On wednesday we went to the Tate Liverpool. For me this was a nice experience as I got to know some of the people on the course more. I had a good look around at the Chagall gallery and all the other pieces. I thought it was well set out and that the walls which were painted grey, made the room quite dark but the lights directed onto the pieces made them stand out very well. However as much as I kept an open mind, there was only a few pieces that I liked. They were the print and ink works which he created in his time during the war.
During this week I have learnt a lot of things and this weekend I had planned to make sure that I got some of my research done. This means I could get my things done within the time I have left, without leaving anything to chance. Otherwise I may occur a problem with printing or such. Since I have done some of my research, I can print it off and start to annotate it and then take pictures as digital files for my PDP file.
While reflecting on this weeks events I have realized that there is a big amount of work to be done, but I love a challenge. So I say Bring It On, because there is so much to be learnt, in so little time...
During the last week I have learnt a lot. I learnt the difference between design consultancies and ad agencies. An ad agency is who does adverts and digital movies, were as a consultancy does all the business cards and stationary/posters.
After being in college for the week I think that I have learned a lot. I also know that I have a lot of work to do and even more to learn.
To be honest I don't really know what to put here... Today has been very interesting and different. Going ashton tonight, should be good. (friday)
Saturday... Feeling ill as hell, taken 3 hot lemons today and done nothing but lie in bed. Best be better before tuesday.
Sunday - Still ill, feel worse then I did yesterday. Need to Make a start on my research for lee and rachel... Don't feel like moving, but its got to be done...
Monday - Still feeling absolutely awful, today I have carried on with my research in all 3 projects and took photos for my PDP. Really need to ask Dave were which project goes, although I need my branding before I can start it...
6:30am Tuesday - Wakes up, feeling horrid, goes back to bed. Wakes up an hour later. I have sent Dave an Email saying that I wont be attending college today because I am really ill. Starts work on my research for design consultancies and ad agencies. Need to get this done before 1ST OCTOBER....
I am really feeling the pressure of all of this work... I should stop messing around and having a laugh and get everything done. Im glad I will be able to work at home over the weekend, I think being in my own enviroment will help me a lot. I need to also stop getting distracted and keep focussed on what I need to get done. Research In for 1st of october... I have 4 days.. Wish me luck. I'm only kidding I will get it done.
Today has been absolutely tiring. Its 21.12 and I am absolutely knackered, I have got through a lot of work today. I have made a few mistakes. Although I have corrected these mistakes and started to re-think the ways I am working and trying to create pages which I will then be able to have a consistent design for my PDP and also my workbook and other things. I am quite pleased with my progress...
I know I CAN DO BETTER !
Well, I really need to get ready sooner... Always seem to get to college a bit later this year. TIMING is EVERYTHING. Being Early > Being Late. Anyways I really need to get my 3 companies who I want to work for done. Going to do that on friday.
1st of October... : Research Deadline : mostly done. I need to manage my time better so that I do not miss another deadline. Otherwise it will cost me in the long term.
2nd of October : Not had much sleep past few days, kept working hard. Don't seem to be able to shake this cold.
I will hopefully get better soon. Anyways I am going to get some work done... I feel that If I push myself I will be able to produce something very good quality... I have a main idea but I just need to...
Use the style of Michael-Craig Martin for my logo and branding style...
During my time working in the style of Michael-Craig martin I created around 6 different variations of my logo. I am really happy with the way this logo is turning out. Now to start working on my different ways of branding...
One thing I am surely going to do more of is researching via books. And referencing all the material and the book and then also the websites I have looked on to provide correct information....
To be honest at the very beginning I thought Id never remember to do this blog... Now im on it pretty much everyday or trying to be so that I dont forget to do it... Goodluck chris... I have the memory of a fish sometimes..
Need to get into the routine of waking up at 6:30am and getting straight up... timing is everything... "Chris De Burgh"... One of the things I really need to learn is the difference between san-serif and serif...
