Laura Nelson

Second Year Graphic Design Student at Birmingham City University

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Design Sprint

Upsell sprint.

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Design Sprint

Magazine sprint.

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Final Cover Design

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Business Card Development

Front of my design. I created a ligature with my initials to form more of a logo so it became more obvious which was the front and back of my designs.

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Professional Development

Portfolio Development:

I decided to create my portfolio on Indesign also as it is easy to use and after attending Adobe training at university I became very familiar with how to maintain consistency through master pages and grid systems.

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Professional Development

Business Card Designs -

Using Photoshop, I experimented with creating a marble effect background to base my professional development around as it reflects high quality. I then created my design in Indesign as this allows me to create a back and a front for when I come to print my design. I will be using the same theme (colours, typefaces, shapes) throughout my portfolio, business cards, CV and any other self branding I do to maintain consistency. 

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18 Green Artists Who Are Making Climate Change A Priority

Critical Evaluation concept:

In my essay I will be looking at ‘One Beat One Tree’ by Naziha Mestaoui and ‘Panda’s On Tour’ by Paulo Grangeon in particular.

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12 Artists On: Climate Change

A dozen artistic responses to one of the greatest threats of our time.

Critical Evaluation concept:

How contemporary design and visual communication can influence change in terms of climate change.

For my essay in particular I will be referencing Zaria Forman and her ‘Arctic Ocean’ piece.

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Cover Designs

After playing around with typefaces, I decided to edit my own sketch that I scanned in and felt this worked better with the style of the other elements.

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Cover Designs

On the submission details for the brief, we were given the cover copy that we need to include on the back, spine and front cover. I added these in and then developed my concept around this.

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Further Development

After experimenting with different compositions on Indesign for my cover, I decided to re do the astronaut helmet from scratch using shapes. I was much happier with the final appearance.

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Book cover Development

These were the final assets for my cover design after being edited on Photoshop, from the original sketches I scanned in.

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Experimentation

I also scanned in my own sketches to form the main elements of my design.

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Typeface Development

I scanned in my best sketch and developed it digitally with colour on Photoshop.

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Typeface Development

Before taking to the computer, I thought it was important to sketch some possible typeface designs. As my cover will follow the concept of space, I decided to try and create a 3D effect typeface as it would stand out to the reader.

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Wonder by R.J Palacio.

The best way to get inspiration. I’ve seen the film but I wanted to read through the book to see how it compares, although they are both very similar there are small differences. As I will be designing the book cover, I thought I needed to buy the book to read it for myself and see what feeling it gives. There are a lot of emotions like sympathy but also happiness and it is definitely an inspiring read.

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Further Development

I think the compositions that work the best are the top 2 so I will be developing these further digitally.