Martin Jimenez new and revised Artist Statement and Bio

 Biography

    

    Martin was born in Newark, New Jersey then later was raised in Kearny for the majority of his life. For his art major that focuses more on Graphic Design he first attended Hudson County Community College where he got his associate’s degree and then transferred to New Jersey City University where he is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree. Throughout his years in college and learning on his own he likes to use a variety of programs in order to create his work such as using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign as well as Canva. With these specific programs, Martin’s incentive was to create a plethora of things so he can become more versatile in the Graphic Design world such as logos, posters, flyers, business cards, and typography. What makes Martin very enthusiastic is looking at minimalistic artwork as well as a lot of abstract work and try to see how he can incorporate his own style to it and make it in the process. Lastly Martin has worked meticulously with the CEO, marketing and human resources department of CHOYCES A for profit organization that provides tutoring and educational consultation services. Martin’s obligations at CHOYCES were creating social media graphics for the brand as well as creating flyers, email signatures and website banners for the organization.

Artist Statement

    For the most part I like to work very thoroughly on my laptop. That's where I thrive to make my best work come to life which I genuinely think makes me work more attentively. I would like to consider my style as professional, corporate, playful, serious and fun as I try to expand on the versatility of my skillset as a Graphic Designer. To elaborate more on my work, I really like creating a brand identity for a brand as I genuinely feel as a designer this is the core element of what graphic design is, to simply create a visual graphic that conveys a message, choosing certain colors to set the tone, finding a typeface that can be legible to the public eye and lastly creating something that can be remembered for a lifetime thus increasing exposure to the brand. Furthermore, I like to be very intricate with the design process that I'm constructing with and by doing so I like to start off by sketching an idea in my sketch book. With this idea in mind, this is where I start to feel very energized about what I would want to design because I always feel confident enough that the idea that I usually have in my head tends to come out the way I want it to come out. I will say this, what also helps me out within my design process is also looking at the artists that I have been inspired by like the likes of Paula Scher for her beautiful poster design work, Paul Rand for his amazing logo design work, and Matthew Carter for his serious typography work. To end this off, what I hope to get out of my work is hopefully when people do get to see it, I want to evoke a certain emotion from the audience and hopefully I can galvanize the people with the work that I do and would continue to construct for the foreseeable future in the graphic design industry.