OUGD103 Examples of finals for book

Front cover with sleeve
Front cover final laminated
Shops
Information at start of book
Exhibitions
Places to visit

Events
Events/places to visit

OUGD103: Experimenting with front cover

Iron marks on paper

Hard to read what it says because the foil was stuck around the letters

Tried black foil but it peeled away and you can see white areas where it hasn't covered the glue

Front covers look abit clumbsy changed them now to look more professional

Instead I will have to get them printed to make the design look more sharp. I will experiment further in the summer with foil print method to try and master it.

Time Management Week Five

Time Management

Week Five

Paul Brandreth

Speaking from experience

Monday:

-Briefing

-Crit adjust and changes to be made

-Finalise product

Tuesday:

-Print and test different stocks

Wednesday:

-Do odd sheets for design work

-Get finals printed

Thursday:

-Cut out finals

Friday:

-Cut out finals if still need to be cut out

-Crit

Weekend:

-Blog

-Anything else that I have missed out

Personal Professional Development Sheet

Personal Professional Development Sheet

Which of these words describe you as an individual?

Confident

Considerate

Determined

Passive

Open

Vocal

Objective

Ethical

Informed- Aware of what is happening around me and in the world also I always look at other designers and put on my DC blog for influence. Like to read up on new things I never new about.

Tolerant

Critical

Which of these words best describe your approach to life?

Organised 

Passive

Reflective- In life I always think to myself have I had a productive day and if not why to try and learn and develop from my mistakes in life.

Flexible

Laid Back- Some people will think that I'm laid back because I'm not always sitting in the studio but it because I like to go out and find out new information to use for inspiration rather than sat clicking on a computer.

Decisive

Impulsive

Direct

Objective

Confident

Punctual

Critical

What do you want to be?

Organized-Always want to be more organized, think it is important to succeeding in the course. Also in general would like to be more organized because I lose alot of my time because of being disorganized.

Flexible

Ethical

Ambitious

Decisive-From the last two projects I have been to indecisive and has cost me to much time. If I had to pick one this would be my first choice. 

Direct

Honest

Committed

Punctual-Before Christmas I missed quite a few days but after the last tutorial it has been something that I have been working on, and since Christmas it has only been a few days, big improvement and want to still improve this into the second so it's everyday 100%.

Critical

Entertaining

Informed

Which of the following qualities do you look for in others?

Honesty 

Tolerance

Ambition

Confidence

Commitment

Creativity-I will always be interesting in seeing new and exciting ideas and resolutions and these people who I would get on the best with as I also enjoy producing creative ideas.

Responsibility

Focus

Humour

Objectivity

Flexibility

Punctuality

List ten things that you have learned:

1.To present better- talk about work in crits

2.Punctuality-improved

3.Where to find information around me

4.Illustrator program before used it once and wasn't sure what I was doing

5.Indesign- Same as Illustrator only used once

6.Collecting Research in different methods

7.Be more organized - Folder each subject 

8.Letter Press- Interesting method never used before.

9.Keep on top of blogs- If something I like naturally now I get a screen grab to put on DC blog

10.As soon as I get the brief don't dwell on it get stuck in and start be direct.

List ten things you would like to learn:

1.More decisive

2.What style of resolution to use

3.More information into type

4.Type & Image together-hand-drawn to computer?

5.How to take design and see it through to final

6.An illustration style which can be adopted to short briefs

7.What area of design I would like to go down

8.Talk better in crits-improved this year but got abit to go

9.Use traditional print (use in summer)

10.Estimate time better for working out time management for a project

Which of these words describe your ambitions as a designer?

Expressive

Creative-I collect the correct content and have good ideas/concepts but when visuals used need to improve or get a few styles I like to adopt to short briefs

Perceptive

Subversive

Clinical

Commercial

Ethical

Effective

Ambitious

What do you want your work to do?

Depends on what brief is set but in general...

Persuade

Educate

Seduce

Shock

Promote-Wouldn't mind abit of advertising, to use creative concepts to promote

Instruct-Alot of my work this year has been instructional.

Attract

Change

Inform

Entertain

Package

Document?

Which of the following words do you associate with your work?

Message

Research*

Product

Image

Clarity

Idea*

Media

Audience

Process*

Concept*

Type*

Context

Which of the following areas have you developed your skills in?

Type*

Video*

Colour*

Concept Building

Photography

Image

Composition

Idea Generation*

Print

Drawing

Research*

Problem Solving*

Which of the following areas do you need to develop your skills in?

Type*

Video

Colour*

Concept Building*

Photography

Image

Composition*

Idea Generation

Print*

Drawing*

Research

Problem Solving

Which of the following are you interested in developing skills in?

Typography***

Video

Interactive Design*

Book Design

Photography

Illustration?

Advertising*

Character

Print**

Motion graphics

Information Graphics**

Narrative

Week 4 Planner Time Managment

Magazine layout on Fridays crit

Magazine layout with content on. 

In crit told to consider format- Hot dog fold ...

Week Three Speaking From Experience...

Tuesday 4

No Type and Grid but have imported work done so far so easier to hand in with Indesign work.

Sorting out the places that I want to include. Put into categories of;

-Events

-Shops

-Exhibitions

-Places to visit-general random places 

Wednesday 5

Collecting and going out to take photographs on my bike baring in mind landscape and portrait images. Only managed to get a few on my list been on the bike all day.

Thursday 6

Went around town to get photographs and information for the content. Letterpress in the afternoon. 

*Collect prints to put on blog*

Friday 7

Crit today and I was first, the boards that I presented were bombarded with information and after I was told it was the worst presentation ever... After being told this I felt it was because it had to much information and it wasn't clear enough and direct of saying what I was doing and producing. Also I was told to consider other method of delivery instead of the magazine is it a hot dog fold ect.

**Note-When Presenting directly say, This is what I'm doing, Because, and the Resolution. Don't use loads of text and use more image**

Overall for the week

Making progression but need to keep working to make deadline, the crit (Worse presentation ever.) annoyed me and wasn't happy at all about it would of preferred, next time be more direct what you're doing, use images. Changed idea over weekend and started to put it together.