Self evaluation

What problem did you identify?
How long it takes to get to college, and how to get there.

What evidence did you find to support your decision?
self experience, course mates stories and opinions

What methods did you use to gather your evidence and what form did it take?

primary
timing self from diferent starting points and ending at college

secondary
questionairre

What methods of research did you find useful and why?
i found that timing my journeys and trying out new routes to find the quickest ways was the most useful as it helped with my disicion of what route to put on my maps.

How did these inform your response to your problem?
they decided which route and what instructions should be given.

What research could you have carried out that would have proved more useful?
i could have carried out research that involved public transport and not just by foot as this may have been a fast way to arraive at college. however public transport is not always reliable and not constant on timemanagement.

List five things that you have learnt about the design process over the last five weeks



List five things you would do differently next time

ppd presentation

words that describe me as an individual
considerate
objective
tolerant

Word that describe my approach to life
reflective
laid back

I want to be:
organised
informed
ambitious

Qualities I look for in others
honesty
creativity
humour

words that describe me as a designer:
expressive
effective

I want my work to:
attract
entertain
inform

Areas I have developed skills in
drawing
print
research
problem solving

Areas I need to develop skills in:
type
video
composition
concept building

I am interested in developing skills in:
Illustration
narrative
advertising
book design

ppd presentation

Ten things I have learnt this year are;

1. not to be afraid of my ideas
2. getting better at talking about my work
3. getting better at photoshop
4. that I love drawing even more that before
5. type and image joined together
6. i enjoy group work
   
7. crits are extremely helpful
8. how good pens and paper make all the difference
9. how to look after myself
10. first idea isn't always the best
    

Ten things I want to learn are;

1. still need to improve photoshop
2. type and layout
3. still need to improve illustrator
4. not to be afraid to ask questions
5. time management
6. blogging on the day
7. presentation skills
8. speaking in public
9. describing my thoughts and ideas
10. evaluating
    

Speaking from Experience crit

Speaking from Experience The brief

Brief

To produce a range of graphic products which inform others about my experience of the first year and to help them with situation

Who needs to know?
The new first year students

What do they need to know?
How long it takes to get to places around Leeds and the quickest ways of doing so.

Why do they need to know?
time management, so that they are not late on their first week of college and so that they can find their way around the city and know how long it will take them.

What will they respond to?
The will respond to map, direction booklet, chart. With a humorous approach with illustrations.

What research is required?
Primary distance and time.
Secondary map and photographs of Leeds.bus routes and walking routes.

Speaking from Experience

Concept
walking in circles!
getting lost and not know where you are is scary and a big problem for a new student in a new city

ideas
poster map of Leeds
make Leeds a jungle
website

research
own encounters, Leeds council guides, questionnaires to current students

resolution
a kit containing compass, map, camping kit,
make Leeds in to a jungle/desert island and that the new student is stranded on it.




Concept
be yourself and work the way you work. Don't change yourself to fit in and don't be afraid of your ideas and opinions

resolution
big poster with imaginative illustrations coming out of a new student with an inspirational quote.

Concept
Getting from point A to point B and on weekends point C

ideas
quickest ways of traveling around Leeds and time it will take. How many steps it will take.
e.g college to student halls
college to train station
weekends...student halls to clubs, restaurants, bars, shops.

Resolution
map, timetable, illustrated guide

concept
living away from home

ideas
how to wash up
sharing/stealing from flatmates
getting along with people
cooking
keeping clean

research
questionnaires to students and landlords

resolution
a guide about how to survive living away from home

concept
cheep healthy food

ideas
deals at shops
what good
how to save food
how to make it last longer e.g freezing foods

research
students
shops
market prices
food tips

resolution
student cookbook with funny illustrations and tip about food and staying healthy

Comunication is a virus- getting people to give more

Crit
issues raised
cant read writing on cards
colour problems
should be examples on line

action to be taken
change had written type
website changes

general feedback
good idea
useful
could actually be a real site and company

Comunication is a virus

Why have you chosen to work with your creative partner?

i have chosen to work with my partners as they both have skills at photoshop and illustrator. I am more illustrative and our group is planning on me doing the illustrations and my partners editing the illustrations. I also find my partner interested in the same style as myself.
I feel i am not good at public speaking and explaining myself and my ideas, where I know that my partner are more confident and dint mind speaking to a crowd

what are your specific areas of creative interest in this brief?
Creating hand drawn illustrations and giving ideas

what specific design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? how do you intend to use them?
Our brief is about hand made gift which I often do anyways. So I have ideas for what we should inform people of what to make, I also have hand drawn illustration skills. Good with colour and positioning.

what specific non-design skills do you have to offer in relation to your chosen brief? How do you intend to use them?
i am on time
open minded
helpful
listener
good ideas

what will your specific roles be in collaboration in relationship to your brief?
hand drawn illustrations relating to the type and information

what will your individual responsibilities be in relation to your brief?
All the illustrations and hand written type ready for my partner to upload ant edit on the computer and ready for printing.

What will your joint responsibilities be?
time management
final decision making
arranging and sticking to meetings

Comunication is a virus.Brief

Brief
How to get people to give more

Considerations
who will want to make presents for people. who to make presents for.where they will find this information.

Target Audience
Children who can'tafford to buy present

Tone of Voice
Fun, playful, thoughtful


Background
Ages of childrenwho are willing to make present. What are popular home made present.
Information about time and how to make presents.

Mandatory Requirements
2 colours
1 stock


Deliverables
3x A2 presentation boards and a final project piece.

Indesign Workshop Ben Mckean

The brief
Design a double page spread about Ben Mckean

Considerations
Layout, colour, images, typography and copy.

Target Audience
Student, future employers

Tone of Voice
Fun, friendly and informative.

Background
Online double page spread to go onto personal blogs with hyperlinks.

Mandatory Requirements
Visual investigation into design, final printed version and digitalised.

Deliverables
One printed double pages spread (A3) and a PDF for online use.


Interview with Ben:
Male
29Th April 1990
London, Bedfordshire
Cristian
favorite weather- summer
favorite colour- blue
football team- Tottenham
music- electro, alternative
favorite film- shawshank redemption

Work- start by drawing, finish on computer

Best place he has been is South Africa and Mozambique
favorite food. roast dinner because he didn't realise how much it would be missed at university.
would like to go to Slovakia

Don't Panic final crit

What concept/statement/fact/question/tone is being communicated?

Glamorously evil. The fact that this magazine comes across with beautiful, thin people, but gives a false image to the younger generation on natural beauty and how they should look and dress.

Is this being communicated effectively?

I think I have communicated this effectively as i have drawn a glamorously evil face. the face shape and hair are meant to look like perfection and evil eyes and mouth have been added in a glamours way.

Have the posters answered the brief?

I think I have answered the brief I have set and have created something that looks fashionable and glamorous with an evil side to it.

Who is the audience - have they been addressed?

The audience is students and I think the image i have created is modern and young. I think girls and guys would like this image.
The haven't really been addressed as it doesn't relate to student life.However the evil part could link to the expense on item in vogue and how student cant afford to buy them.

Strenghts

Colours and illustration skill. Posistion of the face.

What could be developed further?

type could be added.Background colour.

Don't Panic

vogue

the brief
create a poster for "don't panic"
given word- vogue

considerations
visually engage with illustration

target audience
students

tone of voice
simple, humorous, thoughtful

background
five words:
glamour
manipulative
fashion
beauty
evil
young