Freelance CDs

Open publication - Free publishing - More music

One of two freelance pieces I did as part of a collaboration with Leigh Wortley for two music students. The student for the above booklet, not the best client in the world, he was constantly wanting things changed and pretty much, not letting us design, he came to us with a very firm image of what he wanted in mind and gave us absolutely no leeway. He was very finicky over the slightest details and had me wanting to punch him in the face multiple times. but I refrained, just so you know. In the end, we had pretty much no design input into it at all and we weren't happy with the end result. But he was. We offered him several (much better) alternatives but he was adamant to have it exactly his way. Definitely a case for Clients from Hell.

Open publication - Free publishing - More music

The client for this one couldn't have been better. He couldn't have been happier with what Leigh and I produced for him and was chuffed to bits, which was really nice to see. Complete contrast to his friend. This is the one that leigh are I are so much happier with how it turned out as we were pretty much given free reign over it so we were very pleased with the outcome.
-HJ

Electronic Poet Brief

Recently I worked with Electronic Poet in designing a t-shirt for their new Autumn/Winter rage, theme: Tribal.

The t-shirts have been recently screen printed and Charlotte and I went down to the shop to have a look at them and take some pictures. I'm really pleased with how it's turned out and I'm looking forward to seeing the professional pictures taken of them for their website.

EDIT: Apparently I'm not allowed to put the photographs on my blog because the products haven't been released yet. I'll upload the design sheets when I remember where I've put them, apparently I have to watermark them to stop anyone stealing the ideas. I mean, really?


-HJ x

Industrial Experience

These are two commissions that I've done recently and my client was the Xtreme radio station in Swansea. They chose to use me as their designer because I have done some work for the University of Sansea student union in the past and my name was passed along to them.

The first design that they wanted from me was to design for a hoodie using one colour ink. This was the design that they chose out of the selection that I offered to them.

I count this as my first pice of real industrial experience because this is the first that I've been paid for and it was a proper discussion between client and designer as to what was required of me.

In the past I've designed posters, and the clients seemed ready to accept what I first offered them. This client and I had to work together properly in order to produce something that both parties were happy with.

This is the design put onto a hoodie template to give a good idea of where the designs were to be placed. The boombox on the pocket never made it onto the hoodie and I'm glad because I look at this design now and wish I'd never put it there. It looks ridiculously out of place. Good call, client.

These are two photographs of what the product looked like in use when it had been mass produced. Apparently they sold out very quickly because they were in such high demand. That makes me feel pretty good because I got some very good feedback for the design.

He seems pretty happy with his. Mine is in the post.

This is the second design that I hav done for the same company a little more recently. The wanted t-shirts to wear and to sell while taking the radio station on a bit of a tour. These haven't yet been produced but I'm loking foreward to seeing them in action.
Again, this design required a bit of negotiation between client and designer. I've already been old that the next time they need something doing, they're going to come to me because of how popular the hoodies seemed to be.