Alex Willetts

Alex Willetts

Graphic ArtistUnited Kingdom
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Alex Willetts

Alex Willetts

Graphic ArtistUnited Kingdom
About me
I am a Graphic arts: Illustration graduate of University of Southampton - Winchester school of Art campus.
Projects
  • Travel blog collaboration
    Travel blog collaborationA collaboration with a friend who had been travelling. He had set up a blogging website and required some images to accompany the articles. I enjoyed being part of a collaborative project and having ideas bounced around, this made me feel as though I was immersed in the creative process fully which always gives me a sense of accomplishment and pride in my work.
  • Blind Faith
    Blind FaithHaving explored Artwork for a music band from my time during my Foundation diploma, I wanted again to explore branding for a band. Inspired by a book entitled 'The Art of Punk' which showcased live music posters from the 1970's and 1980's I took an album I had been listening to, this being 'Blind Faith', a self titled album from 1969 and began to image make around a concert that had taken place in Hyde Park in 1969, exploring typography and digital design to create album artwork, poster design a
  • Tell Tale Heart
    Tell Tale HeartThe original brief was to take five moments from a short story by Edgar Allen Poe, entitled ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ and to Illustrate a narrative to depict a storyboard of moments purely image based. I have since taken the illustrations and included them as part of a publication alongside the original story.
Work history
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    Visual MerchandiserPrimark Stores Limited
     - Winchester, United KingdomFull Time
Skills
  • Wacom Tablet
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Drawing
  • Printmaking
Education
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    BA (Hons) Graphic Art & Design UndergraduateWinchester School of Art, University of Southampton
     - Winchester, United Kingdom