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BIGNESS Mixtape Artwork

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:35:25 +0000

Here’s the mixtape design for the Caribana even starring Big Boi & Young Dro. It’s pretty much the same design as the poster with slight variations. If you’re in the listening mood I’ve included the link to listen to the mixtape after the break.

BIGNESS The Mixtape

The Rise of Kobra Mixtape

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:26:35 +0000

Here’s some more fun work we finished over the weekend from Brooklyn bred emcee, Kobra. While working on his album Kobra decided to release a mixtape filled with freestyles, and unreleased material. He also is a big G.I. Joe fanatic (ie: the Kobra Logo) and gave the mixtape the title of this summers upcoming block buster. After the jump you can see the back of the insert and disc art. Will post photos when printed version get mailed to us.

BIGNESS T-Shirt

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:45:01 +0000

Here is the BIGNESS promotional T-Sirt for the Caribana event starring Big Boi & Young Dro. The slogan played off the title of the event.

Getting Our Bob Vila On

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:27:37 +0000

Built a new table today we scooped up at IKEA.

MetageeFlat at Habana Outpost

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:23:48 +0000

We felt like treating ourselves to some ood eats over at Habana Outpost in Brooklyn. Enjoy our clippage.

Mickey D’s Food Run

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:20:42 +0000

I’m no health nut but I know McDonalds is bad for me. Too bad it’s the closest spot for a emergency food run.

Graphic Design: Paul Wall x Protégé Magazine

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:44:43 +0000

Here is the newest cover for Protégé Magazine, a hip hop editorial based in NYC. Paul Wall, Houston native emcee was the featured artist of the 5th issue. The design was made in Adobe Photoshop and laid out in Indesign. You can also see the previous cover after the jump.

4th Issue

3rd Issue

2nd Issue

1st Issue

Keep up with Protégé Magazine here

Curtis Franklin

Graphic Design: BIGNESS Caribana 2009

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:48:34 +0000

One of our on going clients Maxamus Entertainment Inc. called on us once more. For there 2009 Caribana even we had to make Big Boi of Outkast takeover the city of Toronto before he even gets there. After the jump you can see the process that made this design the master piece it is.

The image above was the source of the photo for artist big boi. At first I was skeptical about only using the bare image of Big Boi - until I came across this clean shot of Toronto’s skyline.

Over the course of designing the advert for the 2009 Caribana event i was tempted to settle with results i came across Google images. It was difficult to find photos that would capture the core essence of Toronto’s skyline as well as fit the vertical design of the CN tower in Toronto? As a result, I purchased this piece from iStock photo.

One of my clients maindesign points was to add the color purple in the piece. Big Boi’s company is called Purple Ribbon Allstars so it made sense. Inspired by the artist Chuck Anderson I wanted some sort of glowing effect. I decided to use the microphone stand as a way to work around the glow as you can see.

As a marketing strategy one of my clients requested that the advert was infused with the color purple (hence, Big Boi’s company is called Purple Ribbon Allstars). I drew my inspiration for this piece from artist Chuck Anderson and I decided to use the microphone stand as the focal point in order highlight the purple spiral glow swirl down the mic stand.

Upon completion of the project, I sent the final draft over to InDesign for typography. Here is the final cut of this year’s BIGNESS Caribana event brought to you by Maxamus entertainment.

Felton Brown