Helen Manley - United Kingdom
About the artist
Member since the very beginning
Helen Manley has been drawing since a very young age, specialising in cartoons she won many competitions in her youth. Having now developed her own style at the age of 21, she has experimented with line drawings, photography, computer drawings while maintaining her passion for cartoon.
By also learning to use such programs as Adobe Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker she has created and designed logos, posters and videos for her personal and academic needs.
In 2001 she began studying for a degree in media studies with public relations and finished the course in 2004, leaving with a 2.1 awarded by Exeter University. Throughout this course she learnt many new skills and relished in every opportunity to express and use her create talent to highlight such aspects as advertising, marketing and other publicity and promotional areas.
Outside of University life, Helen gained a wide range of design and create experiences working with The Youngstagers Theatre Group designing and producing their show posters, programmes and member newletters. Along similar lines, she worked with the team at Loopy Looks Costume Hire in Saltash to promote their open days by designing and producing corporate newsletters, invitations, promotional material and exhibition displays.
In her spare time, Helen enjoys playing hockey for Satlash, going to live gigs, the theatre and the cinema. She also does volunteer work for P.A.D.S (People and Dogs Society) as their resident cartoonist, providing a small cartoon or comic strip style drawing for their member newsletter.