project - RAMADAN 2011

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The blessed month of Ramadan has arrived once again... and its going to be a difficult 1 this time round, long days of sunlight and high temps will certainly add to ones personal trials. I've just complete day 3 of 30 (approx) and well today was defiantly easier than the last 2 days, I truly hope to god it gets easier so I can maximise my days.
Well anyways abit of education.... Ramadan is usually about 30 days.... why? well each day represents 10 days therefore once a person completes 30 days he/she would be rewarded for 300 days of fasting. To complete the year a person has 30 addition days to perform 6 more days of fasting, so for 36 days of fasting you can be rewarded as if you completed 360 days! Bargain if you ask me.... (The 6 additional days are optional)

Now those 30 days are split into 3 segments....
first 10 - the days of mercy from Allah
second 10 - the days of forgiveness from Allah
third 10 - the days of salvation from the hellfire 

The information above is not known to everyone, even some Muslims! so I've been trying to design a simple and minimalistic poster to illustrate the above facts. I wanted to make it as basic as possible using as simple arrow shapes and bold colour to represent each section.

The way I broke down the meaning behind each segment is like this

first - man seeks mercy from God (i.e. praying towards God)
second - God forgives man for his sins
third - man seeks to avoid the temptations around him thus avoiding hell

For the little project I've taken inspiration from the cover arts to the ''The Lords Of The Rings'' novels. Which show progression from complex illustrative covers to simple forms and bold colours.

I will be developing this idea for the nest few days and hopefully it will be form the basis for this years celebratory cards that I shall be handing out at the end of Ramadan.... I guess there is no harm in educating a few without them knowing it!

Inshallah there will be more to follow

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project - SCRUM

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Tough times these days working 60 hr weeks, no spare time blah blah blah.....
In literally 30 I knocked this card up for a mate who was turning 21 a few days back... The theme was rugby due to the fact that he loves to play etc.... simple 1 really nothing fancy just clever bold design.....

THE TEMPLATE

THE FINISHED ARTICLE ON THE MANTLE

I have more too show but need to get it sorted so stay tuned for another update this week.

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project - TAKE MY CARD

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As I'm sure I've mentioned it before..... design work doesn't pay that great so folks like me normally have to get a 2nd job. My day job consists of selling.... selling tiles, and if I don't say so myself I'm fairly good at it too!!! Now being a salesman requires the client's attention at any time, therefore you need a decent business card. But unfortunately the company I work for is so large it is uneconomical for them to produce personalised business cards. So all we have are blank 1's were I have to enter my name n number on the back... Very unprofessional if you ask me.

So I too it apon myself to knock out a simple and professional buisness card for myself, which could be adapted for others within my team if needed.

IDEA's FRONT n BACK

CHOSEN DESIGNs

As I'm having to hand make these I can't mass produce them, so so far I've made only 30 - 40 copies, if successful I may get them manufactured by a supplier... Also I will be trying to push this desgin idea all the way up the admin ladder and see if the idea gets picked up.

As usual there is always something to follow....

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project - CHECK YOUR SECTION

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I was asked by a friend to do him a nice little map of his store to help allocate sections to his staff members. It couldn't have been simpler take a few quick sketches within the store, mark the sectors and then onto the computer. I decided to add a 3D versions as well just to practise abit of 3D vector block work or whatever.... I was bored I guess.

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project - FATHERS DAY

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Hope all you folks out there are sorting out your puppa's with cards and pressies! Well I deffo did anyways. Simple card... which seems to be my direction these days quick simple and effective! The theme.... like all fathers, above everything else my dad loves to water his garden, yet complains about how much of task it is. Well today the joke was on him lol.....

Well anyways c u soon

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project - MP4 12C

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Quick update before I'm off to the coal mines.... Started this a few months back for myself, but then shelved it. This piece of automotive artwork is to become a test bed for a new technique which I plan to implement in future pieces.

As you can see its unfinished, another few hours and it will be complete, so watch this space.

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project - A GERMAN THANK YOU

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I forgot to show this piece to you folks.... A client of my fathers is a baker that specialises in rather nice cakes. Well to my surprise she made me the most wonderful cake for my birthday a couple of months back! (That's right I had 2 cakes!!!) Well anyways I made here this nice simple thank you card same time I made THIS CARD.

Well I used a rather quick and easy cake theme, and because she is German I said thank you in German and used a German font. Simples

I got more work in bits and pieces on my workstation so I will add stuff as I go along... Just a tad busy at the mo, got a promotion at my day job and also I'm planning complex building work that may commence very soon. So please bear with me

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