metro paper

http://www.winthecover.co.uk/ hoping to enter this as a way to get my illustration shown  across the country.
large audience . wish me luck.

trick or treat

well my idea for my media city illustration is going to be like a childrens book one. a brothers grimm one in theory.  i want to convey the message i felt from medi city. that yes its big and great but at what cost the the creative mind. we can be as amazing as we want but if certain regulations dontmatch with the thoughts of ppl like the bbc what happens? its the wolf leading the child. so heres a few sketches and such, eyes, expressions and wolves :) haha i just had a thought  the BBC Big Bad Company......

more logo design

these few ideas coome from a photo i took of  just 3 fanned out cards. (the reason for three is thats how many tarrot cards your meant to choose) i created the pattern from the letters fd (fate design)  something i might want to add on to the bussiness card. i think im going to stick with the soild colour as it reminds me of a pantone set aswell as playing cards. ive removed the spot and also placed the top card higher so it doesnt interupt the bottom border.

quick drawings from media city

the skecthy type drawing is want im going to go for in my final illustration.

notes thoughts and drawings

 orginal thumbnails for think tank

 a few sketches for ideas for my media cities project

logo ideas for FATE design

 These are a few ramblings about what i need to have in a logo

a few more notes with thumbnails for FATE  design

letter head design

just a simple letter head design trying out one logo

early morning train ride and revelations.......

So saw lizz today ( horray)  im pretty behind but actualy feel more confident with whats expected of me. the recent visit to media city let me feeling pretty meh.... i just didnt get it. but i did uncover some nice images.
the paths in the gardens lit up to the big bad bbc buildings, it reminded me of a fairy tale sacpe. i created an image in my head of a wolf taking a child by the hand through the path to the stuidos.
 " my my what big studios you have here".....
"well all the better for bringing you top quality programming  funded by your tv liscene fee".......
i like the image so im going to draw it out.

images by Tim Burton i

media city

i must be odd in the head.......

Alex Pardee  http://eyesuckink.com/gallery/commercial-art/

on of my all time fave artists. okay his work is a little bit odd, but i think that the best part!
 im also going to add another hero of mine ..... mr tim burton http://www.timburton.com/

a change is as good as a tank.

if anyone is wondering why i changed my name from think tank to fate design. well lizz suggested i look at diffrent names as think tank would probably be done to death.  so i was walking to uni when a song came on my ipod with the lyirc choose your fate..... i got to thinking about the amount of choice we have in this world. not just products but the way they are sold too. as a designer why should a client choose me? in the end it could come down to location,price, or style.... fate has a hand in it really. so i brain stormed ( i refuse to call it thought shower or mind map)  the word fate - tarrot cards- you choose those......... deck of cards???? when you get a trick done you choose a card... all fate. so i drew a few thumbnails of cards fanned out. hence the couple of logos ive done. if i stick to it then it leads to all sorts of self promational items such as  bussiness cards like tarrot or playing cards the ideas go on foreverrr............

couple of logos lease give some feed back!

other designers in the area

http://www.thisishoop.com/explore-work/expertise/graphic-design

a very creative agency. I particularly like the section they did on branding yourself as an employee!

http://www.studionorth.co.uk/

Simple but start to the point design. Logos should be able to be timeless and studio north manages to do this quite well.  I have even used some of the products they have advertised because of the look.

those are just two id mention right now becuase i like  the work they do. however i will post move as i look through the countless menus,catalouges and leaflest i get!

my audience

To start I’m looking to engage with small upstart businesses. Young and fresh ages 25 to 35 in all areas of retail and food industry. These clients would have no branding to start with and have some capital to invest in unique ideas.

I would also like to look at established local businesses that are looking to change direction in terms of branding and design. Taking  initial customer base and creating a wider audience .

this is me i am a one man army.

Visual communication is arguably the single most important way of expressing thoughts & feelings to a large spectrum of people. In recent years designers have been the key element in successful marketing and branding. It is this that has inspired me to go into the design world – utilising my strengths of visual and original design thinking aspects. I hope to focus on logo and product design as well as work on brand awareness.

logo ideas

Some ideas of tanks and how to bring the words together.



based on the atari logo i like.



i wanted to name my design set up think tank. i dont plan to work alone on most projects i want to have an enviroment in which collective minds will produce a wide view with more aspects covered. 

logo agogo!

right i thought it was about bloody time i cracked on this this! ive sorted out all my work days and can hopefully provided all the attention i need to get creative! starting with my logo........... i wanted something simple and fresh, but retro aswell ( hopefully a logo that speaks volumes of the type of work id like to create!) ive got a few images drawn and i plan to upload a couple of photos i took on my phone.

well enjoy the blog as i quest to ever improve my skills and portfolio

neil x