Samuel Murdoch Design

BEAT.VN

2012-02-11T03:55:00.000-08:00

Working progress logo design for a music forum called 'beat.vn'

War & Peace

2012-02-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

Women's long sleeve Tee design for Bosua. www.bosua.vn

HWL Logo

2012-02-01T03:54:00.000-08:00

Logo design commission for a web design agency in Hanoi.

LOGO

2012-01-27T09:15:00.001-08:00

Draft logo design for a music website titled 'the guitar library'.

Conservation Tee design

2012-01-24T09:18:00.000-08:00

I've submitted this illustration into the Earth Hour t-shirt contest at Bosua. The contest is designed to raise awareness about environmental conservation. http://tatden.boo.vn/index.php?mod=post&act=page&cat=5

Enjoi Skateboarding

2012-01-15T08:55:00.000-08:00

Illustration competition entry for Enjoi Skateboards.

Web banners

2012-01-14T00:53:00.000-08:00

New web banners I'v designed to advertise my new hoodie designs on the Bosua website. 'link'

Hopper the Ant available for purchase!!

2012-01-05T00:44:00.000-08:00

My first book Illustration publication! Hopper the Ant childrens book, written by Adam Peirs. Available for sale at Lulu.com. purchase 'here'

HRC Birthday Tee

2011-12-13T03:34:00.000-08:00

Hanoi Rock City (popular Hanoi bar) is celebrating their 1st birthday soon with a big party. I have made this tee design to be sold on the night. 'link'

Bosua&Kusa

2011-12-13T03:32:00.000-08:00

Bo Sua streetwear is teaming up with Kusa ice cream company in order to sell some ice cream in our clothing stores in the coming summer. I am working on the logo. Here are some drafts.

We want Bo Sua!

2011-12-13T03:31:00.000-08:00

Advertisement strategy for Bo Sua.

Bosua web banners

2011-12-05T05:46:00.000-08:00

These are the banners I made to advertise my hoodie designs at Bo Sua. The above are 3 of 6 I am having printed shortly. 'link'

Born to be A3

2011-12-01T22:56:00.000-08:00

T-shirt to mark end of year celebrations for the school kids of Mac Dinh Chi School in Hanoi. Typography related to the subjects they study; Maths, physics and Chemistry.

Honda Clause

2011-11-30T08:28:00.000-08:00

I made this illustration for the Bo Sua Christmas cards in Hanoi, Vietnam. It's Santa doing his rounds on a Honda Cub (common Hanoi bike) delivering all the usual gifts to the girls and boys in Hanoi. Merry Christmas! X 'link'

BOO Christmas window display

2011-11-29T07:01:00.000-08:00

Screen shot of the Christmas window disply I'v been working on for BOO. The Santa image will also be printed onto Christmas cards. 'link'

Little tigers foundation

2011-11-28T03:49:00.001-08:00

T-shirt design for a charity fundraising event in Hanoi Rock City, bar in Hanoi, Vietnam. 'link'

Tree Track

2011-11-25T11:38:00.000-08:00

Character logo and billboard design for a new outdoor activity business in the UK. treetrack.co.uk

We're so fly!

2011-11-24T08:22:00.000-08:00

12D2 is so daaaang fly....! T-shirt design for Luong the Vinh School, Hanoi.

G41 - Chuyen Ngu

2011-11-22T19:21:00.000-08:00

School Kids class uniform Tee (Hanoi, Vietnam).

TV Uniform -11M Chuyen Ngu

2011-11-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

Another celebratory t-shirt for the school kids of Hanoi. 'link'

Hanoi Jam

2011-11-15T20:34:00.000-08:00

T-shirt design for a Hip-hop event in Hanoi sponsored by Bosua.
See my shirts at the Hanoi Hip Hop Jam here: 'Hanoi Jam' (skip to 4:52 on the video)

Blue Dragon Children's Foundation

2011-10-31T09:45:00.000-07:00

My Brother is the Communications Manager of Blue Dragon Children's Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam so I gain the opportunity to do odd design jobs for Blue Dragon. Here is a title and some link icons for the Christmas 'Red Stocking' campaign.
http://www.streetkidsinvietnam.com/

Forever After - 'Forever A8er'

2011-10-13T03:06:00.000-07:00

Another slogan Tee requested by a class of teenagers in Hanoi to mark their end of year graduation.

Hang Tag la Bosua

2011-10-07T11:05:00.000-07:00

My clothing hang tag design for Bosua. The brief was 'colourful and product related'. Follow link to my other blog for print photo:)'link'

Doraebot

2011-10-07T11:01:00.000-07:00

A character design collaboration between myself and my art director at Bosua. He made the Bosua style Doraemon (popular japanese cartoon starring a robot cat) character and I made the robot half to be printed onto zip hoodies. Follow link to my other blog for print photos:)

Shaolin 2

2011-10-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

An illustration I made last year, I liked it so went back to add more detail and texture.

