About me

Hey! I’m Vanessa. I'm a graphic designer/illustrator, based in Birmingham, UK - currently looking for full-time work opportunities. Feel free to contact me ↴ vanessamountain.myportfolio.com vanessamountain@outlook.com

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Projects

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  Made By Muse‘Introducing Made by Muse! The newest art gallery in central London. With the most highly rated and upcoming artists. Made by Muse features work that inspires and captures moments of realisation. The work featured allows the audience to interpret the pieces however they feel.’ I spend a lot of time in art galleries and museums, so this is kind of my dream brief. #TheBriefBank #TBBMadeByMuse #Logo #GraphicDesign #LogoDesign #BrandingDesign #Branding
• The Maki House マキハウス‘Introducing The Maki House, the best sushi place in town! After closing down during the pandemic, they are finally opening their doors again.’ Vegetarian but I love Japanese packaging and branding. It’s been a while since I’ve practiced Japanese, but I think it’s always fun to practice branding in languages you don’t fluently speak/read/write. “At Maki House, we believe in honouring and sharing traditional Japanese cuisine with the world. Our restaurant is designed to take diners on a culinar
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  Vanessa Mountain - Showreel 2022.Graphic Design & Illustration Portfolio 2022. Hi, I'm Vanessa, I'm a graphic designer and Illustrator currently looking for work. Feel free to check out my work! ↴ vanessamountain.myportfolio.com
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  Black Lives MatterBirmingham, UK. 4th June 2020.
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  Quarantine DiarySince March 24th 2020, I've been trying to keep a near-daily illustrated quarantine diary. Documenting my day and the things happening around me. Stay safe. (apologies for the vertical format - it was originally created for my instagram highlights @ vanessa_mountain).
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  Baybayin BookIn this project I focused on exploring my Filipino heritage and the loss of written Filipino history and ancient writing systems, due to it being destroyed by both time and colonisation.

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Projects credited in

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  Clayton Hotel's Wall MuralA collaboration project and a live brief by Clayton Hotel for staff area’s corridor wall. The role of graphic communication was to represents the brand values and Birmingham’s local area.

Work history

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Graphic DesignerClarke Print Ltd
May 2022 - Jul 2022Birmingham, United KingdomInternship

Skills

• Illustration
• Graphic Design
• Graphic Communication
• Photography
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Indesign
• Photo Editing
• Mural Painting

Education

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(BA hons) Graphic DesignBirmingham City University - School of Visual Com
Sep 2017 - Jul 2019Birmingham, United Kingdom
I studied here for two years, earning a 1st Class Degree in Graphic Communication. During my final year of study, I wrote my dissertation on - Social Engineering: An exploration into how graphic design and advertising influences behaviour: Public Health, and - For my final major project - explored my heritage and lost Filipino writing systems/typography prior to16th century Spanish colonisation.
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HND Visual CommunicationBirmingham Metropolitan College
Sep 2013 - Oct 2015Birmingham, United Kingdom
After completing A Level studies at Birmingham Metropolitan, I decided to carry on my education to HND visual communication / graphic design.