About me

I was born in a tiny village in the UK, where the hovercraft was invented and moved to Barcelona in 2009, where I am now based. My career follows a colourful journey from working in optics to graduating in Psychology, working in mental health and homeless services, VJing to Graphic Design. I have a long-term passion for musical projects. I work as a freelance graphic designer and audiovisual artist. VJing In 2012 I started working under the artistic name VJ AYL and am currently resident at Sala Apolo, where I make my mark with multi-coloured live visual performances under the artistic name, VJ AYL. The inspiration for VJ AYL comes from a Cosmocomic story, ‘Senze Colori,’ written by Italo Calvino, which describes how the world was before the existence of colour. It tells the story of how the character Ayl brings ‘varicoloured sumptuousness’ to an otherwise grey world. Ayl was born out of deep love for both music and visual art forms and experiments with video mixing and 3D graphics to explore the relationship between image and sound.

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Projects

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  Akanto – Children's Furniture CatalogueThe brief was to illustrate a children's furniture catalogue, taking inspiration from the photographs of the products sold. 5 A4 illustrations to accompany the opening of each section, plus one double page spread for the introduction of the catalogue, all in black and white.
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  Disperse Record LabelThe brief was to create branding and identity for a record label designed to promote emerging artists at Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, including a collection of vinyl covers. Since the artists to be represented are emerging and growing in the world of music, I used the concept of the seed to represent the activity of the record label - since its primary aim is to promote or 'disperse' the music of these new artists. From the basic concept of the seed, I also arrived at the naming for the
• NASA MagazineI was provided with a specific text and official images from NASA and the brief was to create the design and layout of the magazine, using the article as a feature piece.
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  AV Photo JournalismI have been working as a new media art journalist with Audiovisual City since 2013. It allows me to dabble in my passion for photography and provides me with creative food - I believe that the first step to creative growth is to be inspired by the work of others.
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  Cover Design - Le Courage des OiseauxA design using optical illusion for the cover of Gravedad Cinética's edits of 'Le Courage des Oiseaux' by Dominque. A.
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  David Bowie – DualityThe brief was to design coordinated elements for a CD release by David Bowie. All written content was provided by the client. I chose to generate the graphic content manually using acrylic paint, which I then digitalised for reproduction. The concept behind the design was to represent the ambiguity that is Bowie through images, using colours from his perhaps most iconic album cover, 'Aladdin Sane.' The inspiration for the final shape of the product also came from his makeup. The idea continues i

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Work history

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Creative DirectorAudiovisual City
Sep 2019Barcelona, SpainFreelance
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Photographer & JournalistAudiovisual City
Mar 2013Barcelona, SpainFreelance

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Skills

• Design
• Illustration
• Translation
• VJ
• 3D Animation
• 2D Animation
• Copywriting
• UI Design
• UX Design
• New Media

Education

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User Experience & Interface DesignInteraction Design Foundation
Sep 2018 - Sep 2019Katrinebjergvej 80, 8200 Aarhus, Denmark
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Graphic DesignSeeway School of Design, Animation, and Digital Communications
Oct 2014 - Jul 2016Barcelona, Spain

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Awards

Creative Crisis Poster CompetitionForward Festival
Selected as part of the top 10 for the festival's gallery.
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Graphic Sound Contest 2019Graphic Days Torino
Audiovisual performance – 1st prize