Graphic Design.
Crafting powerful visual narratives.
I’ve been a graphic designer all my adult life and have experience in nearly all design disciplines and media, from print to digital to film. I have spent time cutting and tracing hand-lettering in the Art Department of famous historical dramas, designing not-so-top-secret campaigns for Barcelona City Council, and creating commercials for L’Oreal and the National Lottery that you’ve probably seen on TV.
My career in the film industry began in 2006, in the Art Department of The Tudors and since, I have worked with Oscar-winning directors, production designers and set decorators to bring many stories to life on big screens across the world. Collaborating with outstanding cross-functional teams, I have helped many international films and TV productions to tell fascinating stories through beautiful and effective graphics that enhanced the emotional impact on their audiences.
From The Tudors, Vikings and Penny Dreadful to Byzantium, Love Rosie and Disney’s Disenchanted, I have created atmospheric set pieces and crafted fine props that helped actors and audiences to get closer to their characters and stories. These were all intense, very fast-paced projects and some won major awards.
Broad range of expertise.
During my time in film, I designed and delivered an enormous variety of graphics to support narratives. From hero props to set pieces, from historical to contemporary. These included shopfront signage for Victorian London, illuminated manuscripts from the Viking Age, theatre posters from the 1800s, stained glass windows for Disney’s fantasy world, phone and laptop interfaces for contemporary New York secret agents and so many more…
The work demands a diverse skill set and expertise in many areas such:
Research
Typography, layout, colour
Branding
Signage and environmental graphics
Materials and printing processes
Digital and analogue photography
Computer and mobile technologies
Collaborative work of the highest order.
Working as a graphic designer in film is by no means a one-woman show. It involved constant collaboration between the entire film crew. Managing countless projects simultaneously and delivering them on time, on budget and to expectations involved constant creativity, skilful negotiation with suppliers, enormous care regarding legal clearances, and leveraging talented colleagues and resources from other departments.