Friday 19th February
I handed in my learning agreement for my Professional Project today, im really pleased, it sounds professional and gives me a good base to work from.
Thursday 18th February
Handed in my Dreamweaver ABC yesterday and had an illustrator came into Uni, to talk to us about becoming freelance, it was a really good talk and impressed with the presentation.
Today we had a women from Aquent come into Uni to talk about portfolio's, I thought this was a great help and showed me what not to do and what to do with my portfolio. Now I feel more confident about creating a good portfolio, I have already started making changes to mine, taking in to account the tips she gave us.
Today we had a women from Aquent come into Uni to talk about portfolio's, I thought this was a great help and showed me what not to do and what to do with my portfolio. Now I feel more confident about creating a good portfolio, I have already started making changes to mine, taking in to account the tips she gave us.
Tuesday 16th February
Had work this morning 6.30 till 11am. Surprised how awake i've been all day. Went into uni afterwards to do my pdf's for my portfolio, because we have a few professionals coming into uni to talk to use about our portfolios in the next few days.
Instead of doing the pdf's I ended up doing more work on the websites for the ABC because I asked Neil whether it would be best if the gallery was working with large images and he said it was best to. So I spent the rest of the day adding Lightbox to the gallery.
Instead of doing the pdf's I ended up doing more work on the websites for the ABC because I asked Neil whether it would be best if the gallery was working with large images and he said it was best to. So I spent the rest of the day adding Lightbox to the gallery.
Monday 15th february
Well I woke up late. Which I would normal say is a bad thing, but this morning I wasn't to bothered as I have actually pulled out the courage to ask to do less hours at work, to do more uni work as we have just started the Professional Project. So I thought I'd get some rest this morning, so that i have more energy through the week.
Over the weekend i spent all of my time after work creating a couple of websites to get an ABC grade in Dreamweaver. I wasn't going to do it in the place as i didn't have the time to do it but as we got told last Friday we have to do it. Im actually surprised how quickly and easily i created these sites, I know there only basic designs just to show i can use the program but after only using Dreamweaver a little it nice to know I can use the program when I want to.
We started our sessions for the essay today. I am really worried about this because im not the best at this sort of thing. Its not the writing of the essay, its the coming up with your own discussion to talk about. Also i think its just going to slow me down in other projects.
Our task by next Monday is to come up with a title plus finding the first three articles and images we want to talk about.
Over the weekend i spent all of my time after work creating a couple of websites to get an ABC grade in Dreamweaver. I wasn't going to do it in the place as i didn't have the time to do it but as we got told last Friday we have to do it. Im actually surprised how quickly and easily i created these sites, I know there only basic designs just to show i can use the program but after only using Dreamweaver a little it nice to know I can use the program when I want to.
We started our sessions for the essay today. I am really worried about this because im not the best at this sort of thing. Its not the writing of the essay, its the coming up with your own discussion to talk about. Also i think its just going to slow me down in other projects.
Our task by next Monday is to come up with a title plus finding the first three articles and images we want to talk about.
Friday 12th February
I had the showing of our Professional Projects ideas this morning. we had to create a A4 landscape pdf with a brief description of what we are planning on doing, also may include a few images.
For my Professional Project I have decided to create a piece of packaging for an electronic devise or software. I have chosen to do this because I have always been interested in packaging design, also have enjoyed doing past packaging designs. I think the one thing that set it off is getting my new Macbook the other day because I was amazed by the packaging and it gave me a sense of satisfaction towards the product, knowing that they have really thought about everything.
After the presentation me and Steve cracked on with the lastminute.com brief. It was all going so well, we thought that we had come up with a really good idea but then we had a chat with Neil (lecture) about the design and realised that some of the audience may take affiance it.
Now looking back, whether anyone else thinks the same or not I am impressed with how much work and time i have put in to my uni work the past couple of weeks/months, with work as well. Also Steve has put in a lot of hours as well.
For my Professional Project I have decided to create a piece of packaging for an electronic devise or software. I have chosen to do this because I have always been interested in packaging design, also have enjoyed doing past packaging designs. I think the one thing that set it off is getting my new Macbook the other day because I was amazed by the packaging and it gave me a sense of satisfaction towards the product, knowing that they have really thought about everything.
After the presentation me and Steve cracked on with the lastminute.com brief. It was all going so well, we thought that we had come up with a really good idea but then we had a chat with Neil (lecture) about the design and realised that some of the audience may take affiance it.
Now looking back, whether anyone else thinks the same or not I am impressed with how much work and time i have put in to my uni work the past couple of weeks/months, with work as well. Also Steve has put in a lot of hours as well.
Thursday 11th February
Sent our final designs off to Alex after spending the whole day finalizing them, just waiting for feedback now.
Im going to spend tonight thinking about my Professional Project because we have a presentation of our idea for the project, and i haven't really got much to go on at the minute.
Im going to spend tonight thinking about my Professional Project because we have a presentation of our idea for the project, and i haven't really got much to go on at the minute.
Wednesday 10th February
Just finished work and im really tired, can hardly stand.
