Welcome to patv.
A sub-brand showcasing personal projects and content that I create during my free time. But first some backstory…
I first created ‘PATV’ as a YouTube channel when I was a teenager, with the aim being to make mini versions of gameshows, the acronym standing for ‘Play Along Television’. None of the shows ever made it past me building the set, but I did play around with making title sequences and the on-screen graphics, including idents for the channel.
A year or so later, I discovered a website called TV Forum, which was dedicated to the discussion of programming and the presentation of TV channels, it also included ‘The Gallery’, a section for users to showcase their own ideas, I used this quite a lot and over the years uploaded various mocks for different programmes, which certainly helped ignite the graphic design fire within me.
Creating these mocks is also how I developed a lot skills and improved my knowledge of the programs that I use to make them. My initial designs were created using PowerPoint and a video editor, but I learned to get the most out of them before eventually moving onto the Illustrator / After Effects combo once I was given access through my University.
Despite it being a big part of my design journey, I’ve always kept these mocks behind my screenname, being apprehensive that as I often recreate existing brands, occasionally sloting in my own ideas, they weren’t “professional” enough, but I’ve come to the realisation that these projects still show off what I’m capable of, so why shouldn’t I be sharing them beyond the TV presentation community, which I why I felt it fitting to incorporate the patv. brand to showcase my personal projects in the same way I always have done.
So I hope you enjoy what you see! A list of available projects are listed below as well as by accessing the menu by clicking my CJT logo.
A sub-brand showcasing personal projects and content that I create during my free time. But first some backstory…
I first created ‘PATV’ as a YouTube channel when I was a teenager, with the aim being to make mini versions of gameshows, the acronym standing for ‘Play Along Television’. None of the shows ever made it past me building the set, but I did play around with making title sequences and the on-screen graphics, including idents for the channel.
A year or so later, I discovered a website called TV Forum, which was dedicated to the discussion of programming and the presentation of TV channels, it also included ‘The Gallery’, a section for users to showcase their own ideas, I used this quite a lot and over the years uploaded various mocks for different programmes, which certainly helped ignite the graphic design fire within me.
Creating these mocks is also how I developed a lot skills and improved my knowledge of the programs that I use to make them. My initial designs were created using PowerPoint and a video editor, but I learned to get the most out of them before eventually moving onto the Illustrator / After Effects combo once I was given access through my University.
Despite it being a big part of my design journey, I’ve always kept these mocks behind my screenname, being apprehensive that as I often recreate existing brands, occasionally sloting in my own ideas, they weren’t “professional” enough, but I’ve come to the realisation that these projects still show off what I’m capable of, so why shouldn’t I be sharing them beyond the TV presentation community, which I why I felt it fitting to incorporate the patv. brand to showcase my personal projects in the same way I always have done.
So I hope you enjoy what you see! A list of available projects are listed below as well as by accessing the menu by clicking my CJT logo.