LIANA Corbett is wearing her two passions quite literally on her sleeve.
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The talented artist and footballer has won a First Touch Football Supplies competition to have her own design printed on a jersey.
"It's something different to stripes and the things you see on every other shirt," said Liana, 14.
"They're my favourite colours and random shapes, which I thought would be cool.
"It's really good to be able to wear something you made yourself.
"I love how it turned out and everything about it."
Liana won a one hour session with Bounce Design, which helped her tweak her idea before two jerseys were manufactured.
"I'm definitely going to frame one to hang on the wall," she said.
Liana is in year nine at Merewether High and started a certificate four in graphic design at Hunter Design School in her own time and alongside her mum Renee Bell this year.
She grew up drawing and started moving into digital illustration and graphic design after receiving an iPad about 18 months ago.
"It's fun, a creative outlet and gives me a skill set that will be very helpful once I get into the workforce."
Liana helped youth arts organisation Up and Up paint the mural on the water tower at Charlestown and contributed ideas for the recent painting of six traffic signal boxes.
Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club named her last week as a runner up in a competition to design road safety stickers. Liana said when she needs a break from art she turns to her beloved football.
She has played since the under-6's, is goalkeeper with her school's open girls side and Kahibah Football Club's under 16's girls side, plus coaches with the MiniRoos program.
Helen Gregory
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
Helen Gregory joined the Newcastle Herald in 2010. She is the masthead’s education reporter and has written for the H2 and Weekender sections, as well as across a range of issues. Helen is a Walkley Award winning journalist and was also part of the Newcastle Herald team that won the United Nations World Environment Day Media Award for Environmental Reporting.
