About Me

Since you clicked here, I guess you're interested in learning more about me. My name is Thomas, I'm 19 years old and I am currently a second-year Media, Journalism and Publishing student at Oxford Brookes University. Since a very young age I have been captivated by the world of design and its many intricacies. Having grown up in the countryside (pictured above) despite its beauty, I often preferred to stay indoors, discovering I was more introverted than extroverted, making me spend more time on the computer.

My first introduction to design was through my father, who introduced me to Adobe Photoshop CS6. Like anyone would be, I was clueless at the start, having no idea how to navigate such a complex application. Then my Dad bought me a book that changed everything, slowly guiding me through the basics of photoshop and eventually working my way up to the more advanced features within the application.

Eventually, I managed to get a solid grasp of Photoshop and became rather fascinated with typographical design. The ability to install the fonts used within my favourite franchises was an eye-opener to me and allowed me to create designs that could resemble those of the logos I saw in movies and video games. Eventually, I began to look at the world around me a lot more, becoming intrigued as to which fonts were being used by different companies. When I couldn't figure out the font, I used a website known as dafont.com, a forum that allowed you to post pictures of text where users would try to identify the font for you. Eventually, my interest in typographical design became a regular hobby of mine, waxing and waning over time depending on how busy life was and how much time I had.

For now, design is still a simple hobby of mine and I still have a long way to go. As of late, I have enjoyed redesigning album covers in my free time for certain artists whom I admire, as well as creating covers for my Spotify playlists. Whilst I have become more extroverted over time, my interest in design, and specifically, typography still remains.