Extending the brief further...

I am only going to extend the Bikini Kill event as it has more potential and also the easter sunday all dayer was just a one off event and so couldn't really be pushed any further.

I thought that for each poster/flyer that I had to create i thought i would send a direct mail out that would also help attract attention for the night that is being held.

This idea will not go ahead due to pricing but if there was no limit this could be a potentially good idea to target more people.

Printers...

I have been told that precision print is a good printers for the job that I need doing. I am going to need a large quantity of posters and flyers that are going to be distributed around Leeds.

I have not been asked specifically to find a decent printers but i thought i would research into it for personal reference and for future jobs for myself.

The easter sunday special...

The lady who wanted me to produce the designs for Bikini Kill also asked if i could do this one off event for easter sunday so I thought I would give it a go and take the opportunity to get my work out there.

These were the first layouts and compositions that i made... experimenting with heirarchy of type and appropriate use of colour.

This is further development, stepping away from the format that i have been using...started using imagery that helps to communicate the idea of rock n roll, guitars, guitar strings etc.

This was the final layout and colour combinations that I sent to Lauren, I personally think that the pink and white striped example is working the best, when I sent them to her she was really pleased and it was exactly what she wanted, all she need was some logos to be added.Looking here i think the heirarchy of the type is working it reads clearly where what and when the event is and communicates easter and rock n roll.
I decided to just place the logos and the bottom of the poster, they are clear but i didnt want them too big and spoiling the overall look and understranding of the poster.
This is the sample which I sent to her with added logos and re arranged type.

The poster was printed onto a off yellow stock which really enhanced the design and feel to the poster rather than just printing it on plain white paper, the paper also is cheap so it wouldn't effect the price of print when it came to getting them produced.

Bikini Kill...

These are the events published on facebook....

These are the final produced designs for my wristbands that will be given out at the event.

Wristband ideas for Bikini Kill night...

After printing my poster out i decided that i wanted the background pink to be a lot more vibrant and powerful so i decided to change it to CMYK Magenta.

Above:

This is the finished and completed version of my bikini kill poster that I am going to send to my client. After various amounts of emails we have come to an agreement and there have been a few slight adjustments along the way but they have all been minor and I have enjoyed working for a real client.

I have learnt that i should always add a 'sample' indication to my work just show that it is actually a 'sample' and that it is still mine until I have handed it over!

I have been approached to do some work for an event that is being held at the elbow rooms, Lauren Moss a writer from the no title magazine has sent me a brief to produce a poster design for bikini kill and my logo/name etc will be placed on it so that will be could to get my work recognised by people and maybe get some contacts.

From my selection of designs and colour arrangments i decided to go with these two inparticular pink colours with white type.

This is the first initial vectored image that i made that i thought i could work with, linking in with the whole burlesque feel and vibe.

These are my initial layouts for the poster for the night 'Bikini Kill'.. i have tried to use a limited colour palette and lay out the type effectively and clear, i think with these initial designs here I have not considered the type heirarchy properly, I need to make sure that the type reads clearly and that people are reading the most important things first!

I decided that some of the type was lost with it all being white so i decided to highlight some of it in black, the important information mainly to help with the heirarchy of type and how the type was read.
Here below i have again changed the composition of the type, i found that the layout above was all a bit of a mess and there looked like there was too much information so I spaced it out a little and it has really helped with the legibility of the composition.


I took the bikini kill from my poster and thought i could experiment slightly with the text instead of just keeping it plain BEBAS. I am quite liking the 'bikini kill' with the line going through the kill, it kind of emphasis's death and killing, like putting a stop to something. I have experimented with the blood/paint effect adding more layers to the image and experimenting with different colours.

I really like this one, with inspiration from my little coloured pattern experiments i came up with this one, it's a lot more fun and vibrant which is what my client is looking for!