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8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Personal Profle
An enthusiastic and self-motivated graduate in graphic communication who wishes to apply his
knowledge of design with a team of professional creatives. Currently working on designs for a series of
leaets and posters for a local charity involved with youth counselling. Recent assignment for a local
rm to redesign and align technical documents.
The clear and accurate communication of an idea is central to my idea of practising design, always
keeping in mind how the end user will interact and read into the nished article. Im literate with design
trends and understanding how use of Typography, Colour, and Illustration can help build the personality
of work, aiding the communicative impact of a piece.
A clear and approachable person with experience with of dealing with people at all levels within an
organisation and who works well in a team. Based in Bristol with a full clean driving licence.
A procient and quick user of Illustrator. Mixture of work based on hand
drawing, a skill developed through art courses and use of software displayed
in areas of my portfolio such as the Glass Ceiling Illustration, and the Harris
Watches project.
Used for creating leaets, booklets and interactive PDFs. Adept with use of
grids and used in most typographic work.
Created several animations using After Effects. Procient at sequencing andachieving a sense of ow and rhythm to animation work.
Used for adding depth and texture to drawings and designs. Competant user
and incorporating more of its capabilities into my work.
I am a sporty and creative person with particular interests in playing guitar for a local band, club level
tennis and both club/county level hockey. I have also been able to use my graphics skills to design
logos and posters within these communities. I regularly skateboard and take a huge interest in
skateboardings culture and style.
Education
Cardiff Metropolitan University
2011-2014, BA Hons, 2:1 Graphic Communication
Filton Wise College 2010-2011
Art Foundation Diploma : Pass
Winterbourne International Academy
(Formerly The Ridings High School) 2003-2010
A Levels
Psychology - CBusiness Studies - C
Product Design - D
GCSEs
2 As, 5 Bs, 3 Cs
07769685699
behance.net/jamesgrifths
Work Experience
The Slug and Lettuce 2014
Part-time Bar Assistant
Service Design Conference 2014
Organising social activities
Chemglass Ltd 2011-to date
General Assistant
(Currently redesigning and aligning technical
documents)
Hobbycraft 2010/2011
Sales Assistant
Hobbies
Software Skills
Contact
CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Harris Watches
This is a live branding project worked on for the client Harris Watches. Harris watches is a small watch brand creating
limited run watches of high quality and craftmanship, balancing luxury and craft values.
Watch cloth
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Glass Ceiling
The assignment was to pick a word from a list (in this case two words) and create a piece of artwork based from it.
This was perhaps the most open brief I had experienced at university, but through conversing with fellow students
it became clear that many were unaware of the phrases meaning, identifying this as a problem, the focus became to
communicate some of what it represents in my illustrative response.
CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
8/21
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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A-Z
By the end of my rst year studying graphic communication, we had learned many of the fundamentals in design. In this
brief we were asked to reect on our rst year and produce an outcome in the form of an A-Z displaying this. I created
the narrative of an inspector assessing the courses content, much like a checklist, eventually certifying what we had
been taught was useful and necessary.
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
IllustrationNetwork Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Marshmallow Games
Marshmallow Entertainment Ltd is a company creating a range of games for mobile devices and this project was
submitted in the hope of an internship with the company. The brief was to create a branding concept for the company
that included a website and loading screen concept. We were told to keep it fun and bold, but were not shown the
games or any imagery they had for it.
CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MXuA_mxENU8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Penguin Book Competition
Completed for the Penguin Book Competition for the novel What a Carve Up!. This novel is set in the 1980s, t he plotis
essentially about a very unpleasant, powerful family and a writer commissioned to write up a history on them. The book
is a dark comedy, a trait I kept in mind when designing the cover, balancing the oppressive family, marked by the shoes
gathered around the edges, with the splash of vibrant yellow and a title designed to convey the comedic and hapless
nature of the family and writer in the book.
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
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A sustained feat of humour, suspense
and polemic, full of twists and ironies
Hilary Mantel, Sunday Times
It is the 1980s and the Winshaw family are gettingricher and crueller by the year:
Newspaper-columnist Hilary gets thousands fortelling it like it isnt; Henrys turning hospitals intocar parks; Roddys selling art in return for sex; downon the farm Dorothys squeezing every last poundfrom her livestock; Thomas is making a killing onthe stock exchange; and Mark is selling arms todictators.
But, once their hapless biographer Michael Owenstarts investigating the familys trail of greed,corruption and immoral doings, the time grows ripefor the Winshaws to receive their comeuppance . . .
Ariveting social satire on the chattering and all-powerfulupper classes Time Out
Big, hilarious, intricate, furious, moving Guardian
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PENGUIN Fiction
UK: 8.99
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Personal Illustration
An illustration inspired by my love of Japanese culture and art.
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Network Youth
A work in progress for Network Youth, a youth counselling programme operating out of schools. These are initial visualsI have supplied the director of Network Youth awaiting further feedback, for a brochure cover and visual concept
for a poster attracting young people to use their service. The concept of weather is a universally understandable,
approachable, and relevant metaphor to apply t o moods, and essentially the overcoming of difcult periods. Weather is
transient, it can and will change.
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
8/10/2019 James Griffiths - CV & Portfolio Work.pdf
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Jeans Animation
A project completed an university, the brief was to pick a site, then undertake in-depth research and present anoutcome that showed something unique and engaing about it. I chose my jeans and created a narrative based loosely
on personal experiences, the transformation from someone who takes little notice of his jeans, to someone becoming
obsessed with them, and in particular a type called the Raw jean. Its personal and fun, to keep the piece from
becoming didactic.
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CV
Harris Branding
Glass Ceiling
A-Z
Marshmallow
Book Cover
Illustration
Network Youth
Jeans Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymSeUBdCMIU