SOME OF MY ARTWORK AND WORDS

Evolution of my logo

2011-11-18T09:39:00.001-08:00

Now that my new website is almost complete, i have decided i should design myself a new logo. This is the working process that lead to my new logo...

CV Redesign

2011-11-05T07:06:00.001-07:00

Magazine Preview

2011-10-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

I've justed started some work on a magazine spread, the spread is based on my trip to Sydney. This is a chance for me to add some more depth to my portfolio, and freshen up my InDesign skills, BUT also it lets me put some of my fine photography skills to good use.... finally.

Logo Design

2011-10-26T08:43:00.000-07:00

Working away on a new logo for a photographer based now in Edinburgh

Alzheimers UK Charity Poster -- Stage 2

2011-08-24T05:24:00.000-07:00

Finished design...

Alzheimers UK Charity Poster -- Stage 1

2011-08-15T16:36:00.000-07:00

I have been asked to design a charity poster for Royal London Group, in aid of Alzheimers UK. The poster is aimed at promoting a charity bike ride from Paris to Pauillac, France. A board member of Royal London Group is participating in the event, and the poster will be displayed internally, with the view of encouraging employees to donate to the good cause.

This is a 1st draft of the initial artwork.

Online portfolio redesign

2011-07-27T09:10:00.001-07:00

Work has begun on creating my new website, it's early days, i have only just completed the landing page, and even this might change a bit. It's all going to be designed in Flash, using old school actionscript 2.0, sexy images and lots of blood sweat and tears. It should take another couple of weeks to complete.

Downtime @ work -- Illustrations

2010-12-08T22:31:00.000-08:00

Flickr

2010-10-11T15:51:00.000-07:00

Well I have been in Sydney for 4 months now, and sadly I have hardly taken any photos (understandable considering I don't actually have a camera with me), I have however, set up a Flickr account for when I do take some cool pictures.

On another note, I really need to get some more design work completed and uploaded here.

Blog Banner Design

2010-03-03T06:45:00.000-08:00

I recently re-designed the blog banner for my friend, Nick Mitchell here at njmitchell.co.uk
Nick is an on-line journalist, for a major publication in Scotland, so why not go check out his own personal reviews and thoughts.

Quick Logo Design

2010-02-23T17:09:00.000-08:00

This is a little one day brief to design a logo for a fictional record label called headspin records. These are my four final designs, I will select one of them to develop further, and add it to my web site. It's a fairly simple idea, where the logo is just an old fashioned vinyl, it also developed into a record player in two of the designs.

Photoshop Experiments

2010-02-12T07:02:00.000-08:00

It's been a wee while since I have created anything new, with the re-design of my we site taking up most of my time. So I decided to get busy with some stock imagery, shapes, gradients and illustrations, to create this piece. It's probably not quite finished, I think it needs some typography added, and it may well become a music poster, or something along those lines.

New Site Almost There

2010-01-19T14:52:00.001-08:00

My new web site is almost ready, its up on the interweb, for all to see, but I am testing it for bugs and errors before I send it out to prospective employers.

computer arts 165//artwork

2009-11-11T10:05:00.000-08:00

This piece was created following the tutorial from computer arts magazine. I didn't completely copy the example, although it is quite similar, its also really cool though, and that's what really matters. {edit} The second image, is following the same style but i tried to make it look a bit different by adding a few of my own illustrations.

logo//re-visited

2009-10-12T12:03:00.001-07:00

An old college brief, that I have decided to bring more up to date for my portfolio.

"Creativefife is the collective identity for all of Fife’s Creative Industries. Independently led and informed by a group representing the wide spectrum of the sector, its aims are to encourage and support creative businesses of all sizes in their development."

operation:new website//get a job!!

2009-10-09T16:41:00.000-07:00

above^ a screen shot of my new website that I am currently working on. Lots of new work to look at, I have also re-worked some of my older stuff to bring it more up to date.

retro look vector

2009-07-06T11:15:00.000-07:00

I just finished the tutorial, and created this pretty cool poster, which may come in handy at some point in the future..... Its supposed to have a real 70's badly printed look about it. Part of my one project a day (or every other day), to improve my portfolio....

Computer Arts tutorial

2009-07-04T10:01:00.000-07:00

I have just started work on some pretty cool vector drawings, that will be made into some kind of poster, not sure yet.... UPDATES TO FOLLOW.....

Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?

2009-06-19T09:51:00.000-07:00

Work begins on re-designing the book cover for American Psycho, here's a couple of ideas that i am working on right now, they're quite different, so we shall see what happens.

nighthawks - album cover - update

2009-05-17T13:48:00.000-07:00

I have decided to design three singles, for my fictional band. So far i have, 'healing with colour' (top pic) and 'between the galaxies', the 3rd is a work in progress. They keep evolving, and so far I like 'between the galaxies' the best, so I may change the rest, to have black backgrounds. I really think it has the best name, as the images remind me slightly of the pictures you see of distant galaxies, or the northern lights, on 'the sky at night'./////////// i just added the promo poster for the band, its a 1st draft , so there is still a lot of work to do before the final draft.

nighthawks - album cover

2009-05-15T14:46:00.001-07:00

CD album cover for a fictional band called 'nighthawks' ( i got the band and album name by randomly stumbling through wikipedia). I have combined some of the techniques that I learned from my earlier posts, below, to create the artwork. This isn't the finished article, because its late now, and i've been on this all day, that will follow shortly, along with an accompanying promotional poster.