09/10/2013 : Today has been quite good and I have learned quite a bit. Emailing Matt Page has helped me quite a bunch. Since he has given me advice on my logo and some other different questions which I have asked. http://www.whittus.com/
10/10/2013 : Just another day at the office...
11/10/2013 - The so called 'Day Off'. Today I am going to look into doing some more research for the 12 artists which we have to research through during the time given. Although Rachel was ill for the past week or so, I think I have still managed to keep on track with what she wants doing... I hope.
12/10/2013 - Today I am going to chill out for a bit. Have a think about everything and just see what happens...
In the end I decided to just listen to music and play some games, help out my mum and dad with some housework and went for a big long walk.
13/10/2013 - Lazy day maybe... No not for me. I got up and I started to do jobs around the house. I painted part of my room. To be honest, I havent done that much work around the house since we did my brothers room.
14/10/2013 - Realize I need to get my head down and work so that I can get everything done that I need to have done for this week. I need to keep calm and just concentrate.
Later that day....
REMINDER! Need to get this work done. ASAP!
15/10/2013 - Finished off my Julian Opie Magazine Design. To be honest I am pretty happy with it and I have learned a lot during Jim's sessions. I use In-Design quite a lot myself because I think it is he best program to use. My reasons for this are : You can place near enough any Photoshop or Illustrator file into In-Design and then do whatever you want with them. Guides are easy to follow and I think that it is a pretty simple way to work.
Today I am also going to finish off my review and get it printed off and then put my typography research into my sketchbook. I also need to print one of my 3 chosen design companies off and get all of the written work done. After I have done this, I will be able to get on with my PDP file and improve all of my work through the process. That should be fun.
16/10/2013 - I really need to remember to not get behind on my blog, and learn how to juggle my PDP, presentation and all that so I can get everything done. Today I am going to get more of my work done for lee and then get my activity log and production shedule printed.
Went to get these printed at design and print. Will get them back tomorrow....
17/10/2013 - Collect my work from design and print and start to put more different things into my sketchbook. Today has been an extremely busy day...
18/10/2013 - Supposedly My Day off. Spent most of my day looking into how my PDP needs to come together because I am going to be doing my research into the 10 Design Consultancies and Ad Agencies, plus the 3 companies who I want to work for again, because I want to improve the way its done in my sketchbook.
19/10/2013 - Spent most of today doing my research again. This will be a big part of my PDP so for the next few days I will be looking at improving it in such a way that there isn't any mistakes within it.
20/10/2013 - Spent today trying to get the rest of the research done but I think Im going to have a break now and do the last 4 pages tomorrow. I just need to look into which part of my PDP the research goes into.
21/10/2013 - I finished off the last 4 pages of my research which I had to redo into a4 format. Now I am going to make sure that my PDP is all in the right order and format. I need to look into what else needs putting into the file.
22/10/2013 - Still sorting out the order of my PDP. I think that today has been a really terrible day as a lot of things have gone haywire, family wise and the main problem is that I really just cant concentrate on anything. I also started my designs for the chartered society of designers poster which I really need to get my head around on what needs going on the poster. Today was the visit of the Salford Library which is a very big resource which we could use, however for me I dont see the point in using that library because its so far away since I could already get the same or similar resources from the council/college libraries which are available to me.
23/10/2013 - London Trip - Setting out from my house I was quite nervous about the whole experience because its an amazingly busy place and I didn't really know what to expect when we visited the design companies of pentagram and Mccann Erricsons. We visited Pentagram today and I thought that it was a really interesting to see what he would say about design itself and what it is all about, I did have a few questions which I was going to ask Dominic, but, he answered them during the talk.
24/10/2013 - Got up feeling quite out of it after having nothing much to eat but that is my own fault. Today is the visit to Mccann London as it is called in the studio. We got talked to about the advertising business and I learned a hell of a lot. During the time there I learned that advertising isnt just about all the TV adds and all that, there is so much more to it and there are designers and illustrators used in the business too...
25/10/2013 - The day after the London visit... Time to have a nice day to relax and chill out and reflect on the visit. I think that the visit was great and that I gained an absolute ton of knowledge and the fact that is. It has inspired me so much more and it makes me really want to get out there and do it myself.
