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Hello everybody this is my PPP presentation
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So I'm going to start from the beginning. I came onto the course not actually knowing that much about graphic design and wasn't sure exactly quite what I wanted to be for definite, but I always knew I had to do something creative. So I gave everything a go and began experimenting with different processes.
Throughout Second year I realised that illustration and image making was my favoured way of approaching a brief and tried to make it work for the briefs we were given… some which succeeded and some which didn't.
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So now at the end of third year I still wouldn't categorise myself to be just a designer or just a something else. But a graphic designer, craft maker and illustrator. Being able to write our own briefs I think has really brought out the best in everyone's work, including my own.
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You probably all know, because I feel like I talk about it a lot, but a massive interest and influence of mine and has been all the way through the course is Music Festivals, especially seeing as we're coming up to summer and their only round the corner. Some of these slides will give you more of an insight into what I actually find inspiring about festivals.
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I've managed to work my way up through some roles at music festivals, starting with stewarding, bar work and last summer got to work with the Art & Deco team for a week before Eden Festival started doing all sorts of jobs, some creative and some not. Gaining this experience has helped me to realise that this is something that I would love to go into - whether it be designing for festivals, creating decoration or even working at them or running a stall.
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Currently working on some wristband designs for a small charity fundraiser festival in Cumbria "Wild out West" and am hoping to get more work similar to this in the future. The festival is a charity event to raise money for a couple to go over and do some volunteer work helping out in a community in Gambia. As you can see the design so far has been inspired by African Patterns.
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A personal goal for me and a few friends is for one day to be able to do some work for Shambala Festival which showcases some awesome and extra ordinary art installations. This is a magical interactive light up jelly fish - WOW
Too much fun club, this illustration is epic. It's also really lovely to see work being produced throughout the festival by a team of people who are willing to chat away to the festivalers
Happy Slap Boutique I have always found inspiring. They are a collective of people who provide stage make up, prosthetics and circus skills performances. The amount of effort they put in I find absolutely mesmerising.
These are all the sorts of things which inspire me and would love to get involved in in the future.
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Moving on from that, another strong interest of mine which I have only become more and more aware about in our third year is caring for the environment and I think I would enjoy working in this realm in the future
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This interest is evident in the Save the Bees Awareness Campaign which I have designed this year. It is the project I enjoyed the most so far. I feel like if my work has this sort of purpose behind it, I believe in it so much more and would love to be able to make a difference to helping our environment through the use of design
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SCRAP
In the summer I have sort of organised (still organising) for me to volunteer at scrap, which is basically a warehouse full of materials which were originally destined for landfill and are sold there at very low prices.
Emily and I have recently spent quite a bit of time there and both find it a really creative and inspiring place to be, as it is situated at Sunny Bank Mills (where they had the ones to watch exhibition) and the Mill buildings have mostly all been converted into a creative space in some shape or form.
There they also have Arts Outreach Programmes which gives young people of all ages the opportunity to be involved in a broad range of creative projects. The projects are all designed to raise awareness of environmental issues, whilst encouraging creativity and developing social skills.
So I'm hoping to get involved in this too, as working with children is also something which I'm interested in doing.
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This also ties in with possibly doing some work experience at the fingertips art studio which is also at sunny bank mills (my new favourite place). I have contacted Steph from here and she has said she'd be happy for me to do some experience work with her, so now we just need to organise when is suitable for both of us. In order to do this I will have to do a CRB check too, as I will be working with children.
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So just to reflect over my time here. I feel like I have picked up many different skills
Software Skills (considering I'd never even opened illustrator in my life before starting here and now it's a tool in my everyday life)
I'd like to say my punctuality, the fear of Fred definitely made that better, I remember Me, Lisa and Hannah getting bollocked on like the second day of first Year for being a couple of minutes late - well that set the standard for the rest of the year, better of not turning up at all than walking in late.
Working under pressure, I now feel like I work far better under pressure than no pressure at all.
I think my design skills have improved
Since being at Uni I have started to love cooking and love trying out new dishes :)
Craft. Emily and I have been working on a DIY crafts brief, a lot of work has gone into it and it keeps on evolving. Here are a few shots of craft ideas and regeneration projects which will be part of the finished zines.
Chair found on the streets of hyde park, my new lil proj, which I have sanded down and am now weaving the back, which I think is starting to look good.
Travelling
So for the future (fingers crossed beginning of next year) my boyfriend and I are going to travel to Indonesia and Nepal. In nepal we're hoping to do some volunteer work for an organisation called WWOOF (organic farming opportunities) which will give us an opportunity to work within a small community, with hopefully some lovely people in some amazing surroundings. I am hoping to get involved with working with children over there too.
Lake Pakhora - chill reet oot! :) with the view of the himalayas in the background. :)
