general update

i have been doing some more experimenting with the splat/inkstain logo today and have come up with some workable results. im just a bit worried about running out of time. i could quite easily bang out some reasonable designs using the simple design but i wouldn't be as happy with them. Also i dont think it meets the brief as well. im going to go for it tomorrow and hopefully make what i came up with today into an actually logo that i can start to apply to swing tag etc.

I'm also really concerned with the website stuff as im really struggling with it. i find it really hard to design for myself for some reason. i might just pretend im designing for someone else in order to produce something.

i have a general idea for my next project however i need to refine it more so that i am able to focus properly on how, why etc. im quite excited by it and the fact that this project will be over.

The essay is also worrying me as i dont really know what im going to write, however i have been reading a bit and have bought some books on visual culture.

swing tag and labeling research

i have developed one of my logo designs for cotton candy but i find it really boring. I've done a bit of experimentation with inks for the other logo but I'm still drawing a blank. i think I'm going to do some more tonight at home on a smaller scale just to get an idea of what to do, also i need to get used to using inks and how they work. If I don't end up using it for cotton candy I might try and do it for my personal id because what I've come up with so far isn't really my style.

website research

i need to decide how i want my website to look and work so this is some usefull info to help:

more to come...

Logo decisions and development

I have come up with two plausible ideas for the cotton candy logo; the first is a paint splattered flower. This idea is quite interesting but i need to simplify it down to just 1 or 2 colors i also need to change to shape of the flower. The reason i chose this flower was because it is the cotton flower but i doubt many people know what that looks like anyway. I am thinking about making my own flower out if splashes of paint. For example each splatter would be a petal.

The second idea is a much more simplified and kind of corporate, the color scheme is still debatable but i have down loaded some 1950's color palettes to play around with. I'm not really sure which of the two ideas are stronger but i do know the second idea would be easier to complete quickly. whether i'd be happy with it or not is my worry. i have also tried to incorporate the two ideas but it doesn't really work.

im worried that im not going to be able to develop something good enough and that im not designing things as well as i have done before. i feel like my work is getting worse rather than better for some reason and i don't feel like i'd be happy to present anything i've produced so far this year to a potential client. I guess its just a matter of pulling my finger out but its hard to force creativity.

Sorry i've been a bit slack with the blog for the past couple of weeks, but here is some of the research i've compiled. For the Fashion show project: