Keeping the Disney Magic Alive

I guess this was inevitable… Ursula did need someone to pick on. So may I present to you Ariel brought to life:

Ursula

I decided to entertain myself by Photoshopping together a “real life” version of my favourite Disney villain, Ursula from The Little Mermaid.

Page Layout

I realised that I haven’t really showcased any page layout work. Here are a couple of examples of page layouts that I have designed at Uni.

 

A case study layout:

All images used within the case study are courtesy of Mind Design,
borrowed from their website at http://www.minddesign.co.uk

Barbican Art Gallery Brochure:

Research Theme Poster

I am in the process of researching for an investigate study in relation to an area of visual communications. To get us started on this, we were required to design a poster communicating our initial plans. You can take a look at the design and my research themes below:

A Film by Jirka Väätäinen

Done with another hand-in today.

The brief was to produce a visual interpretation of a narrative text of our choice. Here is my response to the brief in the form of a short film:

Untitled from Jirka Vaatainen on Vimeo.

It was definitely refreshing to be able to experiment with a new medium, step out of my comfort zone and try out my skills within film making.

Black Swan

For our latest brief we were told to use a piece of string to represent a story of our choice. I had just recently seen the movie Black Swan and was inspired enough to do my project based on the film. To give it context, I decided to make it into a promotional billboard for the film.

Here is a quick mock up of what it would look like in real life:

Original image from here

Arctic Whale Tours

I am working as a freelance Graphic Designer for a Norwegian whale and wildlife safari company.

Here are some selected pieces of work I have completed for them:

Informative brochure to be used for promotional purposes. Comes in eight different languages.

Business Cards:

Thumbnail Web Ad at visitvesterålen.com:

Illustration for a T-shirt to be sold at their souvenir shop:

All work copyright Arctic Whale Tours

Business Card: Makeup Artist

I was recently asked to design a business card for a makeup artist by the name of Sarah Harrison. She specialises in film and special effects, so it was important for her that the business card reflected that, and stayed away from the typical girly beauty stereotypes.

As her friend, I would dare to say that she was definitely one of my more challenging clients; she is really strong willed and was really particular with the feel she wanted to have conveyed. But in the end, I believe I managed to capture the essence of her work with this design.

Pro Bono

My two sisters started running their own style/lifestyle blog recently. And it turns out that they happen to have a brother who is a graphic designer. So last night I designed this banner for them.

So, if reading Finnish is a not problem to you, or you just enjoy looking at pictures, go on and take a look at their blog and see my banner in action: http://melliandbella.blogspot.com/

Visualising Data

Continuing from the previous assignment, our latest brief was to create a system that visualises a set of data of our choice, and shows the relevant relationships between the information.

The system that I designed is called the ReadyToWear Colour Finder.

It is an interactive flash piece designed for web, a system you can use to find designer garments in your choice of colour, by your choice of designer, and even in your choice of collection.

So basically, you pick a colour, and you can find all the designers and their Ready to Wear -collections that have incorporated the colour of your choice. You are then able to go through these collections and see the garments in your choice of colour. The system can also be used to find colours by designer, for example, one can find all the colours Calvin Klein used in their Ready to Wear Spring/Summer Collection 2010.

The system is aimed at fashion enthusiasts, buyers, stylists etc. who are looking to find designer garments in a certain colour. The system can also be used as a way to explore the use of colour in the fashion industry, since by navigating through the system, one can get an idea of what colours are/were favoured by designers at a certain time.

 

My final design can be accessed here (be patient, it takes a long time to load):

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1291143487

Since it is a complicated system, and I had limited time, I was unable to make it fully work. However, one should be able to get the full idea on how the system should work through the examples available.

I made a version with guidelines for easy navigation through everything that works. It has yellowish dots to represent everything that is clickable. This was the easiest way for me to take you through the system.

Do not bother clicking on anything not marked with a dot, since it won’t work! (In theory, everything would work in a similar way)

For a version with guides, click here:

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1291144408

 

Instructions for using the system (also accessible within the software by moving the cursor over the left hand side of the screen, or over the “ReadyToWear Colour Finder” text in the lower right hand corner):

Either…

Pick a designer and a collection
- Find your possible colour choices
Pick a colour
- Find all the garments in your choice of colour

or…

Pick a colour
- Get your designer and collection matches
Decide on the collection
- Find all the garments in your choice of colour

Click on the background to go back.
Click on your choice of garment to print.

To get the best possible idea on how the system would work, find a colour included in the Versace S/S 2011 collection. All the colours in that collection should have working images. Find this collection by clicking on any of these colours:

orange (fourth from the top on the red column)

black (darkest black, top one on the gray column)

white (whitest white, last on the gray column)

beige (either first or fifth from the top of the brown/beige column)

yellow (the brighest yellow, fourth from the bottom on the green/yellow column)

semi light blue (fourth blue from the bottom, on the purple/blue column)