Reflection

After reflecting on past work i feel much of it is, to me, pretty rubbish as the quality isn't really that good. Selection of work for my portfolio is difficult as i aren't fond of much of the back up work i've actually produced and feel that even some of the finals aren't that great however i have managed to find work that does reflect progress within my first year.

The first year took a while to get used to i feel that many of the first one week briefs reflect this as i feel that i took a fair amount of time getting used to the pace of the course after this i feel i began to know how i needed to work. Workshops helped in allowing me to consider more options when producing my work. They allowed me to think more about the way the work was presented and the context it was placed in. The process of the workshops and one day briefs is something i enjoyed as it was slight difference in the way i worked and the processes i used.

Before beginning the course i wasn't very aware of the existing graphic designers out there. But after starting the course i feel I'm more aware of the designers out there and the agencies. But their work now informs my work more and work as seen an improvement i feel because of this and allowed me to gain more ideas and better quality ideas.

The book brief which spanned over several weeks allowed me to see how best i work and showed that i work better over a week rather than several. However i feel that after returning to the one week briefs i feel that some of the work wasn't my best work. An example of this is my mail shot for a refuse collector as i feel it doesn't really work well at all.

The crits although i could've contributed more i feel that they have helped me in seeing where the idea could be improved and what i should consider when producing.

The 1st year has allowed me to see the numerous options available to me when producing a piece of work which i never considered before. Its allowed me to be more critical of mine and others work. Its given me more confidence in myself as well as my work and allowed me to what best at and what i need to improve on.

Calendar

For another one week brief we have had to produce a calendar for a particular year, I got 1994, it was a difficult year to replicate in design style as the 90's didn't have a particular associated style as the 70s and 80s did. I decided to focus on the fact that it was the international year of the Olympic ideal so i decided to base the calender around the winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. I like the overall design but feel the organisation of it on the paper could be something more improved.

TAXI

found this work from this Canadian agency. I like some of the work they've done for advertising the new mini.

One Week Brief

One of my projects should actually be be posted before this as i actually did it before, but i got to get round to photographing it first. But anyway my work, well working collaboratively with someone else we managed to produce i fair amount of work in a week. The brief was to pick a statement and produce visual devices to promote something. The statement was to produce to promote public transport and as west Yorkshire has the metro we decided to use their visual identity to design the pieces. I like the finished design however i feel we could have done something more creative with the design.

Music packaging

 
More non-format work. This i really like the combination between illustrative and photograph as it makes for quite a good interesting image

Non-Format

vinyl Sleeve

This i like the explosive look of the design and i feel it makes it look more dynamic. Non-Format

Cut and Paste Tournament

I came across this website for a tournament for designers where they are given a statement and then have to produce a piece of work in 15mins. They can't create anything before hand and everything has to be produced from scratch. Cut & Paste Digital Design Tournament 2007