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Final Outcome: Web Design: Home Page Real World Application: Web Design: Print Shop Page Print Design Product Visuals: Web Design: Art Commissions Page Web Design: Art Shop (Original Artworks) Branded Assets: Invoice Template Letter Head Certificate of Authenticity Business Cards Product Design: Printed Stationary, Packaging & Homeware Next Steps: Evaluation: This project offered a pivotal…

Logo Refinement: Digital Application and Review: Finalised Brand Guidelines:

The original study of the Lime Hawk Moth has evolved into a recurring motif within my recent practice, explored through both illustration and pattern design. Traditionally associated with darkness and marginality—often overshadowed by the more conventionally celebrated butterfly—the moth also became a central element in GDE730, where I incorporated it into the Imprint logo as…

Reflecting on the Imprint Collective (GDE720) The individual report has provided a valuable opportunity to engage deeply with the themes and questions that have consistently motivated my development as an artist and designer. The integration of academic research within the critical report, alongside a studio practice model, has enabled meaningful reflection on my creative identity…

Polly Morgan Polly Morgan is a fine artist whose sculptural practice explores the medium of taxidermy to create challenging narratives by combining conceptualism and craft. Using only ethically sourced specimens, her work incorporates contemporary images and objects to explore a dynamic range of socially relevant topics, transcending ‘Victoriana’ associations of with taxidermy and its ornamental…

Balancing Creative Self-expression with Commercial Design: Feedback from academic peer (BA Hons Fine Art & Textiles) Background in fine art and a design specialism mirrors my own in many ways. Our shared experience of being torn between the fine art and design allowed for meaningful a discussion, during which we identified a shared impulse for…

Jessica Roux Illustration Jessica Roux’s illustration practice infuses the natural world with a mystical, almost otherworldly quality. Her intricate, hand-drawn style transforms flora and fauna into symbolic representations that evoke a sense of wonder, spirituality, and the untamed wildness of nature. The fine details she brings to life in her depictions of plants and animals…

Key topics/ areas of interest Further Research: Art, Women and Children? In an interview with Red Magazine, Emin maintains that having children would “compromise” her work. “I know some women can. But that’s not the kind of artist I aspire to be,” she says. “I would have been either 100 percent mother or 100 percent artist. I’m…

Studying Graphic Design at MA level has given me a unique opportunity to interrogate the multifaceted nature of my own creative identity. Through a dynamic range of self directed projects, I have been able to explore my passionate interest in nature, environmental issues and animal rights through a range of experimental approaches and methodologies. Having…