In my opinion, the cover of the laptop is what we’ll see everyday whenever we are using it. Therefore, my intention was to apply a design which could motivate us in living our daily life and also fulfilling our dream. In short, it aims to encourage a positive thinking when facing challenges.
The main theme is to make every impossible possible - the “X” is used to eliminate the prefix “im”. Besides, the design consists of several enlightening quotations by the famous achievers whose names are also included. Last but not least, the circular graphic that blends into the background symbolize our human eye which is the window to our soul. Oh and, the focus is on Dell logo. :D
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This is the one and only submission I have for the Dell Studio Design contest. FYI, the idea is by my younger brother, and my task was to convert his sketch to a presentable design.
Why didn't you create your own idea and design? Here is the story.
At the beginning, I couldn't wait to join the competition because the prizes are so so so tempting. But when browsing through the entries, I got very disappointed to discover a lot of art thieves who simply took others' art and claimed it their owns. Some of them even submitted several stolen arts and aimed to win by quantity instead of quality. It was such a letdown and I lost my spirit and interest to take part in it.
However, few days before the deadline, I was again spirited up by my brother's idea. He couldn't draw well, but his idea is way brilliant than mine which made me felt that I should never turn it down. And he said, just because there are so many shameless art thieves out there, so we ought to join with our very own effort and sincerity and KICK THEIR ASS! He's truly rox isn't he? :)
So below are several other designs, some sort of the progress before I get to the final one. Take a good look at the sketch and the 1st design done by my brother, believe it or not, that was where everything started.
Funny things happened when I was trying to trace the "impossible" font design using the Adobe Illustrator. I believe most of the multimedia designers can get their hands over it, but I struggled so much and so long and yet it killed me. In the end, I switched to 3ds Max (the tool I'm most familiar with) and traced using the spline tool and then render. m(_ _)m
I still find it hilarious to accomplish it that way. Vector kills.
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Addition:
At the end of the day, I decided to submit another version of it. Which do you prefer?
Why didn't you create your own idea and design? Here is the story.
At the beginning, I couldn't wait to join the competition because the prizes are so so so tempting. But when browsing through the entries, I got very disappointed to discover a lot of art thieves who simply took others' art and claimed it their owns. Some of them even submitted several stolen arts and aimed to win by quantity instead of quality. It was such a letdown and I lost my spirit and interest to take part in it.
However, few days before the deadline, I was again spirited up by my brother's idea. He couldn't draw well, but his idea is way brilliant than mine which made me felt that I should never turn it down. And he said, just because there are so many shameless art thieves out there, so we ought to join with our very own effort and sincerity and KICK THEIR ASS! He's truly rox isn't he? :)
So below are several other designs, some sort of the progress before I get to the final one. Take a good look at the sketch and the 1st design done by my brother, believe it or not, that was where everything started.
Funny things happened when I was trying to trace the "impossible" font design using the Adobe Illustrator. I believe most of the multimedia designers can get their hands over it, but I struggled so much and so long and yet it killed me. In the end, I switched to 3ds Max (the tool I'm most familiar with) and traced using the spline tool and then render. m(_ _)m
I still find it hilarious to accomplish it that way. Vector kills.
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Addition:
At the end of the day, I decided to submit another version of it. Which do you prefer?
