I am currently studying at Macclesfield College on an art and design foundation course. In this course I have experimented with a wide range of techniques such as life-drawing, painting, printmaking, photoshop, film-making etc This was a great opportunity for me to make a decision with what I have enjoyed doing the most. After four months of experimenting with different aspects in art I have decided to specialise in graphic design. The reason why I chose graphic design as my specialism is because it encourages me to express my ideas with different mediums such as, painting, drawing, prints, typography, photography etc However I would like to develop my skills and knowledge further at your university in order to succeed in the graphics industry.

Pembrokeshire-Mixed Media Painting

This is a piece of mixed media painting which I did after visiting Pembrokeshire in November 2010. For the Pembrokeshire project I had been asked to base my work on any artistic techniques but it  must involve different  material varieties.  Therefore I had  chose to create an animation film base on a mixed media painting of Broadhaven sea coast. For this project I produce a piece of painting using materials such as acrylic paint, water colour, tissue paper and texture paste, which I applied separately on a piece of canvas. I also found this painting very challenging because I had to film each progression for 10 seconds while painting it. These procedures helped me to create a lovely piece of animation film which always reminding me of the impression of our Pembrokeshire trip.

Blackpool city

These are two poster designs which I did for one of my National Diploma projects last year. I based its theme on Blackpool city where I found it amusing to visit. I love the structure of Blackpool city which had encouraged me to develop my skills in graphic design.  In order to form a Blackpool city in my own way I used acrylic paint, fine-liner and collage on a piece of cardboard. This gave me a really effective image. Then I scanned the image on an Apple Mac to allow me to work digitally with Photoshop and Illustrator. I am very pleased with the choice of material that I had chosen to use, which gave me a really impressive outcomes.

Visual Studies

This is an oil pastels drawing which I did in my National Diploma course.

Collage technique from my visual studies class.

Positive and Negative drawing.

Light and tone-visual studies.

 life drawing.

My Nightmare

Photo-manipulation.
I created this design in order to respond to a brief which expected me to communicate my dream with my chosen specialist area. Firstly I blended some acrylic paint and PVA glue together in order to create a rough texture on the portrait image for a Photoshop stage. Then I scanned the painting on an Apple Mac and worked on layers on CS4. This method had helped me to describe exactly how creepy my nightmare was.

Same But Different-Silk screen printmaking

The following five images are based on a concept of Social Butterfly that I created for my t-shirt design brief on the National Diploma course. The reason why I had chosen to use a break dancing image with the Social Butterfly concept is because I believe they are related to each other.  Therefore I created this in order to show the similarity of human and nature performances. 

Jay Sean's CD Cover Design

This design was influenced by one of the most famous British singers known as Jay Sean. As a R&B, hip hop and pop star whose name is well known all over the world. As we share  an Asian background(Punjabi/Thai) I personally find him very inspirational. His songs always hit the dance floors wherever I go. However it's not the only famous side of him that I like, I also like his personality and his attitude which I believe made him become a successful world wide singer.

For the design  I decided to pick this image as it looked natural and straight forward without any additions. I then dragged the image across onto Photoshop CS4 and gradually worked on the filters I like. Again with the Liquify tool I created an elephant face by carefully swirling the lines until I formed the right face of an elephant. Then I placed it on the left to present Jay Sean's Asian background. With the text I used two different fonts, one is used as an eye-catcher and another goes with the swirled elephant face. I am really pleased with the overall image as everything worked very well together giving such a strong image that I will die for.

Encounter

The three following images are influenced by Rihanna's latest album. I created a portrait painting using water-colour. Then I scanned the painting onto an Apple Mac and worked on the facial features and shapes by using Photoshop CS4.

For the Encounter brief I took a photograph of an exterior house wall found on a local street near Macclesfield college. On this brief I had been asked to respond to something that I found relevant to my idea. I based it on Rihanna's song called What's my name. This piece of work has also been inspired by Banksy. I loved how he presented his graphic work on random streets, which I think it made the images become noticeable and remarkable to the public eyes. To place the painting onto this wall I used Transform tools such as Scale, Skew, Distort and Warp. This helped me to fix the painting on the wall nicely and make it look as if it's been painted directly on the wall. To make the dripping effect look more realistic on the wall I used Overlay tool and finished off with a written text " Oh na na, What's my name x3" which gave a very impressive finish.

Rihanna's Poster Design

This design was based on Rihanna's portrait painting which I did for the Encounter brief above. I  created it because I wanted to describe my feeling when it had been effected by Rihanna's songs.  The reason why I decided to draw and paint  a portrait of Rihanna is because it gives me an opportunity to express my feeling through her  face.To finish the painting of I let the water colour run down showing the sadness expression between her and mine.
Although, for the poster designing part I placed two rectangle bars on top and bottom  of the image in order to avoid the information getting distracted too much by the painting. Making the poster stand out I used Rosewood Std font and worked around shading by using Blending options. This allowed me to find the right typography for the design. 

Manchester City Of Life

Here is a poster design based on my current project named Urban Environment. I have chosen to base my work on the Society of Manchester theme, which I find it very fascinating each time I visit. From going to Manchester I have taken several photographs of night clubs, bars, restaurants, cinemas, take-aways shops, shopping malls etc, which I use to develop my ideas and designs for the project. With this design I used two images taken from different areas in Manchester city. Then I laid the images on top of each other by using Photoshop CS4. This technique was used to combine a rang of cultures in Manchester. Also it gives the feel of how lively Manchester city is.

My Business Card Design

This is my business card design which I created. I did this with the thought of using a tiger's pattern. Using Photoshop's tools such as Liquify helped me to form the shapes and lines in the background, which I believe it represents my background in Thailand. For my name and my main specialist,I have chosen to use Rosewood Std and Copper Std fonts together because I think that they worked very well together. It shows my creative prospect in Graphic design and my personality. To finish it off I used Times New Roman font in order to make the information easy to read and make sure that it doesn't get distracted by my name.