Good evening there, well today was just peachy. Handed in my dissertation this morning, and that’s it. No more writing. Although there probably will be more writing, but maybe less extended, at least for a while anyway. Did I get back to my studio work straight away, and get one last full day of good design in the studio done before the Christmas break? Of course not; I went vintage shopping with my friend in town to celebrate and bought some amazing blue and silver peep-toe high heels. Ah, sweet sweet shopping.
Although I am hoping to, and probably should do some design catch-up over Christmas, the sad and lonely truth is that I am working nearly everyday in (a well-known high street) shop, and that doesn’t leave much time for anything other than sleeping at this time of year. Oh – it’s sad and lonely because I am remaining in student halls by myself to do this. It’s not too bad though, the other students have all left random food so I might be able to rustle up some unusual meals for fun.
I should probably mention the last bit of design work I did, related to the ‘provoke change’ project, I helped out a charity shop in town by designing some promotional posters and fliers for a CD&Vinyl fair they were having. I couldn’t walk away from this project once I saw the original flyer: plain text in rainbow comic sans. It was a minor crime against design, and part of me did feel a bit like the design police – “I’ll take it from here, just put down that font and no-one gets hurt.”Anyway, check out my lovely lovely poster down below. As I havn’t done very much illustration for a long time, I was happy to find I could still kind of draw, although I was a little annoyed to learn that a friend had overheard this on her visit to the shop – “Oh that poster? The manager downloaded it off the internet.” Sigh. The illustration is based on an old photo from a photo-shoot, I can’t help but feel a little uneasy about using this image in relation to Save The Children, but I think it does attract attention, and maybe that makes it alright. I think it’s quite a cheeky image more than a blatantly sexual one, but I am not sure how if this is how it is interpreted by others. Well, anyway, apparently the event went well for it being the first one, and I had a lot of people asking me about it so I guess that means it worked. 
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I love it! Cheeky is memorable… and always quite fun. It’s tough to design in black and white… there are a few thing’s i’d have tightened, but the personality shines through wonderfully. Hope you have a happy holidays!
J.
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Hi there J
Thanks for your comment! It’s great to hear other people’s opinions on my work, especially from so far afield. Glad you agree it’s cheeky!
Out of interest, what would you have changed? I’m still not sure about the hierarchy and layout of type in the bottom half, but I went through a few revisions and then just stuck with it, as it was a quick project and I just wanted to get it out and doing its job. The black and white was a decision pretty much made for me on this project, as B&W photocopying is free at university and for this one I knew I’d have to have a lot of copies to put up around town.
Happy Holidays to you too
G