Why am I here? What do I want to learn?
Why did I chose this program?
One main reason was the reputation of the college, after looking round all the courses the success and the employment rating for students completing the course was quite high.
The contact time with tutors, coming from a foundation course were I had a lot of contact time with tutors allowing me lots of feedback I wanted to join a course where I had similar amounts of contact. I can get lots of feedback from tutors and peers as we are timetabled in for most of the week.
Facilities, when I came on the open day and had a walk around the college I was very impressed with the amount of facilities at my disposal, the space we had to work in the studio was also quite impressive.
Local to me, as I was staying at home this was an ideal choice.
Visiting professionals, another opportunity I was keen for was the chance to meet lots of professionals through the 3 years, meeting such a range of professionals talking about there practice will help inspire me to reach that sort of level of success.
What do I want to learnt through the program?
I want to learn lots of different physical techniques, facilities lacked at my old college so my design outcomes had limited design production methods. I want to make the most out of the facilities at hand when creating work.
Im quite an image based designer at the moment, I want to learn about all principles of typography.
Theory behind graphic design, I sort of understand how to make things look nice but thats not good enough really, I want my designs to have meanings and concept so this will be a key thing I want to learn throughout the years.
Learning to collaborate with other people, all my past work has been solo. Not really done any group work before, mixing peoples skill sets and learning how to work with different styles and personalities of people will be beneficial.
Digital design, been quite a traditional image making designer I would like to develop skills in creating digital outcomes, motion graphics and using programmed like adobe illustrator.
My Strengths
Traditional image making.
Attention to detail, OCD for perfection, I never really see a piece of work as complete I always see room for improvement.
Motivated person.
Good time management.
Quick learner, I soon pick new things up when it comes to techniques and process's.
What I want to improve on?
Confidence, I want to become more confident in things like presentations and having confidence in the work I produce.
Typography knowledge, I have some basic knowledge on this are of design but want to really expand on this particular area. Been an illustration image based designer I feel I need to bring in elements of properly considered typography into my work.
Experimentation, don't just play it safe, take risks to learn new things.
Gather broader examples of research. Visit more places to gather a different range of inspiration instead of just relying on the internet.
Ideas generation, I have a habit for going with my first idea I think of. To create better work and more thoughtful work I should create a broader rand of ideas to develop from.
Typography knowledge, I have some basic knowledge on this are of design but want to really expand on this particular area. Been an illustration image based designer I feel I need to bring in elements of properly considered typography into my work.
Experimentation, don't just play it safe, take risks to learn new things.
Gather broader examples of research. Visit more places to gather a different range of inspiration instead of just relying on the internet.
Ideas generation, I have a habit for going with my first idea I think of. To create better work and more thoughtful work I should create a broader rand of ideas to develop from.
How will I evaluate my progress?
Using the blog I will constantly record everything I do to use as a tool to look back on and see how I have advanced and to gather a body of research to also inspire my work.
I will review my progress every 3 months or so analyzing how well I am doing in all areas within the course.
Also evaluating each module on the blog posting all evaluations I carry out on other modules and posting them on my PPP blog.
Gathering feedback from peers and tutors and posting this on my blog and reacting too it will help me evaluate and also progress my work.
Evaluate the process's I use, constantly improve and experiment along the way.
Using the blog I will constantly record everything I do to use as a tool to look back on and see how I have advanced and to gather a body of research to also inspire my work.
I will review my progress every 3 months or so analyzing how well I am doing in all areas within the course.
Also evaluating each module on the blog posting all evaluations I carry out on other modules and posting them on my PPP blog.
Gathering feedback from peers and tutors and posting this on my blog and reacting too it will help me evaluate and also progress my work.
Evaluate the process's I use, constantly improve and experiment along the way.
5 questions that I want to find the answer too?
What kind of designer am I? Print based or digital? Image based or typographic? Corporate or more playful?
How do i get my work out there into the graphic design world?
Where can I find influence and inspiration from?
What makes a good graphic design student?
How do I go about designing a professional typeface?
What kind of designer am I? Print based or digital? Image based or typographic? Corporate or more playful?
How do i get my work out there into the graphic design world?
Where can I find influence and inspiration from?
What makes a good graphic design student?
How do I go about designing a professional typeface?
5 Things that inspire me?
Everything, anything can be an inspiration I think, limiting yourself to just looking in books and online isn't going to provide with a good range of design influences, I'm influenced by everything I see around me, nature, mechanics, weather, architecture etc.
Past designers and artists, I find it nice to look back at old designers and artists. Ones who were pioneers of techniques and ideas rather than modern, meaningless design.
Exhibitions, seeing work first hand in considered surroundings lets me understand the message and concept behind the work rather than just looking at it two dimensionally in a book.
Peers, I want to be inspired by my peers and peers in the higher years as the work they will be producing will be something I want to aim to realistically rather than looking at designers work who have been in the industry for years and trying to replicate them.
Literature books, been inspired by the images words and literature can simulate is a more out of the box way I inspire myself.
Everything, anything can be an inspiration I think, limiting yourself to just looking in books and online isn't going to provide with a good range of design influences, I'm influenced by everything I see around me, nature, mechanics, weather, architecture etc.
Past designers and artists, I find it nice to look back at old designers and artists. Ones who were pioneers of techniques and ideas rather than modern, meaningless design.
Exhibitions, seeing work first hand in considered surroundings lets me understand the message and concept behind the work rather than just looking at it two dimensionally in a book.
Peers, I want to be inspired by my peers and peers in the higher years as the work they will be producing will be something I want to aim to realistically rather than looking at designers work who have been in the industry for years and trying to replicate them.
Literature books, been inspired by the images words and literature can simulate is a more out of the box way I inspire myself.
10 examples of designs that demonstrate my creative interests.
Brosmind. quirky, playful, colorful, bold.
SpaFax. Large scale, construction, physical outcome.
Haverstock. Simplistic, clean, considered stock, contrasting, robust.
Dominique Falla. Physical, abstract, intricate, detailed, colorful, bold.
Kyle Wilkinson. Experimental print methods, abstract type, illustrative, elegant, classy.
Oliver Munday. Robust, angular, deconstructed.
Tsto Vuoden Huiput. Conceptual, simple colors, abstract layout, leaves you guessing what its communicating which is a good thing.
Brosmind. quirky, playful, colorful, bold.
Apeloig. Abstract, type as image sort of designs, unique, accurate.
Vault 49. Illustrative, loud, bold, experimental.
Levi Bunyan (Aekido). Physical production methods, conceptual, cool, original, interactive.
Haverstock. Simplistic, clean, considered stock, contrasting, robust.
Dominique Falla. Physical, abstract, intricate, detailed, colorful, bold.
Kyle Wilkinson. Experimental print methods, abstract type, illustrative, elegant, classy.
Oliver Munday. Robust, angular, deconstructed.
Tsto Vuoden Huiput. Conceptual, simple colors, abstract layout, leaves you guessing what its communicating which is a good thing.
