YEAR TWO- LEVEL 05

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What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?

For the don't panic, vogue brief I worked well with a limited amount of time. I found I got my posters done quickly. For 'Communication is a virus' I worked well being paired together with someone else. My partner was Naomi and we worked well together as we were both punctual and we both discussed what work would be done by each of us and got it done with no problems. We decided to screen print for part of this brief which we made sure we had enough time to do as it does take a long time. For 'Speaking from experience I managed my time well by using timetables and giving myself a certain amount of time for research, resolution, blog etc.

What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?

For 'Speaking from experience I did a lot of research on cartoon characters and developed my own characters. Through doing this research I found I no longer wanted to use illustrations for my work as they weren't working. By doing this research it helped me come to this conclusion.

For both 'Speaking from experience' and 'Communication is a virus' I made a questionnaire and sent them online and gave them out. This was a really useful way of collecting research.

What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?

I have improved on managing my time through timetables which helped me a lot so I will using this method from now on. I have done a lot of variations for my work which helped me decide which works look the best, I will also be doing this from now on. I have improved on posting my work to my blog and posting work that has inspired me and given me ideas to my design context blog.

What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?

I have been analysing my work more in this module, more towards the final brief but I would like to improve on this further so I am going to give myself more time evaluate next module.

Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?

1. Give myself more time to analyse and evaluate my work I would therefore has more time at the end to finish things off.

2. Keep my research ongoing rather than more at the beginning and not as much throughout. This would give me a broader range of research.

3. Ask for more help when printing my work off. A few pages from my comic book for 'Speaking from experience' came out wrong, I ended up wasting a lot of time and money trying to reprint these correctly.

4. Get all my work printed out the correct size to fit the brief. My vogue posters are printed in A3 when they are supposed to be A2 because I didn't have the time to print them out bigger in the print room.

5. Give myself more time to correct mistakes I have made. Also whilst printing my comic book I realised I had made a few mistakes on the book and the stickers. I managed to correct these mistakes but unfortunately I couldn't reprint the stickers.

How would you grade yourself on the following areas:

5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor

Attendance - 5

Punctuality- 5

Motivation- 4

Commitment- 4

Quantity of work produced- 4

Quality of work produced- 4

Contribution to the group- 4

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InDesign

Richard Robinson

What is your favourite genre of film and what are your favourite films?

Favourite genre: thriller

Favourite films: Heat, Iron man, Shutter Island, hurt locker, batman, district 9, snatch, bladerunner.

What are your favourite T.V programs?

Friends, Family Guy, Peep show, Ashes to Ashes, Life on mars, Top Gear, bananas in pyjamas.

What is your favourite type of music?

Death core! black, some indie, stoner rock. Old school metal, for a laugh more than anything else. The music i'm listening to at moment- Emmure, For the fallen dreams, miss may I, Whitechapel, Carnifex, Suicide Silence.

What is your favourite food?

I have a pretty bad diet but I’m trying to change it around. Forcing myself to high calorie stuff at moment though to get all tubby! I mostly end up eating out still cause its easier and I’m lazy..

Who are your favourite designers?

Designers i like:

http://www.your-majesty.com/#/work/archive/vieraweb

http://www.arsthanea.com/#/works/vitamin/

I like a lot of skate stuff. Brands – Quicksilver, Ripcurl, DC, Oakley

Why do you like this type of design?

I guess I like that kinda work cos of all following it has. It's cool stuff to look at. It's not dull an corporate, it doesn't make u want to hit your head on a wall. It's just good. Plus i love all bright colours an all weird characters you usually get with quicksilver stuff. It kind of reminds me of summer and beaches. It's all happy work

Do you have any hobbies, if so what?

My hobbies are riding my bike, I have started doing that more now. I am now going to gym, again. Load of general stuff, like my little car, always messing around with that too.

What car do you drive?

Vauxhall corsa.

Where are you from?

My Hometown is Farsley, Pudsey which is about 6 or 7 mile from college

Do you have any siblings?

Yes I have one Brother, Dave

What schools did you go to?

Whitecote primary, Springbank secondary, Grangefield high school. Same for 6th form.

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Type and grid Indesign Layout

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T-Shirt designs

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My final products, the Comic Book with its stickers inside it and packaged with cellophane and the poster advertising the Comic and the blog address where you can post your stories.

I made a few mistakes when printing the final comic book. The a few of the stickers had the wrong numbers on, unfortunately the print room was fully booked so i didn't have time to reprint them although i had wanted too. I also made a spelling mistake on the front page on the title.

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This is the blog page that students could post their stories about their flatmates on...

You would be able to click on these links and they would take you to the pages where people have left their posts.

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Possible front page of my comic book.

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I have tried a few variations using type only and type and image.

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I have tried a few different types of images, i have drawn characters and taken photographs and manipulated them on photoshop. I think i am going to use the photographs.

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This is the font i have chosen to use.

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Variations in type

Comic sans

I don't think these fonts work with the whole layout and theme of my comic books. I've decided to stick with the font 'comic book' as it i want to keep it looking like an old comic book for example the beano.

Courrier

Helvetica