Like Lions Do

One of the most enjoyable things that we've done so far at Uni is in one of our current modules - film and animation. The brief was to create a 3 minute film, set to music, that showed a journey from one point in the city to another.
Izabella, Matt and I chose to set our film in Cramond, where we thought there would be lots of interesting things to record between the beach, woods, ruins and pub. It turns out we did, and although its not quite finished yet - we are all really pleased at how the movie is coming together - and hopefully we'll be able to post it here when it's all finished!

Until then, here are some of the shots that were taken while we were out and about with the camera...

To Do List

1. Start drawing in the sketchbook thats been lying about for the last couple of months... first page fears!
2. Begin making jewellery again, even if that includes squirrels and owls
3. Book a holiday somewhere nice and sunny
4. Learn how to make burritos! After having some at Chilango's last weekend, Aperture Room are officially obsessed!
5. Use my camera more. I was given two new lenses last week - a macro (which took the above image) and a super-wide angle (partner in crime - below), so want to get some proper use out of them! It's nice being able to see more than 18-70mm!

Snowdays

Usually I would say that I love the cold, crisp weather that we've had recently - but right now I'm bored sick of it and cant wait for the day that I can leave the house without 2 pairs of socks, 3 jumpers and a scarf on!
That said, I've got some really nice photo's from when I've ventured out with the camera and thought I'd throw a couple up that I took on Christmas Eve... yep, I'm a bit behind with the times. The one above was taken from Cramond and looking out over the island. The one below was taken standing on top of my car, and over a carpark in Dunfermline.

The Body Shop

The first project of 2010 (is anyone else still writing 2009?) - to complete The Body Shop brief for the D&AD awards. 

This is a preview of one of a set of posters to be used in a campaign, along with some other components. But I'll post everything up after the closing date - if I'm entered!

Scottish Historic Buildings Trust

Another final solution to a brief set by the company themselves... this time by the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust, to come up with a new identity as they combined three different Trusts into one.
The idea was to completely neutralize the existing design and use dynamic imagery to enhance the company's portfolio across their website, business cards, brochures etc, while retaining a visual stamp that was memorable and easily reproduced. I was lucky enough to be one of four students who represented their concept to the board of Trustee's, but in the end another identity was chosen to be used!

Update

Wow, it's been a while since this blog was updated. It's starting to look a bit sorry for itself really, so I'm going to take the initiative to post some updates of work that was eventually finished from last semester - and other bits and pieces from along the way.
That, and I have other things I probably should be doing right now... yay for procrastinating!

Belhaven Fruit Ice Final Concepts

This was my final solution to the brief that we received from Belhaven Fruit Farm to redesign the packaging (and potentially rename) their Fruit Ice product. 

The concept was based around illustrating the growth and elements involved in creating the ingredients, so I used fresh colours and simple line drawings of fields, rain, clouds and fruit to enhance the playful feel.