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I'm currently applying to uni and I had my first Interview today :)

I really want to go into graphic design.

I feel that graphic design is a subject that embodies everything I’ve studied at college, not only in art in design but in my other subjects such as English literature and French. These subjects rely on you being a good communicator to explain your point of view and opinion or simply discuss and debate. With these skills I’ve learned I feel that I have gained very valuable and transferable skills in communication which I regularly bring across into my own creative work.

I even made a book!

 

In my book I talked alot about different aspects of graphic design by taking a simple statement as a starting point and expanding on it finding designers, examples of work to support each one.

        

I also came across a lot of good designers and illustrators that really interested me. 

MR.Lapin is the alias of Debora Lauwers, a designer in Belgium who runs a design studio called 'Postcard Of A Painting' with her boyfriend. I can see the strong influences in her work from artist like Jean-Michel Basquiat, and I like the use of French in her work. The fragmented sentences over-lapping the ‘lapin’ sketches create the impression that you’re looking into the scattered thoughts of ‘MR.Lapin’.



Mr.Lapin





Jean-Michel Basquiat - Tenor 1985



         

The similarities are endless :) . . . and to hold all my work I had a hefty A1 portfolio!!

The interview was really good. They tried to make it as informal and comfortable as possible, which really helped reduce my nerves. I was worried that they'd see my portfolio and think 'Why do you want to do graphic design?' because I'm not what you'd call your average applicant. But I wanted to make my portfolio as honest as possible - so I put in a range of everything!

Photography

Past/ current sketchbooks

Life Drawings (I <3 life drawing)

My independent mini book researching the subject

And some mount boards of past work!

But once I got talking about my work I felt more confident about it and I gave it my best effort.

"Your work is different...

                                     In a good way"

This was the best feedback I could have asked for, now all that’s left to do is keep my fingers crossed xxx