Last night I went round Alex's and got the rest of the info, to put on the posters and made a few changes. Decided on what he wants the final designs to look like and after I went home and did a little bit of work on it.
Spoke to Steve on the phone last night to tell him what is going on. Will have to wait till tomorrow to do more work on it though as i've been at work all day and it is the fund raiser for our course's final show tonight.
Last night I went round Alex's and got the rest of the info, to put on the posters and made a few changes. Decided on what he wants the final designs to look like and after I went home and did a little bit of work on it.
Spoke to Steve on the phone last night to tell him what is going on. Will have to wait till tomorrow to do more work on it though as i've been at work all day and it is the fund raiser for our course's final show tonight.
Monday 8th February
Went into Uni today after work to do some more work on the D&ad brief (lastminute.com) with Steve. Also while I was there i gave Alex a call to see what is happening with the designs we sent him last week, because i have been emailing him through email and facebook and theirs been no answer.
During the phone call he told me that he wants us to make a few little changes to the the designs, change the background colour on the Room Six got talent and add the small print which I need to get off him. Oh and he wants to find out some print quotes for him. After he told me all this I said to him the easiest thing to do, is for me to meet up with him and then we can make all the changes then.
After phoning Steve as well, the plan was that I meet up with Alex after work tomorrow and while im at work Steve will ring up different companies to get print quotes.
During the phone call he told me that he wants us to make a few little changes to the the designs, change the background colour on the Room Six got talent and add the small print which I need to get off him. Oh and he wants to find out some print quotes for him. After he told me all this I said to him the easiest thing to do, is for me to meet up with him and then we can make all the changes then.
After phoning Steve as well, the plan was that I meet up with Alex after work tomorrow and while im at work Steve will ring up different companies to get print quotes.
Friday 5th February
Cant remember if I told you this but Me and Steve have switched D&ad briefs because we thought that we would get more out the Lastminute.com brief. It was all going well till last night when we were around a friends house when we were reading the old D&ad books when we saw that same has done the same idea before. I suppose that its good that we saw it before we got to far, and also that we are thinking along the right lines.
Here is the design which had the same idea as us but better executed.
Here is the design which had the same idea as us but better executed.
Thursday 4th February
This Morning after getting briefed on our new project, Professional Project. Which im a little worried about because I haven't got any idea what i want to do yet. Anyway after getting briefed i showed Steve the design I did last night for Room Six got Talent and he really liked it which was pleasing because at least you know that you haven't just wasted a few hours.
Then we went up stairs at Uni and just changed a few things around on the design and then sent both designs off to Alex.
We also did a bit of work on the D&ad brief, as we changed briefs not long ago and we need to get it sorted. We have come up with a good idea, which involves images of entrances to different locations pasted on a wall. Have come up with a few initial ideas.
Then we went up stairs at Uni and just changed a few things around on the design and then sent both designs off to Alex.
We also did a bit of work on the D&ad brief, as we changed briefs not long ago and we need to get it sorted. We have come up with a good idea, which involves images of entrances to different locations pasted on a wall. Have come up with a few initial ideas.
Wednesday 3rd February
Steve came round mine today to work on the Room Six brief. Alex sent us another email concerning the developed design we sent him yesterday. The email said that he spoke to the owner and she doesn't want the background to be white. So me and Steve decided to split up and I started work on the Room Six got Talent poster while he made these changes to the Open Mic Night poster. Steve had to leave early to go to work but we had finished the changes to the Open Mic Night design before he left.
Then after he left I carried on with the Room Six got talent poster and this is what I have come up with, and will be showing Steve when I go into Uni tomorrow.
Then after he left I carried on with the Room Six got talent poster and this is what I have come up with, and will be showing Steve when I go into Uni tomorrow.
Tuesday 2nd February
Today we got emails back from both Alex at Room Six and from the MADD group.
Firstly, Alex really likes the design we have done but after talking to his boss, they want to make a few changes to the design. They said that they want the purple to be a lime green colour plus they want us to put the holes back in the type face, but seeing as this is a typeface from da fonts there is slit problem being able to change the type. But we have sent him back this design, changing the colour and making a few other adjustments and also asking to keep the font.
Lastly, Alycia from MADD sent us an email today after waiting a while since sending them our lodo designs, saying that she has been ill so there hasn't been much contact with her team but they hope to be meeting up soon and will give us some feedback then.
Firstly, Alex really likes the design we have done but after talking to his boss, they want to make a few changes to the design. They said that they want the purple to be a lime green colour plus they want us to put the holes back in the type face, but seeing as this is a typeface from da fonts there is slit problem being able to change the type. But we have sent him back this design, changing the colour and making a few other adjustments and also asking to keep the font.
Lastly, Alycia from MADD sent us an email today after waiting a while since sending them our lodo designs, saying that she has been ill so there hasn't been much contact with her team but they hope to be meeting up soon and will give us some feedback then.
Monday 1st February
Oh my God, I bought a Macbook today. Im really excited but also feeling that a little worried that I spent a lot of money on something I don't really need as I already have a laptop.
