Nicole Eyles, Set Designer/Manager Business Cards

A commission for my friend Nicole to design her business cards. As she's a set designer I instantly thought of using doll house furniture and taking a photo from above, making it look like set blocking for a stage, while the back of the card looks like an identity stamp on blue prints or set designs.

Peter Alexander Pattern work, 'Up & Away'- Portfolio Pieces

Another dream job piece, designing the patterns for a spring/ summer collection from Peter Alexander based around the theme of 'Up & Away'- vintage air travel and whimsical dreams including planes, zeppelins, hot air balloons, balloons in general, cloud animals and of course, including designs featuring Peter Alexander's love of animals.

I made a nighty and photoshoped the patterns over the top to see how they worked on fabric.

Penguin Book Illustration- 2011

This project was a dream job one- pretending I had been asked to design the book jackets for some of my favourite books; Dracula, Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. I used my skills in paper art to cut out scenes from the books, then scanned them with a background pattern that complemented the image and the book. The background for the Peter Pan cover was from the Hubble Telescope free image gallery.

I was trying to create covers that were different and unique and something that I'd pick up myself. I had them printed then photographed them as if they were real to see how well they did or didn't work.

Jaded Minds CD & Identity Work-2011

Jaded Minds is a fictitious band I made up for one of my portfolio projects. They're an Australian, all girl, indie, alternative rock band out of Sydney, they're so cool they don't even exist yet. 

I used my skills in paper art to create the image of the woman's head and the world inside it (on the cover) and then extended this idea for the poster, CD, t-shirts and totes. 

I also had to create a lyric book, and above is an example of one of the pages showing the lyrics for their song Le Carrousel Mystique (which is actually the lyrics from The Woods by Emmy the Great) and one of the illustrations I did for the booklet showing the band. And yes, I was a member of this band, I provided the "vibes" to the ensemble.