Monday, 27 August 2012

Design Practice III//Chris Luk//Initial Meetings.


MEETING WITH CHRIS LUK
DFGA LCA Student, Branding Brief 2012/13


Over the past couple of weeks, I've been lucky enough to have two meetings with Digital Film, Games and Animation Leeds College of Art student, and friend, Chris Luk, to discuss working together, as one of my briefs for third year, to develop his personal branding as he goes into the final third year of his degree, hoping to benefit portfolios for the both of us. Written below are a selection of notes, and links to resources discussed with Chris.

ABOUT CHRIS

- 2nd/3rd year DFGA student
- Specialises in Animation
- EXTREME NEED for branding (Portfolio and Work Placements)

INTERESTS

- Studio Ghibli (My Neighbour Totoro)
- FOOD (Everything)
- Biros
- Blue
- Anime
- Disney
- California
- Film
- Pixar
- Canada
- Pandas
- Eggs

EXISTING BRANDING

- Origami crane business card
- CLUK animation
- Past Portfolio design

PRODUCTS TO DESIGN

- Website/Cargo/Domain/Name (One.com, 1-2-3 Reg)

GOT

- Twitter
- Linked In

TO DO

- Behance
- Twitter 

(Make logos/icons)

PRODUCTS/DESIGN (Chris' style of design)

- Character design animation
- Hand rendered/drawn
- Playful
- Traditional
- Principled
- Handmade
- Abilities in both hand rendered, detailed images and simple, minimalistic, fun designs

PRODUCTS TO MAKE

- Custom typeface (Bold, Medium, Light, Italic)
- Business cards
- Letterheads
- Notes
- Invoices
- Stickers
- Envelopes
- Portfolio (printed/online)
- Web presence (Website, Social Media, Portfolio Sites)
- CV

NOTES

- CLUK animations (can brainstorm, freelance, JUST CHRIS)

INFLUENCES/PREFERENCES

- Shark Pig (Film, Wedding)
- Bird Box Studio (CHECK OUT)
- Vimeo and Twitter links (Chris')
- Typefaces (No weight preference, rounded, modern, contemporary)
- RGB (RED, GREEN, BLUE, DFGA colour scheme)
- Thought of You (Ryan Woodward)

PEOPLE CHRIS LIKES

- Joanna Quinn (Charmin Bear)
- Chris Chau... Look on Twitter

- ADVENTURE TIME
- Simple, playful, clean

LINKS

Egg animation, too cute for words

LINKS FOR ME

Moo printing, business cards and postcards

Blurb, printing for portfolio, various sizes, shapes, bindings, page numbers, etc

Bueno the bear, animation

Animation board, distinctive animation reference/symbol, etc

Bird Box Studio, animation

Chris Luk Twitter account

Chris Luk vimeo showreel

BRIEF IDEAS

- Japanese stab binding (reflecting of Eastern heritage)
- Screw binding (reflective of drawing board), experiment with stocks- trace paper, light gsm, etc.


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