One Eye on the Summer
I have handed in another two assignments since my last reflective post and obtained solid grades for both of these.
I found the website build exercise to be extremely interesting and this showed in the amount of knowledge I gained from the start to the finish of this period. The results of this can be seen here.
The next assignment helped develop my Photoshop skills, as this was the primary piece of software we used. One of the deliverable items within this brief was to create a group presentation on a particular Photoshop technique. Working in groups helped me to see others attitudes toward attaining goals we had been set. The presentation I have benefited from most was the batch and actions as I now use actions to increase my productivity on my assignments.
Successful time management within these assignments saw a decrease in my stress levels throughout and things felt a lot more under control. This is something I aim to replicate in all my future assignments.
My current assignment A7:Rasterised. The approach we have taken on this assignment in listening to music to influence our designs has been something new to me. I have a number of ideas to be working on. I think the hardest part of this is going to be visualising these with my current limited knowledge.
Another part of this assignment has been to create a number of logos for a record label. This exercise has increased my knowledge in Illustrator exponentionally. It has also provided a change from designing websites. An example of the logos I have produced can be seen below.
For my remaining assignments of the year I definitely need to try and achieve my highest possible grade and do myself justice.