Background Development

Below is an example of some images that I sent DG that I think could be helpful to him for doing the city backgrounds with some notes.

(Akira, Atey Ghailan )

I also suggested that DG look at the film Akira (Video One) for design reference. I think the film has some really amazing background that show the scope and lived in feel of a city. 

Then the "Easy" music video (Video Two)  has some solid reference because its design was inspired by Akira but it has a similar colour palette to our city BG's.

Video One 

Video Two

The last thing I sent him was this video by the Nerdwriter who breaks down the city scene in Ghost in a Shell. He discusses how it expands and draws attention to the viewers perception of space within the BG's and everything in the city is an echo of and emphasis the themes of the movie. I think DG could do something similar with the Evolution theme we have and  draw attention to something that helps echo the characters attributes depending on which stage of evolution he is at, for example Human=intelligence (have things in the city the show intelligence and draw attention to them) and so on. This is something I have tried to think ahead with when coming up with the shots so hopefully he can work off and improve upon this idea.

Video Three

C.V, Skills audit, Action plan, S.W.O.T analysis and Application Letter

(C.V)

(Skills Audit)

(Action Plan)

(S.W.O.T)

(Application Letter)

C.V Research

For the C.V I research what content makes a good C.V rather than the design as I feel that is more important to the employer. I also made sure to watch videos where people, who have been in a position hiring, talk about what they would like to see and their experience with reading C.Vs.

(Tips for making C.V)

(Design Research)

Skills Audit, Research and Design

For the skills audit I wanted to design a chart to visually demonstrate my level in each skill. After looking at many different designs, I decided I wanted to keep it simple and do a Bar or Flow chart. 

(Examples of the types of chart design I wanted to do) 

  

The picture below is of a chart layout that I really liked done by past pupil, Jack Banks. It is a great design that is still very easily readable and I thought it fit well with what I had in mind, with the 2 toned colours for the different skill types, the use of the icons and textured background

(Skills Audit by Jack Banks)

Again, I made sure that the look of the chart was synonymous with the rest of the brand design. I used the same colour palette and textures. I also created a Z-brush and 3DsMax logo that had the same design style of the adobe software icons to keep the design looking cohesive. 

(My Designs)

Background Development/Comp

I've sent DG some images that I though had good under water lighting. We've talked it over and are going for a peaceful, calm but beautiful feel in this scene, similar to the reference.

(Hachiimon, Kiarya, Dane Madgwick [@tokotewhero])

S.W.O.T Colour Experiment

Once I had a design layout I liked, I began to play around with different ways of incorporating the colours used throughout the rest of the branding. While some of the more graphic designs look interesting I think that they are too in your face and don't match up well enough with the Business card and letterhead.

S.W.O.T Updated Design

For the new caricatured version of myself I decided to take inspiration from the character of 2-Face from the Batman series and do a "2 sides of me" drawing that I think works well with the positive and negatives of a S.w.o.t analysis. I wanted to try have a call back or visual cohesion with my logo so I did a silhouette for the negative side and for the positive I mixed my 2 preferred drawings into one design to get a caricature that I thought worked well with the silhouette.  

(My drawings + Screencap from a Batman animated film, noted with pink star)

For the S.W.O.T design I stuck with the one layout and just tried different styles of backgrounds and text boxes to try get a look that matched well with the branding design.

(S.W.O.T Designs)