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