Initial ideas for T-Shirt Designs.

 

Final character.

I decided to go with this one. I felt that having the two dots for eyes gave the 

illustrations overall appearance more human characteristics. I really liked the 

other head/face but I felt that it made the character look slightly more robotic 

and that is why it didn't work as opposed to the illustration below.

The character has now evolved  into a host that can represent the 'RedBulls BC One' breakdancing competition.

Developed 'Boxhead' character.

These are the final two characters I have chosen. I now need to pick my favourite 

and start applying it to my final pieces. I really like both of them. 

They both have their strong points.

I feel that the above illustration has a more human like appearance. 

But by simply taking the eyes away and using the speakers as the

 eyes(in the image below)it spreads the character's face 

right to the edges of the Boombox. 

Development of poster design.

Some more development and experimentation of 

different heads on the red and blue body.

I cropped the image and made the face a darker colour but this makes the character look angry. This is why it doesn't work I want a friendly character.

I thought I would experiment by placing the Boombox with the character under the spot light. However I felt like there was too much going on and it didn't look right 

having two boomboxes in such a close space.

'Boxhead'. More character development.

I started experimenting with red and blue for the body and trousers as these are colours associated with the RedBull brand. 

I felt that this would help with associating the character to brand.

I am happy with colours I have chosen for the body,trousers and feet. However I am not happy about the heads and faces so need to play around some more...

More ideas for Poster designs.

Even though I have decided to use the Boombox for the swing tags I wanted to experiment with  the boom box under a grey light. Below are the results.

I have decided not to use these because the don't have the same effect as the character. I feel the character has more presence.

'Boxhead' character development.

After experimenting with silhouette for the swing tag, I decided to apply the silhouette idea to the characters body and head.

This might work quite nicely as a pattern...

I like this design but its not enough. The design needs more character.

Adding the facial features gives it more character.

I experimented with reflecting the faces inside the Boombox. 

I preferred these and felt that the overall appearance of the 

character was effected by this. I will now continue to use the above 

heads and faces that face the same direction.

Foe the above three I added some hands and put the microphone in one of them.

 I felt that this made the character appear human like.

Initial ideas for swing tags.

I have made the Boombox into a silhouette. 

I thought that a simplified image of the Boombox would be a good idea for the swing tags.

The above images are very minimal. I have done this because I feel they are just as effective as a detailed image of a Boombox would be. You can still tell exactly what they are.

Initial poster ideas.

Below are some of my initial poster designs.

I used a spot light coming down onto the character. 

I tried to make it look like a stage with a curtain behind. However i didn't really like it.

I felt giving it a background took the focus away from the character.

The above poster design with black background appeals to me more. 

It is simpler but you still get the desired effect of the spot light on the character. 

I also made the light longer and the character smaller. I feel that this gives it a better lihgting effect.

For this design i made the spot light thinner. I feel that this gives a better lihgting effect.

The above five are experiments with a combination of different colours for the body and trousers.

I experimented with using the boom box on its own under the spot light. I really like this but feel as though the character is better for the poster. As it gives you a more human like character to engage with. I think I will experiment with using the boom box on its own for the designs of the swing tags for the T-shirts.