Planet Ruby Starrs

I've been working on some branding ideas this week... I went through a lot of stuff about flowers and ravens... using my drawings for business card design and letterheads - trying to design a logo - none of which I particularly liked.... there was a moment - given the current circumstances when I thought what the heck - anything will suffice at this point - then after an hour in the garden a a calming cuppa I resumed playing about and decided quite rationally this isolation/ quarantine will not go on for ever where as good branding and a nice logo might!!! I discarded my drafts using drawings, working on the premise that they can date very quickly.  I looked at what I had used for 'branding' when I was at Newcastle College and it did look dated compared to what I am doing now so with that in mind I took a different tack and thought about other angles my work had.  After more reflection I decided I liked the moon!  More faffing and I have some working ideas. ...

The dreaded computer modules at college are drawing to a close... or at least I have nearly completed the work!!! I have worked madly this week figuring the work has to be done what ever so just best to get it out of the way. It's not all been trials though - some of it has been fun and I have almost finished my Creative CV - it just need a little bit of knitting to tidy it up.  I pleased with how it works - bearing in mind I think CV's have to tailored to individual job applications and I haven't actually got a job in sight!!!  I've made a Flexigram - a kind of folding thingy which twists eternally and lets you see different bits with each turn.  It's hard to illustrate on here and the photos don't really do it justice but it has worked quite well and showcases my wonderful Ruby Starrs CV and some samples of my work techniques I've also got my business cards, postcards and stickers back and I'm quite pleased with them... the colours are...