Thursday, 28 July 2011

Rodo at work!


Busy day in the studio today!

40 Tshirts done and layout for brochure confirmed!

Spoken to Topman the date of submission is now Friday 5th August! Good news! Giving us more time to finalize ideas and develop further themes :)!

Will be a busy weekend but next week all of this hard work will pay off when we see the final outcomes!

Comments needed to help us choose the best Ts which will be printed on a larger scale!


Rodo out!
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Topman day 1 and 2 from the other half









Had a very productive day today on the Topman design tee's!

So far we have some very clear ideas that we are definately going to take forward and finalise together. With our theme being based on 'travel', yesterday I looked through all my holiday photos and picked out some interesting ones that will look good on tee's. They are based on Berlin and Egypt.

With Sarah coming up with some good designs using photographs and collages, I have moved away from travel to a more abstract look.

I have been looking at hand drawings/doodles and seeing how they look on different coloured tee's. I am really pleased with the outcomes, more than my photography tee's, and I have had lots of fun doodling!

Myself and Sarah have had a meeting today about the new direction. She liked what was going on on the share screen (thanks skype) and hopefully likes the new ones too! We talked about drawing and how my style is quite quirky and hers is more realistic, so together would be a very interesting mix, which we will see coming together soon! Watch this space! :)

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Topman Printed Ts - Day Two






























Another Day of Designing for Topman! 


Rodo have had two fifteen minute meetings today to exchange ideas and point each other in the right direction! Becky liked my Tshirts from yesterday and they seemed to form a good starting point for todays designs! 


Things to work on: Variation!!!


Tshirt designs from yesterday were a good starting point but lots of them were very similar, today we have introduced more photo montage and Becky has been working more on typography and the hand made side to graphic design! Using her pen to design and thinking more about illustration rather than photography!


More Travel Destinations!
Todays Tshirts are based on Berlin and Egypt! 
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Topman Printed Ts

















































Me and Becky both work in Topshop and we have been looking for some design work to get our teeth into whilst working part time! We spoke to our store manager about the future and the importance of building our portfolios and she has given us the opportunity to have some Tshirts printed for Topman! (!!!! If they are successful !!!!)

We have been given five days to produce something to send up 
to the designers of Topman! We have done lots of research over the last few days, looking at the best sellers of Topman and other highstreet stores. 

Chosen Theme: Travel!

Over the last three years me and Becky have been to some amazing places between us:

New York
Washington
Berlin
Egypt
Thailand

On these travels we have consumed some brilliant photographs which can be put onto Tshirts (photo montage seems to be the most popular for this season) 


I have designed some initial ideas today, thinking about travel - New York be a great buy for the end of Summer beginning of Autumn as it is a popular destination for an autumn break. I wanted to ensure that I was also thinking about the colour, so I kept a bright palate on some for some late holiday goers and a darker one for the Autumn breaks! 


These are only a starting point but by putting them on here I can ask for peoples points of view and see which ones (if any) are heading in the right direction! I have been asking friends who shop in Topman to come and tell me what they think and so far I can see a few clear winners and a couple of losers! 


Becky has been working today so I'm looking forward to meeting tomorrow and discussing more ideas! ... I hope she likes what I have been up to!


Please feel free to message us with any thoughts, any opinions would be much appreciated!.....
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