Study Task 1

Why am I here? What do I want to learn? 

Five Reasons why I chose this programme

1. Available studio space

2. Small institution

3. Specialises in Art and Design

4. Good reputation

5. Good studio to tutors communication

Five things I want to learn 

1. How to build up a good portfolio

2. How to get my work out into the industry

3. How to present myself to clients

4. Improve my contextual knowledge

5. More programmes that allow me to produce better design

Five skills I think are my strengths 

1. Illustrative style and hand rendered type

2. Always being on time

3. Getting my thoughts from my head to paper

4. Meeting deadlines

5. Presenting my work in a good visual way

Five things I want to improve 

1. Photography skills

2. Managing my time effectively

3. Using indesign more

4. Self confidence in my work and presenting 

5. Exploring different medias

Five ways to evaluate my process

1. Progress crits

2. Final crits

3. Blogs

4. Tutor feedback

5. Self evaluation

Five questions I want to know the answer to 

1. Where will I be in ten years time?

2. What area of design will I specialise in? 

3. How do I get my work into the professional environment?

4. What makes a strong portfolio?

5. How do I become more confident when presenting? 

Ten questions from the whole group

1. How did the course gain a good reputation?

2. How can I improve my time management/punctuality?

3. How do I improve essay writing skills?

4. How do we learn web and general software skills?

5. What rates do we charge?

6. Will I make it?

7. How can I evaluate/reflect on my progress?

8. How can I gain more confidence with presenting?

9. What do I want to specialise in?

10. How do I become better informed in what's going on in the industry?

Ten problems from the whole group

1. Getting overloaded with work and getting behind.

2. Worrying about placements.

3. Being scared about not succeeding.

4. Money for printing.

5. Balancing workload with social life.

6. Being to shy to show our work.

7. Having an idea but not having the software skills to put it in motion.

8. Low/lack of confidence in own skills.

9. Going so stressed you don't enjoy the course as much.

10. Standard of other peoples work being a lot higher, intimidating.

Five things that inspire you 

1. Doing a piece of work that I put a lot of effort into and getting good feedback from it. 

2. When I see artists work that I would like to design.

3. The people on the course, seeing some many different styles and effective work.

4. My friends and family inspire me to succeed and to see me do something I enjoy and am passionate about. 

Ten Examples of design that illustrate your fields of interest

boards by BMD Design \\\ via Behance

Coffee by Steve Simpson, via Behance

Rob Ryan 

Virginia Kraljevic

Sass and Peril 

Eric Smith — Graphic Design, Illustration & Art Direction — Washington

Scott Albrecht

Yulia Brodskaya