Graphic Design: Advanced - Development

I've finished my illustration for the New Home card, but I'm struggling to find the best style to colour it. Here are a few examples I've thought about:

this is the illustration

Graphic Design: Advanced - First Sketches

Here are a few sketches for the 'wedding' and 'new home' cards:

inspiration from my sister-in-law's wedding photos

Graphic Design: Advanced - Dots and Details

These are some examples for more contemporary illustration styles. I think I like them...

Georges Seurat - painting with dots

Graphic Design: Advanced - More Research

I'm still doing some research because the style I've chosen is not the best. So let's look at other styles and go for something creative...

Asakura Kouhei

Ben Newman

Asakura Kouhei

Ben Newman

Zara Picken

Graphic Design: Advanced - Research, Cards

I still haven't decided what style I'm going for, but these are my favorite cards from my board of Greetings Cards:

Graphic Design: Advanced - Illustration styles

At the moment, I'm trying to find the right illustration style for my project. I've collected some examples from AOI and other websites to one of my boards on Pinterest. These are my favourite ones:

Tim Bye

Adam Larkum

Victor Lunn-Rockliffe

White Rabbit

Lesley White

Shona Grant

Jill Tytherleigh

Anna Raff

Daniel Mackie

Debbie Ryder

Aleksei Bitskofd

Karen Donnelly

Tanja Wilmot

Graphic Design: Advanced - Time Schedule

Time schedule

(Date)	(Aimed)	(Achieved)
0 week – Getting the brief
Gathering ideas, research, completing the brief, completing time schedule
1st week
Mo 6th May	Writing report (800 words), Research, Sketching
Tue 7th May	Writing the report, Research, Sketching
Thu 9th May	Finishing report, Research, Sketching
2nd week
Mo 11th May	Sketching, Working in Illustrator
Tue 14th May	Sketching Working in Illustrator
Thu 16th May	Sketching, Working in Illustrator, Experimenting, Choosing paper stock
3rd week
Mo 20th May	Working in Illustrator, Experimenting, Realization, Printing
Tue 21st May	Working in Illustrator, Printing, Realization
Thu 23rd May	Printing, Realization, Evaluation
4th week
Mo 27th May	Finishing touches
Tue 28th May	Finishing touches
Thu 30th May	Assessment
5th week
Thu 6th June	Assessment

Graphic Design: Advanced - Creating our own brief

Graphic Design Brief

Greetings Cards

Client name and details:    UK Greetings; the UK’s market leading direct-to-retailer publisher and manufacturer of greetings cards

Contact Details:                 The client’s contacts:

UK Greetings

                                                Email: customerfeedback@ukgreetings.co.uk

                                                Telephone: 01924 465200 (Customer Services)

                                                Fax: 01924 453908

                                                http://www.ukgreetings.co.uk/

                                               

                                          Designer’s contacts:

                                                Tabita Doczi

                                                Email: 

                                                Telephone: 

Project Task:                     Design a range of greeting cards

Target audience:               16-34 year olds

Format:                             Suggested card sizes are 159mm x 159mm, 121mm x 184mm, 137mm x 159mm, 110mm x 210mm

                                         BUT any card format is acceptable

Deliverables:                    Design at least 4 different greetings cards

Mandatories:                    Front page design;

                                        Design for the inside of the card;

                                        A range name and logo to be printed on the back page;

                                        Envelope colour or design;

                                        Add 3mm bleed to all artwork supplied.

Branding considerations: UK Greetings has a logo which should be used on the back of the cards.

Supplied Materials:         High resolution versions of the logo

Other considerations:      Questions to consider:

o   Who is the recipient?

o   Who is the actual buyer?

o   What is the occasion?

o   Is the card design-led or copy-led?

                                      (Women buy far more cards than men)

Design Direction:          The industry is a very competitive market, therefore it is important to design something that will stand out from the competition. Remember who you are targeting. De some research into what types of cards are being sent to this target group and why. Try to do something different to what is already out there.

Delivery date:                10^th June 2013 

Reference: http://www.ycn.org/awards/ycn-student-awards/2012-2013/briefs/uk-greetings