T.G.I.F.!!

Yes, it has been. It's certainly dragged on but I managed to get a lot of mundane work done as well as some experimentation for my cards. Because of the nature of my cards, they have to work at certain angles, positions and lengths and if they don't work well in all these areas, they'll look rubbish!

(It's still a surprise!! You'll have to wait and see what they are)

So now I've settled on they designs and patterns of my set of six cards but I'm holding off from settling on my final colours because I would like to see them together as a set before any decisions are made in order for them to compliment each other. Also, I've managed to produce 24 design sheets today (this includes the Look Again / Think Again Project last week) all with research and design ideas and the design processes I have gone through. This isn't it though! I've still got a lot more work to put into them and I'm starting to worry if I have done too much! (Geeky I know!)

Final Poster Crit With Sally!

That's my day today.

My critique with Sally about the posters was a lot more helpful than I first anticipated it to be. I thought she was just going to say the same thing Neil did a week ago but she didn't. She had no idea who's poster was who's and she had to work out for herself what each poster meant. With my poster;

her perceptions of it were that it was about Visual Communication and obviously the CMYK reference in the logo meant we can work in print, but mainly about how we generate ideas, due to the tag line.

This is partly true. My main aim for this poster was to demonstrate the fact that we generate our own ideas and show that we do a lot more than people perceive. But the general thesis of this poster is to campaign for a third year in Vis Com.

Sally gave me some helpful advice and things to alter to improve my poster. The 'i's definitely have to be change because everyone associates them with the 'information point' logo's around the country. Also, Sally thought that I should carefully consider who I am aiming the poster at, students going on the course or the directors who choose whether we get the third year or not.

New Inspiration Everyone, Look!

Zoetrope! Could it be done?

I'll certainly try.

Grind It Out.

I know it's not the most fun part of doing any project but it has to be done. Spending a solid day doing nothing but research for this new project has been long but it has given me some more inspiration for my greetings cards and I now have a substantial idea that I want to take forward to the next stage.

But I wont tell you yet!

PAL begins!!

The eagerly anticipated FIRST PAL session has been and gone, and what fun we all had. It all kicked off with a little introduction by Vicky, Luke and I about what PAL was about and what the first years would like to gain from it. Then the magic happened!

After some vigorous preperation we got the mother of all ice breakers out..

Pass the Parcel. With 17 layers, each with a question and a treat underneath, and the star prize in the box, the first years didn't know what hit them!

The first years were a bit quiet at first but with a little encouragement from us three, they were all laughing, having fun and getting to know one another. We made sure there were no awkward questions or requests under each layer so they didn't take it too seriously and have fun, which is what we wanted our first PAL session to be about. If they can feel relaxed and at ease around us then we can get the most them and they can get the most out of us.

All in all, the session was a success. We have learnt pretty much everyone's name and I'm sure they learnt some new things about each other. Hopefully this can be the start of a good PAL group.

Step Away!

It may look like a bunch of white squares BUT take a couple of steps away from the computer screen and you should be able to see the message!!

Greetings Card Ideas...

After racking my brains for ages today I think I've finally found the basis of my overall design. This book, which I have just bought, is based around optical illusions.