Leigh Wortley Portfolio 2013

CV//RESUME

Design Principle:

Specialist Skills:

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Published Work:

I am a narrative based designer with a focus on character concept and development with illustrative deliverables.

Character DesignIllustrationEditorial Illustraton

Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IndesignAdobe Illustrator

Introduced to;Adobe After EffectsDream WeaverFreehandQuark Express

MightFineInc• Graphic Designer/artist2013 – present

WeLoveFine.Com • Apparel and product designer under their ‘mighty fine artist’ program. 2013 - Present

Orang Utan ComicsColouristAlpha Gods #5-#6 January 2013 - Present

IDW Womanthology holidayspecial. December 2011

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Artoyz and Geek-Art Summer Blockbusterz Exhibition.August-October 2011Paris

Various Illustrations for a quick turn around. 2011 - Present.

Analouge Design Studio Morley• Working on Icons

for an upcoming social network site

• Creating signage and an identity for a local hair salon

Summer 2012

Leeds College of Art BA (hons) Graphic Design(2:1) 08 - June 11

York CollegeND Graphic DesignMerit, Merit, Distinction06 - June 08

Comic books, creative writing and learning to play the guitar.

MARVEL MOVIE

NOVELIZATION

Re-design of the current Marvel Movie tie-in novels.

FASHION HERO

Gender neutral t-shirt designs for Marvel comics which can be applied across a range of apparel styles to fit all shapes/sizes/gender.

CREATORSCOMICS

CHARACTERS

A design context publication with interviews conducted with comic book creators and an exploration into characters and concepts.

HARRYPOTTER

A re-branding of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series. To focus on the characters of Harry Potter, how they fit into the grand scheme of the story and their importance in it.

KIDOMEGA

Blazer style t-shirts of the X-Men character ‘Kid Omega’. Using his iconic mutant slogan t-shirts with his school blazer to create the tuzedo t-shirt effect.

YOUARE APIRATE!

A stationary set based around a group of pirate characters. Was originally a submission for Frinton Press’ wrapping paper competition.

THE JEAN GREY SCHOOL FOR

HIGHER LEARNING

Simple character busts of x-men students from The Jean Grey School For Higher Learning.

STEREOTYPES

An investigation into fashion stereotypes and how we perceive each other within our peer groups and the assumptions we makes of others.

NEW SCIENTIST

Editorial illustration for the New Scientist magazine.

A VERY POTTER MUSICAL

Characters as they appeared in “Harry Potter: The Musical”, a two act musical parody that featured major elements from all seven books and an original score.