Work at project colt with WYLC

 I went to Project Colt in Huddersfield to do interviews and take photographs for publicity for West Yorkshire Learning Consortium.

This was really interesting and challenging since Project Colt are a voluntary organization who provide support for substance misuse. Aswell as providing free rehab sessions and group counselling , they have a large second hand furniture store and art room , that the participants can work in.

Project Colt is based within a huge mill that is still being developed to provide more rooms for storage and workshops.

I got to talk to some of the participants and was invited to sit in one of the group sessions. Here are some of the photos from the day:

wingbeats identity

 This is my second Final Major project.I designed the identity and publicity for this project.Wingbeats is a theatre/music project for the Cultural Olympiad 2012.The project is based on the question 'How do we fly without leaving the ground?' It is based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, but the University of Leeds is involved aswell as Bridlington Renaissance. I designed the logo, the letterhead, t-shirts for the performers, business cards, web designs and the publicity.

Final Major Project 1- 'It's neither nowt nor summat'

For one of my Final Major projects, I designed an educational book for young yorkshire teenagers to teach them about their heritage. My aim was to bring Yorkshire dialect into a contemporary society and to get young people using the dialect creatively. 

Placement at Quarto London

I'm currently living the real world and working 9-6 at Quarto publishing in the art department.http://www.quarto.com/

I was researching some paper craft artists the other day at work for the a new book and came across some amazing people:


Su Blackwell: http://www.sublackwell.co.uk

Chris Natrop:http://www.chrisnatrop.com

working on penguin book cover design for 'Perfume'

Here is my work in progress working on a Book cover for Perfume-  a very disturbing book about a man who has an exaggerated sense of smell and is on a mission to create an amazing perfume made from the scents of red headed virgins.

Monster Munch

Me and my friend Jenny worked on the YCN brief to make Monster Munch the number one snacking choice for 18-24 year olds:

Writing Course in Greece

My Dad is doing a writing course in September in Paxos, Greece:

http://www.paxoslife.co.uk/writing_paxos.htm

potato printing

Working on the monster munch YCN brief at the moment, thinking of maybe doing a typeface using potato printing.Used to love potato printing when I was little!

I came across Peter Ward a commercial artist who uses potato printing :

Sue Doeksen

While browsing on YCN's website discovered Sue Doekson.I think her illustrations are so lovely!

Graphic design student vs teacher

Came across this very funny animation about the relationship of a graphic design student and their teacher. There are other ones about 'client vs graphic designer.'

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monstermunch!

I love monster munch!So glad Walkers brought it back!Reminds me of  eating them watching kids tv like funhouse,saved by the bell and round the twist!I love the 90's.Currently thinking of ideas for the  YCN competition. The campaign is to make monster munch students favourite snacking choice.

 Love this advert from the 80's!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7CpMITDLYc

Sent my cv off today

I sent my cv off to agencies recently!Fingers crossed for a placement.I wanted my cv to be interactive and not just a sheet of A4 white paper,so I played with the idea of post. The idea was to have an envelope within an envelop within an envelope like a russian doll.I had my contact details on each envelope so ensure that my everyone that had their hands on my work new my details.

This is the front and back of the first envelope:

In this envelope was another envelope with a still from my animation:...and back:

Then in this envelope was another envelope with a couple of my Dementia magazine spreads on :

...and on the back:

and finally in this envelope was:

Dissertation Disney Princess

Just finished my Dissertation on The disney Princess and can't wait to see 'The Princess and the Frog', even though I've heavily criticized it.

animation of 'Poem for an outwardly conventional teenager daughter's 13th birthday'

This is an animation I did recently as a self written project. My dad is a freelancewriter and a poet and I decided to animate a poem he published about advice on my 13th birthday.Very embarrassing!This is my first animation and I found it very challenging!

My first blog!

Hey I'm Holly and very new to blogging!I'm a Graphic Arts student at Bucks New University in my 3rd year and thought it was about time I shared my work and inspirations with other creatives!