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Leigh Wortley06/12/198919 Barlby Road,Selby,North Yorkshire,

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+ 44 (0) 7875845173www.leighwortley.co.ukhello@leighwortley.co.uk

Leeds College of Art BA (hons) Graphic Design08 - June 11(2:1)

York CollegeND Graphic Design06 - June 08Merit, Merit, Distinction

OK comicsJuly - September 10

Briggate19 Thorntons Arcade, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6LQ0113 246 9366

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

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Artoyz and Geek-Art Summer Blockbusterz Exhibition.

August-October 2011

Paris

IDW Womanthology holiday special.

December 2011

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

Character DesignIllustrationEditorial Illustraton

Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Indesign

Introduced to;Adobe IllustratorAdobe After EffectsQuark ExpressFreehand

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.