Inktober- Day 10- Sketches for Page Layout

Like the previous post, I had to censor a good portion of it, but I can show the illustrations as this is an excercise to get me some potential graphic design work.

Post a Drawing Every Day- Day 8- Rough Digital Layout for Polictical Cartoon

I wanted to do some traditional inking, and was recently inspired from the antics going on at a war crimes trail, which led me to think it feels like a game of Call My Bluff.

Rough Digital Layout

So here are some of the 'high-profile' witnesses, with the judge (on the left) hosting a Call My Bluff with them. From left to right are my attempts of these three individuals : Mia Farrow; Naomi Campbell; and Campbell's agent, Carole White.
It's a digital layout because I have layered several drawings into a drawn layout, on top of one another. I am certainly going to revisit this to sort out the inconsistency with the inking, as well as adding the text, colour, and maybe textures to the piece.

Original Drawing

In this drawing I was working out how the characters were going to be placed into the scene.

Rough studies of Naomi Campbell

I tried many times to get Campbell into the pose I wanted her, which meant studying a few pictures of her.

Rough Study and Finalised Ink Drawing of Campbell

This was where I got her right enough to do an inking of it.

Inked Drawing and Rough Study of Mia Farrow

I had a good idea of the post to put Farrow in, but I did a quick study of her to work what she will be wearing.

Rough Study and Inked Drawing of Carole White

White proved a bit more tricky, as I needed to work how I would get her to hold up the card, and to make her seem distinguishable from the rest of the 'celebrities'.

Inked Drawing of Judge

For some reason, I found it easy to draw the judge, with her distinguish hair style, and stern look she seemed to have whenever I saw her on TV.

Post a Drawing Every Day- Day 2- From Sketch to Final Logo Design

Pencil Sketches of Logo Design

I needed to design a logo, as part of a recent scheme to promote myself as a freelance graphic designer. So I sketched out some ideas on pencil, pen, and paper. I wanted a simple design for my logo, as less is more- I also didn't have a lot of time to toy with loads of ideas- and I like the idea of using my 'stage name' to promote myself as a designer. So this explains why I went for my initials to make a stand out. I was also toying with the concept of an artist's signature - something I rarely use professionally- which explains why the initials are joined like that. 

Initial Ideas for Logo Designs

I then went into my art package of choice, and toyed around the logo design with different fonts. These were the contenders, which I thought could work as a distinctive logo.

Finalised Layout for Logo Design

I went for this combination, as I like the unique quality of the font for the initials, and I thought the simplicity of the font for the name would stand. I also realised that at this stage, when uploading my designs for this entry that this stood out, as the black colour for the bottom text made it easy to read when it was shrunk in a thumbnail. 

Colour choice for Logo Design

Another Colour Choice for Logo Design

Shame I had to colour the background in black, and toy with the colours for the fonts! Oh well, I then settled for a set colour...

Alternative Take on Final Design

... But I wanted to 'Auto Smart-Fix' it, just to see what it look like...

Final Design for Logo

...before I settled for the original colour choice. 

So what have I learned from doing this? I really should check how the logo design looks at each stage, by looking at them from the various thumbnails on my browser. I have no excuse not to do so, with all of the options my browser, Vista, provides!



Oh well, I will have to wait the outcome of the first phase of the selection of the other proposals being sent to see whether I have made a dramatic mistake in my logo, or from another aspect of proposal, like my profile, has let me down. I might even get some success from doing this. So who knows...?