Thursday 20 February 2014

Mastering After Effects

As recently posted on my 'Work' page, I am developing my skills in Adobe After Effects to produce a 25 second ident for the Digital Cinema Media company as part of the D&AD 2014 New Blood Awards, using the brief for a college module. I shall be using my blog as a digital catalogue for any tutorials or articles regarding technique, tools and methods.

Starting with …

A brief step-by-step tutorial on mastering puppetry with After Effects by Jonathan Topf for Digital Arts Magazine Online.



Sunday 8 September 2013

To This Day

Some people think Facebook is a place for us adolescents to waste our lives, but between the likes and comments there are "groups" and "pages" full of inspiration from Design to Health; and nestled within the "vines"and pictures, I fell across this beautifully designed, heart wrenching and thought provoking video about children, the education system and "beauty".


Friday 2 August 2013

Talk by David Bailey

David Bailey of Kiosk talks about the importance of imperfection and perfection within design and how some design is                and isn't "important".

                                 

Tuesday 18 June 2013

To Love or to Loath?

Comic Sans is the butt of many design jokes (probably) and is hated by all with knowledge of good design and typography.

Yet, Russian designer Oleg Tarasov has broken the rules, recreating a selection of famous brands using the dreaded Comic Sans.. To love or to loath is the question?



His full range of "rebranding" awaits you.. 


Wednesday 12 June 2013