Hydromedusa

The Hydromedusa lives below the ices on planet Heilo but can and needs to surface occasionally for oxygen. As it is extremely light it can maneuver and fly above the surface also. It uses its many eyes to see in the deep depths of the Heilo oceans. The humanoid Archos has installed a saddlecockpit and a control device which is attached directly into the
creatures brain to be able to steer it properly. He also installed a Jet Booster to be able to match the speed of the human jetfighters.

50's propaganda toy kit

The Creativity Kit (50's style Christian propaganda toy kit)

Assignment: Find two objects in a second hand store and come up with a new function or use for them.

I found this beautiful first aid kit box from St Johns Ambulance who specializes in first aid kits. St Johns Ambulance is also a part of the Salvation army and the name comes from this Christian order several centuries ago.

After doing some research I'm assuming that the box isn't as old as it appears to be. I emailed St Johns Ambulance and they had never seen a first aid kit like this and on closer inspection of the box it looks like it's made to look older like a movie prop. I think the box could be either from the 50-70s but then turned into a first aid kit by a theatre prop maker or something similar. But nonetheless it looks really nice.

The second item was a an old plastic film camera. So I thought, how could I combine these two things?

I wanted to make a Creativity kit, but with a big twist and do it like it would be more of a propaganda piece for Christians and in the spirit of the 50's toys in America.

For the poster I did a lot of research on toy advertisements of the era and found appropriate typefaces and pictures I could make the montage out of.

For the box I wanted to make like a tribute to the old school Mystery Toy Boxes. I also wanted it to really be "In your face". Like the company who made it really wanted to push the logo and hypnotize you into excitement and amazement, but also having it look a bit evil, like it would be this fanatical religious church behind it.

I also wanted the opening of the box to be a big "Aaaaaahhhh-moment". Having it to feel like the box almost transformed itself into something bigger. I thought a lot about the space inside the box and how I could use it. To make it look like all the boxes were stacked on each other but actually they are attached to the box itself in a specific order.

Every box is filled with different creative objects like scissors, sewing kit, pencils, camera, film rolls, clear tape, brushes etc and also a custom made notebook I made which have the paper folded in a really nifty way so you can have twice the space to write on if you unfold it.

Oh wait, one last thing. For the observant readers, theirs one unmarked box in there. What could it be? Well I guess you have to buy the box to find out ;).

No but for real, it's a nice little gift from the church ;) haha. A little cross-bracelet they want YOU to wear! In you face!

Special thanks to my friend Marthe who helped me to come up with the company name and the Holy Macaroni-line :D

Re-designing the airline ticket

I did a re-design of an airline ticket for my made up company called Aviator Airlines.

Some of the main aspects I was thinking of when designing it:

Problem: The boarding pass/e-ticket is usually cluttered with information completely useless for the traveller making it difficult to see the information they need to know first.

Solution: Making it easy for the traveller to read the information on the ticket. Prioritising the information the traveller really needs to know when going from Check-in to Gate to plane. Having the Airport staff information in a separate section (the middle section).

I chose to have my designs feature the information that I think is the most important most visible and ordered it like this:

1. Gate number

2. Seat number

3. Departure time

4. Flight number

Problem: Can't fold ticket without ruining the text on it and making it look messy.

Solution: Separating the information in sections and making it more acceptable to fold the ticket with the dotted center line and thus being able to put it in pocket or wallet.

Problem: I want my hands free from carrying the ticket without damaging it!

Solution: Providing a ticket holder with neck string strap at the check-in counter which provides protection and freeing up hands to to carry luggage, clothing item etc.

The element of surprise

A nice package will lead the customers to remember a brand more. When everyone is going e-ticket why follow the stream but instead go for something different? So why not treat the customers to something more enjoyable than the old cluttered tickets that they can actually read without having to put too much effort into it. Small things like this can also make the customer feel more special and therefore chose the company more often.

Edith Cowan University Course guide catalouge

The New Edith Cowan University course guide catalogue features one of my photos and apparantly it advertises the writing units! So yeah, become a writer, it's awesome!

Drawing for games

Wasn't at all happy with how the two bottom drawings turned out, the sketches looks so much cooler. But I'm pretty satisfied with the top one, The Ocius.

Ocius is Latin for; quick, faster. Inspired by the Swallow it can move fast and get to extremely low altitudes to evade enemies. Comes equipped with mini nuclear missiles and rail guns.

The Strider is used on the big ice lakes of the planet Hielo which covers almost 95% of the planets surface. Mainly used as a personal transporter. It uses two horizontal stabilizers with one vertical stabilizer each to keep it stable in the high winds of Hielo.

The Veritas (Truth in Latin) comes in two versions. Model one The Veritas SLV1 (Science Laboratory Vehicle) is the Science teams main mobile laboratory when exploring the planet Hielo. The second model The Veritas IGT1 (Infantry Group Transport) comes equipped with a vast amount of weapons, including a missile turret on the top.

I Blame Coco pt 2

Finished the colouring and I added some new elements. I Blame Coco. Too bad this isn't a school assignment.

I used this beautiful photo taken by Immo Klink as a reference image of Coco.

I Blame Coco

I Blame Coco. She's usually really pretty but I messed it up a bit in my sketch. Not done yet though. Check out her video with Swedish artist Robyn here.

I used Immo Klinks beautiful photo of Coco as a reference image.

Aviator Airlines

One of my design assignments was to do a stationary identity set for a made up company. Imade up an airline company called Aviator Airlines and here is a letterhead, a With Compliments slip and a business card.

Can somebody find the not so obvious movie reference? (No, not the movie The Aviator).

EDIT: Sorry for the bad quality on the top images.

deux

Next time I'll do something else than stairs. Phew. I also updated the first one in the series with some stronger colours and fixed her tattoo a bit.

The Mjöllnir & Archos

First pic is a 1, 2 and 3 point perspective of a design I made. The Mjöllnir, a spacecraft carrier that also works as a ground battlestation. Second pic is of one of my characters for the final assignment, Archos. Below is some sketches and process views of the Mjöllnir.

Started by doing some small thumbnails sketches to see where I wanted the design to go. I knew that I wanted something which resembled some kind of sail and a tower.

I should´ve done a lot more thumbnails but after doing those I felt ready to move on to the first sketch as I knew what I wanted.

Cloudy and a few black spots

Distracting.

hooked

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