Massimo Vignelli Quote Poster

I saw this quote by amazing italian designer Massimo Vignelli & it resonated with me about design and all processes it entails. I had intended on creating a textured typographic poster during a tutorial. I couldn't really got a hold of it though I will keep practising. However, by the point where I lost interest in it, I had done a textured background (and learnt about photoshop patterns in the process) and I created a poster based on the quote by Massimo Vignelli. 

In Design You've Got To Think Outside The Circle

I did a design around last october. I was with Alice, and I was thinking a quote that is well known in the design industry. One of them was 'In Design You've Got To Think Outside The Box', and it was Alice who said, how about 'Think Outside The Circle'. That was when I did a design for the quote. This is a redesign of the original design I did in october. It looks a lot better than the original, thanks to the discovery of effective usage of textures, and I feel it looks more fitting with quote. Besides, it looks more aesthetically pleasing, and far more eye catching. In some ways, it reminds me of my SCY flyer I made last february, with it's outrageous design and usage of colour. I'm happy with this redesign I did today.

This is the original design I did ages ago. I liked it after creating it the first time, though after numerous questions about the design ('Why are there pentagons?', 'Why is the circle so small?', 'Why doesn't the representing quote go outside the circles?'), I started looking at it that way myself and I started seeing what others where on about. 

Koala

Found a tutorial on creating a vector Koala head, so I thought I would give it a go. I've actually learnt how to use Transparency & Opacity masks on Illustrator. Overall, i'm happy with it. I then took it into Photoshop & added a few textures for a fun twist.

日本は回復している - JAPAN IS RECOVERING

A quick poster I made. Didn't intend for it to be about Japan initially but it turned more into a texture session. I've only just discovered textures, and I'm really enjoying using them; they give me loads of freedom in designing backgrounds / foregrounds and more obvious details to give a sense of purpose.

On another note, not a lot has been said about Japan, or the state the country is in since the nuclear crisis last year. I hope the country is recovering and getting better. I would like to hear more about how it is doing though. To me, this is a more important issue than, say, who is in the auditions of 'The X Factor' or along those lines. I hope Japan is getting on ok and getting all the support it needs.

Playing with Vectors & Textures

Playing with vectors from illustrator & textures from photoshop.

OK

OK, I should really do some work now...

This is a yellow circle

Saw a 'Keep Calm' poster and thought I'd take the mick out of the so obvious style in which they are made, whilst implementing the simple design of each. So I made this quickly. The yellow circle has no significance, only to state the obvious like any 'Keep Calm' poster.

You can tell you're a designer when you can appreciate and breakdown another piece of design, and make it your own.