Hello, my name is Jacob. I’m a Graphic Designer with a First Class Honours Degree in Digital Design. I have just graduated with a Masters’s Degree at Manchester School of Art. I have skills in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and After Effects. I also have a love and passion for Typography and Layout design. Scroll down to see my featured work.
Tales of the Bold the Brave and the Beautiful→
Professional Work
I was the Art Director for the children’s book “Tales of the Bold the Brave and the Beautiful” which is an anthology of children’s short stories written by a whole array of up-and-coming young writers from low-income, care experienced backgrounds. I worked closely with the Stories of Care team, who were generous enough to give me the freedom to make creative choices and design various elements and graphics in the anthology. I also worked alongside talented illustrators, where we talked about the visualization of the stories and how we could use their illustrative talents and bring these beautifully written short stories to life.
Oriental Spices Website→
Professional Work
This is a website that I created for a local Grimsby-based business called Oriental Spices. They sell a whole variety of Thai, Chinese, and Indian food products. This website was created when I was running my own design business called Davies Charlton Design.
Hotel Generation Project Proposal→
Personal Project
My project proposal for the Hotel Generation programme. This year centres on the theme of realities. The concept for my project focuses on two parallel realities, one pre-pandemic and one during the pandemic. I want to express the emotions of these realities through the use of 3D design and animation.
Bonians Logo and Branding→
Professional Work
A logo that I created for a sausage manufacturer business called Bonians. This logo was used in a logo presentation for Matt Vinyl Graphics as an alternative to their slightly outdated logo. I took the main aim of the business which is to sell sausages, and shaped it into the letter B.
Archetypal PCOM Exhibition→
Professional Work
I was commissioned by Alex Pint to create works for an online exhibition called Archetypal. The works featured in this exhibition are from a whole array of different artists from a variety of disciplines. The exhibition focuses on giving the artist the freedom to express themselves through their creative talents. It allows the artist to showcase their own practice by shining a spotlight on themselves as talented artistic individuals.
Urban Nexus Logo and Branding→
Personal Project
A logo and brand identity I created for a fictional architectural practice called Urban Nexus as part of a weekly design brief that I was sent on Instagram by Briefclub. I created a logo that was inspired by real-life architecture and designed the brand identity around that to be really bold but minimal.
Drimify Webpage Design→
Professional Work
I was tasked by Drimify to re-design their website homepage in Adobe XD for a job application. I took inspiration from the brand’s playful nature and tried to replicate that through the design. I also tried to simplify the design of the website by making the user experience more fluid and smooth.
Instagram Posts Vol 1→
Personal Project
A collection of double-page spread Instagram posts that I have designed in my spare time. Designing these posts is a great way of creatively expressing myself while also expanding my practice into new areas.
Instagram Posts Vol 2→
Personal Project
A collection of experimental posters that I have designed in my spare time. This carries on from the previous work I had done for my Instagram, where this collection focuses on using experimental techniques and methods to create a whole variety of different posters.
aAh! Magazine→
Professional Work
I designed some spreads for the aAh Magazine Change issue and worked with a whole bunch of Graphic Designers and students from a whole variety of creative backgrounds to bring this issue to life. The article that I designed for this issue focused on zoom dysmorphia, which has seen an increase since the start of the pandemic.