placement time!

I've just finished a work placement at the packaging and design company seymour powell: http://www.seymourpowell.com/casestudies/

I was based working in the packaging area of the company, where they were working on a brief for go-cat and french brand friskies (dog food). It was a really good opportunity to see real life briefs and how the graphic designers work. 

I was able to watch over a photo shoot, it really made me realise how important the most tiniest parts are on packages! theres so much work that goes into the branding of a product and making it stand out to the right target audience, from colour to text...it made me appreciate cat biscuits a bit more!

the whole experience made me feel a lot more confident about where my own work is going, and where it could go once I have finished at uni. I managed to speak to a lot of graphic designers that have been in the busy for a long time as well as re-touchers and designers. They all gave really good advice and told me how all of their careers came about.

final self-defined book

heres my finished book, I kept the design as a concertina to give the children the chance to really get involved with the book by opening it up.

duck models

These are the final models I've made for the children to perform the narrative of the text with, When I started I wanted to make different costumes for them, but it became to difficult to make them removable, I was pleased with them apart from there heads, I think if i had used a different media they would of been stronger, but while painting them I was worried about damaging them and so if I made them again I would try and find a different lightweight material.

final poster design and book mark

These final designs are for a poster that would be used in the school to advertise the puppet show put on by the children (using the models above).

final book pages

backgrounds for book