jsmith's design blog.

color swatch :: grandma’s couch

inspiremycanvas — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:04:36 +0000

For Design Production Team we had to create a new ink color palette of four colors and then design a marketing campaign for the palette. We created grandma’s couch; inspired by patterns of the 60′s and 70′s. I collaborated with Justin Stier on the ads and he created the patterns for both. Enjoy! Critiques always welcome.

Ceremony Program

inspiremycanvas — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:55:10 +0000

Just too keep you all posted, here is the front of the ceremony program for my wedding, THIS SATURDAY!! I am getting so excited, nothing like finishing it at the last minute. The polka dots were inspired from the motifs we used on the save-the-dates, invites, and candy favor boxes. It is also in a honeycomb design because the favor is a honey jar. Enjoy, I’m printing them tomorrow so there isn’t much room for changes, but for my portfolio I can change things a little, let me know what you think!

Pop Ups— a history and brief overview.

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:32:32 +0000

This was created for 3D design for a presentation on Pop Ups, whether they are books, pamphlets, business cards, greeting cards, etc. I created the background and formatted it myself, and gathered information with my group.

Wear Me- In Progress

inspiremycanvas — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:54:10 +0000

I am working on a “t-shirt drawer box” for package design. These are the wraps. The top will just be the the broken green bar to the wear me, and then the sides will the the repeating recycle signs. The edges will wrap under to the bottom of the box. Still working out the kinks with the slide out drawer template, mock up photos soon! The rest of the color choices are on my flickr photostream.

K&A— Announcement

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:42 +0000

Today I created a wedding announcement for Kristin an awesome girl I work with! She liked the idea of a peacock feather, but wanted bright colors, originally her flowers were going to be bright pinks and oranges so I thought I’d do a non-traditional peacock feather for her, and this is what I came up with, and she loves it! =)

My first book!

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:05:44 +0000

Today I decided to tackle the task that’s been hanging over my head… creating the guestbook for our wedding. Since I couldn’t find one that fit the feel of our wedding perfectly I figured that since I like to think I’m crafty I could do it myself, so I did! And it was a SUCCESS!! =D I got all of the materials at The Paper Source they have bookmaking kits with directions and then you choose your colors and assemble! I thought it was going to be way more difficult the directions were long and scary, but it turned out to be not that bad. Then I added the label on the front, I printed the navy and embossed the white heart. I think it turned out darling! I wanted a smaller guestbook with no lines so our guests could write us a little memory instead of ending up with just a list of names, I think that’s kind of boring and a memory is more fun!

Never Sleep

inspiremycanvas — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:39:58 +0000

Going to curl up and continue reading Never Sleep: Graduating into Graphic Design by dress code. I’m thinking a mix of Jason Mraz, Eric Hutchinson, and Matt Nathanson? Sounds good to me. =)

Inspiration—clothing packaging.

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:31:15 +0000

Have to create a sustainable product and then packaging for it. Here are some sustainable packages I’m drawn to, and a link to the Sustainable Packaging Coalitions website for more info on what it’s about!

Found this awesome packaging from here!

Love the TOMS shoes packaging! =)

Found this too… maybe I can translate this to tee shirt packages?

Love the repeating patterns on these bird seed packages from All Season Wild Bird Store

THIS WOULD BE PERFECT. Now finding the right way to do a re-creation around my product. The 60 Day Bag.

May Baby Flower invites

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:49:01 +0000

I am hosting a baby shower for a dear gal pal of mine this March so of course I had to create a quick and easy invite for it! I chose to create the type in illustrator and box it in. I then printed it on vellum and tacked it onto a charmeuse colored flat card. I embossed a stamp of a jack in the box and used a flower instead because spring is the theme for the shower. ’Spring showers bring May baby flowers!’

Small Business— Klang

inspiremycanvas — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:02:02 +0000

I had to create a small business for my Advance Design class. I decided to create an identity for an audio studio. I chose the name Klang because it is german for sound. We had to keep budget in mind which is why I chose a simple two color design. I carved a lino block for the word Klang because we needed to introduce a handmade element, and printed it on a toothy watercolor paper to get a great texture. The font used was Neutra Text. I loved how the whole thing came together in the end.