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About Me

 

I left school in 1981 with, amongst other qualifications, an O Level in Art and midway through an A Level course in Art and Architecture.  But what was I going to do with the skills I'd gained?

Del the Designer
Former Graphic Designer

I immediately started working as a YTS trainee in an Art and Graphic Materials retail business called The Copyshop in Torquay which also specialised in document reproduction (photocopying/ dyeline printing) and part-time design for customers.

 

In 1992, I started the first of my two courses at Dartington Tech,

just outside Totnes in Devon, studying different processes of media design, in particular magazine and newspaper layouts.

 

In 1996, I returned to the college to expand into the field learning about:

 

  • black & white photography

  • developing 35mm film

  • 3D graphics

  • cut & paste design (computer-aided design was in its infancy)

  • silk screen printing

 

I walked away with a NVQ qualification.  At last!  I had a qualification to support the experience I'd gained whilst doing the same work at The Copyshop.

Although the training and qualifications came to nothing (in a professional capacity), everything I've learnt over the years has been used in many different ways.

 

I have designed and printed business cards, flyers and receipts for small business, and club cards, entry tickets, post cards and flyers for leisure activities.

 

I've even produced a fanzine called MegaBucks for local football club Buckland Athletic.

 

More recently I design websites for a hobby.  My sites include:

*  Monopoly British Army Edition and Heroes of the Battlefield -

    sites for unreleased military board games.

*  Reshad's Reiki Therapy - a professional healing therapist site.

*  English Premier League Squads - a soccer roster site.

*  Emma Underwood's Book Lover Reviews - a book review site.

*  Martin & Christine's DVD Collection - a movie collector's site.

*  The Playstation UK1s - a video gaming club site*

*  Jenna Kathleen Church - a stage performer's promotions and news

    sites. 

 

(* I also designed the club's personalised t-shirts, baseball caps, mugs and writing pens).

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