Personal Projects

Business Card

My little asked me if I could design and create a business card for her Make-up and Special FX Make-up company. Of course, I was happy to oblige. It meant more practise on Photoshop using the skills I learnt from my course and some practise using Illustrator.

From various discussions, and design examples, I was able to get a good idea of the style and overall look she wanted for her business cards. We searched and downloaded a number of Fonts and Brushes that represented her desired style and tested each kind, until we came up with the final product. The brushes and fonts were uploaded and used in Photoshop.

I adjusted the various blend modes, levels and opacity in order to achieve the overall look.

The Logo, for me, was one of the hardest things I've had to make. It required the use of the pen tool to trace the outline of the image, and then I used the selection tool to manipulate the anchor points to create the curved lines of the logo, before filling with colour.

She was so pleased with the finished product, she had them professionally printed on cards and printed the logo on a T-Shirt that she now wears when she visits her clients.

Front

Back

Logo

Birthday Invitation

A very close friend of mine was celebrating her 30th Birthday. As a gift to her, I offered to design her birthday invitations. She wanted a Pirate theme for her birthday, and this was an exciting personal assignment for me, as I also love all things pirate themed. Once again, I searched for various fonts and brushes, and had multiple discussions with her about the overall look, style and layout of the invitations until we came to a final product.

She was very happy with the final product of her invitations, so we had them printed on a photo card to send out to her family and friends.