• When I started the course I didn’t
have much graphic design knowledge at all, as I’d only studied it at GCSE level
and my foundation course was pretty self led.
•
I
feel like my most valuable knowledge has come from being constantly surrounded
by other designers in the studio.
• Throughout this year I have gained
so much confidence in my work and I finally feel like I know what I’m doing.
•
Having
to present all my designs to groups of people has improved this, and I’m more
welcome to constructive criticism.
• At the start of the year I had
trouble keeping up with the workload and ended up designing things really last
minute
•
but
now I’ve improved on it and gotten used to the amount of work. I still have a
long way to go in terms of organization though.
• I have been introduced to new
printing methods including screen printing which I enjoy and I now feel
comfortable doing it.
• Being taught how to book bind in
various different ways has helped a lot.
•
Here
are my designs from months ago, which seem really dull to me now and make me
realize that I have developed as a designer.
• These are some of my most recent
designs.
• I’ve become more expressive and I
can now use colour more confidently.
• The bottom one is my publication for
CoP.
• I created this book based on my
essay about the values of fine art and graphic design.
• I wanted to create something that
would present statements on the subject to the reader who would hopefully form
their own opinion.
• I hand painted the cover with textured
acrylic paint.
• I like white space, but strong
contrasting features work well with it.
• I really enjoy using paint as I love
making art as well as design.
• Hand rendered design gives me a lot
of freedom and I don’t feel restricted.
• I can add my own unique style rather
than designing something really similar to other stuff out there.
• Hand-rendered type is expressive and
it lets me achieve the look I want, as I often sift through digital fonts
trying to find the perfect match for a design.
• I’m so bored of seeing sans serif
fonts – I prefer type with personality, it really catches my attention.
• However its very time consuming and
it makes me realize why people use already-existing fonts.
• And I’m a perfectionist which
doesn’t help.
• In second year I want to push myself
to experiment more with design methods and printing methods, which I didn’t do
enough this year.
• I also want to produce more all
round professional work, including how I design, and printing, and taking
proper photographs of the finished products, which I think is very important
for getting your work out there.
• I want to step up my organization,
and make sure I plan and think ahead, without leaving things till the last
minute.
• Hopefully I can figure out my
strengths and pinpoint areas of design that are right for me, so I can create a
suiting identity for myself.
