28 February 2011

Happy Rabbit in a Hole

This is the latest creation for Rabbit Rooter based in Pennsylvania.
The character has been created to promote the drainage business and will appear in many forms to market the company including truck wraps! I will hopefully get some pics to post at a later date.

24 February 2011

Lucky Langton Pump Clip!

This is the latest design for a pump clip for a regular client of mine the Langton Brewery.
The beer is called 'Farrier' and is available in many pubs throughout the area.
Here is the design you'll see clipped to the pump on the bar advertising the beer...

23 February 2011

Vanilla Magazine - First Edition is Online NOW!!!

The very first edition of the Vanilla Magazine is now online!
I create all the design and branding for Vanilla but this is the first time I've created an online magazine. Vanilla Recruitment is a great company based in Market Harborough in Leicestershire, UK.
Below is the first edition of the new quarterly magazine designed to promote the company whilst offering some really useful news, hints, tips and advice from the world of employment, HR and business in general. If you have five minutes to spare have a look through and let me know what you think.



If you would like to subscribe and receive the Vanilla Magazine on a quarterly basis please go to the Vanilla subscribe page.

22 February 2011

Super Duper Bumper Boats!

The new logo I recently created for Bumper Boats (www.bumperboats.co.uk)
They are a company providing inflatable boats in an enclosed water filled pool for events and fetes etc. Great fun for kids to get in the boats and bump each other to their hearts content!
A fun logo was required showing a couple of boat characters post bump! It needed to show the splashing water and also be vibrant yet friendly. The logo will be used on all the usual including t-shirts and advertising materials!

Here is the final result...

21 January 2011

The Healthy Mutt - Coconut Oil Label Design

I recently designed a label for The Healthy Mutt. They are a great company based in Orange County, California who specialise in natural products for dogs.
They needed a label for their Coconut Oil created especially for canines! Here is the final result...


30 November 2010

Langton Brewery New Festive Beer Label - Welland Innkeeper

Here is the latest beer label I designed for the Langton Brewery based in Thorpe Langton, Leicestershire.
They needed a label designing for their festive beer for 2010 which is called Welland Innkeeper.
The illustration has a little bit of a biblical influence with a few festive colours thrown in.
The beer is for sale as a 500ml bottle and also on draught in certain public houses in the area.
Please feel free to comment, and if you see the bottle or the pump clip out in the real world let me know and feel free to send me a pic so I can put it on this blog with a hearty thanks!

A large version of the artwork

15 November 2010

Symitry IT leaflet and poster advert design

I have recently finished a few designs for Symitry IT based in Market Harborough.
They provide IT services to many businesses across the UK. They also have a great retail store at 34/38, The Square in Market Harborough.
A design was required to promote their business to business service on one side of the three fold leaflet and the retail store on the reverse. A poster was also needed using a very similar design to the leaflet.
I tried to use the idea of 'symmetry' within the general design and mainly based the colour scheme around the companies corporate colours.
Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think!

Front of leaflet...


01 November 2010

Red Rabbit Rooter Character Design

I thought I would change things a little on this blog, and hopefully add some extra interesting content. In the past I have only put an image of the final artwork on my blog. But from now on I am going to add the earlier stages of a project too.
These extra bits of artwork could be sketches and vector development work, as well as various colour choices, shading and highlights and the adding of little details etc.
I'm hoping these extra bits of info will help paint a clear picture of how a project develops from the initial idea right through the various stages of design until the final vector artwork is created.
This first project is a character design for Red Rabbit Rooter, which is a drainage/sewer company from Pennsylvania in the USA.

Brief
: A character needed to be created based on the Red Rabbit theme. He needed to be a positive happy face for the company and show quickness and speed, he also needed to be carrying a plunger to symbolise the sewer business.

Initial Sketches :







Vanilla Recruitment Open Day Poster

Vanilla Recruitment in Market Harborough needed a poster to advertise their open day.
(it's on Saturday 6th November if you need a new job by the way!)

27 September 2010

An interview with me on Vectortuts+

Wow! It's online right now. An interview with me on Vectortuts+!!
Click this link to go to the Vectortuts site and read the interview.
Please feel free to leave your comments and let me know what you think!
Woohoo!

My blog has only gone and moved!

You will be automatically redirected to the new address. If that does not occur (because the internet is a crazy beast!), then please visit
http://www.antcreations.co.uk
and update your bookmarks.

Cheers from Nathan