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Mica Charlotte Connelly Graphic Design

www.micacharlotteconnelly.com micacharlotteconnelly@live.co.uk

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Overview of the Semester Type of brief

Personality

I respond best to short briefs, because I find it more stimulating for myself. I enjoy open briefs, but I can work equally as well with ones with clear outlines and demands.

I am a very indecisive person, but I think that the way I use design to help this is mainly in the development process, and from HAVING to let ideas go.

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Integral Elements I will have an idea of what the final piece will look like before I start drawing anything, then as soon as I put pen to paper more ideas will start flowing.

When deciding on which design or format to put on screen I will have three to six different sketched designs, then I go with the one I feel most drawn too.

Once I have started to put key ideas on screen, I then do research, rather than at the beginning, as I will know what elements I am wanting to learn more about. Any project is a learning curve to me.

I generally find that minimal colour plays a great part in my designs, with only black white grey and a hint of a colour throughout. I like it that way. Ø

Success

I enjoy designing around my interests, so for example I am doing some projects on the planets, the first being ‘Jupiter’s Moons’, next to be ‘Saturn’s Rings’ I have started to realise that a lot of my work is oriented around documentary content. I find the content of a design to be very important, as it is essentially my job to make a block of text interesting.

As I personally don’t like reading anything which is lumbered into a block letters (except Harry Potter of course) I find it interesting to learn new ways to play with hierarchy and reflect the content within the design. The down side is I do have to read it all initially, but I don’t mind if I get to design it, as when I am reading through, I can see what I want to emphasise.

I would like to expand into doing more editorial and exploring and playing with ipad apps, as much as I love print design and want to do more with all sorts of printing processes and formats, I feel that the opportunities to create great editorial for screen is there. Ø

This year in particular I have managed to harness my ideas more, and tone down my ‘hoarder’ problems I have had in previous years.

Mostly manageing to catch the baby before throwing the bath water over the balcony. Ø

1.Watermark

2. D&AD Typographic Circle

3. Summer Show Poster

4. Dissertation

5. D&AD LittleWhite Lies

6. GrowYour Own

7.Ink Splat Typeface

8. Just Satin

9.Jupiter’s Moons

10. Rosie and Tom

11. Penguin Books

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8.Silk Kissed

Visual Project Summary Page 12. Marks and Spencers

Watermark This was a live brief, it is a publication for the KeswickWords by theWater 2012 festival held at the Theatre by the Lake.

The design was collaboration between myself, Gary Nicholson and Sarah Gill.

Watermark

D&AD Typographic Circle A competition brief, to create supplements for the Typographic Circle Magazine.

Watermark D&AD Typographic Circle

Watermark

Summer Show Poster A one day project/competition brief (won), a poster, and invites to the 2012 Summer Show

Watermark Summer Show Poster

20 12 summer exhibition FdA Drawing

BA (Hons) Fine Art

BA (Hons) Photography

BA (Hons) Digital Arts

BA (Hons) Film & Television Production

BA (Hons) Event Management

FdA Stage Management

FdA Performance Festivals and Events

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

BA (Hons) Wildlife & Media

FdA Light and Sound

FdA Furniture Crafts

BA (Hons) Contemporary Applied Arts

BA (Hons) Production

FdA The Art of Games Design

BA (Hons) Illustration

FdA Costume

10.00am–4.oopm 6th june–13th june (12.00–4.00pm saturday the 9th june)

University of Cumbria Brampton Road Carlisle CA3 9AY

University of Cumbria Newcastle Street CA2 5UF

for more information:

www.cumbria.ac.uk/theexhibition TWITTER.COM/CUMBRIAUNIARTHU #THEEXHIBITION facebook.com/uocArts

Watermark

BA (Hons) Adventure & Media

Dissertation Design A design for my dissertation on shock tactics and photo manipulation.

Watermark Dissertation Design

D&AD Little White Lies An illustration of ‘Joe’ from the film,‘Super 8’ for a competition brief, LittleWhite Lies magazine.

Watermark D&AD Little White Lies

Grow Your Own A collaborative Brief with the Illustrator, Loren Harrison. Seed packets for people who don’t normally grow plants.

Watermark Grow Your Own

Ink Splat Typeface A typeface for the Puffin book cover,‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest’

Watermark Ink Splat Typeface

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Just Satin & Silk Kissed Logo Designs for the Lingerie Companies,‘Just Satin’ and ‘Silk Kissed’.

Watermark Just Satin & Silk Kissed

Jupiter’s Moons A supplement for the Sky at Night Magazine, as an info graphic poster book, first of a series.

WatermarkJupiter’s Moons

Rosie & Tom Wedding invites for Rosie and Tom, including the RSVP and picnic the day after.There will also be place cards, order of service and Evening invites to come.

WatermarkRosie and Tom

Penguin Book Cover A book cover for Ken Kesey’s ‘One Flew Cover the Cuckoo’s Nest’ focusing on the physiological element to the story.

Watermark Penguin Book Covers

Marks and Spencers Picnic range for Mars and spencers aimed at celebrating the Diamond Jubilee.

Watermark Penguin Book Covers

Watermark Mica Charlotte Connelly

Work Experience

Freelance: Silk Kissed Lingerie Just Satin Lingerie Tom and Rosie’s Wedding The Musical View The University of Cumbria Work Placements: Edinburgh Woollen Mill Moulton Printing

Blog Appearances

Adweek Talent Gallery Student Show Imagine That Blog Designspiration

Competitions

The University of Cumbria