Portfolio Visit: Evolve

At the Teen Market I was approached by the owner of a new shop in Stockport Called Evolve, he asked if he could look at my designs and wanted to take a few samples to sell on the shop floor. I asked the owner why he was attracted to my style off clothing and he replied by saying that they were unique and different and had the right feel that he was going for, for his shop. I also asked him which T-shirt design he liked the most and he couldn't choose as he mentioned that their's variety and a personal style with all of them. I asked the Evolve owner why he thought Curbkid would fit in well with his style of shop and the reply was that he liked the idea that the T-shirts are one of a kind, had a personal appeal and finally they match the type of vibe he is going for. My clothing is now shown with the Evolve shop in Stockport and is displayed to be purchased in the front window which is great, when I leave Uni i plan to approach more shops and grow the clothing line.

Change of style

When starting my animation I decided that the character appearances would be in the style of 'South Park' as I thought it would be easy to animate but after looking at the characters I decided that they weren't looking Urban enough and didn't fit the style I was going for. I went off the South Park as I wanted to draw in the style I was more familiar with, and wanted the character to look more gritty and urban. I want my character to look rough and ready which gives the character a urban/ street look which will match the rapping style. This new style of animation will require more time but will suit my animation and I feel it will look and have a better feel to match the Rap theme.

Portfolio Visit: Sarah-Rose

My sister gave me the information of a Lady who owns a small animation firm called 'The Picture', so I went on a portfolio visit to show my digital work. I showed her all my moving image video's and asked her what she thought, she began by talking about the E4 advert saying it made her laugh, she commented on the fact it was original and matched the look and funness of the E4 style, she questioned my Salad Cream advert and its quality which I know is poor having not recorded it in HD, she gathered the story line behind it and thought it was a good piece minus the quality. She said I had tried my hand at various techniques which is great to see with student work as your still discovering your own style. I also showed her my final uni project rough animation and she commented on the fact she wasn't a rap fan, however she liked the style with the black and white mixing live pictures and cartoon, she kept saying 'Street Style' which was the look I was after.

The Fashion Network Recruitment Fare - Portfolio Visit

On the deadline day morning I went for my last portfolio visits at a student recruitment fare in Manchester, I took along my huge A1 folder with my designs and Tshirts loaded inside and went around the stalls that high named brands were set up camp on.  I visited 'Elvis & Jesus', 'Ringspun', 'SRG Apparel' and 'Red Alert'.  The feedback I had was really positive from these companies,  they were pleasantly surprised that I wasn't from a fashion course and they could see that within my designs.  Elvis and Jesus really loved the logo and the link with the characters face, they loved the simplicity of it.  Ringspun wern't keen on the designs for their label but enjoyed the boldness of the text designs and said "Witty Tshirt comments are always popular, you cant go wrong with them"

All in all it was a great experience to go and visit these companies, I handed out business cards and companies also asked for them which was positive.  Fashion and designing Tshirts is definately where I want to be in the future.

Teen Market

While sitting in Uni I was approached by my tutor who suggested I became involved in a teen market being held in Stockport. This was an opportunity for me to create new T-Shirt designs and make some money.  I had sew on the labels to 100 new t-shirts and sell them which gave me an in site to running my own stall and shop and gave me the experience I needed to interact with the public and get the Curbkid name out there. This gave me inspiration and new ideas for the line, I also got interest from a number of people and was asked if I made female clothes which I am now looking to start doing in the future.

Self-promotion

I am combining my Clothing Line with my animation as a self-promotion tool, as it will be a video that I can post on my website for the public to view and get a feel for my style, and the character will be wearing the clothing iv'e actually designed. Therefore my animation is being created for a purpose and will be used after my Uni deadline.

T-shirt Process

As I have a passion for my Clothing Line (Curbkid Clothing) I thought it would be a good idea to combine the two. I had to come up with T-shirt ideas so I sat down and came up with a number of sketches then scanned them into my computer edited them so that they fitted an A3 sheet and took them to a lady who backed them onto a screen print for me so I could then print onto my t-shirts. After this I had to make them unique so I added all the Curbkid Labelling and sewed on the logo.