Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

Designed to advertise an upcoming (at time of writing) Magic show at the Newbold Verdon Library, my poster design uses elements instantly recognizable to fans of stage based magic. the overall design uses the house style I`ve created previously for events at the library with the top hat breaking the border at the bottom to give the design a 3D element. Can you spot the rabbit hiding behind the curtain waiting for his cue !.  UPDATE: The event went very well with the audience entertained by Dave`s comedy and Magic skills a cheese and crackers supper and a magic themed Quiz.     

I was asked to design a poster for the Newbold Verdon Village Library Quiz night. The poster follows a modern branding style that I`ve created for the Library as it evolves into a future as a community hub for the village with regular groups meeting there for events that range from film nights to Knitting & Ukelele groups.   

I worked alongside the team at BBC Radio Leicester to create logos, posters etc for the first ever Asian Life Festival celebrating 50 years of Asian Life and culture in the city of Leicester. My brief was to create a strong branding for the festival with modern design and an Asian style. The event in Jubilee Square featured, The Curry Show Live, an extension of the Monday evening food show on BBC Radio Leicester, featuring food stalls from variety of local restaurants,  An open air showing of the Bollywood film Jadoo directed and written by  Amit Gupta,  which was filmed in the city and a 2 hour stage spectacular featuring dance, drama, poetry and an audio/visual piece telling the story of Leicesters Asian Community. The stage show featured performances from  Shaimak Dancers,  Nupur Arts,  Mr Shay and  BBC Introducing artist Riya. The event was supported by Arts Council England, Sabras Radio and BBC Radio Leicester below is t...

 A couple of vintage style movie posters designed by myself to promote special editions of the popular Sunday morning BBC Radio Leicester show Clueless on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. A design for the Christmas Eve edition of Clueless taking is influences from the movie posters for musicals such as White Christmas & Holiday Inn. The second design (and second special show) takes as it`s influence a style reminiscent of Hitchcock thrillers with a clock face dominating the left side of the design and dynamic red CLUELESS lettering at an angle dominating the right side giving a sense of time ticking away and action a theme regular listeners to the show will be familiar with. Listeners will also be pleased to know that both shows resulted in the presenters (Ady Dayman, Monica Winfield and Dale Neal) finding the treasure.  

A couple of posters and flyers designed for The Great Central Railways Beer Festival and Pistons And Pumps festival which runs concurrently. The posters advance ideas from previous poster designs and introduce some new ones too. You will notice the chimney of the train is a beer glass and with the logo of the event on the smoke box door the whole design evokes the pumps familiar to any regular pub goer look out also for several pistons hidden in the design. More information at this link .

Various adaptations of an event branding created by myself for print and screen usage. Designed for the Great Central Railway Vintage Vehicle Summer Festival the event takes The Steam Miniatures and Commercial events (see previous posts GCR Commercial event  and Steam Miniatures  ) and combines them into one big festival to which all vintage vehicles are invited and welcome to attend. The design itself borrows from the well known vintage rail posters on display at the heritage railways stations and features a Commercial Truck, Traction Engine and Vintage Bus taken from the posters for events that this event replaces. The poster also features a Steam Engine "Bridging The Gap" which is a nod to the railways plans to re-unite the two halves of the "Old Great Central Railway", The planes reference the Hurricane, Spitfire and Dakota flypast that will also be part of the festival.       The branding is continued into a banner image for use on the home page sl...

A poster designed by me for the Great Central Railway`s Model Event in 2016 using a new color scheme and added detail on the train track and rails.    

  A poster designed by me for the Miniature Steam Weekend at the Great Central Railway featuring a traction engine and using a heavy serif-ed typeface as often used in traditional sign writing.  For more info on the event please visit http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/     

A poster designed by me for The Great Central Railway`s Sci-Fi weekend in September 2015. My brief was to design a poster that had 60`s science fiction influences echoing the era that saw the launch of British Sci-Fi shows like Doctor Who etc, The typeface was chosen for its futuristic style and the color scheme of reds and oranges reminiscent of the planet Mars (a favorite location of many a sci-fi writer). The background features a long exposure rotating star trail above a mountain range and three UFO`s with the lead craft beaming down its otherworldly inhabitants (named Kay-tee & Ju-Ells) to the planets surface to visit the event.  

Designed for The Great Central Railway this years Commercial Vehicle Weekend poster design called for an update to last years design retaining the previous posters vintage art deco inspired style whilst adding additional vehicles and a new event logo to match the logo seen on the preview flyer created earlier in the season.

A poster designed for the Great Central Railway`s Easter Sale featuring bright springtime colors Easter eggs chicks and bunnies riding an Easter special stream train !. further details follow.

  Designed for local charity menphys this poster for a valentines ball at Thurlaston Country Park is an updated version of a previous design the heart design being all new and featuring lots of hearts coming together around the valentines ball title written in a simple and easy to read typeface.  more images follow.

Poster design for 2014`s Children For Children concert for Leicester charity menphys at the city's demontfort hall. The poster uses a flat vintage style with shadows to give some depth giving the piece a cut-out style effect the typeface chosen reflects this whilst still being easy to read. Menphys Carol Concert event further information

My brief for a poster design for the Great Central Railway`s Pirates and Princesses event involved combining the contrasting colours and elements traditionally related to Pirates and Princesses in one poster design. Each theme takes up one side of the poster with reds and oranges on the pirates side contrasting with pinks of the princesses side the two contrasting sides are tied together with a seascape across the bottom of the poster which also features two children dressed as a pirate and a princess.

Designed for the Leicester branch of the Samaritans helpline as part of a campaign to  encourage people to volunteer for the charity my poster features the slogan we`re all ears and features butterfly made out of 'ear' shapes symbolising the release the people may feel after talking through their problems with a Samaritan. The poster uses the Samaritans green colour scheme and adds complimentary colours such as brown and orange against a simple white background to grab peoples attention. 

Poster Designed for the Great Central Railway Commercial Vehicle Day & Layland Society Annual Meet the poster features two Layland buses drawn by myself in thier well known colours. The number plates of the vehicles contain a Easter egg, LM1907 being the date Layland Motors was founded and GCR1894 the date the railway was founded, the destination boards are also set to Quorn & Woodhouse (the events location). The poster also borrows the style of the chrome Art Deco(esq) decorations often seen on the layland buses. The main typeface (onyx) is one that mirrors that seen in the Layland logo, whilst Maven Pro is used for the smaller supplementary info for ease of reading.

Poster design for The Family Zone at the Great Central Railways Model Event, this was designed to work on its own as a design but also have visual ties (colours etc) to the main Model Event poster taking place at the other stations along the line. The balloon animal family reference the fact its a family event and also literally the fact that there was balloon modelling at the event.     

Designed for the Great Central Railways Classic & Vintage Vehicle Fest my poster features two classic cars parked side by side as they may be seen when on display at such an event. the poster uses a simple design evoking the railway posters of old with a racing stripe in the background evoking classic race car livery. The events logo is also reminiscent of designs found on trophy's and plaques handed to winners of motor racing.

Poster designed for the Leicestershire Family Voice Family Fun Day that runs alongside the Menphys walk the poster needed to reflect the family nature of the event whilst at the same time have a visual tie to the walk poster in its layout. The pastel colour palette is taken from the Leicestershire Family Voice logo.

A poster designed by me for the annual Charity Curry Evening held at the Cuisine Of India restaurant by Leicester charity Menphys, the poster uses a rich orange and purple colour scheme and mixes patterns similar to those used in Rangoli and Henna patterns with a star burst background giving a Bollywood vibe to the poster as a whole.