this weekend I was too tired to do any actual work (and it's nice to have some time off sometimes, right?) so I decided to snuggle up with the ipad and experiment with some super fun apps. 

oh hello frens and welcome to my next creative challenge.

I wanted to try using more different mediums with this challenge and hey, I love music so I figured I'd design an album cover for a fictional band in each of 5 genres. oh the fun! 

I wanted to do a wide scope of styles so I picked these 5 lucky babies:
indie, metal, folk, trance and jazz.

hello, my pretties. 
this one's been ongoing for a while but I got totally carried away with ideas and wanted to share. 

I got given a brief which was this:

BRIEF: a new vegan restaurant concept; American or Australian with vegan junk food (burgers, pizza, ice cream, etc). 

will it end up as an actual restaurant or live a sheltered life in my portfolio blog until the end of time? who knows. 

but for now, here are my initial concept ideas for a Copenhagen vegan restaurant with an American or Australian kinda theme. 

brief:
create a brand from scratch while tackling a current problemo

the problem:
too much waste, too much plastic packaging being thrown away.
rumours about recycling not ACTUALLY being recycled.
lack of fun unicorn themed beverages.

the brand:
REUSACORN- an organic fizzy beverage in a reusable unicorn jar.
no plastic straws, no packaging, just a reusable jar dressed as a unicorn! it can be reused for beverages with the lid and straw or used as a fancy vase without; either way it injects some sparkle and fun into every day life while helping to save the planet. WHAT A WIN. 

brief:
create a make-believe, spoof, satirical campaign based on serious issues that need to be tackled.

the problem:
sexual harassment within the workplace, particularly in large corporations. 

the campaign:

good evening and welcome to stage 4

I decided to go full out fun and colour for this one; taking inspiration from a pastel colour palette and kawaii style drawings. ​

hellooo and oh it's stage 3

this one had a bit of a journey, ha! I started off with the idea of a bank advertisement but I wasn't feeling it, plus I wanted to play a bit more with typography. I stuck with the number theme though, loving them puns. ​

oh hi and welcome to stage 2

stage 2 gives a brief overview of my skills, experience and latest education. I chose inspiration from high end fashion editorials for this; using a lot of white space, a telling quote, elegant typography and photos that capture my style and 'essence'. fancy. ​

 hello once again, frens.

it's time for the second creative challenge and this time it's with the purpose of helping me find work, here in sunny (for now) Copenhagen! ​

brief:
I have 30 minutes to plan, photograph and edit photos based on United Colors of Benetton, using only things that I currently own and the same plain white wall as a backdrop. I will pick clothes, apply make up, style my hair, pose and edit in a style that I think captures the essence of the brand.

​well, if I've ever misjudged a time limit, it's now. Haaaaaa.

I really wanted to do more on this so I went over the time limit buy about a million hours. I managed to get the red and yellow ones done within the 30 minutes though. win.

brief:
I have 30 minutes to plan, photograph and edit photos based on The 1975, using only things that I currently own and the same plain white wall as a backdrop. I will pick clothes, apply make up, style my hair, pose and edit in a style that I think captures the essence of the brand.
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argh, this was the most challenging one yet!

but I wanted to branch out and do something a bit more risky and difficult. mission accomplished. 

brief:
I have 30 minutes to plan, photograph and edit photos based on Levi's, using only things that I currently own and the same plain white wall as a backdrop. I will pick clothes, apply make up, style my hair, pose and edit in a style that I think captures the essence of the brand.

​oh my, I had a lot of fun here. High waisted jeans, red lippy and ya gal's happy. 
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brief:
I have 30 minutes to plan, photograph and edit photos based on COS, using only things that I currently own and the same plain white wall as a backdrop. I will pick clothes, apply make up, style my hair, pose and edit in a style that I think captures the essence of the brand.

whooah this one pushed on my time limit! my aim was to airbrush out all my tattoos... I realise I have one entire sleeve left but yanno, I have a lot of tattoos and only 30 minutes for a brand challenge. 
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the other day I had a *giant brainwave (*slightly fab idea) that would be lot of fun whilst also ticking these three boxes:

1. push my creativity and styling skills
2. build my portfolio
3. improve my SEO (oh yes)

I decided to set myself some creative challenges and post the results right here on this little blog.