Trick or Treat!

Ahh I love Halloween. So here’s my treat to the followers and likers of three29design. I have a limited number of postcard prints to give away. There’s the dark set (Candyman & Dracula) and the light set (Jack & Jason), all are taken from the Simply Horror Series I did a year ago so the designs may be slightly dated but I said that I would do something with them when Halloween came around again.

Claim your treat!

What have you got to do? Well it’s simple, email me (with the email subject as Trick o’ Treat) and quote an awesome line from a horror movie. Let me know which pack you’d prefer. Don’t forget to include your full post address. Including a picture of yourself in Halloween fancy dress would be cool too

First come first served! Very limited number to give away – also if your preferred pack is no more then you’ll get the other pack. It doesn’t matter where in the world you are, just note that Royal Mail can be a bit slow with international postage. It’s my treat, won’t cost you a penny!

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Business Cards

I see a lot of people with business cards which are crammed with information… almost like it’s a flyer. Honestly, too much to take in, people don’t know where to look! So when it comes to your business cards, keep it short & snappy. Use it to drive people to your website and/or social media sites to find out more.

If you need new business cards made feel free to contact us.

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Here’s the single and the artwork for Brad Tanners latest single ‘Party in the sky’ produced by Certified and features Elim. Listen/download below. I was originally going to do a whole party scene on the roof top but it was starting to look like one of those over done, crammed, mixtape covers – not the sort of look they’d be wanting for a single, so I went with something a little more simple.

Brad Tanner – Party In The Sky (Feat. Elim) (Prod by Certified) by Certified_Music

Follow on Twitter: @BradTwistTanner • @ELIMBand • @Certified_Music

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This is a second version of the album artwork for Ashley Noot’s Throwing Away Your Love songs, and isn’t the final but I thought I’d still post it. Basically Ashley’s management changed their mind on what pictures they wanted to be used for the album art. For this version we dropped the pinks and went with a stronger red and bokeh to match her Song About You single artwork.

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Once again Certified teamed up with DJ Ykcor to present another Beat Kings series! Pt. 2 features plenty of top artist remixes, with plenty of features from independent talent!! Certified had the chance to collaborate with plenty of great artists, and a few producers. This tape is available for direct download from the links provided below. It will also be featured on Certified-Beats.com, DMVixen.com. DJYKCOR.com & Swurvradio.com! There is a “No DJ” version that is completely CLEAN, for any promotional airplay.

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Today, September 4th, marks the second birthday of Three29Design which I set up after finishing college and deciding to take the plunge by starting my own business instead of going to university (I couldn’t handle any more sitting in a classroom) or finding work. So far so good!

I never planned to start my own business, or to work in design at all. It just kind of happened. I had always wanted to join the Army, go to Sandhurst to train as an officer in the Royal Artillery. Unfortunately things don’t always work out the way you planned, but when one door shuts another opens.

I had done odd jobs during college but it was just a small amount of money made. It’s all thanks to Myspace really, it may be forgotten and dead now but it did have it’s golden years, where artists would pay huge amounts to some of the designers I looked up to (like C-Le GFX who I was able to work with a few years later) and those artists would be getting noticed by the record labels. Just think about how many people learned to use photoshop and the basics of HTML & CSS because of myspace allowing you to customize your profile.

I still love working with recording artists, producers, DJ’s and labels, some of my favorite projects are music based, but within the past two years I have moved away from just doing music based design and have worked with businesses, both local and international along with other individuals like social media guru’s, motor companies and authors. I like to be versatile and have all sorts of different projects coming in – the same thing over and over again just ends up burning you out. The type of clients who aren’t afraid to try new things are the best. Whether they’re business owners or recording artists. The ones who don’t want to blend into the crowd with there overly done mixtape covers or traditionally boring marketing material. Those guys and gals are cool and great fun to work with You know who you are!

Over the past year I’ve met a lot of awesome people through the job, from other local business owners via Redshift Radio (the local radio station) – which I also appeared on as a guest, to art exhibitions, and other local businesses. I aim to carry on networking locally so I can do more work around my area as well as 1000s of miles away.

I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me. Whether you’re a client who chose to work with me instead of 100s of other options, or another creative who gave me valuable feedback on my work and portfolio or someone close to me who supported me when I needed it. I really, really appreciate it.

For the future I hope to get a nice office somewhere local and maybe employ a couple of awesome people to help build up my business. I’m also aiming to send off my CV to agency’s incase they need a freelancer to help out when they’re busy, and try to build up my name from there. But hey, let’s just go with the flow and see what the future holds because there’s a long road ahead of me. Just remember, take every opportunity that’s handed to you – but also make opportunities for yourself, don’t always rely on others.

Roll on year three!

- Liv

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Did you see the original Beat Kings cover? If not go here. Certified got me to do the cover for part 2, we wanted to keep the original look whilst changing it slightly. Instead of the Billboard colors of part 1, I went for the black/gray/red color scheme. Some artists pictures weren’t good enough to work with the cover so you’ll see the Catarac’s in the New Boyz glasses and DEV in Lil Jon’s glasses – Brad Tanner is on the back wall too. This will be released on 5th September ‘11!

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