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Elliott Christopher Hall

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1. 2. Elliott
Hall.
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Skills About Me Education
Elliott Christopher Hall

I am currently studying my level 3 extended

diploma in Graphic Design at Stafford Level 3 Year 2 Diploma In Graphic Design
Ps college,I am interested in all things tech espe- - Target DDD
cially within the creative sector from compa-
Level 3 Diploma In Graphic Design
nies such as Wacom & Adobe. - D*D*

Ai BCS Level 2 ECDL Certificate in IT Application Skills (QCF)

– D*

GCSE D&T: Graphic Products

– A*

Id
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GCSE Computer Science (Computing)

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Creative CV Cube face designs.

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Final Photographs for creative CV.

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Album cover created using mixed media techniques,

using spray paint and digitally manipulating into a
mock up.
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Developed album cover designs, adapted for screen

printing.
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Developed designs screen printed on to a t-shirt and modelled

for a photoshoot.
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Developed designs screen printed on to a t-shirt and modelled

for a photoshoot.
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Developing textures using mixed media elements.

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Work experience for 8Ball Tshirts to be displayed on ASOS

website.
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Alexey Brodovitch
the city had lost its love for Alexeys exspermintion and although being offered many design
postions... He turned them all down; people persume he was looking for somewhere new to
Who Is Alexey Brodovitch? advance his designs. and instead carried on his teaching, where he sadly passed away at the
age of 72 in 1971.
Alexey Brodovitch was a russian born photogra-
pher and instructor who is most known for art
direction of the fashion magazine “Harper’s
Bazaar”
Why Did I Select Alexey Brodovitch?
Alexey was born into a wealthy family in 1898, his
farther being a respected psychiatrist and his The reason i choose Alexey Brodovitch was one of a few reasons; firstly i found the story of his
mother being an amateur painter. During the Rus- life inspiring; as myself aspiring to be a design as he was a young child. From the way he
so-Japanese war the family moved to moscow* climbed the ladder and gained reputaion in social circles by going out and doing what he
(The capital of russia), in this time he studied at enjoyed and loved all with little to none education in the arts learning as he went.
Prince Tenisheff School where he had plans to
enroll in the Imperial Art Academy; although having Another reason i choose alexey was for his inovation within the arts by exsploring new feilds
no prior background in arts. constantly and using what he leared to inspire his work. From photography to typesetting it all
effected his work and his use of new and commercial technologies is inspiring.
After graduating Alexey went on to serve in the russian army where many years later he fleed to
Last of all was work within the Art’s magazine
Paris like many young russians at the time. While in paris he took a job at a painting house; after
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“Bazaar”, Out of all of his works this one really

some time of building connections with other russian arts he got a more artistic job painting
inspired me, from looking at hundreds of pages
backdrops for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes ( Sergei Diaghilev the founder of his own ballet and
from magazine layouts that he designed so many
opera house). While in his spare time he sketched designs for clothing and jawellery, soi by the
of them are truly magnifcennt. From his use of
time he had finished his balltet work he had created an extensive portfolio of work.
white space to the use of parrelel and perpadicular
angles runn ing through the pages. This work really
Soon after he worked doing layouts for Cahiers D’Art ( a french magazine that would often
speaks to me and makes me want to fololow this
publishing monographs on artists living in france); where he gained the rare oppotunity to have
as a career path myself
influence over the magazine as he was in charge of fitting together type, photographs and
illustrations onto the magazines pages.

He gained public regonition for his work in commercial arts by winning

first prize in a poster competion for an artists' soiree called Le Bal
Banal; Alexey was always very proud of the poster and was known for
always keeping a copy pinned to his studio wall.
Sources
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His design career really took off after this, he was hired by many studio’s and advertising
companies to design catlouges, posters and advertisments for companies and products while
on the side creating a lot of free lance work, But all good things must come to an end later on in
life after teaching (inspiring a generation of designers to embrace technical developments in the
same way his designs did) after becoming one of the most respected designer in paris by 1930
http://www.iconofgraphics.com/alexey-brodovitch/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Brodovitch#Military_career
https://garamondongo.com/alexey-brodovitch-un-ruso-en-el-bazzar/

Examples of course research.

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Mixed Media sketchbooks for development and

experimentation.
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Optical typography manipulation using shadows and light.

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Development process for restaurant branding project.

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Example of a finished packaging for a branding unit.

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Initial drawings to developed digital illustration.