Circa 23 Tshirts redux!

Ive just noticed blogger went down and deleted the last post about The T shirts so ill put it back up. Its just a quick one to show the t shirts and hoody I made to promote the Circa 23 logo.

Circa23 T shirts

I've finished the Circa 23 tshirts! I made a stencil of the logo (a lot of knife work) then using a sponge painted it onto the tshirts using acrylic,

Circa 23 Vimeo account

Just a quick post to publish the vimeo URL's for the Level 6 advanced animation and special effects module. My vimeo account is gradually building content and I hope to have a few more things on it by monday.

Here is the link to the sequence:

http://vimeo.com/23108298

Here is a link to the breakdown

http://vimeo.com/23280788

Circa23 Showreel 2011

I've just finished a short showreel showcasing my work in the last few years. Its a short edit of around one minute, not too to leave out any work but not too long to bore any prospective employers/clients. From looking into other postgraduates showreels the time of it should not be more than two minutes (people with industry experience can allow a longer time to showcase work). Ive added a link below to the vimeo file as the showreel size was too big for Blogger.

  http://vimeo.com/23267808

Circa23 DVD

Ive have just designed the DVD menu for the Circa23 2011 showreel. Made in Encore I used a motion background made in After effects and a button made in Photoshop. The DVD when played will play the showreel first before the menu this is because companies viewing the DVD may be put off by having to go through a DVD menu to get to the video. The menu displays after a viewing of the showreel and serves as a way for any viewer to replay the showreel if necessary.

 

Circa23 DVD Cover...

I designed a cover to match the design of the business card using the wax seal idea to make an envelope.

The cover design to be printed on A3.

Half a glue stick later they're stuck to card.

A long knife cutting process for the wax seal.

The finished case!

A few errors! The logo and type become upside down when assembled which is a bit annoying. Also I think the contrast of the print is too deep and rich in colour, I also want to add a little more texture and content to the design to make it more interesting.

Circa23 Business Cards

I have designed the first business cards for Circa23 Motion graphics and sfx. Influenced by other design company business cards I wanted the style to be graphically pleasing as the company itself is to deal with design solutions. I based the design on an old letter with a wax seal. I made the wax seal using vectors and added the logo in the center of it, add some bevel and emboss and I got a nice 3d relief wax seal. The fonts used is a free font called 'Chadwick' which is the main font to be used we the company 'Circa23'

Front

Back

Some of my inspiration was took from really awesome business cards. I really liked when the designs reflected something else.

http://twentyfourhourpartypeople.com/post/188760034/awesome-business-cards-for-mixtape-generation

Above is the koji sueyoshi mixtape generation business card which I love as it reflects purpose of the medium by being designed like a cassette tape.

http://insearchofdesign.com/2008/06/awesome-business-cards/ 

I took a lot of inspiration from these business cards. I feel its necessary to spend time in the design element of a business card as a business card can act as a first impression for companies and clients.