A project featuring the GUNK!, an illustrated band presented here in the form of a music video with supporting CD and publications. The aim of the project is to empower young people both as a form of entertainment and as a project which allows them to use creativity...
The project ‘My Life with Vascular Dementia’ is aimed at the friends and family of those that have dementia. Its purpose is to teach people about the other side effects of the disease, disrupting the stereotype surrounding dementia and memory loss. Its aim is also to...
“… I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another.” - Margaret Atwood – Cat’s Eye. My work is a mixture of personal memories and research. I’m interested in fairy tales, the...
Codey is an illustrator working to be as helpful as possible to explain difficult subject matter through imagery. The use of humour and honesty about their experience allows them to explore difficult topics like mental health, faith, and gender identity to challenge...
I wanted to show my more personal work in this year’s final degree show. I do a lot of fine portraiture work, but this kind of loose ink painting is what I find more relaxing and enjoyable to do, even though it is not as appreciate by the general public as my more...
In my work I reflect on my own fascination and wonder with the world and universe. Asking the exciting question of our very own existence is one of the greatest enquiries we have, as is the drive to understand the mechanics nature. As one of my great intellectual...
My work explores student life as a journey and as a phenomenon. The images offer a glimpse into what its like to be today’s student, from crazy and spontaneous moments to confusing and sad times. The rollercoaster of student life is something that can be understood...
An important part of Chinese folk culture, the Chinese Zodiac represents twelve animals corresponding to the year in which people are born: the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Inspired by Chinese New Year paintings, I...
The book ‘Far Away from Home’ tells about the daily life and feelings of my own experience of being a Chinese student living in the UK. When I returned to China during the summer vacation, Many of my friends back home ask me to tell them what life is like studying in...
I have explored the term multi-generational through portraiture and textiles. I think that it is important to relate to all generations of families, in particular, the elderly. My project focuses on my grandmother’s life. I have delivered the anecdotes which I can...
Kill Your Conscience is a work in progress graphic novel, which depicts the dystopian world of New York City, in the year of 2038, and revolves around the problems of today’s world, such as homelessness, war, death, and other topics, the main topic being mental...
Exploring my personal experience of living in and around Hay-on-Wye in the form of a map and interactive story, to guide visitors around the town. With accompanying wallpaper, gift wrap and posters. The project provides a cohesive body of work celebrating the town and...
When we grow up, we come to realize that life isnt what your thought and the reality is never as good as what your expectations. I asked my friends to talk about the difference between how they expected life to be, and how it actually is. Experience has taught me that...
Illustration for me is storytelling. It is exploring. It is expanding on the visual narrative and telling tales to comfort, to bring joy, or to inform. In my work, I enjoy using soft colours and tend to use either watercolour or digital mediums to produce it. Most...
What makes us uniquely human? From biological definitions, we’re made up of 46 chromosomes, approximately 37.2 trillion cells and a unique mix of brain chemicals that make us feel emotions. From many people’s spiritual and personal point of view, one common theme...
How do you build a feminist? With sugar and spice, along denim, body hair, and of course, the souls of men they’ve consumed. But what happens when a feminist isn’t what you think? When a feminist is your daughter, girlfriend, sister? How to Build a Feminist explores...
I am an illustrator and writer who creates short comics and illustrations heavily influenced by nostalgia, surrealism, anime and pop culture from the 90s. Using both traditional and digital methods of creating illustrations, I hope my work leaves its audience with a...
The aim of this work is aimlessness. My work reflects on the mundane moments in life. Day-to-day trivial experiences accumulate and become significant. Through image-making I explore the negative aspects of my life to reveal the value within. I use comics and...
My work started with the idea of traces, I wanted to experiment with what is left behind. After developing the idea I focused on environmental traces looking how the natural traces are being disturbed by human traces. Developing a series of weavings that show how...
My illustration practise is all about colour spectrums, visual storytelling and pattern design. I am an illustrator determined to use my creative and imaginative skills to raise awareness, encourage understanding and get people to start talking about issues that...
It all starts with something simple. What many may overlook as everyday routine can be extremely meaningful to the right person. As an illustrator I like to focus on these smaller moments in life and use my work to reflect this; I utilise my work as an avenue to...
The issue of substance abuse mainly affecting teens in my hometown inspired me to create images that responded to this theme and by looking at this problem, I created imagery through the medium of screen-printing to express ‘subtle’ substance abuse. My work aims to...