All engines go!!!!!

I haven't posted much over the last month or so and thats because I have been busy building my portfolio and creating social media accounts.


I have some familiar projects and some I have kept under wraps until now so please go check it out!


https://aaronkempdesigns.myportfolio.com/

Mountain Poster

I am going to be looking at getting prints done of some of my work like this one if there is enough interest. Let me know if this is something you'd like!

Mountain
A5 Poster
Illustrator/Photoshop

Soft Tissue Therapy flyer

A friend of mine asked if I could help by designing a flyer for her new massage business, specialising in soft tissue therapy.

If you are Brighton based do check out Jess's website/facebook page.

http://jessmassagetherapy.wix.com/bodywork
https://www.facebook.com/bodyandmassage/

Khemara Fundraising Guide

Over the last few months I volunteered my design skills to help create a new fundraising guide for a Cambodian charity called Khemara. It is probably the largest single piece of work I have done totalling 16 pages of information about the charity, pictures and how people can help.

I would explain more about Khemara but the guide will give you a much better idea of who they are and what they do.

Geometry Posters

So I made a set of three posters which I will look to sell when I get back to the UK in a couple of months. I was playing with the Shape builder, blend tool and path finder in Illustrator to create these shapes. Originally I had them on plain backgrounds but felt they where missing something so I sourced some photography from pexels.com and desaturated them, leaving a hint of colour to compliment the shape colours.

Hexagon
Made in Illustrator & Photoshop

Triangle
Made in Illustrator & Photoshop

Circle
Made in Illustrator & Photoshop

My new logo

I decided to design a more permanent logo for myself so I could a) practice making logos and b) have a more consistent brand image to promote myself with.

The concept I wanted something that was modern but timeless, clean and mostly simple. I started by taking my initials and playing around in illustrator.

There was this really simple and sleek A I drew and I worked from there to get to the end product.

I took the design and made the rest of the letters to spell out my name to use with the logo, the next step is to make a full font in this style.

What do you guys think? I am really happy with how it turned out and I will be using this branding for the foreseeable future.

Baked Beats Poster

I have been making posters for a night in Brighton called Baked Beats for a few years now and recently got asked to do another by my good friend Antonio.

Baked Beats gig poster

Illustrator/Photoshop

Wolves and Snow

Hello everyone.

So lately I have been playing a lot of 'The Long Dark' which is a survival game set in the Canadian wilderness which pits you against the elements like sub zero temperatures, bears and wolves. Great game and a great art style which inspired me to practice some ideas.

Check out The Long Dark here.

 Flat Mountain Landscape

Illustrator/Photoshop

Poly Wolf

Illustrator/Photoshop

Sorry for the absence

I haven't done a post in quite some time so I will update you on what I have been doing. Most of this has been projects I done off my own back with the exception of the 'Blick Bassy' poster which I was commissionedt I do by Zaza Music.

Lady Buddha 

Illustrator/Photoshop

Smile Longboard Circle Smile Graphic + Inverted

Illustrator

Repeatable Retro Triangles

Illustrator/Photoshop

Logo Design Mandala

Illustrator

Blick Bassy Gig Poster

Illustrator/Photoshop

Geometry Logo Design

Illustrator/Photoshop

Mandala Design

Illustrator/Photoshop

Travel Asia part 1 - Sri Lanka

A couple of years ago I went traveling around Asia and I took some photo's I really loved on my old Samsung phone. They aren't the best of quality but I loved the colours they had with the filter used on the phone so I wanted to try and use them. 

I will be doing a few of these, doing the best I can with these pictures. First up the first country on my Asia tour- Sri Lanka.

Cocktails list

I got asked to do a really simple cocktail menu with only one colour so that the venue could get them reprinted very easily. 

Magazine Advert

A couple of years ago I got the chance to do an music magazine advert for one of my favourite record labels 'Tru Thoughts'.

 

Posters of my past

A collection of old posters I did for the Fortune of War pub in Brighton, UK.

My business cards

So first post, what to share? Well I have been preparing a selection of work to put on this blog but I have also been creating a brand to showcase it under and one of the first things I have done is make myself business cards.

I have been using Illustrator more lately as I am teaching myself how to get to grips with it. Breaking away from Photoshop was a bit of a struggle and a lot of frustration having to learn all the new shortcuts and functions but I am happy with the outcome.