Anthony

Satanic Angels album cover artwork, logo design and photography by myself. click on the image to see there myspace page also designed by myself
Hello, my name is Anthony Lovatt, and I am a graphic designer. I have been studying and practicing graphic design in one form or another since 1994 when I first saw the work of Dave McKean… and from then I was hooked.
Started off doing a level art, moved on to foundation, specialising in graphics, HNC Digital arts, HNC Graphic Design and finally in 2005 I gained a first class BA Hones degree in Graphic Design. During my university degree I also the course rep for the final 2 years, and was instrumental for organising and setting up the 3 internal exhibitions and 2 external art shows; that of the D&AD student awards and a privet view at the Menia Chocolate Factory.
For the last two external shows we set up a body of core students to organise the shows and promote them, of which I was tasked with being the Creative who organised people, checked things where done as well as designing and producing the Students Exhibition catalogue (with the help of Katherine Kabala who’s amazing design work adorns the front cover) and DVD show real (with the help of Adam Darby).
It was at university that I created the company and magazine portfolio Creative block. In this set of publications I show examples of work created during an academic year, processes and materials used in their creation as well as influences from artists and artwork encountered during that period. Each edition contains a reference letter and a sample of my CV as well as the work created. The magazine portfolio comes as a single package, which also contains a CD of my moving image work created whilst at university. The next stage of this magazine is the CV edition, this is currently under creation, and will be sent out to company’s like you would send a standard CV. The second page that in the previous editions would contain the reference would now contain the cover letter.
Along side the portfolio magazine I have created the personal identity/promotional material Suspect Package. This is the front of my business cards and will feature on the CV edition of Creative block.
During and after university I have been steadily building up my CV and portfolio with various freelance projects, from the badge/logo/corporate identity and promotion designs for the airsoft team Black Legion to Satanic Angels new album cover and logo design.
I have now started to work on the Underground music magazine Empty Playground in my spare time as I look for a more permanent graphic design position.
At present am interested in book design film, photography and theory looking at going in to an MA as I wish to become a university lecture? I can dream. Just I still haven’t worked out where to go, but thankfully I have decided to take a year out to work all that out.
Artists I quite like include, Kyle Cooper, for his film title sequences, Dave McKean, H.R Giger, Jonathan Barnbrook, Sal Bas, Jeff Brice, Lisa Johnson, John J Hill, Joel Peter Wickton (sp), Scott W Petty, Why Not Associates, Tomato, Imaginary Forces, Chris Bell, Jeremy Chaplin, Gerard Musy, Pierre et Gilles, Trevor Watson, and anything that it visually appealing or tactile. New artist to add to the list and I highly recommend looking up, as it’s very interesting if not risqué work. Trevor Brown.
My own style is quite varied, one of these days I will put up a web site, photography wise it’s generally gritty, layers and other dark room effects. Film: the three I have created and have gained me quite high firsts (71, 79 and an 80) are shorts, one a violent film in a similar style as Chris Cunningham's Come To Daddy video, the other a parody of a 1950 education video. I tend to use a lot of subverted iconography within the work to heighten the messages. The last film am not particularly happy with, I completed it in three days yet still got a first, not sure how though, was suppose to represent infinity and the notions of something I came up with in the second year of my degree, 1-1=1 (if you want to know more please contact me as its quite lengthy to explain.) This film is only a university project, and will not be view by anybody ever again. (To be started from scratch very shortly).
Packaging and book design? Am a perfectionist, I go for imagery and textures that will best suggest the message I want it to, whether its pure graphics, or paper stained with tea, I do what I think is going to work.
For sample of my work please click on the link below and it will take you to my deviant art account
A bit more about me as a person
All work and no play would make Anthony a very dull boy, and there is more to me than work the horror, the horror!
I am a fairly average person in height and width, possibly slightly over and under in places and depends on who you ask, with quite dark eye's apparently, but I don’t like people staring at them, its very disconcerting. I do have longhaired on top but shaved on the sides; see pictures, and generally I just where quite simple plain black clothing, I try not to be a human billboard advertising someone else’s products if I can help it.
Generally am quiet and shy person, though am sure my friends would completely disagree, and the three student films (see photos for a bad promo shot) I have featured in also would not suggest this aspect of my persona.
Apart from the initial shy part of me, which does not last, to long, unless you're really pretty then I am just quiet, no idea why it just happens. (Actually I have found am fine talking to very pretty people on line, I have yet to talk to them in the flesh, I will update when I find out what happens lol) I am a bit sarcastic, pedantic, intelligent (so some say), artistic and able to inspire ideas, a little critical though I try to be constructive... and others would say am a git. I don't pretend to be perfect.
If you cannot guess from my friends list and a list of the music listed in the box to the side of this, I do prefer Black and Death Metal among other things, but don’t worry I am not a Satanist, if your really interested I am more of a semantic, with solipsism tendencies and an interest in some of the notions of Anton Levy (I personally think his ideas of how to live, i.e. don’t bother me and I wont bother you, but cross me and you will wish you had not been born a more practical foundation of my own personal ideology and life code to that of other systems, however I don’t live by it implicitly, I have a mind of my own and have been influenced by many things that has helped formulate my conceived truth, it works for me, you have your own way which is good, just please don’t try and force me to live by your ideals. You chose to live your way, I chose to live mine, I have no problem with that, nor should you have issues with my way of life, if it harms none do what thou will. (I know the actual quote thank you, and where it comes from and that modern pagans have developed it, the development is more practical for modern ways of life IMPO).
As you can tell by now I like writing, it helps me formulate my ideas and thoughts, I am glad you have taken the time to read to this point, if you want to know more please contact me.
Anthony.
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