Typography Doodles

I want it painted black

Character, like a photograph develops in darkness

Throwback!

Here is a photograph taken by an old high school art teacher of mine who had asked me to be a model for his model drawing classes at Masterworks Bermuda http://www.bermudamasterworks.com/. This job involved me positioning myself in different styles and ways with different outfits of mine in order for the students who took the class to draw. It was a great experience and I would love to do it again. Masterworks has been a part of my life for quite some time now as I volunteered for being an assistant art teacher at certain events for children.

Color in Context - Urban Sphere

Re - creating a building of choice with elements of colour. I went further in adding a different take on the building as a whole. We were told to refer to Norman Foster's works.

Wallpaper RE DONE

Less busy, more simplified, much better!

Typography: Final Print and Graphic Depot Store Re-Design

PGD Merchandise

Logo

Logo, Typraphy, Color Palette

Business Card

Envelope Design

Letterhead

Interior Poster 1

Interior Poster 2

Truck Idea

Some Print and Graphic Depot Business Card Designs

Not quite done with the store redesign project for typography class, although I wanted to share some of the ideas I had for the business card layouts.

Design Dictionary Pages RE-DO!

Communication Design - Pattern Wallpaper Assignment

This project for communication design class involved us designing a 9 x 9 inch square with a pattern on it which was influenced from a culture we had chosen in the previous class. My culture choice was Thailand because my mom is from there. The pattern we designed needed to be able to be made into a wallpaper design. I drew an elephant because it is the national animal of Thailand. You can find them on the beers, on hotels, on t-shirts etc. The colour choices were yellows, golds and purples which aren't Thailand's flag colours but are found in a lot of things known to thailand such as their silk and Thai airlines. The designs I drew are popular shapes found on a lot of Thailand's architecture for example the temples and pagodas.

Color in Context - Sphere of Commerce logo design

For color in context class we were told to choose a logo of any sorts and manipulate it in a way that utilizes techniques such as balance, transparency, geometric forms etc. This would be used as our design to put in the shadow box we all created. We were then told to use a pointilistic form and create our new logo design. Our limitations consisted of only 5 colours which were used in our previous project. My logo choice to manipulate was the NBA men's basketball logo.

Mess to Masterpiece

Spent some time working on a project using acrylic paints. I haven't had the time to wash out my pallet but I love the way the colours stand out. I thought it was a masterpiece in itself!

Typorgraphy - Spirit Tree Cider Labels

For this project for Typography class we were told to develop a set of four product labels for a cidery/bakery called "Spirit Tree". The labels included one for cider, apple sauce, bread and croutons. I used very festive colours, red, yellows and green which also related to earth tones. I kept my design very simple and the logo was made simply by using a tree to take the place of the letter "T" in Spirit Tree. Each of the yellows represent a different product. I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment.

Communication Design - Packaging in 3D form!

Came to university early to put the finishing touches on my packaging project. He wanted a 3D version so I printed it on matte paper and ta-dah! Here's how it turned out to look. I'm really pleased at my improvement since my previous version wasn't all too great. Learning new techniques in photoshop and illustrator from my classmates really paid off!

Communication Design - Design Dictionary

We have had an on going group assignment which was assigned at the beginning of the school year. Since the winter semester is coming to a close, we needed to start getting finished. The assignment was to create  design dictionary for students that may want to come to OCAD or perhaps just want to read up on some important design terms. My group decided to create a dictionary in the fashion of a scrap book. We both got two pages to fill up and design in whatever fashion we wanted. Here are my two!

Because I was unsure as to how our group leader wanted our book to be created, I designed a few more templates!

Communication Design- All Wrapped Up!

For this project we were required to design a packaging for any item, whether it be a food, a snack or perhaps a bottle of perfume, as long as it described a little about our personalities. I decided to do a Coffee that was an Asian chocolate 5 spice flavour. The ingredients included humour, class, charisma, style etc. The idea was that because I am half thai and half jamaican it would be asian flavoured but had a chocolate tang to it! Your very own chocolate fantasy! I created the box and design the sachet to match. I hope I do well with critique tomorrow.

The Royal Ontario Art Museum!

Now and then I like to take a little walk around any sort of art gallery I can find to get some inspiration. While I was in University in London I was able to catch a few, for example the Tate Modern was my favourite. If you're in London I definitely think this gallery is a must see http://www.tate.org.uk/. Since moving to Toronto I wasn't familiar with any of the galleries, but I was lucky enough to have The Art Gallery of Ontario right next to my university. The exhibition they have on now is called The General Idea which was created by 3 Canadian artists.

This week someone recommended me to go to another art gallery which is famous in the city called The Royal Ontario Art Museum and it was a great recommendation. As soon as I walked in it was like I stepped into another time. They had artifacts and art works from Ancient Egypt, to Ancient Rome and even touched on the history of Buddhist art which I seem to have a liking for. It felt great to know what I was looking at because these are the many times we learned about in Art History. I will be returning for sure!