The first term

Over the first semester I feel that I have already gained lots of experience on this course. I feel that the work that we have been doing has been a lot different to the course I was on at college. Some of the work on the course so far has been a challenge, but when looking back at the work that I was producing at college, I feel that I have already improved and have learnt a great deal from the assignments I have already done. Even thought I didn't pass two of the assignments at first, I feel that given another chance to pass the assignments has given me a better understanding of what is needed to pass, and feel that I was able to include this in how I structure my next assignments.

I feel that from the presentations that we have been given has helped me to produce the work I have already done. I have learnt a lot of knowledge from these and feel that writing the notes down in my sketch book as helped when doing tasks, as I am able to look back if I wasn't sure about any work that I was doing.
The sketch book as also been useful to add inspiration and designs this will help me to see the improvements that I have made and will be able to see how far I have come on the course.

There is so much more to learn about the design industry and feel like I am gaining a lot more experience in this industry. I already have a lot more knowledge about the industry and I have a better understanding of what is needed to get a professional design job.

Short term goals
I feel that I need to gain as much experience from the course and take every opportunities I can so at the end of the course I will have as much knowledge as I can get so that I am employable and will be able to find a job in this industry.

Mid term goals
After leaving college I would like to find a job in this industry so that I am able to gain more experience.

Long term goals
When having employment I feel like I would have gained enough experience in this industry so that I am able to move on and progress in the industry.

Hand in day next week

On Monday we had the chance to do any work that we needed to do for the hand in day. I started off by doing my designs again because I had problems with fitting the information on the page. So I made a different design which would fit my information on the page. Most of the day I spent on the designs and adding my information as that was one of the tasks that I really needed to get completed. I also Had the chance to look over my work which there is still lots of changers that I needed to do and I have been doing my budget statement.

Today we have been doing are banners which I have got comments from other people about the banners. So now I will be able to change the banners making then more better so that they suit the Jazz feel.

This week I am going to look over the work making changers to the assignment where I need to make them also I need to do my image restoration.
So over all this week I will be making sure that the assignment is completed so that Monday gives me the chance to look over the work and making sure that it is in the right order.

Making Banners

Monday I had to come in to college as Steve said that I needed to come in and do some work. Me and a few other people had a presentation on how to set out references for books as we got this wrong when we had been doing are assignment. In the afternoon I had a meeting with Steve to talk about the last assignment and was good news that I had passed the assignment which I was really glad about. I also had the time to catch up on the other assignments which was very useful as I had got quiet a lot of work done in the day and new what work I needed to do when I got home so that I had every thing done for the next day.

Today we had a task to make 40 banners in half an hour. We was given 5 pictures with there details and had to include this on every banner. I enjoyed this task but at the end of it I seemed to be doing some of the designs again but this wasn't really a bad thing as they might have worked better for different pictures. Then we had to pick the best 2 designs I liked from each 1 and draw them in more detail, colour and also making notes about them. I think the task was really useful as when we came to design the ideas on the computer we new what we wanted them to look like. I have changed some of my ideas a bit as I am not use to the software yet so I had to make changers where need.

This week I am going to make sure that I have corrected my designs, site structure and budget statement. I will also be making changers to the image restoration as I didn't know how to get the picture in colour with out it looking all blended together. I will be working on the banners that we have been doing.