The first official day back was just as I expected, plenty of talking and a couple of exercises trying to get our creative mood back for the academic year ahead. The first exercise was similar to word association. I had to quickly pick five words which related to my practical project and for each of... Continue Reading →
Academic Year 2010/11 – Day 1
For my first year of college I had to do this thing called 'Personal Development Plan' ('PDP' for short) this was clearly not a great system of confusing sections to fill in on a Word document, this had to be done at the end of every week and, if used correctly, should aid the user... Continue Reading →
Icon Concepts & Ideas
Just a very quick post showing where I'm currently aiming my thoughts. I've progressed onto thinking about how icon's should be made up. Circle, square? Pointed edges or rounded? Border or not? All these questions I have to ask myself. I have also been toying with the idea of using a similar system to the... Continue Reading →
GDP 4: Initial Stages & Test Concepts
I just thought I would give a brief overview of what I have been doing so far, in regards to my Graphic Design practical project for my degree. First things first, the initial ideas I came up with, basically these are the things i felt I would find interesting to do a practical project on: Re-design a... Continue Reading →
Graphic Design: Initial Thoughts on Proposal
Well, I believe I have finally discovered what I shall be doing my Graphic Design brief and thesis on! It has been too long in coming to me this idea, and I was starting to get worried that I would never find something interesting and with enough scope, to get me through the year. However,... Continue Reading →
How do you Progress Forwards in a Backwards World?
Agreed, right from the off, this is a little different to what I normally write about in posts and is a little off topic from my actual blog, but as part of my new approach to the blog (updating regularly) I am going to add in this little rule: post about anything I find interesting,... Continue Reading →
Plenty to say.
Inspiration: I have been looking at a website called "TED" recently and I really suggest that everyone who reads this takes a look. It is filled to the brim with inspiring, interesting and very factual videos about everything and anything, from art & design to politics to social, moral and environmental issues. One recent video I... Continue Reading →
Visually Interesting 