*RE WRITE* My personal and technical skills.

I know that i have always been interested in  computers and paint, it has always interested me and gave me motivation for new ideas. Studying something like this has always been like a career path, Graphic design got me interested at first with album covers and DVD cases. I always look at these closely and and evaluate what technique they have used. Another interest of mine is movies like toy story and finding nemo! I love looking at the 3D work they have created and the characters. I would say my skills are more for computers and that's where my skills will always be, my main skills are in Photoshop which i taught myself which I am also proud of!

Covering Letter

Dear Sir/Madam and Whoever this may concern,

I am writing this letter in reply to the job vacancy that you have advertised about Graphic Design.

I feel i am a good candidate for this job because i have skills in the computer design area of work, i have been designing my own ideas on computers from a very young age. I have high quality skills in Photoshop and feel i can accomplish high quality final outcomes in this programme. I also have basic skills in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Dreamweaver, i am currently working on building these skills to a higher level of quality.

I am a very hard worker and enjoy getting told to design and create my own ideas when it comes to a particular subject, i feel that i would be able to bring my own skills into the workplace to combine them with other Co workers to create an amazing team. I work well with other people and get on well with almost everyone. I have good track of time and love being infront of the computer.

I hope you will consider me as a optional candidate for this job

Yours Faithfully,
Paige Herd.

My CV.

Paige Herd

31 Hollycroft Road, Higher Compton, Plymouth, Devon, PL3 6PR

Tel: 01752

Mobile: 0758

paigedeacon@hotmail.co.uk

Personal Statement

I am a very reliable person; I am very mature for my age and work well when I get told what to do. I am very hard working and enjoy meeting new people. My goals for coming into a new work place would be to do the best as I can in every situation and work to the best of my ability. I am quiet at first but when you get to know me I’m sure you’ll see that I am a very friendly person.

Employment

Job:

Company name: Moss Bros / work experience

Location: London

Dates Of Employment: 05/10/11 – 09/10/11

The company is quite a well-known suit designer and maker. They specialise in designing high quality suits. I worked in the Graphic Design part of the company, helping design backdrops for the shop windows and also helping come up with ideas for the London 2012 Olympics; I managed to easily find my way around London using the tube and trains. I really enjoyed working here as everybody was very down to earth.

Company name: Kings School Nursery / work experience

Location: Plymouth

Dates Of Employment:

I worked at my little sisters nursery for 2 weeks.. Both at different times that I enjoyed, but I knew that I wouldn’t like to pursue this as a career in the future.  It was all a bit messy for me and chaotic. However I did enjoy the experience but definitely would not do it again.

Education:

Stoke Damerel Community College  ~ year 7 – year 10

Eggbuckland Community College ~ year 10 – year 11

Qualifications:

English – C

Maths – D

Science – D

Child Care – C

Business studies – C

Art – C

Hobbies & Interests:

Im a very homely girl I enjoy going to the cinema with my friends and just hanging and having sleepovers. One of my all time favourites is attending concerts, I enjoy watching movies at home with the family and love animals. I have a very strong opinion about some things but I don’t often speak my mind, I am very quiet but when you get to know me I become comfortable in whatever I do.

My current personal & technical skills.

I got into computers from quite a young age, i must have been about 9 when i started to use the most basic drawing tool on the computer 'Paint'. I enjoyed working on little painting and making basic shapes turning it into little pictures .. the things i used to do where using the circles to create fish and the spray tool to create stars and so on...

The second Programme i went to when i got my own first computer was PhotoImpact which i thought was really good in different ways .. but really it has nothing on Photoshop .. the differences where in Photo Impact you couldn't rotate images and get into the picture or design as much as you wanted to.

When i first found out about Photoshop i was in Secondary school, i had Twitter and was seeing all of the amazing backgrounds and icons that people had. I was also really into the twilight saga and watched tutorials on how to create the twilight vampire look on images i tried attempting these tutorials in Photo Impact and they came out nothing like what i wanted them to, i eventually got Photoshop and i had no idea how to use it or what each tool was for.. i had to teach myself how to use it as at this point i didn't know anything about photoshop.

Now i feel i am capable to attempt and create any design i think of in Photoshop, i am very confident using the programme for making moving images, icons, background i love drawing digital images and manipulating different images .. i also like re-creating movie posters and album covers doing my own design. I feel i have loads of skills in photoshop and considering i thought myself how to use it i feel proud of how far i have come. 

Some Work For My Portfolio.

These computer drawings that i have done in Photoshop i am going to include in my portfolio.

Personal Statement

I have always been interested in Graphic design and the stages of the design. I have always been really interested in the Album cover movie poster side of things, like advertisements and so on. I am really interested in doing a Graphic Design course also because I am a massive computer person .. I love designing new things in photoshop and trying new colours on images.Mainly the computer editing part and the image manipulation, I have always liked experimenting in Photoshop making my own designs of Movie posters and CD covers.

From the course I would like to improve my Photoshop and editing skills, I would also like to learn new skills that I can add on to some pieces of my work that I have already done. I would also like to try and work with different programmes and come out of my comfort zone.

I have always been good on computers from a very young age and something that I am comfortable and good with.  

In the future I would love for Graphic design to be my job, it would be a dream come true... It’s something I have always loved and aspired to be.I like to try new things in  Photoshop … like new colours, effects, fonts etc.

I really enjoy using Photoshop as a way of editing my photos; it’s the programme I always use in an every day even for my own photography. I taught myself how to use it as I was at this time currently at secondary school.

Portfolios

I have researched some Portfolios ... obviously that has something to do with what i'm interested in. I have always been interested in movie poster designs and CD covers .. also image manipulating. So i have found a few Examples of each.

Movie Poster Portfolio: Movie Poster Portfolio
I have found this movie poster portfolio, the things i like about this Portfolio is that its modern and easy to get around, you can look at this persons work easily and quickly. You can also see all the information about his work .. he has made DVD covers also .. which is also interesting. His style isn't the kind of thing that i would really go for but i guess if you want to be a designer you have to fit in with the work your given.

Another Movie Poster Portfolio: 2
I don't really like this portfolio very much, it all seems a bit messy and un-organised. Obviously he has just started out making & designing his own movie posters but for movies that have already been out. But it is good that hes thinking of his own ideas but they look the same as what the actual poster looked like.