Some more (of the same) techniques II

2009-05-02T11:03:00.001-07:00

I finally discovered how to punch holes in objects using illustrator............ and it turns out it's really simple. I have also learned how to blend objects, thanks to the computer arts tutorials, check them out here.

Some more (of the same) techniques

2009-05-02T07:27:00.000-07:00

More of the same here, I don't know what I am going to do with these images! I really need to get started on a new project, but its kind of hard when i am not being given briefs like I was at college.

computer arts experiment

2009-04-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

I just bought the new issue of computer arts (issue 161), i have never purchased it before, but i'm glad i did. It features lots of pretty cool photoshop and illustrator techniques, which i have been trying out for myself. These are my attempts at copying the technique used by Sara Haraigue.

AbStRaCt work part 3

2009-03-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

AbStRaCt work part 2

2009-03-06T12:56:00.001-08:00

AbStRaCt work

2009-03-05T04:57:00.000-08:00

I came across some of my old abstract artwork I completed whilst studying an art foundation course many years ago. There's more to follow, but i need to re-size them in photoshop.

I think these might even make it up onto my wall.

ICON cover

2009-02-26T09:30:00.000-08:00

some work i completed a while ago, based on my travels around europe in aug 08...

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2009-02-17T14:33:00.000-08:00

just messing around in photoshop. this would make a pretty cool album cover i think....

JAZZZZZZZZZZ album cover

2009-02-17T13:03:00.001-08:00

VERY quick attempt at a jazz album cover, it looks a bit 80's, but there it is.

cd cover design exp

2009-02-16T14:05:00.001-08:00

not sure about these images, the spaceman doesn't really say electro, i was going for the space age sounds thing...... thought i would post them anyway.

cd cover design

2009-02-16T11:11:00.000-08:00

So i bought this book online the other day "thinking visually" by Mark Wigan, its a book filled with cool illustrations, and covers key areas of illustration through a series of case studies featuring some of todays best known illustrators. At the back of the book it has about 20 briefs, which is pretty cool.

This is my quick attempt at one of them, designing a CD cover for a greatest hits, best of, CD. Hopefully more to follow.....

Random Sketches

2009-02-16T09:54:00.000-08:00

random sketches done mainly through boredom, i think that comes across in the sketches, i could really do with getting a job.......

Experimental

2009-01-27T10:12:00.001-08:00

I just found this pretty cool plug in for illustrator called scriptographer so i've just been messing around with it, experimenting, creating some artwork.

Sonar//Promo 2

2009-01-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

street art from europe 2

2008-09-08T07:00:00.001-07:00

The last picture is one of the last remaining sections of the berlin wall!!

street art from europe

2008-09-08T06:00:00.001-07:00

Summer Holiday

2008-08-06T17:40:00.000-07:00

I'm going off on holiday for three weeks, visiting Krakow, Budapest, Zagreb, Prague, Berlin, Munich and maybe a few other places. So there will be no more work being posted for a while. I hope to take many many many pictures on my trip, and get them up here. Till then bye bye.

sketch development

2008-08-01T15:14:00.000-07:00

i developed the old man sketch using photoshop to add colour and shade. dont know where its going yet, but it could come in handy at some point!

a few new sketches pt2

2008-08-01T15:07:00.001-07:00

some more sketches........................

a few new sketches

2008-08-01T14:47:00.000-07:00

some new sketches i have been working on, i have been really bored since finishing college, and i need something to do!

Web Site Update

2008-07-12T17:43:00.000-07:00

my new website is up and running, it is still in its early stages and will probably be updated again shortly. check it out, hope you enjoy it.

http://www.alanjohnscott.com

NEW WEB SITE

2008-07-04T08:59:00.000-07:00

My new web site is under development and should be completed in the not to distant future.

Experience Map

2008-06-15T17:51:00.000-07:00

web page, based on my trip to madrid in 2007.

Billboards part 1

2008-05-26T07:17:00.000-07:00

Billboard campaign to highlight the need for regeneration in my home town of Leven in Fife. There is another part of this project that i will get up soon.

Degree Show

2008-05-19T04:21:00.000-07:00

These are a few posters that i designed for my college degree show, which takes place on the 13th June 2008. They were not chosen but i like them anyway.

Sonar Promo

2008-05-19T04:12:00.000-07:00

Poster Design

2008-05-19T03:34:00.000-07:00

A modern take of the classic tale of Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm. The old lady was replaced by Ronald McDonald, and the house of cakes was made into a giant Big Mac.

Finished College

2008-05-07T08:18:00.000-07:00

Thats me finished with college now, so i am officially on the lookout for work, full-time, part-time or even work placements, in the either Fife, Edinburgh, Glasgow or anywhere near Fife i suppose, i don't mind i'll take whatever i can get.

Now that the studying is over it will give me the chance to finally update this blog with more of my work, and i will be starting work on my very own website all designed by myself, so i have some work to be getting on with.

If anyone actually reads this, and is looking to hire a graphic designer, leave me your details at megatron12002@yahoo.co.uk

Less Than Zero

2008-04-01T09:31:00.000-07:00

Book cover and inside page that i designed for the book Less Than Zero, by Brett Easton Ellis.

Sketchy Sketchbook work

2008-04-01T09:09:00.001-07:00

sketch book work for a new brief i am working on for the Sonar festival in Barcelona.

RE Magazine

2008-03-31T09:47:00.001-07:00

Front cover and contents page for RE Magazine, article was on David Carson

Limp Noodle

2008-03-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

I was asked to design the packaging and the logo for a new fictional oriental take away. I decided to name the company Limp Noodle, and i took a minimalistic approach to the designing of the packaging.

2007-09-26T12:50:00.000-07:00