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WELCOME TO MY GRAPHIC DESIGN ONLINE PORTFOLIO

I am a London based Graphic Designer who has worked for the past seven and a half years for a book publishing house in Twickenham. My work includes book cover design, illustrations for fantasy and children's books as well as some more technical map and diagram design. However, cover design is my primary field of expertise. I love the artistic challenge of conveying the narrative or subject matter of a book in a single eye-catching design. In 2006 I moved into the senior design role with the company, hiring staff, managing the design department workflow and determining what briefs are to be handed to out-of-house personnel. Despite these extra responsibilities, I still managed to be an active designer and particularly enjoy working on fiction titles.

Due to the large number of projects I have worked on for the company, the 'Published Work' section of the website has been split into subcategories to aid easy navigation.

I graduated with a BA Hons in Graphic Design in the class of 2002 at Coventry University. The work assembled in this Online Portfolio covers a number of years, so other work can be found in the 'Freelance Clients' and 'Degree Work' sections.

I enjoy close working ties with the Royal Marines Historical Society and am often called on to do interior layout work and cover designs for their special publications on a freelance basis. Alongside the new titles produced by the society, this includes working on completely redesigned editions of their back catalogue. Some titles are also revised and updated periodically; I have worked on no less than three editions of A Short History of the Royal Marines, a pocket sized abridged history of the corps that is now issued to all new recruits at the Commando Training Centre RM, Lympstone.

Work for the Royal Marines Historical Society can be found in the 'Freelance Clients' section.

If you wish to contact me with regards any design work you may require, there is an email link at the bottom right-hand corner on every page of this website.

 
DISCLAIMER This website is purely for personal publicity. All the covers in the 'Published Books' section are the Copyright of the author (Year of Copyright listed on the appropriate page). Copyright for freelance work is also listed on the appropriate pages. Any images in the 'Degree Work' section are © Robert Donald. No images on this website may be reproduced in any form for commercial purposes without the permission of the copyright holder.
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