Web banners

2011-09-23T21:44:00.000-07:00

2 banners advertising new shorts at Bosua. 'link'

BOO Skateboarding day poster and invites

2011-09-23T09:01:00.000-07:00

Weve been working on a skate event at Bosua recently, I made the poster and invites, my illustrations were also used on the T-shirt. Funnily enough Pause cafe whom I did all the brand and logo design for are sponsoring the event and providing some food. See my other blog for photos. 'link'

T-rex high school Tee

2011-09-15T07:15:00.000-07:00

This is another school uniform graphic I've made for kids to celebrate the end of term. This class wanted a T-rex made up of the text; 'I (heart) i'. Their class title is the lower case 'i'.

High school uniform

2011-09-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

Class specifications on the letter design, they gave me a simple pencil drawing to build on.

Polar ice cap

2011-09-08T10:07:00.000-07:00

Uniform frenzy

2011-09-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

As its the end of the School year at the moment in Vietnam the school kids class t-shirt design clients have been queing up at BOSUA.

Bloodthirsty Viking 2

2011-09-02T09:37:00.000-07:00

This design was originally a hand drawing I made. I liked it a lot so I went back to re colour it and add texture.

BOOcha banner advertisement

2011-08-30T23:08:00.000-07:00

The web banner I made to promote my 'Bun Cha' Vietnamese street food design on bosua.vn

D1 - pixel class

2011-08-29T08:54:00.000-07:00

Another school t-shirt design for the kids of Pham Dinh Phung high School in Hanoi. They gave me a file full of photos and we decided the end result should be a pixel portrait T!

Spring Leaf

2011-08-17T19:10:00.000-07:00

Logo and label design for clothing brand 'Spring leaf' in Hanoi VN.

Pause cafe

2011-08-14T10:30:00.000-07:00

I've been working freelance as the only designer for the owners of a cafe that is soon to open in Picomall tower, Hanoi. I have been in charge of branding and promotion along with designing the logo, window, menu, uniform, business cards, tableware design and other essentials in the business.

Made in Japan

2011-08-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

The new Honda mopedatron! A transformers design I'v been playing with. Possibly to be printed onto T-shirts at Bosua. www.bosua.vn

ULIS Uniform

2011-07-27T23:43:00.000-07:00

Another end of exams celebratory uniform design for the students of ULIS high school Ha Noi.

BOO cha

2011-07-26T11:34:00.000-07:00

Thus design represents the huge love in Hanoi for satisfying greasy and meaty Vietnamese BBQ pork and rice noodle dish BUN CHA. To sum it up it is good times in a bowl. The graphic also references the electric rackets used to hit mosquitoes and flies. If this was the case you might even gain a meaty mosquito addition to your bun cha.

Water puppet Jesus

2011-07-14T21:01:00.000-07:00

Vietnamese water puppets traditionally perform on the surface on a still pool of water. Jesus (supposedly) also walked on water. Meet Vietnamese water puppet Jesus...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_puppetry

Energy saving stickers

2011-07-06T07:28:00.000-07:00

Bosua has an environmental awareness department and we make designs to promote awareness in Vietnam. These are some stickers I have designed; 'Save water'/ 'keep AC above 26 degrees'/ 'close the door and turn off the light'.

Hopper the ant

2011-07-03T10:40:00.000-07:00

Front cover and sample pages of a children's book I recently finished illustrating for a first time author. We are currently looking into publishing.

Transboomers

2011-07-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

These are promotional banners I'v made to advertise my moped transformer designs. They will hopefully be printed onto T-shirts depending on the public response to the banners.

BOO CITI

2011-06-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

The above illustration is to be printed onto t-shirts as part of a promotion to open the new 'street themed' Bo Sua store in Hanoi. I will also re-compose the artwork so it can be printed onto the cheap eco bags (totes)sold in store. The flyers are some promotional discount flyer for the opening of the store.

Faces of hanoi

2011-06-28T08:01:00.000-07:00

In this design I used the structure of the Hanoi crest to make different character faces. Possible t-shirt design.

Fight to win

2011-06-28T07:35:00.000-07:00

A take on paper rock scissors with the communist fist, possible t-shirt design.

Mock shop front plan

2011-06-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

Bo Sua is opening a new store and they are displaying a city theme inside the store. I have designed the builders plan for some mock shop fronts that will be filled with Bo Sua products.

Wildlife of Hoan Kiem Lake

2011-06-14T21:55:00.000-07:00

There's a lake in Hanoi that is home to a very large and very rare turtle. Quite surprising as the lake appears so toxic that if you swam in it you would pertrude with tentacles for arms. I started fantasizing about what other creatures could survive the waters of Hoan kiem lake. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoan_Kiem_turtle

Mood change

2011-06-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

My interpretation of the quad-faced Buddah statues found throughout Asia.

Horny cop

2011-06-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

I recently realized that in Vietnam the traffic police are as unloved as traffic police all over the rest of the world...

