Martin Dimartino-Marriott » Pieces of Design

Gift Voucher Design & New Site Plans

Martin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:55:31 +0000

So it’s been a bit of a quiet weekend so I thought I’d re-create and add my own twist to a direct mail graphic used by Serif recently. I’ve not done much with perspectives before, so this was great. I like to stay away from the ubiquitous lens flare, but I do love the ‘bokeh’ effect on these kinds of bright designs:

Also, I’ve long since wanted to do something with this site; maybe tweak its positioning and overall feel. It still needs to run on WordPress to some extent, so I have been busy coming up with this new layout for myself which I hope will show what I’m about more clearly. Getting the Flickr feed to work will be a challenge.

I may need to pull back the text on the front page though.
Additional page layous to follow

Club Poster Design

Martin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:48:58 +0000

OK so it’s not the actual one used for the event, but it’s my version of it…

I started off by just making the background as a stand-alone project. Made in Photoshop using custom brushes and stock mountain photography:

Then I developed the idea as I though tit made a fresh gig poster design and I’ve wanted to try some poster designs. I like the washed-out, ‘cold’ feel of it. Thanks to @rsteadfast for inspiration.

HTC Desire Ad

Martin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:27:42 +0000

Using a new bokeh technique I have been experimenting with…
…I used it to make my favourite smartphone look even more desirable. I’m so getting one of these!
Made in Photoshop with custom brushes…

Abstract Aircraft in Photoshop

Martin — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:55:46 +0000

I was going for a hi-tech look suggestive of a futuristic user interface on a display.

I made an accompanying iPhone wallpaper too!
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Download it (140kb) (Right-click>Save Link)

New Exponential Logo

Martin — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:05:03 +0000

Had a bit of fun re-vamping my previous Exponential designs.

I’ve made it a bit cooler, with the feel of a snow sports brand. This logo has more of a powerful identity. I might get this one printed on a t-shirt actually since my last one turned out great!

A bit of playing

Martin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:15:09 +0000

Here’s a couple of ‘desktop’ style designs I made recently.

I came up with Ornate Apocalypse after seeing a similar design on a WordPress template – mine’s better though!
It’s a good way to use vectors.

The Nebula one is a little abtract, adding to my other Spacescapes I’ve made in the past.

Retro Pipes Design

Martin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:17:12 +0000

A bit of a boring Sunday, but I spent a bit of time playing with Photoshop as ever. Came up with these retro-style lines.

I think they look pretty cool and they go really well with some typographical elements…although I have nothing of note to write there!
These would look good on business cards or something I reckon.

Some bits of work

Martin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:57:00 +0000

…yes, it’s been a bit quiet here recently. This is mostly due to increased hours at work due to a new Web Design job, and so I haven’t had much time to post stuff. I have been doing a little bit of messing about with Photoshop though, as always. I hope to code this layout at some point, (or make a new one and code that!) but there’s kinda a concept layout…oh, and a Nottingham club venue flyer, just for the fun of it. I love the design of club/gig flyers.

I know quite a few people come on this site — let me know what I should blog about! Nothing that really captured me has gone off in the media which I can moan about.

SpaceScapes

Martin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:15:31 +0000

Here’s me experimenting with making stars out of noise generation in Photoshop.
There’s all sorts you could do here, but he’s a couple of ‘space scapes’ which were pretty fun to make. They make great wallpapers.

Pretty boring weekend

Martin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:32:57 +0000

Yep…it’s been a pretty boring weekend – which really annoys me because I feel guilty if I’m not doing something productive in some way, so I end up filling in the time reading stuff for the sake of it. It’s a mental illness! I have also been listening to the CustomPC Podcasts!
Anyway, I spent more time with Photoshop and produced something which I really like. As always, I produced various versions and now I don’t know which I like best, so here’s my faves. I mean really, one could go on and on…

I wanna try this technique again, but with a different image…need something interesting, like a Parrot.