Christina Chi

Christina Chi

   16:03       Dav31d

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Christina recently got in contact with me again and informed me on the development of her company as I said I would share the images as I went along so here they are latest's.

(Emboss of the logo)

(Bag zipper)

Again it's really exciting to see the process of how everything is being made and slowly put together piece by piece. I'm also very grateful she's chosen to share the images with me it's almost like I'm on the journey with here and I honestly can't wait till it launches. I have updated my behance with this project as she continues to send me over the files, so as long as she keeps sending I'll keep updating, feel free to have a look at the updated version on https://www.behance.net/gallery/10777029/Christina-Chi and if you like what you see give it a little appreciation :)

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Christina Chi (Development)

Christina Chi (Development)

   09:02       Dav31d

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I did say I would keep you posted on the development with Christina Chi, (who I had my first internship with) I heard from her sometime last month and she told me she was doing well, not only that, but she got her first samples of the handbag she is creating. They were created in Spain and she sent me the images (see below).

On the yellow sample bag it is a bit more difficult to see, but the logos you see on the sample bag are the ones I created back at the studio during my internship. Very proud moment for me, (I've gotta say, for many reasons I won't get into now) it's like I'm seeing my dream all of a sudden come to life and the feeling I got when she originally sent me the images were immense.

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T-Shirt Design (Dazz Media)

T-Shirt Design (Dazz Media)

   14:40       Dav31d

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My brother had approached me in November of last year with a brief from people he knew, it was simply to design an idea for a T-shirt for a company called Dazz Media. They were a music group in the genre of Hip-hop and rap. At first I was a bit skeptical because I haven't really seen myself as someone who designs T-shirts simply because 1. I've never done it and I was admittedly worried at how the designs would turn out and 2. It's not really where I see myself as designer like it's not one of my key interests to put it.
But once my brother explained why it'd would be a good opportunity, I decided to take it on. One of my reasons for taking it is, that I thought that as a graduate I should definitely invest in different areas that I could possibly use as a way of gaining experience and adding to my portfolio at the same time.

So my brother sent me over their sketches of what they wanted their designs to look like (they can be seen below):

Once I had that I was good to go, I started the implementation on Illustrator CS5 (I can't get enough of that software at the moment).

This is how the designs looked once I had finished designing them in Illustration CS5

At this moment I made it clear to them the design is unfinished and to not pay too much attention (if any) to the choice of colour and the font, I was just trying to focus more on the conviction of the idea based on the sketches they had sent. I reassured them that once they had officially settled on a design idea I would begin to incorporate the corresponding design elements to fully complete the design... Only thing is it never actually got to that stage, which is a shame because I felt it was progressing rather well from when I first started.

Anyway a few months ago my brother sent me the picture of the T-shirt designs already printed, I said to him they were actually unfinished but he responded saying they were happy with how the designs looked, even though I had reiterated that I am willing to fully complete the design, as it stood (for me) it was unfinished, but if they were happy with how it was there's not much more I needed to do.

Here are the images of the printed shirts:

The things is now, even if I wanted to complete the design myself I'm a bit unsure of what choices of colour and typeface they would want to use, so I guess I was a little stuck on what to do to complete the design but as a creative I'm sure I can think of something. I remember my brother said they would pay me for this, let's just say I'm still waiting for that payment... But overall, I'm rather pleased that I was able to produce something that they were happy with, even if it was unfinished I feel it's a nice and different piece to add to my portfolio and in the end both parties were happy. 

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