Graphic Design Personal Statement

Graphic design is a way of skilfully portraying your own style using typography, layout and visual aesthetics to articulate design with a commercial purpose. I believe that I naturally acquired excellent creativity and design skills which have developed throughout my life as my understanding and knowledge base of Graphic design has amplified. I see university as an opportunity to improve my skills, ready for a future career in Graphic Design.
During my time at college, I spent the first few months swap from different subjects. Eventually I came across Graphics and I quickly realised in my AS Levels that it was the right course for me. I have always been interested in graphic design, and have a keen interest in Album Artwork, Posters and Magazine
By studying Psychology I have developed an understanding of human behaviour and how the mind works, i believe i can use this knowledge in graphic design to relate to those whom my work appeals to, the target audience.
As graphic design is linked with the commercial society, it takes good communication skills to become a good designer as you need to communicate a particular message;
I have worked in a coffee shop as a waitress for over a year and I believe that my communication skills have developed during this time. I am now able to use my initiative to deal with problematic situations effectively without referring to higher status of employment.
I did work experience at Artlandish, during this time I discovered how arts and crafts can be used to help others build confidence and self esteem; from this i also realised that I would like to incorporate Graphic Design as a means of helping others and change the way people see Graphic Design; i believe it can be used to engage with all age groups so should be used more frequently to stop immoral incidents damaging the society, such as knife crime and