adrian Beasley presented it to the class on Tuesday, and these are the first few designs I’ve come up with. I based my designs around what I would see at a glance when walking around London, especially underground. I went for the diagonal design to … More Smint Poster
James Notarianni 