Review of Ten Things
At the start of the first year (2012) I wrote down ten things I wanted to learn or improve and now I am going to look over these and see if I have achieved this...
- What do I like ? What don't I like ?
- What are my strongest disciplines and how can I use them ?
- How will I fit in with the current industry ?
- Where/How do I want to work after this course ?
- Where to go for studio visits and exhibitions appropriate to me ?
- Generating Ideas
- Knowledge of the current industry
- Screen Printing
- Adobe Skills
- My own individual intentions as a Graphic Designer
What do I like ? What don't I like ?
I think that throughout last year I have really started to refine what I like about graphic design and what I don't I think I have started to narrow down this subject and I feel that this is evident on my blog. I can now say what my particular areas of interests are quite comfortably, and know what I mean by this.
What are my strongest disciplines and how can I use them ?
Firstly I am not sure what I meant by this question ! I think that it is similar too the one above really and so I would say that I have started to look deeply into this and have found out quite a lot about where my interest lie, and especially where they don't.
How will I fit in with the current industry ?
I think that this question is on the long term side of things and so I can't really answer this. But as well as this I feel that its not a case of fitting in but more standing out and creating new innovative design.
Where/How do I want to work after this course ?
I would say I am still unsure of this, and I should start looking into more studios and find out what exactly it is I want to do, but this goes alongside knowing where my interests lie and what I am swayed toward i.e. editorial, branding e.c.t
Where to go for studio visits and exhibitions appropriate to me ?
Again this is the same, I would say I haven't achieved this and I should now start to get more involved now that I have a basic idea of what I like. Again more studio research is needed and the same for events and exhibitions.
Generating Ideas
I think that I have improved on my idea generation, and I feel that I have begun to really grasp the idea of a concept, I think I have done this through studio workshops and various tasks, also experience with a lot more fast paced briefs.
Knowledge of the current industry
I would say that this is still not great but I have improved a little, I am aware of a few more studios, and a lot more designers, but I have mostly picked up on sites and recently I have begun researching further into things I have seen that I like e.g. finding out who the designer is, the studio, other work they produce, where they are situated e.c.t.
Screen Printing
I have definitely improved my screen printing skills. I would say I am now more aware of all the things that can be done by screen print, and I am beginning to see what work has been screen printed. I am now more than comfortable to use the facility and I have done quite a bit of work using one or two colours, to improve further I should try move onto full colour imagery, or more complex designs.
Adobe Skills
I would also say that my adobe skills have very much improved. I am especially comfortable and able on illustrator and indesign and I think that this is due to my own style and interests. I have found workshops, again, very helpful and they have taught me more about the software. However I think I have so much more to learn on all of the programmes and there is one I am particularly looking forward to learning ( Adobe Dreamweaver) , I think that learning to more of the shortcuts on the keyboard would enable be to create designs more quickly and efficiently. I also feel that I need to try more with photoshop and this out of the three is the one I am most uncomfortable with.
My own individual intentions as a Graphic Designer
Again I think this coincides with my own interest within graphic design. And again I feel that I am starting to determine this.
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