Kaleidoscope patterns/textures

Playing around with creating some textures and patterns similar to ones you'd get looking through a kaleidoscope. Not as bright and colourful, more subtle and softer.

Digital Weave Part 1

I've been experimenting with hand stitching recently and naturally its ended up my design work on screen too. Its nothing amazing just yet, I'm looking too incorporate photographs into this...maybe digitally or on paper.

I have always enjoyed weaving and even used it for one of my second year projects at university.  I embossed paper with renaissance inspired patterns I had created by hand and then weaved them into the paper. This was for the Fedrigoni YCN brief back in 2015. Here are some examples below.

Here are geometric shape experiments I worked on this weekend. I'm not exactly sure how I want to organize these as I know I will come back to these ideas with development and more ideas. So maybe for now this can be part 1 with 8/8 and then I can just add additional parts as part of a series.

First experiment with circles

Digital Weave part 1 1/8

 

 

Digital Weave part 1 2/8

Digital Weave part 1 3/8

 

Digital Weave part 1 4/8

Digital Weave part 1 5/8

 

Digital Weave part 1 6/8

 

Digital Weave part 1 7/8

Digital Weave part 1 8/8

Daily Logo Challenge 7, 8, 9 & 10

Virgo – logo type for a clothing company

 

 

  Mount Blanco - logo type for a ski resort

 

 Pitch - Music streaming start up

 

Light - logo using a flame

Here are days 7, 8, 9 and 10. I've probably been spending around an hour on each one? And this includes initial sketches for the ideas. Each day the emails are giving more prompts to consider, like the audience, the scale of the logo and where it will be used.

 I would always consider this anyway when creating logos. But I feel with this challenge so far I've tried to make myself by more creative in a short space of time without thinking too much about where and how the logo could be used.

Logo Challenge Day 3, 4, 5 and 6

I forgot to post my logos recently. Here are the ones for days 3, 4, 5 and 6 for the daily logo challenge.

Global Panda logo 

A letter, I chose P for plant pot

Onward - a logo for a driverless car ( looking back at this, I am now aware it looks more like a motorbike tire than car)

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A coffee shop logo - I created The Coffee Club

Tania Kshah - Brand identity

Here is the final logo and logo mark for Tania Kshah, a bespoke dressmaker who specializes in bridal and evening wear. She wanted a logo that she could use for her brand (not only dresses but jewelry too...and maybe more in the future as she's super creative), something that allows her creations to have full attention and compliment her work. It will be used for her business stationary, advertisements, banners and social media.

Here the final logo, 3 variations using the logo mark and type.

Here are some of the alternative logo marks I came up with.

Information and details about her upcoming launch party and catwalk can be found here.

Daily Logo Challenge - Day 1 & 2

Comet – a rocketship

 

 

Crown – hot air balloon

 

 

I started the Daily Logo Challenge this weekend. Its 50 days so I’m going to push myself to make improvements each day with every new theme/name I’m given and be as creative as possible. For the two above, I probably sent 45 minutes in totally, this included sketching ideas first on paper and then moving onto illustrator.

Day 1: Comet – a rocket ship

Day 2: Crown – hot air balloon



Film Production Branding

I’ve been working on branding this week, taking inspiration from photography, film and production for the theme of this logo. The final logo will be used on a website and business cards, ect. Here are some sketches and rough designs on illustrator that I’m currently working on.

Rebrand Sketches

Here are some pictures of a rebrand I’m working on, a local designer who specialises in bespoke and custom made dresses. I’m still at the beginning stages of the process and fixing the current logo that is being used.
They want something that is clean and simple that could also be used in the future for other areas of their brand.

True Fruits Branding

A logo I created for a small business. See the whole project on my website: sonaldesigns.com

Graphic Design Degree Show 2017

 

 

So two days left for the public to come and view our degree show at university. Its open from 10am till 7pm on Wednesday and 10am till 5pm on Thursday. I’ve been trying to promote this on Twitter as much as I can without getting too annoying.

Friday was the opening night; it went well. Busy with people from industry, lots of friends and family all in the Queen’s building at DMU.

I’ve enjoyed working in Queen’s, got use to the unusual shape of the studio, the little bridges that connect all of the room, creative atmosphere and equipment I’ve had access to. Although sometimes I’ve needed a change of atmosphere and walked over to the new Vijay Patel building which has so many spaces to sit and work so that’s been nice too.

I was head of the publicity team for this year’s degree show and we started having meetings in early October organised by my tutor. As a group, we decided on the theme of ‘Set Sail’. Holding the meaning of starting a new journey as we all embark on a new chapter after graduating. This is third year we have been allowed to choose a theme. In previous years it has just been the year, for example ‘Degree show 2012’. I’ll write a full post about degree show organising, designing, fundraising, social media and all of the stuff in between once its completely over J

Our website is www.setsail2017.co.uk Instagram and Twitter is: @SetSail2017 and the hashtag everyone on the course has been using is #SetSail2017

Elliot Priestley created the website whilst being on the team with us. Any updates we had as the design team, he got them done to keep everything consistent, and an all-round great guy ( @elliotpriestley )!

Amy Sarfas has been looking after the Instagram account and has been the other half of the design team for the degree show.

This is my degree show board, featuring my Final Negotiated Project, Major Negotiated Project, competition brief (The Practical Printer and G.F Smith), an ipad with my website, portfolio pages, CV and business cards. I’ll upload each project in full as a separate post as I feel they deserve a post each.

 

 

 

 

Also got given a sunflower for being a part of the team from the tutors. Here is a picture of Ramella, Amy and I with our sunflowers. At first I wasn't sure if I liked this photo, but this is probably the happiest I've looked in months! So yeah, I like this photo :) Photo of us taken by Sunny Singh, whose work is amazing! and can be found here on Instagram @graphicsunny and same for Twitter.

 

I also got featured in the technology degree show book about my experience on the course and my work could be seen on screen throughout campus and on the big screen outside the Vijay Patel building!

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some more photos from the night! A little bit blurry!

Announcements and speeches downstairs!

Awards about to get announced for students and displays.

Ollie won some award for student achievement or something like that, what a guy.

Joe repping my work and Set Sail stickers Chris Edwards ( @_c_edwards ) designed for the show.

 

 Elliot having his photo taken...how fancy! Also had my photos taken and they were very cheesy so I'm not looking forward to the day I have to see them. In fact they may never get used so that's okay ahaha.

 

My website!

Unfortunately, I accidently deleted all of the photos from 2012 - 2013 which showed work from college and all of the other stuff in between, included art gallery pictures, trips, mehndi stuff, photography and more. :(

I think I will always keep all of my craft projects and development here. I also have a few book reviews too, so I will keep this informal.

I've updated my website and you can check it out here: sonaldesigns.com

My portfolio will be on there and updated. All of my process pictures and close ups of my work can be found on Instagram @sonal.designs