I started of my summer re doing my digital portfolio and sending it out to a list of people recommended to me by John, designers I like and print houses. Unfortunately I was extremely unsuccessful which was really disappointing to me especially as I really wanted to get some professional feedback. I didn't give up hope, when I realised I must be doing something wrong, weather it be the approach i was taking or the pieces of work I had used, I decided to look at peoples blogs that had been more successful than me and see the approaches they had taken. I really liked Adam's potfoliozines and Chloe's postcards, I am going to look at individualizing my work to each company or designer.
When i realised i wouldn't be getting any placements over the summer i wanted to do something productive so i began with creating an identity for myself. I began with looking at my business card as i decided everything else would evolve after this has been designed. I started with small patterns and shapes that i could use as logos or symbols to represent a small part of myself and my work.
I moved on to looking at type and how I could combine the pattern work and type to establish a logo that could be used across different pieces of work, that would be recogniseable as my mark. At the same time I used this hand drawn type to add a new look to my blog, this again tying my work together more establishing a style.
These are a few of the identity pieces I have designed so far, there are a few more pieces and development work on my blog. I began designing my website as I feel it makes your mark online and I would really like one, however I have no idea how to make one and feel this would be a great collaborative task for me. Since designing these i have had feedback and changes do need to be made still.
One of the things I want to get out of year 3 is experimentation, at the end of year 2 i began working with collage establishing a style which i really enjoyed. I want to continue with this and broaden my knowledge at the same time. Kate Slater is a new Illustrator to me and i find her work really inspiring to me and has made me realise i can can use complete paper crafting to make something really successful.
Carolyn Gavin is another illustrator I have found inspirational to my work, when speaking to the group about what i do and dont want from my 3rd year I was reminded of my pattern work and what a strong aspect to my work it has been and i should continue with this.
The 10 briefs we were asked to write over the summer have all been my own ideas, I choose each brief through what I wanted to be producing in my 3rd year the things I enjoy and want to carry on with but I also decided I wanted to have fun this year, so each brief is something I have a personal interested in. I have narrowed down my 10 briefs to 4 they all include different things I want to re look at as i mentioned before, the christmas brief gives me a chance to have fun and play whilst still working with illustration, pattern and packaging.
The tropical brief mainly looks at illustration, collage and pattern it also gives me chance to work on my photography through research which is an area that lets me down on my work, so each opportunity I have I want to work on it.
I love cooking so I really wanted to do a brief that I could incorporate this into, I also discovered at the end of last year I really enjoyed my last brief focused on children. This brief I have written incorporates the audience of children and packaging, a chance to experiment with which again was a strength in my work last year, this was a comment put forward by my group task.
The fourth brief involves children again and i think this brief would give me the chance to work collaboratively as there are so many directions it could take and I think the use of someone with type and layout skills could make this brief really successful.
I have chosen to write my dissertation outside of the Graphic Design area as I struggle art and design, so I thought my best bet and to get the best mark would be to write about something I have an interest in. My dissertation title is 'What role does the media have on eating disorders?' So far i have look at 6 books and some newspaper articles, I am waiting for my first tutorial before I move any further forward.
I have looked back at the skills assessment sheets, these are the areas I really need to work on for my 3rd year to be as successful as I want. I have left a few things off like Video and Animation, but I dont indent to approach these areas unless needs be.
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