Car-Name Logo Idea

{ Posted on 17:52 by Tom 'E' }
Below is the first draw up of my Car-Name logo idea. I quite like it. I will have to see if i get any more ideas for it. Please comment if you've got any good ideas or constructive criticisms =)

New Logo Idea

{ Posted on 17:31 by Tom 'E' }
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I've sort of come up with a new idea for my logo. Whilst sitting in a web-based lecture this week (no link really), (and no pun intended), i rememberd a cap i'd seen with Michael Schumachers personal logo on it. So, when i got home i looked it up and i got some fairly good ideas.

The Schumacher logo looks like this:














As you should be able to see, the idea is that it is initials, M.S., in the shape of a racing car. As motorracing and cars in general is something i take great interest in i thought i'd give it a go. Below are a few sketches i did to get the ideas flowing:

This one is just my first name, Tom, transformed to look like a racing car and driver. I quite like it although it doesnt look that much like a car or my name.


This is my second sketch that just uses my second name, Edson, in the shape of the car. This one looks a lot more like a racing car but its sort of loosing the look of having a name in it. So i gave it another go to see if it could be improved...

The third and final image (that i'm willing to show you anyway), again, is another attempt at putting my last name, Edson, into the shape of a race car. I like this one a lot better than the previous.



After quite a few sketches i still feel that the original image using 'Tom' in the shape of a race car is the most effective due its simplicity it feels much more like a logo than the other two.

I will post the computerised version of that when it is complete.

Cola-Advert Idea/Mood Board

{ Posted on 17:11 by Tom 'E' }
Ok, so last week I posted a few images of a billboard i found displaying a new coke advert that i really liked the look of. I intended to use it as the basis for my own identity logo. And here is the result:


















As much as i like the finished product it is too complex for a logo. Keeping in mind that a logo is an easily recognisable symbol i don't think this is. However, all effort has not been lost as it acutally makes a pretty in-depth moodboard. Either as it is above or as the background images as can be seen below:

Ident Journal Task

{ Posted on 17:21 by Tom 'E' }

Using 3D Studio Max 3D I have chosen a shape with texture, lighting and colour which I feel best represents me.

The shape I’ve chosen is a Torus Knot. At first I wasn’t really sure why but I felt that this shape appealed to me a great deal more than the rest so I think I should use it. I’m not really sure if the shape suites me or I’m trying to suite the shape but here it goes.

I think the shape visually represents me as I like to think I’m fairly complex, yet easy to follow. The name of the shape also appeals greatly as Taurus is my star sign.

I used 4 different colours, these are black, blue, red and orange. I didn't choose these colours because they visually represent me, orange and red especialy. But they all appeal to me for different reasons. I used the colours to represent my interests.

Not one colour represents one intereset but i've used them to show the idea that i have many, quite different interests yet they all colide together from time to time.

3D Car

{ Posted on 23:04 by Tom 'E' }
In the latest of the 3DS Max seminars we were given a fairly basic...noddy-esque...car. And shown how to create textures for them. This is the one thing i've really enjoyed using the software so i decided to take it a little further. I attempted to create a replica 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500 (for those that don't know about cars its the one from 'Gone in 60 Seconds'). Below is the process:

The first car done in the session:
















The next render, i've changed the shape of the body so it matches that of the car it is based on:























3rd Render, sorted out the distorting on the headlamps, removed the white lines from where the polygons meet and have added wheels and tyres.























4th Render, i've removed the stripe going over the top of the car as i couldn't really get it to look as i wanted it to so in the end i decided to remove it and take influence from the General Lee (Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard) and put a confederate flag on the roof!














































Final Render, quite a lot of changes here, the bonnet has been lowered as i felt it was too box like and looked like the front of a truck. There were a few flitches with one wheel and a rear panel on the boot, they're now fixed. I have also coloured in the tire tread and given underneath the chassis colour and exhaust componants. The final product below:









































































Research Task

{ Posted on 22:00 by Tom 'E' }

For the most part my creativity has been for me, either for spare time enjoyment, increase my portfolio or to achieve a qualification. A few individual pieces have been completed on request from friends and family, however that is a very small percentage.

On completion of a piece of work it is very rare for it to look like what I’d initially imaged when I’d started it. I’m pretty sure none of my work is unique. It all has to come from somewhere. I draw a lot of inspiration from young novice artists displaying their words on the Internet as well as things from mainstream media. Most of my works draw inspiration from things a see and experience throughout its build time.

I would like to think that the future of my creativity can achieve two things. Firstly, creativity with a higher-level of finished quality, in whatever its form. The second future I desire for my creativity is for it to be used in profitable media and would be a sustainable career for me to work in. Research can help me achieve these in a number of ways.

By researching the current market of work in my area would help me achieve a greater understanding of what people want, what creates customers and what impresses people. Researching classic works can help me gain a basic understanding of what works and what doesn’t. Without the basics, not much really works.

The ‘Starting Point’ that I most feel drawn to is ‘For’ – What else is happening on other related disciplines. Whereas the ‘Starting Point’, in front of, is the one I feel most weary of is. This is because it is the only one I really can’t relate to. I think this is because a lot of my work doesn’t pass other peoples eyes before completion. Even though I feel that none of the ‘Starting Points’ are irrelevant I am unsure at the moment of how the ‘In/Through’ process really works.