I had planned to do a lot more studying out of college this week but due to work commitments I just wasn't able to, so i'm making double the effort to make sure I spend more time on studying and researching my sketchbook more. There is a lot of computing words I need to research as other members of the class seem to be already aware of them due to work they have done in the past so it is upto me to try and get to the same level.
Really intresting morning on Wednesday, instead of getting a lecture and taking notes we was asked to design a buisness card by using only black and white colours, with no logos! Steve gave us the information that needed to go on the buisiness card and first we had to sketch 12 designs in our sketchbook within half an hour. Really enjoyed this and even though I made a stupid mistake in adding to what Steve had asked us to put in I put in Tel: in front of the telephone number which I shouldn't have done.
Then we had to get into our feedback groups and we had to pick a favourite design from each person. When Mirhad and Craig chose mine we had to get on with designing them by using pagemaker again with a time-limit of 20 minutes. Again I enjoyed this and was pleased with my final design. Just before we went for break we had to print each card out and stick it on the wall and give feedback about each card. When we came back from break I expected Steve to have just ripped up all the ones that had mistakes on them.
I made the effort to check everything I put on the card but after some feedback I realised I had wrote the postcode down wrong! Again a simple mistake! When we get to do the task again, i'll be ready!
Thursday I was determained to hand in my first project and after spending some time on it this week I was ready to hand in. I made notes from the feedback that Steve gave me about it and went through everything 3 or 4 times to make sure I had passed it. I even learned about CGI after trying to understand it for a few weeks I still didn't quite understand it but today it just clicked.
We had a little quiz in the morning about the lecture we had the week before which put what I should have studied last week into perspective! I didn't really know all the answers that Steve had asked us. So I definatly need to study more in my spare time.
I stuck with the 2 images I had chosen last week, after not really liking them and not really think I could comment on them too much, like just in a shot ideas just came to me. So I stuck with them! Also the continuing debate about Art vs Graphic Deisgn again I couldn't come to direct answer. And after reading a blogger which a fellow student found I am known more the wiser just have more questions if anything!
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To be honest Chris, I don't think anyone will find an answer to the art vs. design debate as I think there isn't a right or wrong answer. I believe it's more of an exercise to get us to discuss what we think rather than come up with a definitive answer.
I think everyone was expecting to have theres taken off the wall, I'd be very surprised if people thought there design was going to be spot on first time. Anyway like you say you'll be ready next time, hopefully like everyone else.
Glad you're ready to hand in the previous project Chris, gets some weight off your back.
If it's any consolation, I've designed many many business cards in my time as a graphic designer and they always have little mistakes on them, usually because the people you're doing them for don't proof them properly (or if they do, it's after they're back from the printer!).
I think it's an unwritten rule about graphic design and business cards, so get used to it ;-)
But seriously, don't feel annoyed about someone else spotting mistakes - it is a golden rule that you do not proof your own work. Always ask someone else to check it first, and you return the favour (same goes for essays, by the way).
Ah, Wakefield... I have some very fond memories of that place, especially the indoor market and the area near the Lyons cake factory (probably long gone now, though).
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