There are many
reasons why I do graphic design and there’s a story of how I got to where I am today.
It is mainly because of my change of culture that I got involved in studying
art. Moving from one continent to another at the age of ten was exciting yet
challenging for little old me that didn’t speak a word of English. I started
primary school three weeks after moving to England from Argentina, and the only
subject that I could express myself in was art and design every Friday
afternoon. As it took me around six months to begin to understand the English
language, I started to develop a deeper interest in art and the message behind
each and every artwork.
It didn’t take me
long to realise how much I enjoyed expressing my feelings and emotions
visually, and I soon moved onto secondary school where I chose to study art as
one of my main subjects. My passion for art decreased as a passion for photography
emerged throughout my college years, until I came to the conclusion that
photography limited me to only using one medium so I decided to go back to
study art and design at foundation degree level. During this one-year course I
had the opportunity of working with different mediums where I began to develop
a new interest in typography and graphic design using printmaking to produce my
work. This was when I became aware that graphic design was the undergraduate
course for me and I applied for University of East London shortly after.
Coming from a not
so privileged background has given me the ability to make the most of what I
have, giving value to every opportunity presented to me. My history has
inspired my way of thinking in many ways, such as altering the message behind
my artwork to make it unique by relating it to my personal experiences. I also
tend to give a bit of my culture away through my work bringing colours and
shapes together to generate something different and I aim to make my work
thought provoking to allow the viewer to interpret it in their own way.
When I am set an
assignment I usually do things differently from the way that I have been
taught. For example, I am very likely to have thought of a rough idea for my
final piece before I even start doing my developmental work leading up to it, and
I sometimes struggle to work in stages when I don’t know what the next part of
the brief will be. However, I always make sure my work meets the client’s needs
as well as making it something I am happy with and proud of.
Thinking back to
when I was in secondary school, I never would have imagined myself to be
studying graphic design at university. I consider myself as someone who adapts
to change easily and my open mindedness and can do attitude have got me to
where I am today. This is why I hope to be as successful after university as I
have been throughout the past five years by going with the flow and taking life
as it comes, not only as a regular person but also as a graphic designer.
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