Media work

Friday 15th - Monday 18th November

 

Over the past couple of days I printed images out for my Quote for Rachael's lesson. I printed the images out onto card to make it thicker and for the paper to absorb ink and watercolour. I added different colour of watercolour and ink to different pictures and experimented with how I applied it.

I used hand stitching to put some images together. I then used some negative film and stitched them onto the images. Then more I stitched the better I became and quicker I became.

I did the design sheet for Jim, adding the logo and a black and white logo as well as a t-shirt design that I'll be aiming for.

Edit, Edit, Edit

Thursday 14th November

 

In the morning, we all had to design a dance poster for the performing arts. We were able to create anything that we wanted as long as we had the information such as where it was being held at, what time and how much the tickets are.

I created two posters as the first one I created I found it quite boring and thought I could create a better colourful one. However, I ended up using the first original I created.

After lunch, I started editing some images for Rachael's lesson. I have learnt a lot from the Photoshop book I took out of the library.

I managed to talk to Rachael in lesson and get some notes on what I need to develop and which way I need to take my ideas. This has helped me get a lot more ideas and think of ways I want to take them to create a final.

Experimenting and Improving

Wednesday 13th November

 

I researched into editorial designs and layouts. The ones that I found I then placed into a document for me to print and put into my sketchbook for research and better understanding of what I need to produce.

I researched more into my movement Futurism and the different areas that it targets like painting, sculpture, graphics design, music. This helps me get a better understanding of the movement that I am studying and get a better understanding that any movement can go in all different fields. It also helps me this how a movement is linked to Graphics.

I edited some images that I took for Rachael's lesson, I found that even though I am not that experienced that I did a good job.

It just proves with time and experimenting your skills will improve and you will get better at what you love.

Learning and Progressing

Tuesday 12th November

 

In Jim's lesson I work on the logo for the Glastonbury Festival. I finally figured out how to the grunge effect on type, which I have been trying to learn all weekend and couldn't find an easy and simple way to do it.

I then figured out how to change the colour of the grunge as I thought it has to stay black and white which I wasn't please about. However, I started experimenting more with the colours and with the curves and levels of the type to make the word look its best.

All lesson I experimented with different textures and different type faces to see which looks better and I feel fits the Glastonbury Festival.

At study support, he didn't change much, just some odd changes which I was then able to hand in.

Dave then had a talk with us all about the next project, which I wrote down some notes to make sure that I fully understood what my aim was.

Later on in the day I looked at the Photoshop cs6 book I took out of the Library. This will give me a better understanding of Photoshop and help me develop my skills. This also makes me be independent by helping my skills and techniques to push my work and make it a lot better.

CS6 Stress!

Friday 8th - Monday 11th November

 

I did my second review and I based it on the Rob Ryan exhibition that I visited in London. I found this review quite hard to write about as there wasn't much in the gallery, and I found it hard not to write it in a first person, however I found the work very inspiring and amazing to talk about. This review has helped me to learn how to write about a range of areas in a topic.

I did some research on how to edit typography for Jim's lesson. I've been getting used to Photoshop so I found some of the tools and techniques on how to edit quite hard. I decided to watch some lessons on how to edit step by step to make my knowledge of Photoshop even stronger.

I found it very stressful because I don't know much about Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I decided to get a book out of the library to learn more about cs6.

I didn't manage to get as much as I wanted to this weekend but I will make sure that I catch up on the work that I need to.

Busy Busy Day

Thursday 7th November

Today we had our presentations, all of us in a group of 3 having different things to talk about. We had to do a PowerPoint, Hand-out and a A3 Poster. I was in a group with Dean and Simone, and we had to talk about Pentagram. I found that we had an advantage seeing as we went to London and visited them couple of weeks before. I was pretty nervous, even though I know everyone on my course. I think it's because I can feel everyone's eyes on me and I was scared in case I made a mistake. We was 3rd out of 5 groups so I was glad when it was over. I think I could have looked up more but I think I would of messed it up if I did.
By Half 11 everyone was done, which was a relief for everyone.
After dinner I worked on Rachael's work, looking at tutorials to edit my pictures I have took.
At 2, we handed in our folder and sketchbook to Dave, signing to make sure that he knows we've gave them to him.
After that we listened to Megan's Soap box, which was quite rushed and not properly explained so I wasn't sure what she was discussing. I think that she had a reasonable discussion, she just didn't explain about the movement and what it does.
In Rachael's, lesson we went into the print room to do some etching. I thought it would last for an hour so then I would be able to go back in our room to do work. However, it took us the whole lesson to etch and print with, as well as clean up. I didn't really enjoy etching as I've done etching in the past and it's never really appealed to me, but it was good to do something different than researching.

Working On My Folder

Wednesday 6th November

All day I have been working on my folder, trying to get things organised and sorted so I can print any pages out when I get home and then be able to check if I'm missing anything. I managed to get a lot done I thought, considering I got everything printed in 2 days, which I need to learn from and organise my time a lot more so I can get things completed a week before deadline.
I also worked on my sketchbook adding the odd annotation and sorting some thumbnails out.
I also managed to print out 4 more artists for Rachael's work. The only thing I need to do is find another artist and write about them all. Quite a bit behind but proud of my progress.