About me

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night whoever you are, wherever you are! I'm a London based Blackpool export, graphic designer and illustrator who works in the print industry on a daily basis, creating adverts in the press for products and services aimed at the older generation. Outside of this, my passion lies with creating artwork, both by hand and digitally, for myself and for others, making the world more colourful day by day! The bigger the project, the more meaning, the more creativity involved, the better! My overall skills specialise in: *Commercial Illustration *Branding *Murals *Packaging Design *Web Layout *Page Layout *Storyboarding Cartoons are the way to my heart, as well as beer and cheese.

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Projects

• The Bear StudioA book full of drawings of 100 plus size male and non-binary models in the LGBTQ+ community from all across the world. All artwork featured is inspired by life drawing classes, capturing the human anatomy through use of bold, rough strokes, but with splashes of colour and detail to really enhance the beauty of all bodies featured. It's a bear's world, and this book shows exactly the beauty of that world!
• Manchester Bear VillageAs the centre piece for an exhibit I held last year, I wanted to make a face-in-hole artwork piece which people could interact with. This is certainly the largest scale piece I have worked on, being around 5ft 9" tall, and seeing it printed was such a reward!
• Landscape Artwork CompilationA handful of landscape artwork that I have created using fineliners and marker pens. The artwork is drawn entirely freehand, so it requires a lot of attention to detail, but even then, my style allows room for error as I then make it work into visual effect to enhance the colours and the lines. My landscape artwork attracts a lot of attention on social media from my friends and family, and is the centrepiece at any of my exhibits!
• Cartoon Art CompilationA small selection of my finest recent cartoon art. Be it commissions or for myself, I always have a great time making this kind of artwork, where I can make the background using pens and use Illustrator to make very detailed cartoon art for the figures. Also a given, but I'm a huge Pokemon fan! Any fan art I create is always fun!
• Fun House Confectionary LabelsMy negotiated major project at university, I wanted to combine my passion of cartoon art and commercial illustration to create a brand of confectionary, something else I absolutely love (I don't talk to people who don't like sweets). I set in my mind exactly what I wanted - a fun fair theme, as the whole concept of something fun, colourful, and somewhere to let loose definitely is right up my street, and the brand characters as carousel horses spoke for themselves. Some elements were hand drawn
• Press Page Design CompilationA handful of print adverts I have designed through my days working alongside agencies. Each copy was made on InDesign and exported to the appropriate print format before sent out to respective publications, where they then are assigned pages before being printed and distributed. Being for products generally aimed at the older generation, simplicity is key, but you can bet I'll put my spin on it through the use of shapes and colours to break down sections and take into account contrast, repetiti

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Work history

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Graphic Designer/Social Media and Marketing Co-ordinatorYoung's Brewery
Aug 2017 - Mar 2020London, United KingdomFull Time
I worked at Wheatsheaf, London Bridge assisting the pub in promoting all relevant and up-to-date content to draw in different crowds of people. This includes upcoming events, new additions to the food menu and seasonal beverages. The work I produce on a daily basis includes: *Hand-drawn boards and scrolls using white chalk pens. *Social Media updates, particularly on Instagram, using striking photography and witty captions to appeal to the target audience. *Constructing newsletters that are sent out to those who have subscribed.
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Direct Response Graphic DesignerCopeland and Charrington Ltd.
Aug 2016 - May 2023London, United KingdomFull Time
Constructing and amending layouts of publications for news and magazine print, for clients including ColourFence, GX Pillows and many more. I worked as a team with the director, the clients and external graphic designers to ensure that the publications are professional and advertise the product and promotion clearly with codes and offers to reflect the direct response elements.

Skills

• Illustration
• Digital Illustration
• Digital Design
• Packaging Design
• Branding
• Logo Design
• Character Design
• Concept art
• Book Illustration
• Photography

Education

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BA (Hons) Graphic DesignUniversity of Salford
Sep 2013 - Aug 2016Salford, United Kingdom
This course broadened my base foundation of knowledge of Graphic Design and took it to a level where I knew I could perform at industry level. In my second year, I chose to go down the Illustration pathway as I knew that this was my specialism.
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Level 3 Extended Diploma Graphic DesignBlackpool & The Fylde College
Sep 2011 - Jun 2013Park Rd, Blackpool FY1 4JN, UK
Prior to starting this course, I already had a GCSE in Graphic Products along with Maths, English, Science and a few others, but I knew that there was a lot to learn and this course gave me the base foundation to work with and wired my brain into the correct mindset in terms of what to look out for when it comes to spotting, acknowledging and creating great pieces of work.