This week I designed a poster for the Duns Players production of MAIR WAUR! The play will take place in November at Duns Volunteer Hall. The design is a continuation from last years WAUR production poster. I wanted to use the same font and colours, but use a different image, which is an AI generated Stock image from Adobe Stock. My client is very happy with the design, which was also amended and tweaked by Alex Watson.
This week I designed a new cover for the quarterly newsletter. I chose to do a simplified design featuring the Pavilion Lodge, which is a good symbol to represent Duns. There are 4 sperate designs to cover the quarterly dates. My client was happy with the design.
This past week, I designed an advert for Duns Players, which will appear in the next edition of the Duns Community Newsletter. The ad will promote the up and coming shows by Duns Players. My client was happy with the design.
This week I designed a poster for Duns Players production of The Tempest, which will be performed in September at Duns Volunteer Hall. I designed a dramatic image for the poster using all the Adobe Creative Cloud software. I created the waves in Adobe Illustrator. Then I took the design into Photoshop and added the dark shadows, then I added the text in InDesign. My client is very happy with the overall design.
This week I designed a poster for a cabaret night for Duns Players. The design was very simple. I used AI in Photoshop to expand the background of the supplied photo. I think the photo supplied is a stock photo. I used a quite bold font so that the text was punchy. The event will take place on Sunday 5th July at the Volunteer Hall in Duns at 7.30pm.
Last week I updated the mapfold leaflet for Keeping Duns Blooming Marvellous. KDBM are a group of volunteers who maintain the flowerbeds in Duns. The Flowerbed Trail leaflet needed some amends and I sorted it last week. I added a new QR Code to include the Duns Town Trail and a few text amends. Overall my client was happy with the finished design.
This week, I designed a poster for Duns Players, to promote the seven plays they are performing at this years Duns Play Fest.
Today I designed a poster for Duns Players production of A Dangerous Man at Duns Play Fest 2026. The play will be held in Duns on May 4th 2026. I created the design using mostly Photoshop and InDesign. I didn't use any AI. My client gave me a short brief description of what they needed and the were happy with my design.
This week I designed a poster for Duns Players Secret Cabaret, which is on this Sunday 22nd of February. I didn't do a lot to the design, just edited the previous design. This is the banner that went on Facebook.
This week I designed a poster for Word Weavers for their performance at Duns Play Fest in May. The event will be held at the Volunteer Hall in Duns, 6th of May, 4pm. Word Weavers are a local group of creative writers who will read out their stories of fiction.
I recently updated a poster design for Duns Players. Their performance of WAUR is now going to be on in Coldingham Public Hall, Jan 27th and Reston Village Hall, Feb 13th 2026.
This week I have been designing the new tickets for the RSCDS. The Weekend event will be held in May 2026. I have included a sample of one of last years tickets for the coffee morning in Duns. The designs this time around will be different.
I designed this quick Christmas card on my iPhone. It took only a few minutes to create. I used the Photoshop app and adjusted a stock image, then I added some decoration with a little bit of holly. Then I added the message. I think Photoshop for iPhone is handy for creating quick simple designs. I would still use my desktop PC for more complex designs.
This week, I designed the programme for the Duns Players production of WAUR! which takes place at the Volunteer Hall on the 6th and 7th of November. The programme is an 8 page A5 keepsake of the show. There are nine separate shows that outline various wars, through the ages, that have affected the people of Berwickshire.
I recently designed the two page newsletter for our local SWT group. It was quite straightforward to lay out, with a bit of typesetting. After a couple of amends, it was approved for printing. The newsletter will be dispatched in November, into the main SWT magazine.
After a recent visit to the wonderful island of Islay, I created this wee postcard. We had a nice visit to Machir Bay near Kilchoman on the island. I used Photoshop for iPhone to edit the photo, then I added some bits of text and graphics in Freeform. All done on my phone.
Yesterday I was working on a mug mock-up design for a client of mine. This is the visual I have prepared. The logo is a picture of a globe with some leaves appearing to grow out of it. My client, Stephen Kenaghan Services is very happy with my designs.
This week, I am working on a poster for a show by Duns Players called WAUR! The dramatical show tells the story of war in Berwickshire through the ages. The design has yet to be finalised, but I'm pretty confident, they will like it. The image of the warrior is AI generated which I bought from Adobe Stock. The swords are also from a stock image. The poster will be printed and used online to promote the show in November. QR code is yet to be added to the design.
I recently updated the cover design of the Duns Community Newsletter. A Heart for Duns wanted to use a new image instead of the Merkat Cross, so we went with the image of Wojtek the bear, another Duns landmark. My client was very pleased with the design.
Today, I designed this flyer to promote my painting work. Perhaps it is because of AI, or maybe reduced client marketing budgets, but my graphic design work has declined in the past two years, so last year, I thought it's time to diversify my income. I don't like the expression "side hustle" but I guess that is what my design work has become. I am now spending more time doing painting work than graphic design work. I am available to do paint jobs within the Duns and Berwickshire area.
