I’ve been doing a lot of branding work over the last month, both at Glyph and as a freelancer. None of them are quite signed off yet, so here is just a peek at three separate jobs I’ve been working on.
Stark Trek: Into Darkness comes out next week, and I’m so excited about it I did this dumb Star Trek Family Tree style doodle on my lunch break.
There are a number of designers, illustrators and artists who I’m always drawn back to whenever I’m stuck in a creative rut. Whether it’s because of a single piece of work, their general output or even their attitude towards design, I often browse portfolio websites or re-read interviews with and writing by them to give myself a shot of inspiration in times of need.
One such studio who continue to influence me on a near-daily basis are Toronto based Bruce Mau Design.
More typographic experimentation.
Experiment with type for a branding job I’m doing. This was my attempt to visually represent the idea of new perspectives and the overlapping talents that the client offers. It doesn’t quite work though; the P looks too much like a B and the R is quite awkward. It was fun to play around with, though!
Archived Work
A character re-design of the Sudbury Rugby Club mascot Sudbury Sam, taken on and completed at Glyph.
Originally introduced in the 1980s, the character had fallen out of usage at the club and an entire generation of new youth players weren’t aware of him. Given free reign for rejuvenation, I decided to transform him from the dumpy, beer-swilling joke character to someone that younger players could actually aspire to.
Broad but lean, strong but friendly, and still cartoony and mis-proportioned enough to be fun, the final product took inspiration and features from the original but added a whole new aspect to him which was much appreciated by the club.
Archived Work
Portfolio site for oil painter David Stone (who is also my dad).
An extremely basic portfolio site offering a simple lightbox gallery for his various series of paintings.
New Work
Following on from my Marvel Universe Family Tree series I decided to continue the idea and expand it into other areas of pop culture. As a huge Star Wars fan, and with the news that a new series of films were to be made, it seemed like the only option.
The characters are limited purely to the film and canonical TV series’ (sorry Mara Jade fans - although I’m not ruling out the possibility of drawing up an extended universe version at some point).
Click here to view the full thing on my portfolio site, where you can also download a whole bunch of iPhone wallpapers featuring some of the most popular characters for the price of a tweet.
New Work
Branding for Book Puddle, an in-development web-based app for sharing the books you love.
Archived Work
Illustration job via Glyph.
Through my work at Glyph I recently drew a series of illustrations of children’s toys in a bright and child-like style for Red Pepper Marketing. Each toy represented a different service that they offer. I went for an especially simplistic style to give them a sense of friendly lightheartedness.
