Looking after our generation

Whilst studying for my degree in graphic design, I've been fortunate enough to land a brilliantly rewarding job working on an nhs funded project here in sunny Hastings.

Heading up a team of young, creative, inspiring individuals, our focus is to help young people in Hastings live healthy and fulfilled lives. We've launched as Pulse Youth and will be actively mixing it up with both the young people of Hastings, and the services offered to them, to identify issues and provide solutions. Our strapline pretty much sums up what we're about; 'Looking after our generation' and in the next year we'll see some very exciting projects take place to help engage with our generation and get them feeling good about themselves. And at the same time we'll be looking at the services on offer to young people and seeing how we can help.

Anyway, we're amidst developing our corporate identity and here's a sneak peek at the designs I've been working on! xxx

A Lovely Day indeed!

Well for the first time ever, I am selling some of my work!!! A gorgeous little cards/ gifts/ interiors shop has taken on some of my framed works. One of which is 'Lovely Day' - see below. Lovely Day is a collage that describes some of the lovely things that make a lovely day. Framed copies for sale at McCarron's of Mercatoria, 64 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN38 0EJ.

Graphic design is so ambiguous that it's hard to know where our skills should lie. As it's all about communicating visually, I guess we have carte blanche to do what we want as long as it's on brief?
I've been doing a lot of illustration of late and I'm worried that I may have been swept by the current trend of intended imperfect illustrations. I guess I could argue that what I'm doing is zeitgeist. Or perhaps I should just chill out and carry on doing what I enjoy? Anyway, here's a few doodles of recent. x

Hiawatha - childhood memories

My dad tried to get me into poetry as a kid and I used to learn poems off by heart - can't remember any now! One particular favourite of mine was Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. These pieces are based on my personal experiences of the poem Hiawatha.

Nearly a year into my graphic design degree and I don't know where the time has gone! In order to help me with my growth as a graphic designer, I've decided to set up a blog to keep track of my progress and invite comment.

I'm at that stage where I don't feel like I have an 'approach' as yet - I haven't yet established a 'Jennifer Pringle' style and each piece of work seems so different from the next. So with your help, this blog will enable me to get a feel for what works and what doesn't.

Anyway, enough rambling from me for now. Please do keep an eye out for my blogs and let me know what you think of my work, be it good or bad.

xxx