Love Bún chả

2011-06-03T09:25:00.001-07:00

Bún chả is a vietnamese BBQ pork and rice noodle dish. It's incredible, as successful a hangover remedy as a full english breakfast Bún chả is a favourite for locals and ex-pats. This image is a detail of a T-shirt I am designing.

Hanoi Houses

2011-05-20T06:37:00.000-07:00

I drew this image of some stereotypical Hanoi houses to be printed onto t-shirts. I had to alter the detail on each building numerous times accoding to my co-workers specs to get the iconic local imagery in.

Working progress

2011-05-20T06:35:00.000-07:00

More progression of the same Honda Dream project.

Final strong hearts template

2011-05-19T06:02:00.000-07:00

Luckilly the kids saw the error in their ways and reverted back to the original design with some alterations. I looked at lot of art deco flowers to make the rose. Took a while to get it right!

Strong hearts uniform

2011-05-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

The company I work for often designs T-shirts for kids in Hanoi to wear after they finish exams or graduate from school. This class asked for an image to go with the slogan 'strong hearts'. I thought a diamond heart would be pretty strong.

Parts of another design (not a motorbike)

2011-05-16T03:58:00.000-07:00

Honda Dream II

2011-05-16T01:09:00.001-07:00

This is one of the most popular motorbikes in Vietnam, it is considred a classic. I am working on a T-shirt design involving this bike. It involves some tansformation! I will post the fully developed design once it has been printed.

BOO Skateshop summer web banner.

2011-05-14T06:37:00.000-07:00

Tra Chanh Da

2011-05-13T12:05:00.000-07:00

Tea Lemon Ice

Fish in a bag

2011-04-30T08:48:00.001-07:00

Recently I've seen people in Hanoi's old quarter selling sugar cane juice from a bag with ice and a straw. The bags remined me of coconut shires and other fair ground games in which the prize was a goldfish in a bag. It would be more eco friendly if they could both be sold together, I dont think the fish would like it though.

Eco bag

2011-04-27T10:39:00.000-07:00

This image is to be printed onto some eco friedly bags to be sold at low cost at the Bosua stores in Vietnam. One bag for all cargo needs!

Web advertisement for Bosua VN

2011-04-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

New shorts at BOO for the summer!
Available in black, navy blue and beige

Tra Chanh

2011-04-27T10:34:00.000-07:00

Vietnamese lemon tea with ice

Son Tinh Thuy Tinh

2011-04-27T09:21:00.000-07:00

There was once a beautiful Vietnamese princess who was seeking the hand of a suiter. The king searched the land far and wide to find someone worthy but failed repeatedly. Soon after the god of the ocean and the god of the mountain heard word of the princess and decided to compete for her hand. The princess could not decide between the rivals and demanded they brought her gifts worthy of a princess of her beauty, the follwing day the ocean god returned with all the animals of the ocean as a gift. He was shocked to find the mountain god had presented the princess with all the animals of the land and had already won her heart. The ocean god was heartbroken and retreated to the seas. Thereafter every year the ocean god returned to battle the mountain god (Vietnam rainy season) but is defeated year after year.

Roboo Animal Series

2011-04-12T11:58:00.000-07:00

These Robot animals are my first series to be printed onto T-shirts in Vietnamese skate and clothing store 'Bosua'.

Keep happy

2011-02-12T07:21:00.000-08:00

2011-01-04T06:58:00.000-08:00

Shaolin

2011-01-01T10:56:00.000-08:00

2010-12-30T09:28:00.000-08:00

Poster Designs for 'The World Bar' Queenstown, NZ 2010

2010-12-30T09:00:00.000-08:00

2 4 1 Flyer design for The World Bar , Queenstown, NZ 2010

2010-12-30T08:52:00.000-08:00

Hungry pelican

2010-12-10T20:32:00.001-08:00

Vietnamese water buffalo

2010-12-10T20:30:00.000-08:00

2010-09-20T17:02:00.000-07:00

2010-09-16T19:03:00.000-07:00

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2010-06-13T18:33:00.000-07:00

2010-06-08T00:43:00.000-07:00

2010-06-08T00:29:00.000-07:00

2010-04-14T17:44:00.000-07:00

2010-04-12T18:52:00.000-07:00

2010-03-30T15:31:00.000-07:00

2010-03-30T14:56:00.000-07:00

2010-03-17T19:05:00.000-07:00

ANATOLIA!

2010-03-10T18:56:00.001-08:00

Logo design for a friends kebab shop.

2010-03-06T19:02:00.000-08:00

2010-02-12T20:54:00.000-08:00

2009-12-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

2009-12-14T16:47:00.000-08:00

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2009-11-22T01:04:00.000-08:00

2009-11-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

2009-11-11T20:21:00.001-08:00

2009-09-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

My T-shirt brand logo

2009-08-18T00:49:00.000-07:00

T-shirt designs - Alta Snowboarding &Skateboarding store, Queenstown, New Zealand

2009-08-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

2009-08-05T18:52:00.001-07:00

2009-07-28T18:30:00.000-07:00