Portfolio Surgery with Mark Howe

Before I met up with Mark today I thought it would be a good idea to visit his website to find out more about what type of designer he is. I found as a graphic designer he uses humorous concepts and solutions with a focus on image and his style of illustration.
I think his design practice is quite similar to mine.


I picked mainly projects that had an illustrative focus to include in my portfolio for discussion. Near the beginning I included this poster I had produced to refresh the walls of urban outfitters. I liked the concept of it however felt that it looked incomplete. Mark agreed and suggested I consider different color schemes and perhaps different stocks or collage. Since this poster is intended for a clothing shop perhaps i could use clothing texture, fabric or denim to replace the block colour.

Since then I have taken up this project again with a new imaginative approach, thank you for the advise Mark :)