Terry is the scientist of the retro cartoon style illustrations. His graphic illustrations designs focuses on making visuals within products and brands be playful and narrative focused. He designs 3 types of products: branding material, music posters and infographics designs.
Using his investigation skills, he partners with clients to generate immersive visuals and stories for customers to engage with. Terry is influenced by world cultures and stories to generate immersive campaigns helping businesses to look inviting. He has guided start ups and businesses to using narrative focused tools for their next venture.
Exploring and telling the myths during his travels in America was integral for him to start becoming a designer. When he was telling these tales back in 2016, he recognised that people asking for more supplemental material, like documents, was integral for maintaining their attention. By this time, he became a self taught illustrator. Terry was able create to t-shirt designs inspired by American myths to generate discussions. This project helped him to remove his autism as the communication barrier and use these new skills to coach clients to make their name immersive.
Some interesting facts about him
-Enjoy 1990s anime science fiction
-Photographic memory
-Into the tattoo culture and murals
-Co founded a gaming Studio in Brighton
Thanks, Tez, (Terry's Design logo) for introducing to my service. I will guide them through my history.
⭐DM or email me to start getting your next project going. Feel free to explore this world. ⭐
Projects
- Artist Open House - Level 3 productions and Bright Black ProductionsHi Everyone, If you are in the Brighton area, Phoenix arts centre is having an artist open day for the weekend. Feel free to pop in. We are on the 3rd floor. We have fun merchandise and a 3d scanner. Cannot wait to meet you #designer #brighton #Illustrator
- City Slang Mobile app projectThese 2 illustrations represent my concept of an app that gives tourist info on local details on slangs, phrases and other details about the city. Problem: Utilized 2 case studies, Paris and Chicago, to address potential miscommunication between citizens of different countries, cultures or places. Solutions: An app that can help to research on the city beforehand. This can help the user to be aware of terminology when speaking to natives.
- Digital Age infographic - Personal projectThis personal project was about the idea of creating a cast of characters and place them in illustrations used for the web. This project allowed me to experiment with the character traits to get all characters to represent the following themes: tourism, culture, and technology. This idea influenced me to create an infographic to persuade people to get into using user content generated tools.
- The Projects - Branding their social events 2019I have been working with a local co working space in Brighton. The Projects space hired me to brand their social events in 2019. The illustrations produced focus on portraying their happy hours events as great moments that brings members together. These illustrations below are being used as posters and social media posts. Click onto https://www.terrywatsondesign.co.uk/theprojects for interesting behind the scenes stuff for this commission.
- This is the Box Studio - Brighton animation projectThrough out the last year, I created illustration assets for a local animation studio based in Brighton. Since its creation in the mid 2000, the studio delivers more of a jack of trade animation service. They work on commissions with no particular animation style. Please go to https://www.terrywatsondesign.co.uk/the-box-studio and @drawwithtez on Instagram for more projects and updates. The guys at the studio are collaborating with independent artists to introduce new innovate animation style
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Projects credited in
- Level 3A festival of playable art by autistic, learning disabled, and neurodivergent people.2
Work history
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Co Founder: Illustrator and Branding designerLevel 3 productions
Brighton, United KingdomFreelance
Junk LTD has merged with Level 3 to form a new neuro divergent gaming start up, Level 3 Productions. Simon Wilkinson, Myra, Willow Richie and myself successfully applied for funding for 2 games for the 2022 Level 3 festival. We are now arranging venues, redesigning the website and applying for more funding to open a hub for neurodivergent gamers to become creators.
Goals for my role:
-Conceptualise and deliver engaging ideas for the festival to offer playful elements.
-Further develop our brand story to a variety of marketing materials and redeveloped website
-Collaborate with Simon and Myra to make our visuals accessible to all neuro divergent audiences
Goals achieved:
-Currently directing a futuristic exploration game focusing on cybernetics and future of humanity
-Currently arrange the game festival at Brighton, Folkestone and Kent
-Working on BrightBlack to learn about accessibility within gaming as part of my DCYP arts council funding
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Illustrator and Pool Of TalentThe Box Studios
Brighton, United KingdomFreelance
I was contacted by the great team at The Box Studio to have residency for 3 months. The Box Studio is an animation studio who design beautiful videos for brands and big businesses. In exchange for the residency, we agreed to collaborate in crafting a short animated video.
We designed a short video sequence showing a London Underground Tube Station. This short clip sets up a fantasy world where this tube station reveals interesting characters, skaters, animals, and strange creatures. All characters and assets were created in Adobe Illustrator and animated by them in After Effects.
The strongest aspect of the video is that people can have their own interpretation. We wanted people to be shocked and happy. Storytelling makes people remember you.
Now I am happy to be part of the their pool of talent.
Achievements and facts
-Matt and Graham guided me through the storyboarding process
-We were bit too ambitious. There was originally going to be 3 short videos. It was decision to reduce it to 1 video due to time restraints
-This started the process of studying frame by frame animation in preparation for future work. I have been creating frame by frame animation for Level 3 Productions
-This video has increased Instagram engagement on both of our channels. Instagram users have asked me questions about the small details within the imagery
-I recognise the product has done its job when people are willing to expand their knowledge. People have been asking questions on its story and stating their interpretation. That is the quirk in illustrations for brands. Whether it is offensive, shock or charming, the focus should be always be engagement
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Skills
- Indesign
- Hand Drawing
- Digital Design
- Digital Illustration
- Editorial Illustration
- Book Illustration
- Branding Identity
- Storytelling
- Illustration
- Mural Design
Education
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Barista Skills FoundationOne Church, Brighton
- Brighton, United Kingdom
One Church is a local charity that specialise in helping youth employment. It's facility in Brighton offers a wide range of barista courses provided by the SCA. I went to them when I was at point of starting to loose confidence in my ability to freelancing. The great team offered a mentor that asks difficult questions and provide advice.
Achievement
-Being committed to my freelance career rather working as a barista.
-My mentor provided a fresh perspective that allow to identify that Barista is just a hobby. It would not have beneficial for me in the long term so I decided to keep track on working on my freelance career.
-The training and the barista course prompted me to expand my knowledge by subscribing to Skill Share and learn essiental skills like After Effects
Self employment Up SkillThe Prince’s Trust
- Brighton, United Kingdom
-Attended
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Awards
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Student of the year at Sussex Downs College higher educationUniversity of Brighton