Leigh984, The creative portfolio of Leigh Spencer

On 22nd February 2015 Leicester City Council`s old Offices known as New Walk Centre where destroyed in a controlled explosion. Hundreds gathered in the surrounding streets to see the towers fall into their own footprint with anticipation rising as the countdown began a series of loud bangs where heard before the towers fell in seconds leaving a large dust cloud and otherworldly scenes on the surrounding streets which where now coated with a fine layer of dust from the fallen building. My video filmed on Pocklingtons walk features the countdown demolition and dust covered streets afterwards. Images Follow

  I was asked to design a poster for the Menphys walk an annual charity walk taking place on 13th may 2012 in Leicestershire. Taking its cues from last years poster for the 30th walk (also designed by me !) it features an refinement of that years footprint idea giving the poster a 'walked on' look. This motif has been continued onto all associated media for the event including banners and sponsor forms as well as any merchandise such as stickers, water bottles etc. The poster uses the charity's colour scheme of Red Grey & Black & utilizes the Teen typeface to allow the poster to make it easy to read but also portray a fun and playful personality,  The Teen typeface is teamed up with Earwig Factory evoking memories of children`s A is for apple type alphabet posters. The Poster additionally features a QR code to allow interested persons to scan the code with their smartphone triggering a free download of a registration form for the walk creating an incre...

The poster for the 2011 Menphys Walk keeps the basic graphical layout from previous years and updates it to highlight the fact that this is the 30th year of the event. The Menphys walk is an annual sponsored walk in aid of the Leicester based charity Menphys and raises much needed funds to help them continue their work supporting children and young people with disability's.