Quick design for a friend.
Used as logo for a new launched application in the company.
Done in Gimp as it was the only application available to me at the time.
Time took less than 1 hour.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
homestay flyer
The following flyers were designed for a homestay.
{Initial Design}
Bright colour and flowy lines to draw attention.
Emphasis on the catch-line and price.
Contact and location map placed on a darker colour area.
This separates them from the description, putting more focus on them while keeping an organised look.
{Final Design}
Used calmer colour tone per customer preference for more stylish look.
Replaced main image with living room as it's the location customers spent most time in.
Removed all other elements to keep the design minimal and simple.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
illustration practice with bobby chiu's tutorial
Bobby Chiu is one of my favourite illustrator.
He's shared a few video tutorials of his painting process in YouTube which I found really useful.
This is me following the tutorial Bobby Chiu - digital painting of old man.
It's funny how doing exactly the same thing,
mine turn out like a Chinese old man while his was a western.
Final image cropped and coloured.
The process.
wedding shots
These photos were taken for a friend on her wedding day.
The couple had a packed schedule so shots have to be quick and some under low lighting condition.
This is to showcase how some simple touch ups can bring a big difference to the end picture.
1. Curve and level adjustments to brighten the image
2. Color balance adjustment for better skin tone
3. Stamping and cloning to remove clutter from background
4. Blurring the background to draw focus onto the bride
Cropping to improve composition and remove distracting details like the ceiling.
Lastly, minor editing to add in the couple's name.
Hope this gives you some idea on how to achieve your desired outcome. ;)
Monday, January 28, 2013
experimenting with photo manipulation
My first time experimenting with photo manipulation in photoshop.
Tools used are mainly quick selection, magic wand, colour adjustments and layer mask.
Stock images:
Stock images:
Storm - Also from night-fate-stock. Couldn't locate the original link.
recycling category board design
Created these boards for a recycling centre to categorise each collection bins.
The requester wanted something eye catching with a cartoony character on it.
So I created a simple human figure carrying things for recycling.
The concept was to create something simple, attractive
and most important of all,
helps the public recognise which category their recycle items belongs to.
I used minimal design on the boards to avoid clutter and
colour coded each category base on the recycling material to ease identification even from afar.
Symbols of common items in that category were listed along with actual product images
to help the public categorise even better.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
creating a cake in photoshop
Wanted to create a vector image in Photoshop.
Found this reference image on Google.
I started off by creating the basic look with simple shapes like eclipse and square.
Created an orange slice using the pen tool, then make duplicates of it.
Added in details like highlights and texture of the cake.
Finally added light and shadow to make the cake pop!
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