This module has been all about print and different print processes which I think I overlooked slightly in my design process. However, this is the module where I feel I have learned the most. We have been filled with facts about printing, in all different areas, which will be incredibly useful when we proceed on into the industry.
Lorenzo’s seminars about actual print processes were fascinating and I learned things that I’ve never even considered before. It has opened so many new doors into the graphic design world and opportunities to use this knowledge for print-based work. The seminars really got me thinking, and has got me trying to figure out how things were printed, from birthday cards, to posters and flyers in every day life. Which I feel doing a course you love is all about.
The mac suite inductions were really useful when it came to resolving my ideas and actually designing. I feel I now have a solid knowledge of colour palettes and learning how to use swatches has been incredibly beneficial, especially with my posters and using different colours for each one (including the logo). Again, I feel that I have really learned something this module when it comes to software.
The type lessons were also interesting, learning little bits about things which, in the end, seem to be common sense. I’ve never really seen type as something I am particularly interested in, but now I see the possibilities which type open. I used what I learned in my poster designs, playing around with different positioning of letters, weight and orientation to add emphasis to certain words.
All in all, I do feel that this has been my favourite module to date and the most useful. I really feel that I have a much wider knowledge than when I went into it, knowledge that I can actually use and I have put everything that I have learned in the past few months into my “what is good” resolution… and the working up to them.
Looking back over the module, I am disappointed in the small amount of work that I have produced. However, I do feel that it could be some of my best work to date. For once, I actually like what I am producing, and the self-written brief really opened doors for me.
I really wish that personal issues hadn’t affected me in any way when it came to college work, how ever, these things happen and cannot be helped. I am happy that I have made contact with the course team and that they understand what has gone on. If I had more time with this module I would have furthered my product range, branching out from posters to packaging, and maybe a range of t-shirts.
I really wish that personal issues hadn’t affected me in any way when it came to college work, how ever, these things happen and cannot be helped. I am happy that I have made contact with the course team and that they understand what has gone on. If I had more time with this module I would have furthered my product range, branching out from posters to packaging, and maybe a range of t-shirts.
I do feel that I have worked a lot harder than I did last year and truly feel I have matured in my attitude towards college. I have kept up with my blogs a lot more successfully than I have done in the past and have explored a wide range of ideas in response to my brief. I do feel this might have had an impact on the amount of work I produced as a resolution how ever as the mine-field that is my head seemed to go in all directions with this project, with about 5 different ‘final’ ideas emerging on my blog. But that is graphic design.
