CONTENTS CONTENTS PREFACE ILLUSTRATION COLLAGE PROJECT ART BOOKS FINAL PROJECT ABOUT ME
This portfolio book is a representation of myself at the point of graduating my University course. Inside of this book you can look through my long journey of the last 4 years in studying Graphic Design.
the course, by summing them up in one publication. This would be a good opportunity to push myself to the next stage of design and improve my technique even more.
I am proud to show my drawing skills and the conceptual way of generating ideas that I learnt through
Yukina Narita June 2011
ILLUSTRATION
Everyday sketch A selected illustration from the sketchbook that I drew in everyday. 2010
Left: Switzerland Illustration for the world cup 2009 Right: Drawing Denmark Illustrations from my journey to Denmark. 2009
We spread ourselves Illustration nominated for the shortlist of ‘Art of Nurture’ competition supported by Lloyds TSB. 2011
Six Queens Illustration of six girls inspired by the music. 2008
Left: Light Dance Right: Eye-opening Indigo Illustrations for the music song by Sakanaction 2011
COLLAGE
Collage book 2011
PROJECT
Morse communication Visualising the communication with Morse code 2008
Paper Co. Branding Website design and branding concept for the paper company, Paper Co. 2010
Educating Humanitarian Book cover design for the imaginary society. 2008
Onomatopoeia Graphics Visually expressing the unique Japanese onomatopoeia using patterns and typography. Yellow is for the onomatopoeia expressing this kind of Light, red is for the fire, and blue is for the water. 2010
Time project Exploring the way of how to express ‘Time’. The lined-up dominos describe the moment of passing time. The point where the dominos crash together represent Now, and the dominoes which have already fallen down is the Past. The rest represents the Future. 2009
ART BOOK
Bird Typo Book A book of illustrated typography of A to Z, based on the name of the bird. 2010
Silent Book (Utsumuki) A set of two little books which express the aesthetic of the silent moment when people bend their head. The white book on the left pocket is a book of drawings of people’s heads looking down. The black book on the other page is a book made by using an object marked with white ink on black paper. 2010
FINAL PROJECT
My Travel Journal Creating illustrations based on the inspiration I have gained through travelling. Finally it came out in the format of a postcard set. 2011
The postcard set has 30 cards, 10 for each of the 3 categories :People, Object, and Typography. The 6 colours on each image represent the various experiences and memory from the journey.
Yukina Narita Contact:
Education:
yukinanarita@googlemail.com
2008-2011 BA(Hons) Graphic Design University for the Creative Arts, Epsom
Website: http://yukinanarita.com I have just graduated from the University for the Creative Arts with a BA(Hons) in Graphic Design.
Award / Nomination 2010 Paper Co. Silver award for designing stationary and branding image 2011 Lloyds Art of Nuture Shortlisted for illustrating the company’s policy
2007-2008 BTEC Diploma in Foundation studies in Art and Design University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham 2004-2007 General study at high school level (majored Art Course) Hachioji High School (Tokyo, Japan)
Exhibition 2010 Tales of Gentle Island organised by AAA, Yokohama, Japan 2010 No Added Sugar organised by colleages, Epsom
Skills: Basic skills in Adobe software (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Flash) Love to use hand and good at drawing. Explore ideas inventively, taking advantage of my background from a different culture
Interests I am a person who simply loves arts, music, and people. My big interests are listening to music so eventually my work tends to relate to the music industry or is inspired by my favorite lyrics. Although my specialty is packaging design (such as book covers, CD jackets and so on) , I am always keen to expand my skills to another area and push the boundary.