26/10/2013 - I probably wasted today but I did enjoy it, spent it with my mate stuart walking for miles in the countryside, had dinner in a nice little pub somewhere. Had a great day to be honest, was very funny.
27/10/2013 - Sunday - Anther day of work for me, today I did some work for Jims lessons. Realizing it was half term I thought. Ill do a bit of each project each day, to make sure I can get it all done for when it needs to be finished.
28/10/2013 - Today I have spent most of my day getting research for the projects and the getting them printed off ready for the next few days. I have also redesigned my poster a few times for the Chartered Society of Designers. The main thing is that I just cant seem to get the typography right...
29/10/2013 - I decided to just chill out today and listen to music while doing my blog and then cutting and sticking my research into the appropriate places. I think it takes ages but I would rather it look well presented then just a massive mess of pictures.
30/11/2013 - Today I have really worked hard, I am still not happy with the way I am working as I know I can do better.
31/11/2013 - Quite behind with Rachels work, I have been worried about falling behind and now I am behind, I will catch up, I just hope it doesn't take me too long.
1/11/2013 - So its Friday... Today I have been trying to catch up on my blog and Rachels work. I have nearly completed all of my artist research for the project. However I think Rachel being off took away my focus from this project and in the future I need to learn to focus on changing this.
2/11/2013 - Saturday - Today I have been doing work for Jims lesson and finalizing my research for it.
3/11/2013 - Well today I have taken a well earned rest, In a lot of pain so today has not been a good day to be honest.
4/11/2013 - Woke up feeling really ill, hopefully I will be fine by Tuesday.
5/11/2013 - Dragged myself to college as I have been really ill, got my review feedback from Dave and went home after dinner because I was still ill. Wish I could just never get ill. Tonight is also bonfire night.
6/11/2013 - Still very ill and the fact it was bonfire night last night just made it worse. Had no sleep at all.
7/11/2013 - Finally ! Back on my feet and ready to go... Today is the presentation of the groups. The work we did about the 5 companies chosen by Dave. My final poster...
8/11/2013 - Used today to still try and catch up on my blog, I also bought some lino yesterday which I plan to use in the near future in Rachel's lesson so I decided to cut out a picture. This inspired me to do more with print and marbling. Which I plan to do next week..
9/11/2013 - All the days seems to be dragging into one... Not sleeping and the weather is only getting colder... I do not like this...
10/11/2013 - For when I have been in pain. Today has probably been the worst. Today I have done more of jims work and made sure I have started my logo designs.
11/11/2013 - Monday - Doctors appointment today. Pretty useless day, Feel like I have wasted my time...
12/11/2013 - Produced Logo designs and stuck in work from previous weeks which I needed to do. Now I need to start finding a typeface to suit my logo..
13/11/2013 - Today went fairly well, proved to lee that I had done my work and the fact that I do know something about the Bauhaus Movement.
14/11/2013 - Today I have started researching into the next project for Dave. The Almanac or zine.
I think that this project is going to be really interesting.
I also went to the Print Room and did lots of marbling and printwork which I really like, Some of the effects that you can get are amazing.
15/11/2013 - Continuation Of Rachels Work is required, There is a lot more to it then just research. I am starting to develop ideas and collages of work. This means once I find a background I like I can then produce a background for the quote of my choice. I think the quote I may use is 'Some of us make it seem seem less but the word insanity can really mean genius.' I really like this quote.
16/11/2013 - Saturday, Today I have just chilled out and re-thought about my first project. My reflections are, it is not good enough and that I need to recreate my logo completely...
17/11/2013 - Emailed Dave asking about the poster which we need to have completed by Tuesday and whether I need to print a hard copy or whether I should wait for Andrea. My birthday was pretty great.
18/11/2013 - Today I have done a lot of work on rachels/lees and jims work. I needed to get things done for each tutor so I decided to do abit of each so that I could make it a lot easier for myself.
