Mattb77

B FAST

2011-09-11T09:09:00.000-07:00

Howdy Howdy Howdy! What we have here is the new logo for Ballantine Fitness and Strength Training. B FAST. Dave is a freelance personal trainer located in Edinburgh. He's also a great guy, so give him a shout if your in need of some fitness training. Website to follow ;)

Woodeye Furniture Website

2011-08-18T23:20:00.000-07:00

Here's the Woodeye Furniture website I created. It's a nice simple site showing off the wonderful craftsmanship and beauty of the many products available. There will be a facebook page up soon, and links will be on woodeyefurniture.co.uk to match. Be sure to check out the stunning work!

Luna

2011-04-30T08:47:00.000-07:00

Welllllll Happy 2011! Can't believe how quickly the first few months have already gone, but I have got lots to show and tell so i'll dive right in.

What we have here is a piece of decorative type inspired by my moon photography. It was designed a while ago as a possible book cover, but had to wait to get finished. Using Letraset Omnicrom sheets is ideal to give the image the silver shine I wanted it to have. It also has a grain quality that adds to the letter pressed look. I'm really happy to finally have it the way I want it! The Omnicrom sheets have added a bunch more ideas for projects (and a way to finish another), so I guess I should get going...

∆˚¬…10•

2010-11-21T08:07:00.000-08:00

Completing the second lot of layouts is ∆˚¬…10•. I got nice of use out of the Craft Robo, it enabled me to make the gird and the rocket silhouette exactly how I wanted. This layout went through several incarnations before I could settle on this one, and i'm happy with the final look I have here.

∆˚¬…09•

2010-10-18T15:59:00.000-07:00

Yet more variation in this one, I also tried out some new colours and detail, getting me a bit of practice with my new Craft Robo!

∆˚¬…08•

2010-10-17T16:35:00.001-07:00

Just a quick layout tonight, while I finish a couple of others with some detailing.

∆˚¬…07•

2010-10-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

Composition 7. I was tempted to add texture to the base layer, but the simplicity works better here. The last couple of layouts have also led to some new project ideas too. Good times.

∆˚¬…06•

2010-10-10T16:23:00.000-07:00

The first of this weeks daily composition! A bonus result from tidying my work desk:)

∆˚¬…05•

2010-09-23T23:52:00.000-07:00

Composition 5.

∆˚¬…04•

2010-09-22T16:56:00.000-07:00

Here;s number 4! Im pretty happy with the colour balance and overall weight of the piece, and it's spawned a few more ideas. Always a good thing.

∆˚¬…03•

2010-09-21T17:02:00.001-07:00

Composition 3.

∆˚¬…02•

2010-09-20T19:28:00.001-07:00

Today's composition draws inspiration from Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines books, which i'm currently reading.

∆˚¬…01•

2010-09-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

This week my evenings will be mainly filled with HTML writing so I figure I'll get a quick cut paper composition made each night to keep things interesting... Here's the first!

Woodeye Furniture

2010-06-17T15:04:00.000-07:00

Woodeye Furniture is a small company based in East Lothian specialising in bespoke furniture, kitchens and antique restoration.

I really enjoyed creating this piece and playing around with the typeface to make it unique to the brand. The furniture being produced has so much character, the logo is a continuation of its bold and distinctive style [really, this furniture is so impressive and has huge talent behind it].

I've done more reading than making recently so it was ace to get playing with type again. Gonna try and get more type work realised and up shortly!

Numbers - Update

2010-02-10T14:53:00.001-08:00

Having passed half way on this project, I thought I should upload the latest numbersI I've collected. This project is taking it's time, and it's difficult to decide between different versions of numbers I find, but thats's the nature of the beast I guess.

Two-Face

2010-01-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

Right then, My first post of 2010!
An isometric potrait of Two-Face from Batman The Animated Series. This started with a play around with some new graph paper and different levels of hatched triangles to create tonal compositions. Using the hatched triangles to draw Two-Face was a nice experiment and I think the style really suits the character, showing the disfigured side of Harvey Dent's face effectively.

Achillies 02

2009-10-24T10:07:00.000-07:00

The second layout from my Achillies series.
I took a different approach to making the this one, playing with the materials and textures. The lighting was a little tricky to get right but i got it to work, creating the sphere effect.

Norman Mackay.com

2009-09-19T11:57:00.000-07:00

Aaaaaaand here's NormanMackay.com!
A small site for the musician, it shares stylings with his Ceilidh Experience site for a bit for continuity, and contains info about the artist, his compositions and recordings. Short and sweet description, but i think the site speaks for itself.

Ceilidh Experience

2009-08-27T16:16:00.000-07:00

OK, so it's been a little bit longer than I wanted, but here it is! Another post! This is the new website for Norman Mackay's Ceilidh Experience, a fantastic ceilidh band based in Edinburgh. I have worked closely with Norman on this and I'm really pleased with the final outcome, and already we're receiving positive feedback from visitors.
Expect Norman's personal music site online very shortly.

Achillies Series

2009-05-09T11:35:00.001-07:00

The first plaster layout from a series named achillies.
From my continual learning about cubism and abstract art, inspiratin is drawn from Kasimir Malevich and sculpter Ben Nicholson.
These 3d layouts are a progression of my cut paper layouts (will put a few up here, then the set on mattb77.co.uk) and my love of images of constellations, flight trajectories and right now, the latest images from Cassini.

Numbers [work in progress]

2009-05-05T18:01:00.001-07:00

Ok, first post of work...
Typography is my major passion so it's only right that my first piece of work to be shown here is my ongoing numbers project.
Not only will this be an awesome resource for me, but I think when I have completed the board it will look pretty nice in its on right... the idea being to collect from zero to ninety nine from the streets around me. A slow burning project, so i guess there will be a few updates of this in the coming weeks!

It begins

2009-05-05T17:43:00.001-07:00

So here it is! My first post, finally!
Welcome to the Mattb77 blog, this is where i'll be showing all my latest work and updates of ongoing projects.
I'll try to keep the site updated regularly, and show all the varying work I like to create, from websites to compositional studies.
My website mattb77.co.uk is home to my older work, and is currently undergoing a major redesign to include my fourth year work from my Graphic Design degree from Edinburgh College of Art, and much more. Enjoy!

Matt.