Presentation

•       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.