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Biography Hi, my name is Claire Marie and I have been these last 5 years attending MCAST Institute of Art & Design in Targa Gap, Mosta. Before I used to attend St. Theresa Junior Lyceum in Mrieħel from the age of 11 till 16. I started MCAST Art & Design from Level 2, First Diploma in Art & Design. In this course I learnt how to be creative and I think that this creativeness is expanding more and more through the years. After that, I studied National Diploma in Media Productions (Moving Image). In this course you have to imagine a lot when it comes to storyboarding and planning scenes. In the Media course, I learnt to use Adobe Premier Pro and Adobe After Effects. I used to like that course a lot but my goal was always for the Higher National Diploma in Graphic Design. In the past year of this course, I have learnt that before having a final outcome, there is a developing process of thinking and sketching. I also have learnt how to use Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe In Design.
In my work I always try to be original. In fact when I have to do something, the first thing, is to come out with something original, then I look at others’ work and see what I can add or improve with what I have already planned. Most of the time, after a lot of sketches etc... I always prefer my first idea.
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Contact my contact number
+365 79080992 y personal email address:
cmb_clairemarie@hotmail.com find me on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/cmb.clairemarie find me on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/clairemarieborg see my videos on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/clairemarieborg
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Contents Editorial Design ............................................................................................................ 13 Posters ............................................................................................................................. 21 Typography ................................................................................................................... 33 Photo Manipulation .................................................................................................... 37 Illustrations ..................................................................................................................... 45 Packaging ........................................................................................................................ 53 Media Productions [moving image] ....................................................................... 61
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Editorial Design
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This Yellow Pages front cover was done as a live brief in collaboration with Yellow Pages Malta. This was like a competition between students, and in fact, my idea was chosen to be 2012 / 2013 front cover. In this front cover; one can see a photo taken at Ħaġar Qim Temples. I have manipulated this photo by replacing one of the stones with the Yellow Pages Book. This front cover was inspired from a Yellow Pages Advert that I have seen on television before. Yellow Pages slogan says ‘Always by Your Side’, therefore the message behind this cover is that Yellow Pages was always there for support, in this case to hold the temple’s main entrance.
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TOLY SHOWCASE 2012
TOLY SHOWCASE 2012
TOLY Cover This is a cover for the Toly showcase 2012 I have designed. To make the design I have used one of their products and with it, I formed a repetitive pattern. I used a black background to make contrast between the background and the pattern. The typography used is the company’s original type and to keep with their logo’s, theme I used white and red colours.
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MALTA UK FRANCE BELGIUM ITALY CHINA HON KONG KOREA INDIA USA WWW.TOLY.COM
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Unit 23 Communicating with Images
February - May 2012
Unit 23 Communicating with Images Task 4
Claire Marie Borg
This cover was made for a ‘Personal Document’, I decided to make it based on the colours white and pink. White is something clear and pink is my favourite colour. For the front cover, I had to make a design of my own, so I decided to make it match with the inside of this document and I added the feather which symbolizes freedom and flawlessness. The background is in materal texture which I have photographed.
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Posters
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These posters I am showing here are a sample of some typographic posters I have done so far. In posters I like to use imagination and interactivity, such as different font size, thickness and angles. I also like to use vibrant colours such as red and contrasting colours like black and white.
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Typography
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Photo Manipulation
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A Surreal Story A young lady is walking in a deserted road. The lady is holding a handbag in her hand. As she continues to walk, a car passes by, and the man in the car snatches her handbag from her hand. The lady begins to run after the car but all of a sudden, from the car’s roof, helicopter propellers emerge and eventually the car begins to elevate slowly in the air. The lady becomes exasperated and so she decides to stop the car by throwing him an explosive bomb. The car explodes and fortunately as the bomb explodes, the handbag comes out of the explosion and the lady succeeded to get her handbag back.
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Illustrations
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These illustrations where made in collaboration with the Ritzenhoffe company. Ritzenhoffe are well known for the range of glasses they do. Apart from that, they also design other kitchen utensils such as teapots, candle holders and salt and pepper shakers. The designes I have made for their products all have a different theme
This illustration here is inspired from an indian design and colours and it has been placed on a Ritzenhoffe Candle Holder.
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This is a Ritzenhoffe Coffee Mug and Package. This particular range is named ‘My Darling’. I decided to make a cartoonish character as a design. I was inspired to do so, from the colour of the snake as it is similar to the colour of coffee with milk.
On the other page, one can see the Ritzenhoffe ‘My Lian’ Teapot. I designed flowers as if they are blown with the wind.
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These characters were done to be used in a comic book, for a live project with Griffin Educational Creations.
This is an illustration I did for a children’s activity book, as a live project with the Commissioner for Children.
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Packaging
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This Hamburger Package was done to give the hamburger a healthy and organic look. I used paper that can be recycled for the package and on it, I put labels of 100% beef and the burger illustration which also looks healthy and organic. Also, I used a particular font for the text, and the colours are related to organic food.
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GILLS Cellular Regeneration NIGHT CREAM
This night cream package had to be created for ‘Something Disgusting as Something Desirable‘. I thought of fish gills which is something very disgusting for me. To be desirable, I turned it into a female’s night cream, which every woman would desire to look beautiful.
Fish use gills to breath we use gills for beauty
These bottle labels were made for a set of different scents for the same range. The design is common for all the scents, but then the middle symbol and colour is changed. Scents from left to right; Musky, Putrid, Pungent, Floral and Peppermint.
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Before I designed these Indulge range labels, I also designed the ROSCO supermarket logo. I based the labels on a black background to make them outstanding from other supermarket labels. I also used a specific font for both the dip label and the Rose label.
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Media Productions [moving image]
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Stop Motion Animation Advert - Do not pick flowers from Public Areas
These are some screen shots from the Media work I have done when I was studying National Diploma in Media Productions.
You can also watch the full videos on the following YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/user/clairemarieborg/videos
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Music Video Band / Group - K.O.i (Knowledge Over Instinct) Song - Give it All Away My role for this music video was as a Director of Photography
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111211/arts-entertainment/KOI-giving-it-all-away.398070 https://www.facebook.com/pages/KOI
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Advert Advert for EU Bookshop My role for this music video was as a Director ans Camera person
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