I was looking though my past challenges to see if I could make the whole thing a portfolio project. Week 2 looked especially lazy so I went back and redid the poster in a much more traditionally ska/punk style.
also, silly conversion error that looks kinda cool:
Week 37 Challenge: Design a Youtube background!
This challenge is very open, you can be as creative as you want, but there’s a couple of things you need to think of.
The size is 1500px*1200px using this template [1] , however not all users will be able to see the full width. So you cannot use the full width for important aspects of your design, since many users will not see it.
Examples of good backgrounds:
Go look for some yourself too! Keep in mind many people make these backgrounds for fun, so we should step up a notch and make something that works.
I decided to make a background for a channel that focuses on videos of explosions. It also continues to incorporate the social media buttons I put together in Week 30.
Task
Tomorrow, 30th of April is Queensday in Holland. It’s the day we (officially) celebrate the birth of Queen Juliana (our former queen). This Queensday is special because Beatrix, our current Queen will resign and we will have a new King – Willem Alexander. To celebrate, we will design a new website for the Dutch royal family.
Requirements: The main colour HAS to be bright orange, it’s a tradition that mustn’t be broken. The website should display information regarding the current activities of the Royal family (just make something up if you want).
This is the current royal website[1] , but you can do better of course.
First I vectored and recolored the seal which took a while so I stopped there:
I added a example page to show what it would look like in action:
After some berating from colleagues I made some edits:
My goal was to create a more simple blogroll style site that would make it easier to incorporate web 2.0 functionality while maintaining a formal look. Thoughts, comments and critiques are always welcome.
Quick summer sailing shirt I designed for my buddies over at CBYC. I kept it simple and a little classy, something for both students, parents and coaches.
Task
Your favourite band/artist is touring, and you need to design a poster for them. Hurray! I’m leaving this fairly open, just to leave your imagination run wild. Next week we’ll have a more specific one.
Inspiration
They’re an east coast DIY band, often labeled as skacore, who tour like madmen. I thought this kind of schedule would fit their, “we’ll play in your local rotary club’s basement” attitude. The poster itself is pretty straightforward, except for the lettering in the bomb which was hand drawn.
Website:
http://bombthemusicindustry.tumblr.com/
[2]
Alternate:
http://i.imgur.com/vKFN8dZ.png
[3]
Two recent shirt designs, one was a retro Mtv look
and the other was a more desert/mystic themed piece.
Look and my range!
Task
Hello Designers,
In this challenge we will redesign a product you like, but with a twist! Spring is coming and in your challenge, your main colour HAS to be one of the following:
Let me explain. Perhaps, I really like Kellogg’s cornflakes, this is what it looks like now [1] . In the challenge I would create a new look for Kellog’s using these spring colours. This does NOT mean that you have to create a new logo, but you could create a new cornflakes design package that features one (or more) of these colours. Keep in mind shades of white and black are allowed too.
Basically anything that you use would work, be creative with it!
Cheers,
Cryptonaut
I decided to stay literal and go for a corn flakes box redesign. Straightforward, bold and it uses all three colors. I’d love to hear your thoughts and thanks for reading.
What can I say, I love vector landscapes and movies. I have a new print at my shop and they are doing free shipping all weekend!
