Type Workshop Session 3 & 4

My Typefaces are coming along nicely. I have completed one in FontLab and with a few minor adjustments it will be ready to use. This font is a block font with an urban feel to it. It would be used for headers and titles that would be printed big. Using bright colours and a little drop shadow this works as a vibrant font that stands out. I named it Barry.

My second typeface is based on brush strokes and taking letter forms from Chinese writing. I wanted to achieve a natural feel to this font. I have finished the designs on paper and now I have to put them into Illustrator or FontLab. I am going to make this font available in Regular, Bold and Italic.

My final typeface is still in the early stages. It was inspired by block text I saw whilst in Berlin. When I got back I started sketching out ideas for a font that is very top heavy. I have a almost half the alphabet, but some letters are posing a real problem. It is hard to make them fit with other letters around them. I might make this a 3d font.

Flash Websites

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Photoshop Stuff

Here is something I am working on for a client at the moment. They have asked me to come up with a sphere with lighting and shadows which will reflect an image, possibly the company logo.

This is one of 5 initial ideas which I will send off and get feedback before continuing to finalize the design.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS TEXT IS UNDERLINED. CAN'T SEEM TO TURN IT OFF.

Photoshop Actions

Here is some Photoshop actions I found, they be very handy if you have to adjust more than one image with the same effects. There is loads there so you can select different ones for each image. If you don't like the full action you can go back in history and just use certain adjustments.

Photoshop Actions

Here is an image that I have added a 'retro' action to. I have only used about half the full action and then added a few bits myself i.e. noise, lighting etc.

This is who I am & this is what I do.

Finally I have started my book. I have been meaning to do this for a while now but I have had enough time recently to start laying out the pages and sorting designs for the content. This book is going to represent me so far, my life, my work and the things I have learned.

I have been researching design books and looking for what makes them stand out, what makes them different from the rest?

I am basing it on Eco-friendly design and sustainability. These issues need to be addressed now more than ever and I think people appreciate a more natural approach to design methods.

I also have started building my website for Twitch Design, this is in the early stages but I have all the ideas down and is just a case of putting everything together. Be up and running soon.

Business Planning Conference

On Thursday I attended an 'Introduction to Business Planning' talk presented by John Chisholm of Creative Leadership. It was aimed at young people looking to start up a creative business. He explained about strategies and values of business and things to look out for when starting up on your own.

Afterward I met with some people from different companies such as Art Matrix and Katie Wilson to discuss ideas and talk about the next things I will need to consider to promote my business idea.

I am have booked a place for the next conference on 12th Feb which is 'Introduction to Marketing.' This talk really helped me and anyone considering setting up a business for first time should definitely give it a shot.

Type Experiment

Boondock Font

This is typeface I started to make today. It's called 'boondock'.

I wanted to keep it bold and very simple, using block letters for a solid feel. I think the letters flow well from A to Z and I am working on the numbers now so will post them when finished.