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A unique wedding invitation

I was asked by a friend to design a wedding invitation for his friends, both runners, who were to tie knots, so to speak, this August. Yeah they already have a design in mind and I was asked to improve on it.

A runner's bib. On paper.

It's simplicity is quite a challenge, actually. What should be on a runner's bib (some call it race bib)? So we agree on this design and went on with the printing.

Runner friends are now having their invites.

Front part of the Wedding Invitation

Back portion of the Wedding Invitation

Sandugo Trade Expo Once Again

It seems that I have become a regular designer for the Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) annual Sandugo Trade Expo. Here are the approved studies I made for this event. If you have time, you can visit the event starting on July 25th to the 29th.

Poster for the Sandugo Trade Expo

Trade Expo Flyers

Buyer's ID

Trade Expo Directionals

Baptisms, Birthdays

I am quite amazed at how people's creativity could drive me to some creative ride. For example, this invitation for a baptismal of a relative's first son. The mother informed me that she wanted black, red and white on the invitation because those colors attract children under one year old. So I made them an invitation with bold colors of red and black with the footprint of their son superimposed on his name. Informative!

Another one is a goddaughter of mine who will be celebrating her first birthday this weekend. Her mother is fan of the camera so her daughter's behavior towards the camera is quite interesting, if not amusing. Whenever someone would bring out a cam, this little princess would stop and try to make a pose. Here, mom chooses her fave shots.

Oh, kids.

Client from Hell Series: Undecided

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I have this American client I dropped from my list as a possible big-time king because of mere American stupidity.

His wife asked me to give their brochure a new look. They were suppliers of big machines for sugar in Asia and Africa with some clients in Latin America. They were recommended by a printer who lacked designers at that time.

After several meetings, I decided to make 3 studies and presented them to the wife. The wife suggested I conjoined 2 studies. We revised them several times, like five times!

In the end, they wanted me to copy their original brochure up to the stretched and pixelized photos.

When I gave them my billing statement, the wife won't have it because I was merely copying their original design.

I fumed. The intervention from the printer and a friend finally produced the payments.

Designers and other enthusiasts: here is your color guide

I found this one at www.9gag.com and I think this is very helpful for those people whose job includes color matching.

The Psychology of Color by Tech King

I am extremely jealous!

Seeing these typographic portraits made me salivate in jealousy. I am posting my favorites here- Bob Marley's and a very apt poster about pressure on designers.

 If I have the time I shall make my own. You want? There is a tutorial at this site: Designm.ag's 35 Awesome Typographic Portraits.

Enjoy.

Cool Poster on Breast Cancer

One striking poster that tickles the mind while informing it. Poster from the Breast Cancer Foundation.