JELI DESIGNS

It's been awfully quiet here at GARUFF. So quiet in fact, that we have moved.
Garuff has now moved to www.jelidesign.com
Please feel free to click on the above link to see how Garuff has progressed from amateur designer, to profesional with experiences in Asia, America and Europe.
The new website looks and feel truly Garuff, but with a twist. The website is simple, elegant and beautiful!
Additionally, we have a successful blog that features how we got to an end result.
Garuff has been an amazing time, and it's been great to view the previous posts over the years. We are still getting hits on here, but this will be our last post.

For the last time,
Love Garuff / Jeli

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VIETNAM & SHANGHAI

I have redesigned the Shanghai ebook page. I haven't done any major changes except the colour scheme. I felt as if red symbolised China perfectly, however I don't think it looked as pleasing as it could have done.
I played around with the colour scheme and decided to stick to the main colour scheme which is a warming green. I will be using this colour throughout the ebook.
See the pictures below.

Also, I designed the page for Vietnam. It is pretty much the same as the Shanghai and the Malaysia pages with the same colour scheme and the same layout.
Of course, there will be some tweaks - but here is the page so far!

TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN.

2013 has been a super year for me. I've learnt so much, achieved so much and accomplished so much.
I have travelled to a few of my bucket list places which include, Malaysia, Thailand, China and Hong Kong.
To celebrate this great year, I am going to be creating a small and personal e-book in which showcases my year via the pictures I took.
Here is the front cover I designed last night. More to follow...
Click to make bigger and to view in HQ.

MISC.

In the past month I have moved from the UK to China to teach. I live in a small (5 million people) city called, Wuxi near Shanghai.
Therefore, this has been the reason why I haven't posted for quite a while. I do intend to continue my regular posts with photography, graphics, arts, typography and any misc posts.
Here are some nice photos I've captured over the past few months.
Enjoy!

HONG KONG & AUSTRALIA

I have been away for a while in Hong Kong and Australia and have taken some stunning photos.
Lay your eyes on these bad boys. (click to view in better quality)
Hong Kong

CARDIFF BAY ONLINE BROCHURE

Open publication - Free publishing - More cardiff

I decided to put all the pages from my Cardiff Bay book together on an online publication. Click HERE to see the final outcome in print form. I did one in Welsh, will probably do a Welsh version of the online publication in the coming days! Hope you enjoy.

''NEWPORT'S INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH''

EXHIBITION 

Friday I went to the launch of the 'Institute of Mental Health' exhibition in Newport, South Wales. I was really impressed with the work on show as half was fine and delicate (not my kind of thing) whilst the other half was more abstract and modern (just my thing!)

My favourite was the Fuerza Cristina Macri 2011 by Luke Pomphrey (the last two pictures). Anyone who comes here often would understand that this type of art is what I love - hence why I was enjoyed the exhibition so much!

I think from now on - I'm going to be going to more and more art and design galleries as they're great to get inspiration but also to see the range of work out there at the moment!

DUTCH CLOGS AND BLOGS!

 I haven't gone to Holland - but my step sister did and she took some amazing snaps whilst she was out there.
In year 2 of uni, I did a presentation on the signage design in Schnipol Airport designed by Mijksenaar and asked my step sister to get me a few snaps of the signage in the airport.
She took some stunning snaps - not just of the airport but also Amsterdam itself.
Thought I would share the pictures she took with you guys because they're worth a little look!
Also the last picture is of Cardiff (South Wales) at night time. My camera broke on me and took pictures like this - a happy accident as I would call it.
Just a bit of random posting here, but enjoy!
Garuff!

GARUFF.COM HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN AWARD!

Today I have received some amazing news! I have been nominated for the best welsh photography blog award! I am so happy that I have even been nominated and what a thing to add to my C.V. - being nominated as one of the best Welsh blogs out there! 

I personally don't think I will win - the competition I am up against is amazing and they are all professional photographers whilst I'm a graphic designer and do photography in my spare time. 

I think the fact that I have been nominated shows that you don't need to be amazing at it to do it! 

What an achievement - I am so glad I decided to blog, I have magazine deals, been given commission, been able to share my work and get paid for it and now be nominated for this!

Thanks again for all your support! I appreciate it so much.

GARUFF!!

P.S. Thought I would leave you with some of my most popular photography work! 

NEWPORT STREET ART/GRAFFITI (CONTINUED)

Decided to continue my theme of Newport Street Art by including some stunning graffiti down in Maindee in Newport, Wales. The graffiti is on a legal board which allows the youngsters to just graffiti on the boards to spice things up! 

I have always loved graffiti - and its hardly surprising to see why when looking at the pictures below. I really love the use of colour and abstract to this style of work - its right up my street. Just like the post I did on Jean Michael Basquiat the abstract and colourful style shows through! 

People of South Wales, it really is worth having a little look at - just a 2 minute walk from town centre - it brings a different approach to the city. 

And also I took a picture of the new bridge in Newport! Its a stunning bridge too - I am thinking of taking some nice photos of the bridge and the rest of the river front in Newport at night because its all lit up with different colours etc! 

Hope you enjoy! 

G

NEWPORT CITY CENTRE - WALES

I have always wanted to do something for Newport like I did with Cardiff Bay so people of Newport, listen up! 

The thing with Newport is, its being redeveloped (hmm) so a lot of it is like a massive building site. But on my way to work this morning, I thought I would quickly take some snaps of Newport because it looked nice from where I was at the top of Charles Street.

Here are the results!

Enjoyyyyy!

P.S. The picture of Kingsway is edited as most people from Newport would of gathered. I only edited it to make it look more colourful and inviting - the other picture wasn't edited because the sun was rising as it was 7.30am, so it naturally came out like this!

VINTAGE SHOP.

 I was walking home from town today and walked past this vintage shop. I never seen it before I don't think and it just caught my eye. I don't think the photos give it much justice but it looked awesome! I'm not sure if it was a second hand shop but I think I might pop in and have a look when its next open.
The reason why I took photos of it was because the suitcase. My regular followers may have seen the blog post of when I got my giant suitcase for a uni project (which I didn't use after), but really loved the collage on the case. I never really thought about collaging magazine and poster covers on an old suitcase but I think it works!
Just a random blog post, but enjoy!

JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHY

 I have been asked to look into Japanese Photography as part of a possible work experience and to get familiar with it and the contrast between where east meets west in terms of photography.
I'm not excellent at photography - but I will always give it my best go as I am a sucker for it. Since looking into Japanese photography, it's clear that the Japanese use more of a softer approach sticking with a pastel kind of colour scheme in contrast to the western approach (British). The Japanese make it more easy on the eye and kind of gives off the impression that the image has been edited in photoshop. I am sure its not the case (and hope not) but the contrast between the colours is patently obvious when comparing the differences between western and eastern.
Since looking into Japanese photography I have really grown to like it and even including some Japanese Photography blogs into my favourites and inspirations.
I got the images from Japan-photo.info - its so worth having a little browse around the blog as it shows photography in a different way that most westerners aren't really familiar with.

NEWPORT STREET ART?

I went to town (Newport, South Wales) today with my mate to look at phones and took my camera because I was taking photos of my nan's dog and had my camera with me whilst in town. I saw some vandalism/tatty shit on some of the walls in the high streets and took some pics. This kind of rough, edgy and ripped look is right up my street. If you look at my Basquiat stuff, its all about texture and vandalising something to get it to look out there!
Also, third picture down - Circus fonts are used again. Honestly, since I first blogged about it, I can't stop seeing it.
BTW, the girl is my mate - she's so photogenic!