Research #6

I had a discussion with the class last week and they suggested that my brand could expand outside of cards. Pete suggested that I should design things that were another alternative to communicating with people.

Some ideas they had were:
-Post It's
-Ipod application
-MMS
-Email E greeting
-Postcards
-Emoticons
-IOU coupons
-Magnets

I think the post it's would be a great idea as people can post it on their computers, fridges, notice boards to communicate with the next person who sees it. Here's some images I collated for post its:

Research #5

October update:
For the past few weeks I've been pretty much been coming up with concepts for cards and not so much the stylization of the drawings. I've been a bit lost on how to draw them, but I think the best way for me to execute this is to not limit myself to a certain style. I like to design things according to the brief, so my illustration style tends to change a lot. I've gathered some images which I thought would best capture my ideas- focusing on how the illustrator has captured the characters personality.

Research #4

Had a killer week with the first part of my Jap Exam so I've kinda been neglecting my card blog for the past few days (will get onto it tomorrow though). Things I will focus on next week:
- card materials (trip to paper point)
- start finalizing my designs
- finesse my sketches
- figure out good prices
- investigate gocco machine

Peter said I should charge them cheap but mass produce it like crazy. Nice cards are pretty expensive and since my cards aren't really used for a particular occasion, people may be more willing to buy them cause they look cool (therefore buy more! hopefully....) Definitely something worth thinking about :)

Oh here's some friendly typography I found by 'steph says hello'. Not sure if it's for cards, but it would be really cool if it was!

Cards #1

Interesting cards I found which had quirky illustrations and quotes on it :) My favourite is the kitten pack. The quotes are amusing but the cats are so serious haha

Research #3

Illustrations by Lauren Gregg.

I like how she characterized her animals as geeks and how each character has a designated colour. I can imagine these as cards...somewhat similar to my style B)

Research #2

Hrm 2 posts in one night.

I've been contemplating buying a gocco machine for this project.

Only problems are:
$$$$$$
Ink is bound to run out
Apparently the bulbs give u cancer...(as long as you don't touch it!)
It will have to be an awesome design for me to mass produce it (will my designs be in demand?)

Other than that, it looks really fun :D Plus I can keep it forever and use it for other stuff.

Here's some gocco pieces I found:

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Research #1

Hello!
Long time no update. Well, things have been getting busier and busier. So many things to take into consideration and time is flying by me as usual.

So I've been wondering how I could document my process of this card business. Although I do have a blog specifically for my major project, I don't really want it to be filled with heavy text & imagery resources. I want it to be purely my work. Thus I've decided to do all my rambling here, on my other blog which serves no purpose at the moment. Hopefully my tutors won't get confused!

Here's the first moodboard I made. It has a mixture of cartoons I like, character brands, interesting cards (and games) and also my collab work of the monash teachers.

Really crappy moodboard but you get an overall idea of the feel I want for this business.

GOAL:
End of October: Have finalised designs (purchase gocco machine!?)
November til due date: Design online shop.
22nd of Nov: Be open for business and live a stress free life :)

It will be purely local so I won't have to worry about ABN for the moment :)