PPD: June 2010

Thursday 17 June 2010

Ok, so these are the drawings that i have started out with, I'm aiming for a new modern and fresh look to the labels but i dont want something corporate looking. there are so many gorgeous label design out there so i want this to fit in with a fresh look but needs to stand out on its own as a 'lighter wine'

Iv stayed with the hand drawn designs as im a real fan of this and think it can give this brand a uplift to their range.

This is where i have started adding colour to the grape shapes, but i wanted something more than just block colour so i added textures to the grape shapes so that they will be more of a centre point to the label.

The brief stated that they wanted a range for white wine and red wine so these are the ranges that I have come up with from the design. The hand drawn grape swirls are added over the top of the textures and makes this beautiful design.

Sovio Wine Label competition

Sovio compertition

My sister introduced me to this competition and thought I would have a go at it, now that we have finished for summer I really want to start getting to express my style and find out ways in which I can work and most importantly I need to expand of my software skills.

There is no limit of entries to this competition so I'm going to try and come up with a few different designs and you never know, I could be going to San Francisco.

Wednesday 16 June 2010

Websites I've been looking at

These are a few websites that I have been looking at to get me inspired for designing my own. each of these websites has some element that I would like to use or something that I think works really well.

Warwick Saint is a photographer so his site is obviously based around showcasing his photography. I want the imagery in my own site to be the main focus so I like the way he has his side navigation menu and the images in smaller boxes but still big enough to see them properly, however I'm really not a big fan of horizontal scroll bars.

Mark and Velma enews site is simple and clean, i think the centre sideshow reel woks nicely with the format and provides a set layout for the articles to be show. I also really like the numbered circles at the bottom, each number is a different colour, think they are a really nice element.

Websites that are purely typographic can work really well and be really creative. This site works well because off the colours and the simplicity of it, but you can be a lot more creative with type on a website.

This portfolio website by Dan Viveriros is a really creative way of designing a website, it looks very personal and you instantly get a sense of this persons interests. I chose this mainly because of the rough hand drawn element to it.

Another photographers website that showcases its images in a gorgeous way. the dulled down scroll bar at the bottom doesn't distract away from the images.

This is a website that uses typography in a creative way, its just a load page before entering the site but it shows the style of this designer. Also the typography has this red roll over colour and all these colours work well together.