Melissa Williams is a freelance artist / graphic designer from Melbourne. She works from home and in a studio called "Misprint". What inspires me the most about Melissa is that she is still an artist on the side and encorporates the hand-made, personal appeal from her artwork into her graphic design work. I find more and more that as technology increases and programs become easier to use and with more intricate tools, the human hand and spontaneous creativity is somewhat lost. I remember studying architecture at RMIT in Melbourne City and watching as other students used CAD and Rhino, while I bent over my set square and ruller and drew every line by hand. I understood the work more and I could feel how it fit together.
Melissa says she loves "anything hand done! So you will find a lot of paints, pens, pencils, markers, inks, brushes. A decent scanner and an a3 Epson canvas printer in my arsenal!"
 

 

Melissa is an artist on the side and exhibit's her work at various festivals, markets, bars and cafes in the city, and has had a few exhibitions in gallery spaces. She also does commission artwork for clients, as well as offer my graphic design services. The work is very illustration based, detailed and intricate.

Taking a look at her website, it is obvious that the range of graphic design styles she takes on is huge; from minimal graphic design website work, to simple logos, brochures, to detailed creative album covers, bed linen, kids designs, tattoos, posters, signage, identity, t-shirts etc. Some designers only have one specific style, while others can work on anything and everything which seems to be the case for Melissa.

 

 

During Melissa's 3 year Visual Communications course at Monash, all her projects were steering towards a textile illustration style, she was using a lot of fabrics and patters and illustration was her main focus. After uni she secured a job at Linen House, a textile and Manchester company in Moorabbin. She spent the next 3 years at linen house designing for companies such as Target, Big W, Myer and Adairs, Linen House which taught her everything she needed to know about textile design. After this she travelled the world for a year, becoming more and more inspired by the beautiful art different countries had to offer. It was this experience that prompted Melissa to start up her own little freelance business.

 

 

Melissa Williams is a freelance artist / graphic designer from Melbourne. She works from home and in a studio called "Misprint". What inspires me the most about Melissa is that she is still an artist on the side and encorporates the hand-made, personal appeal from her artwork into her graphic design work. I find more and more that as technology increases and programs become easier to use and with more intricate tools, the human hand and spontaneous creativity is somewhat lost. I remember studying architecture at RMIT in Melbourne City and watching as other students used CAD and Rhino, while I bent over my set square and ruller and drew every line by hand. I understood the work more and I could feel how it fit together.
Melissa says she loves "anything hand done! So you will find a lot of paints, pens, pencils, markers, inks, brushes. A decent scanner and an a3 Epson canvas printer in my arsenal!"
 

 

Melissa is an artist on the side and exhibit's her work at various festivals, markets, bars and cafes in the city, and has had a few exhibitions in gallery spaces. She also does commission artwork for clients, as well as offer my graphic design services. The work is very illustration based, detailed and intricate.

Taking a look at her website, it is obvious that the range of graphic design styles she takes on is huge; from minimal graphic design website work, to simple logos, brochures, to detailed creative album covers, bed linen, kids designs, tattoos, posters, signage, identity, t-shirts etc. Some designers only have one specific style, while others can work on anything and everything which seems to be the case for Melissa.

 

 

During Melissa's 3 year Visual Communications course at Monash, all her projects were steering towards a textile illustration style, she was using a lot of fabrics and patters and illustration was her main focus. After uni she secured a job at Linen House, a textile and Manchester company in Moorabbin. She spent the next 3 years at linen house designing for companies such as Target, Big W, Myer and Adairs, Linen House which taught her everything she needed to know about textile design. After this she travelled the world for a year, becoming more and more inspired by the beautiful art different countries had to offer. It was this experience that prompted Melissa to start up her own little freelance business.

 

 

Melissa Williams is a freelance artist / graphic designer from Melbourne. She works from home and in a studio called "Misprint". What inspires me the most about Melissa is that she is still an artist on the side and encorporates the hand-made, personal appeal from her artwork into her graphic design work. I find more and more that as technology increases and programs become easier to use and with more intricate tools, the human hand and spontaneous creativity is somewhat lost. I remember studying architecture at RMIT in Melbourne City and watching as other students used CAD and Rhino, while I bent over my set square and ruller and drew every line by hand. I understood the work more and I could feel how it fit together.
Melissa says she loves "anything hand done! So you will find a lot of paints, pens, pencils, markers, inks, brushes. A decent scanner and an a3 Epson canvas printer in my arsenal!"
 

 

Melissa is an artist on the side and exhibit's her work at various festivals, markets, bars and cafes in the city, and has had a few exhibitions in gallery spaces. She also does commission artwork for clients, as well as offer my graphic design services. The work is very illustration based, detailed and intricate.

Taking a look at her website, it is obvious that the range of graphic design styles she takes on is huge; from minimal graphic design website work, to simple logos, brochures, to detailed creative album covers, bed linen, kids designs, tattoos, posters, signage, identity, t-shirts etc. Some designers only have one specific style, while others can work on anything and everything which seems to be the case for Melissa.

 

 

During Melissa's 3 year Visual Communications course at Monash, all her projects were steering towards a textile illustration style, she was using a lot of fabrics and patters and illustration was her main focus. After uni she secured a job at Linen House, a textile and Manchester company in Moorabbin. She spent the next 3 years at linen house designing for companies such as Target, Big W, Myer and Adairs, Linen House which taught her everything she needed to know about textile design. After this she travelled the world for a year, becoming more and more inspired by the beautiful art different countries had to offer. It was this experience that prompted Melissa to start up her own little freelance business.

 

 

Melissa Williams is a freelance artist / graphic designer from Melbourne. She works from home and in a studio called "Misprint". What inspires me the most about Melissa is that she is still an artist on the side and encorporates the hand-made, personal appeal from her artwork into her graphic design work. I find more and more that as technology increases and programs become easier to use and with more intricate tools, the human hand and spontaneous creativity is somewhat lost. I remember studying architecture at RMIT in Melbourne City and watching as other students used CAD and Rhino, while I bent over my set square and ruller and drew every line by hand. I understood the work more and I could feel how it fit together.
Melissa says she loves "anything hand done! So you will find a lot of paints, pens, pencils, markers, inks, brushes. A decent scanner and an a3 Epson canvas printer in my arsenal!"
 

 

Melissa is an artist on the side and exhibit's her work at various festivals, markets, bars and cafes in the city, and has had a few exhibitions in gallery spaces. She also does commission artwork for clients, as well as offer my graphic design services. The work is very illustration based, detailed and intricate.

Taking a look at her website, it is obvious that the range of graphic design styles she takes on is huge; from minimal graphic design website work, to simple logos, brochures, to detailed creative album covers, bed linen, kids designs, tattoos, posters, signage, identity, t-shirts etc. Some designers only have one specific style, while others can work on anything and everything which seems to be the case for Melissa.

 

 

During Melissa's 3 year Visual Communications course at Monash, all her projects were steering towards a textile illustration style, she was using a lot of fabrics and patters and illustration was her main focus. After uni she secured a job at Linen House, a textile and Manchester company in Moorabbin. She spent the next 3 years at linen house designing for companies such as Target, Big W, Myer and Adairs, Linen House which taught her everything she needed to know about textile design. After this she travelled the world for a year, becoming more and more inspired by the beautiful art different countries had to offer. It was this experience that prompted Melissa to start up her own little freelance business.