19/11/2013 - Today is the days of the tutorials. I have created a series of logos for jims and produced a spec sheet. this is it...
20/11/2013 - Made a spec sheet for my own logo. Which I have completely redesigned. I have also stuck in my research for dave and learned alot more about bauhaus and need to start making my imovie or equivelant for lees project.
21/11/2013 - Today went alright, worked on my new project and did some thumbnails... Then worked on rachels work which kind of pissed me off. I wish people would learn to clean up after themselves.
22/11/2013 - Friday - So much for a day off. Spent most of it catching up. My own fault for getting behind. Needs more organisation and stuff.
23/11/2013 - Saturday - Today has been pretty fun, Went walking with my mate stuart in the dark. Night walks are amazing... You should try it.
24/11.2013 - Tis Sunday... - Well today Ive had abit of fun, on the xbox, then I stuck in some different research and logo designs for jims work and in my sketchbook for dave. Re-done my logo so sticking everything in and catching everything else.
25/11/2013 - Monday - Todays been a day of going over my work and reflecting, Making sure that I had done everything that I need for most of the lessons. I am still behind on Rachels work but I am making progress, I should have caught up by christmas completely. If not I will work hard over christmas to make it happen.
26/11/2013 - Today I found that sometimes simple is better. And thanks to the visit of Mccann London. I made much more sense of it because it opened my mind. Thanks to Jim I have learned so much. Started working on my Glastonbury leaflet today..
27/11/2013 - Wednesday - Todays the day we have salford coming in which makes the problem worse. I need to see lee and see how he wants this video produced. Turned out his lesson was cut off which didnt really help, I also ended up going home because I was very ill. I think it shows when a fellow student asks 'why did you even come in?'.
28/11/2013 - Problematic Thursday.
- Problem 1 : woke up very ill
- Problem 2 : emailed dave at like dinnertime.
- Problem 3 : Finished my Poster design but couldn't get advice on how to improve it.
Just shows If you dont go in you cant get certain things such as input on how you can improve it or not.
29/11/2013 - Friday - Still under the weather, on my 8th hot lemon in 2 days. Really trying to get rid of this cold. I need to be right for Tuesday.
30/11/2013 - Saturday - I think today I am just going to chill out, because I have been working constantly to try to catch up.
1/12/2013 - December is here - Forecasts cold weather to be on its way... great. My thoughts is. I hope I can still get to and from college and that making a trip to college would be worth it... So.. Im just hoping the weather isnt to bad. Today I worked on my blogs and my review for the 3rd review deadline.
2/12/2013 - Today has been pretty hectic... Helped my dad shopping, finished my review so that I can get it assessed at study support tomorrow. Done my daily reflection on here.... Cant concentrate on anything at the minute so im going to have a rest...
3/12/2013 - Today I got my review printed and seen by study support. I am quite happy that he didnt really change much and said that I had written a good review. Time to get on with my almanac and imovie...
4/12/2013 - Quite dissapointed by today... Have redesigned my imovie which means i basically have to start from scratch...
5/11/2013 - Today i saw rachel about my work and turns out im still behind... trying to catch up is such a headache...
07/01/2013 - Not reflected for a long time... Right no more slacking from me, going to kick myself into gear before its to late. Starting from today. New start, going to give 150% from now on....
2/12/2013 - Today has been pretty hectic... Helped my dad shopping, finished my review so that I can get it assessed at study support tomorrow. Done my daily reflection on here.... Cant concentrate on anything at the minute so im going to have a rest...
3/12/2013 - Today I got my review printed and seen by study support. I am quite happy that he didnt really change much and said that I had written a good review. Time to get on with my almanac and imovie...
4/12/2013 - Quite dissapointed by today... Have redesigned my imovie which means i basically have to start from scratch...
5/11/2013 - Today i saw rachel about my work and turns out im still behind... trying to catch up is such a headache...
07/01/2013 - Not reflected for a long time... Right no more slacking from me, going to kick myself into gear before its to late. Starting from today. New start, going to give 150% from now on....
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