The work I've submitted is a range of recent and past work, created during the Extended Diploma in Art and Design course that I'm currently completing. I've added a sentence for each piece to explain what it is and to give each piece a size scale. I enjoy watching comedy and panel shows in my spare time. I also like to read gritty and dramatic novels such as Martina Cole's fictional novels. Another thing that interests me is learning (and hopefully one day experiencing) big, cultural and industrial cities like Tokyo and New York. When researching this course, the possibility of traveling to places like New York really appealed to me, not only because of the experience, but also because of the great opportunities it possesses. I've been to Manchester several times and every time I've always had a great time, I love the area and the city center, and how busy and vibrant it is, so I was immediately interested in finding out about a suitable course here. After going to the Design Your Future Fair, and finding out more about MMU and the Graphic Design course I found that it was what I was looking for. There are certain aspects of this course that really excite me, for example: doing live competition briefs, for great competitions such as D&AD. I also recognize the specializing aspect as a crucial step within the course and I think it's advantageous that I will get the chance to focus in on one of those two areas and disciplines and to then further develop myself. I was also impressed to find that MMU and specifically this course, was praised by other Universities also.

Illustration Transformation First Final Piece

This is an A3 final piece for a project on Transformation. This is an illustrative poster for a novel.

Graphics "YSP" Leaflets Final Designs Sheet

This is an A2 "Yorkshire Sculpture Park" Final Leaflet designs sheet. As part of the graphics project brief we were asked to design leaflet styled final pieces based on YSP.

Graphics "YSP Leaflets " Techniques Developement Sheet

This is an A1 "Yorkshire Sculpture Park" Leaflet Design techniques experimentation sheet. In these I experimented with composition and layering, as well as digital collage and scanning.

Graphics Architecture Typography Project Final Poster

This is an A3 Final Poster for the Architecture Project that I based on the "Stata Center" For this project we had to choose a famous piece of architecture and create a piece of typography for it.

Illustration Transformation Second Final Piece

This is the second A3 Final for the transformation project in illustration.

Illustration Book Cover Final Design Sheet

This is an A1 final design sheet. In this project we had to design a book cover for an autobiography.

Illustration Book Cover, Ideas Developemental Sheet

This is an A1 ideas developement sheet. In this sheet I looked at different ideas and artist research.

Ceramics "Figures" Sculpture Photo Sheet

This is an A1 final piece photo sheet for the ceramics "Figures" project. We were put into groups of four, our pieces were to be made so they could fit together.

Graphics Magazine Cover Developemental Sheet

This is an A1 developemental sheet for the "Containers" project. For this project we had to create 12 A7 magazine covers based on small objects we'd contained in a wallet.

3D Architecture Lighting Sculpture

This is an A1 photo sheet of my final piece in the architecture project. I first gathered inspiration from buildings like the Bull Ring center in Birmingham as well as other things, focusing on the idea of circles and glass.

Graphics Typography Developement Sheet

This is an A1 typography developement sheet based on the Stata Center. In this sheet I sketched some ideas on typography arrangement and styles. Ranging from simplistic ideas to more detailed sketches.