Logo Design & Update

Ah, it's been a while!

Above is a logo concept for South Coast Computer Solutions.

For the past month I've been searching for Freelance work & permanent work. Graphic Design is slowly but surely becoming more & more popular on the South Coast, with businesses recognising that expanding & updating their branding brings new customers & clients. Email me today to discuss how we can better your image and expand to people who may have otherwise overlooked your business.

I have something to tell you...

I'm going to go a bit off topic today. Not too far though so keep reading!

If you haven't heard already, Dion & I have recently been approved for a new little rental property all to ourselves. Which is really exciting & we're both super happy to be able to have a place that we can call our own.

The problem however, lies with the fact that we will now both be paying rent, electricity, food, petrol, car registration & just general living expenses. "So what?" you may say, "Everybody does it right?" Yep, well, the thing is I've got a bit of a thing with a button. Most of them look something like this...

New Beginnings

It was back to school last week for me. I started an online class on Web Design & Development.

I'm not getting a huge amount of work at the moment, and emailing around to all different companies wasn't quite working. So the next step was to boost the brain, get educated to get more jobs. Treehouse is ridiculous. So great. I'm learning so much and improving my skills by just watching videos all day, pretty innovative way to learn.

I'm always following design trends online & looking out for what's new in the world of creating wonderful things. I feel like it makes me a better designer & I'm better equipped to tackle each individual job that a client throws at me. You also obviously have to do a fair bit of research to get into the mind & company of a client, so in-depth research for each new job is also critical. And it sometimes changes your creative path from your initial ones.

You should never stop learning whether it be a hobby, something to do with your job, actually going back to school or university or learning all those crazy statistics to pass for your full license. Like Nan always says, "Use it or loose it!"

A Whole Year!

Oops. Look at that.

Well I guess you could say time flies when you're having fun!

It's been a whole year since I posted last, and what a year it has been. I moved to Batemans Bay for a job, had a cute little apartment & a great view. But hey, that didn't work out at all. So after 6 months I moved back home! Got a new job, had lots of adventures, started sub-contracting and working from home, Christmas came along, then New Year, reached the one year milestone with some spunk who decided I was worth hanging around for a while (was that embarrassing, Dion?), the end of January, in the process of finding a place to live with the afore-mentioned 'spunk'... And now we're here. (Me) Trying to write a relevant blog post, (You) trying to figure out why you're still reading it...

Here's why.

Because you need design. Just one design, multiple designs, designs you never knew you needed until now, designs you still don't know you need but I'm going to convince you that you do. Designs for your new business, designs for your old stale 'word art created, out of date brochure & logo' business. You need designs that yell "LOOK AT ME!!!" without going to the extent of hiring the guy that used to do the Harvey Norman ads.

Watch this space for more reasons & more fun loving conversations between me & the internet!

In the mean time here are some of my latest creations.

Just a little bit of typography, I can do custom typography for anything you need.

Business Cards I designed for Matilda Lawns, complete with green edges by lovely Dee. 

A design challenge for some fun at work.

Coast Real Estate branding re-design, for UWD.

Exciting movement

My business cards are printed and on their way to me!

Very excited to move forward with my design endeavours and make them just for you.

Feel free to contact me anytime with your design needs & I'll be happy to help.

Beyond Beyond Website

Re-Design exercise for my Web Design class, you can find the original website here. I also did a quick logo re-design as well and changed the colours for a more gender neutral approach.

Portfolio Website Design

For the Multimedia class at college I was asked to design a portfolio website that would be easy to navigate and could accomodate over 50 designers. A place where students could exhibit their work in a portfolio set up & could be employed on a freelance basis by clients or employers that would be interested in the work displayed.

I was actually inspired by the font for this website, I used a font called Novecento Wide which is very simple and loud as it's an uppercase but quiet at the same time. I find it really elegant and I wanted that to come across in my web design.

Page one is the home page, with the rollover on the about image, page two is the design page and is the same template for each of the faculties, and page three is the student profile and portfolio page.


Click on the image for a closer look.

Website Re-design

  A re-design of www.southcoast.com.au/aquarius. I went for a really clean & simple look for this project, with a white & black focus to make sure the images stood out as they are the main focus of the Aquarius selling point. A structured look to appeal to a business class/ modern client, and interactive navigation to add more intrest to the website.