Introduction

My interest in Art and Graphic Design grew from an early age and influenced me when I was choosing my GCSE options at high school. After achieving an A* at GCSE level in Art and Design, it assured me that my desire to pursue a Graphic Design qualification was the right thing to do. I am an organised, committed and dedicated worker, which helps me to achieve the objectives or goals that I set myself. I always try to put as much effort into my work as possible to make it the best it can be and I always try to improve my work via the processes of review and self critique. However, whilst always putting maximum effort into my work, I also allow myself time to carry out some extracurricular activities, where I can spend time with my friends and family. I enjoy playing a range of sports such as football, cricket and golf, as well as jogging and attending the gym to keep myself fit and healthy.

In my portfolio I have displayed numerous pieces of work that I have created, from GCSE level at high school up to A2-Level at college. I have also included my GCSE exam piece, AS exam piece, my AS coursework final piece and my A2 exam piece. I have learned lots of new techniques on Mac computers; for example I have learnt how to merge images, create dramatic lighting effects and how to warp objects into a 3D form, vectoring on illustrator and I have shown a range of these skills in my exam pieces. In addition to the computer based techniques, I have also displayed a range of media and techniques in my portfolio such as monoprints, pencil shading, acrylic paints and watercolours. I have used these as I have experimented with different materials and media such as sand, soil and other three dimensional material to create tactile and textural effects.

This is a line drawing I produced for my A2 Level Unit 4 exam folder. It is a line drawing of South Aytoun Street, Manchester.  Although it is a simple 2D line drawing, built up of different lines and line thicknesses, I have achieved my intention of creating a 3D perception of the street scene.

I created this piece for my A2 Level Unit 3 coursework folder. The image illustrates my experimentation with watercolour media to capture shading and depth to make the image look less flat.

This is another piece that I created using the principal media of watercolour.  I also used a fine liner pen to create a sense of depth and a more structured image with more defined outlines of the key image features.

I created this monoprint for my A2 Level Unit 4 exam folder. My intention here was to create an effect that was representative of the age of the bridge and to give a sense of antiquity.  I feel that my use of pastel like shading to depict a patchy, aged linen like image has been key to achieving this objective.