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 Introduction to Garvan

Hello, my name is Garvan Mc Quaid, I am nineteen years old and have been doing graphic design for the last 4 years as a side job to makes some extra money. The main program I use would photoshop, but I have used Adobe Illustrator and InDesign in the past for some projects that I have worked on. I mainly do promotional designs like business cards, flyers, logos, and booklets but have also designed many other things like hoodies, t-shirts and cycling gear.

What made me want to pursue graphic design as a job was because in 2019 I entered a design competition for the LGBTI+ nation youth strategy welcome sticker, this competition was open to everyone in Ireland that was under the age of 24 and there were over 4000 entries in the first stage, only 8 people were chosen to move onto the second and final stage. This was the first time I had entered a design competition and I didn’t expect to win, but I got invited to the second stage where they were going to announce the winner and decided to go with two of my friends. I ended up winning the competition and won a cash prize and was presented with an award for excellence in design from Former Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Katherine Zappone. A few months after the competition I got the chance to sit with a professional design team called KICK and I got to rework my design and add final details before it was finished. The goal of the LGBTI+ welcome sticker competition was to display the values of the LGBTI+ Youth in a design and create a sticker that promotes the inclusion of the LGBTI+ community. The LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy was launched in 2018 by the department of children and youth affairs and aims to ensure that all LGBTI+ young people are visible, valued, and included in Ireland, and it was an overall great experience and inspired me to pursue graphic design as a career.

This is the only design competition I have ever submitted to, I heard about when I was in 5th year as it was announced during the morning assembly and at first, I wasn't even going to bother to enter as I didn't I could design something that was good enough to win, but one of my friends convinced me to enter. When I'm coming up for the idea for, I asked some friends who are a part of the LGBT+ community for advice on what symbols they found represented them and the two I heard the most were the gay pride and transgender pride flags, so I knew I needed to incorporate them into my design. The next thing I need was symbols for Ireland, and that was easy, just the Irish flag and a shamrock. I then did my own research on symbols that represented the community to see if I could add anything else, and I found that an upside-down pink triangle was an old symbol used during the holocaust to identify homosexuals but after was reclaimed as a symbol of empowerment and I also wanted to add that to my design too. I was honoured to win this competition as I have very close friends and family members who are a part of the LGBT+ community, and it felt great to help an amazing because I meet some amazing people in the process.

This is the design I submitted 


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