Studio Brief 1 - A little about me

A little about me...

The reasons for choosing Leeds College of art was to firstly move away and become more independent as an individual. Also I couldn’t help to be influenced by the university league table, so when I saw that LCA ranked top for a specialist University I couldn’t resist. Another reason has to be sitting at a desk from 9-5, eyes burning from the constant stare at the computer screen, so this was a big push to continue my studies. Lastly there are many areas that still need improving i.e. communication, print, presenting skills.

There are many things that I would love to learn at my time at LCA. I would like to have a deeper understanding of typography and the theory behind it. Printing is another thing I need more knowledge in, as I didn’t experiment enough and didn’t have a positive experience with printing in general. Taking care of myself with out any help especially from my mum is another big factor I’d love to achieve! In the summer will be my first time I will experiencing freelancing so I would love to know how I can develop this and take this further into a more permanent position and gain clients. Lastly I would love to be more confident whilst presenting, as when I’m speaking about my work I don’t come across how I feel and experience graphics from within.

What are my strengths? I’m quite confident with most adobe software i.e. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Dreamweaver. The fact that I have industry experience coming into university should hopefully give me a little boost of confidence. Also I’m very efficient with deadlines and handling multiple projects at the same time, as this was a big factor working as a junior designer.

Inspirations? Firstly many people would avoid saying money is their form of inspiration as you would be label ed materialistic but money is a big inspiration for me, I wouldn’t be able to write this blog post with out money for my Mac, Just food for thought. Other things that I’m inspired by is my favourite band Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes their music just transforms me to an alternative place in my imagination. Also Grunge design is a style that I heavily appreciate as a designer and Marybeth Rothman is a icon that I look up too on this form of design. The next inspiration I’ve already mentioned about, sitting at a desk from 9-5 is another kick up the bum to work for myself and not to be stuck in a corporate company designing for snobbish marketing teams (it’s quite pretentious of me to say but they aren’t good to work with). Also coming back and forth on the train many times I saw a variety of good(ish) and bad advertisement posters and I always think if I could improvement on them or take inspiration by the thought process.