About me

My name is Jacqui and I am an illustrator based in the Isle of Man. I love to incorporate beautiful bright colours and textures into my work and captivate a sense of meaning throughout my pieces. I am a fun, friendly and hard-working individual and enjoy working as part of a team and learning new skills! Contact me below if you’re interested in working with me. Instagram - jaquagart Email - jacquigill1313@gmail.com

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Projects

• PortraitsA personal project I focused on strengthening my abilities with drawing portraits and close ups of faces. I really love drawing people, especially eyes. Some are based on real people as fan art.
• The Beauty MythThis project was based on the Beauty Myth novel by Naomi Wolf. I created three final images based on the chapters of the book, that being Culture, Religion, Sex, Work, Hunger and Violence. In order I represented three chapters into final images, work, hunger and culture. I decided to use animals to represent the myths as a premise of going back to our roots and that they are so similar to us in many ways.
• Eden patternsFor this part of the project based on the Eden Project I wanted to created visual patterns based on the interesting flowers and plants located at this location, to visualise them as pieces that could be used within wearable and decorative concepts.

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Projects credited in

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  University of Plymouth, BA Hons IllustrationWe encourage individual visual voices and prepare our students for challenging creative practice within social and cultural shifts. We cherish the traditional whilst get excited by the innovative. All things narrative; great and small. https://www.plymouthillustration.com https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/ba-illustration

Work history

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Graphic designerOffice of cyber security and information assurance
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019Isle of ManInternship
I applied for an internship scheme called the STEP programme, set up by the Isle of Man government which paired me with a local cyber security firm. My role was to create leaflets and posters to be used on their website and social media pages to make the information more interesting and accessible. I learnt the importance of working and communicating effectively within a team, problem solving and working within tight deadlines.
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Gallery assistantSayle gallery
Jan 2015 - Aug 2017Isle of ManPart Time
I volunteered as a Gallery Assitant at my local gallery for several years, where I learnt the workings of a gallery, helped set up exhibitions, talked to clients and sold pieces of artwork and helped at their popular exhibition openings.

Skills

• Painting
• Drawing
• Screen Printing
• Printing
• Photoshop
• Design
• Photography

Education

(BA) IllustrationUniversity of Plymouth
Sep 2018 - Jul 2020Plymouth, United Kingdom