Work Experience North Cheshire Studios

For 10 weeks I worked at North Cheshire Studios, I worked alongside the co-owner Jason Quinn working on local jobs designing business cards, leaflets, flyers and small magazines. I worked on programmes Photoshop, Illustrator and Quark Express, he also taught me the printing process.
It really helped working in that environment to tight deadlines and also helped develop my skills on Photoshop and Illustrator while introducing me to the software Quark Express. He left me to bring my own creative flair to the projects so I got to have fun with some of them. I particularly enjoying putting together an 8 page magazine for The Heaton Mersey Conservative Club, he asked me to be as creative as I wanted to as the club was looking for a new look for their magazine so I really got it to it.

Through this my manager at The Frog and Railway has asked me to create the posters for upcoming events held there, it's pretty straight forward work but I enjoy putting them together.

This work experience as given me experience in working to quick deadlines, has improve my CAD skills as well as gaining new skills in understanding printers, paper weights and colour control which is important to have established a basis on this as it is likely I will be dealing with a lot of print technicalities myself when setting up my own business. It has also given me insight in how a small business runs. North Cheshire Studios are strict on wastage, in time and produce, and I think this is a fair approach because both are money.
Though this experience I've gain other job offers, all local, but it is a confidence boost as well as extra money and CV experience.

Issue Research - Political Matter - Immigration

Immigration Statistics

With the nation in a political debate about which Election Party to vote for I got inspired to research into the Immigration issue that is the centre of each party.

In 2007, net immigration to the UK was 237,000, a rise of 46,000 on 2006. This number had risen dramatically since 2000. The overwhelming majority of new citizens come from Asia (40%) and Africa (32%), the largest three groups being people from Pakistan, India and Somalia.

BBC News Article

In a podcast on Friday, Mr Brown said net migration into the UK fell from 237,000 in 2007 to 163,000 in 2008 and provisionally 147,000 in 2009.

But the head of UK Statistics Authority agreed with a Tory complaint that he had made inaccurate comparisons.

Downing Street said it accepted the statistics had been "unclear".

But it insisted that Mr Brown had since corrected them.

My card designs are not about single people out individually but to looks at Immigration the scale as what it is, the possible outcomes Immigration will have if it spirals out of control. The designs will cover issues such as identity, scale, multitude & heritage.

Band of Horses

I'm coming up only to show you down for

I'm coming up only to show you wrong

To the outside, the dead leaves, they all blow

Before they died hand tress to hang their hope.

Sigur Ros

smiling
spinning in circles
holding hands
the world is a blur
except when you're standing

Brosandi
Hendumst í hringi
Höldumst í hendur
Allur heimurinn óskýr
nema þú stendur

The Temper Trap

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

a kiss, a cry

our rights, our wrongs

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

a moment, a love

a dream, a laugh

Minus the Bear

Hey, lets cross the sea

and get some culture.

Red wine with every meal

and absinthe after dinner.

We'd look good side by side

walking back to the hotel.

We've got to get something

to eat and to drink yeah,

and find a place to stay

that's not far off the main way-

we've got to plan our day;

Rodin and d'Orsay.

and find a way to cram it all in

before we drink hard again.

Let's get a bottle and drink alone tonight

'This light looks good on you,'

morning came early.

Sitting on a park bench

that's older than my country.

Two star hotel

near St. Germain.

Two star hotel

where the stars don't mean anything.

Ingrid Michaelson

Ingrid Michaelson You and I Lyrics:
don't you worry, there my honey
we might not have any money
but we've got our love to pay the bills

maybe I think you're cute and funny,
maybe I wanna do what bunnies do with you,
if you know what I mean

Oh, let's get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there, you and I, you and I

well you might be a bit confused
and you might be a little bit bruised
but baby how we spoon like no one else
so I will help you read those books
if you will soothe my worried looks
and we will put the lonesome on the shelf

oh let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there you and I, you and I

oh, let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
let's get rich and give everybody nice sweaters
and teach them how to dance
let's get rich and build our house on a mountain
making everybody look like ants
from way up there you and I, you and I,