[341] Box inner flap sketches/AD progress

For my inner flap ideas, I want to have the copy lines mimic the paint/ink splatter idea by placing them at various angles. This also gives movement and energy to the layout.




For my ad, chose to do #4, here's what it looks like so far, the box covers are FPO, I haven't finalized them yet.

[341] Box Comps R2 and AD Concept Sketches

Hopefully my concept for the covers is a bit clearer now.

As for my ad concepts here they are:

#1 is a lcd monitor with photoshop on the screen placed on an easel like a canvas would be.

#2 is a mouse with a paintbrush tip instead of a USB connector with the covers on the right

#3 is a gallery wall and the software covers are the "paintings" the captions underneath list the artist as adobe, the program as the title, 2010 as the year.

#4 is like a Jackson Pollock painting, I'm going to use pixelated and vector paint splatters, like #3 the caption below the painting has Adobe as the the artist, "CS5" as the title, and 2010 for the year.


What do you guys think? Thanks in advance.

[446] Project 2 Thumbnails/Concepts

So I decided to name my high end sub brand of La Bella hair styling products, Kontrol or Control depending on which logo I go with. I nmed it this because hair styling products are supposed to give you the ability to create and control a hair style.

Here are a couple logo thumbnails:


I was trying to fuse spikes with letter form on 1 and 2, 3 was more of a sort of signature style letterform.

Here as some possible structures that I would alter using paint and make labels using clear acetate sheets or decal paper.




And lastly some design layouts on these possible structures:


If I use the C spikey logo I was thinking of making the packages have this intense gritty urban feel. For the K logo I wanted to go clean, minimal, and sort of futuristic.


Feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[341] Photoshop Covers, Round 1

Click to Enlarge to see the on purpose pixelization

Went with the ink splatter idea because I thought of a better way to carry the concept over to the other programs in the suite. For Photoshop it's pixelated on purpose because photoshop is based on pixels. On my illustrator cover I'm going to make the splatter a clean vector shape and for InDesign I'm going to have multiple splatter to convey the multi page idea.

So far I think #1 is the best idea, I like the simple splatter better.

What do you guys think? Thanks in advance

Panel Discussion Thoughts

Panel discussion was a great experience, I really enjoyed Max's presentation because he told it like it was, completely honest, the good, bad and the ugly i.e. working on crap, client driven creative, not breakthrough cutting edge design but it satisfies clients, doing freelance just to work on something else, not being good at design for the first months or whatever because of nervousness and the change in environment. That last point made me feel a lot better because I've interned at Illusion Factory for almost a month now and I freeze up when I'm trying to come up with concepts for whatever they need additional comps for. I'm still trying to think and work faster but I haven't found it yet.

Theresa had a really crazy awesome comp for the Quantum of Solace DVD, where the package had a pistol printed on it, and the way you hold it, it looks like your carrying the gun. It sucked that the design didn't get picked because of budget but it was comforting to know that at least she was able to create and present it. It makes me wonder how many other insane concepts never get produced.

Overall it was comforting to know that a couple CSUN graduates made it professionally, because when I graduate in May I really don't know what's going to happen but I know that I really have step up.

[341] Project 2 Sketches

Chose to do Adobe Creative Suite 5. Thumbnails are for photoshop. For #3 each box is supposed to be a different image, a sort of tornado of photoshopped images.