Anyway back to the real world
Me and Steve went to Room Six last night to meet up with Alex to talk about the brief and see what sort of people go there, also the deadlines e.t.c. I am really glad that we meet up with him because we got a lot more out of it. We got all the information we need to create 2 posters to advertise an open mic night and then a Room Six got talent night.
The best thing that happened while we were there was, we got some extra work. He also wants us to do some flyers, a slide show to go in the club and a poster to go out the front of the club to advertise the up-coming events.
Since then I have been at work from 6.30 till 12.30 this morning, so didn't get into Uni till 2 to meet Steve. Where we didn't start working because I got a bit distracted buying my Macbook but afterwards we worked till quite late creating the Open Mic Night poster for Alex.
Me and Steve thought that this poster would be a good starting point and inspiration for our poster.
and here is what we have come up with.
I am really liking the design that we have come up with, lets just hope that Alex and his boss (owner of Room Six) likes it.
Anyway back to the real world
Me and Steve went to Room Six last night to meet up with Alex to talk about the brief and see what sort of people go there, also the deadlines e.t.c. I am really glad that we meet up with him because we got a lot more out of it. We got all the information we need to create 2 posters to advertise an open mic night and then a Room Six got talent night.
The best thing that happened while we were there was, we got some extra work. He also wants us to do some flyers, a slide show to go in the club and a poster to go out the front of the club to advertise the up-coming events.
Since then I have been at work from 6.30 till 12.30 this morning, so didn't get into Uni till 2 to meet Steve. Where we didn't start working because I got a bit distracted buying my Macbook but afterwards we worked till quite late creating the Open Mic Night poster for Alex.
Me and Steve thought that this poster would be a good starting point and inspiration for our poster.
and here is what we have come up with.
I am really liking the design that we have come up with, lets just hope that Alex and his boss (owner of Room Six) likes it.
Friday 29th January
Room Six Brief
Also I cant believe i forgot to tell you this but a friend of mine came into see me while I was at work the other day and has offered me a brief to do. Alex (my friend) is the manager of a club called Room 6 in Bournemouth and they have lost there promoter so has asked me to advertise a couple of events for him, but has also said that if it goes well then we will have a lot more work coming our way and payed. Which is brilliant I think, it will add work to my portfolio and show that I can work as a professional designer. I have asked Steve to also do this with me because I don't think im going to have the time to do it by myself in the middle of work and uni.
Since then I have emailed him to get some more info off him and we have decided to meet up with him at the club on Sunday so we can get a feel for the place and find out exactly what he wants.
PPRD Critique
This morning we had to present our PPRD work to the rest of the class and lectures, which I didn't really want to do because some of the briefs are still in progression, but it didn't go to bad. After this session me and Steve worked on the MADD brief till like 7.
MADD Meeting
While I was at work on Tuesday Steve had a meeting with MADD clients, and after talking to Steve I found out that we have though competition with other people in our group. Also They weren't to keen on our designs for the MADD logo so since then we have changed and developed the designs, but they did like the Spectacle in the Square logo I did which was a bit unexpected so we have also develop that design. Here are the recent designs which we have sent by email.
Also I cant believe i forgot to tell you this but a friend of mine came into see me while I was at work the other day and has offered me a brief to do. Alex (my friend) is the manager of a club called Room 6 in Bournemouth and they have lost there promoter so has asked me to advertise a couple of events for him, but has also said that if it goes well then we will have a lot more work coming our way and payed. Which is brilliant I think, it will add work to my portfolio and show that I can work as a professional designer. I have asked Steve to also do this with me because I don't think im going to have the time to do it by myself in the middle of work and uni.
Since then I have emailed him to get some more info off him and we have decided to meet up with him at the club on Sunday so we can get a feel for the place and find out exactly what he wants.
PPRD Critique
This morning we had to present our PPRD work to the rest of the class and lectures, which I didn't really want to do because some of the briefs are still in progression, but it didn't go to bad. After this session me and Steve worked on the MADD brief till like 7.
MADD Meeting
While I was at work on Tuesday Steve had a meeting with MADD clients, and after talking to Steve I found out that we have though competition with other people in our group. Also They weren't to keen on our designs for the MADD logo so since then we have changed and developed the designs, but they did like the Spectacle in the Square logo I did which was a bit unexpected so we have also develop that design. Here are the recent designs which we have sent by email.
Monday 25th January
Me and Steve started work on the MADD brief today. It is quite good because the brief is really open, so we have had a chance to play around with the designs which will is always good. Here is a few designs we have come up with so far, which Steve is going to show to them in the meeting tomorrow. I would like to be there but I have work.
Friday 22nd January
Everything went pretty smoothly which was nice. All I had to do was upload my site onto the web, save everything onto disc and jot a few things down in my sketchbook.
Before I write my Evaluation i will tell you about the live brief me and Steve are planning on doing. after handing everything in we got told that there is two live briefs that we can read if we wanted to do one. Seeing as I haven't done a live brief yet I thought it would be best to. The one we choose to do is Music Arts Drama Dance Events (MADD Events), this is a group from the Bournemouth Uni on the Arts and Events course. For this brief we are to brand and advertise an event, they want us to come up with a logo for the company and the event first. Then after they want us to advertise the event in several different ways.
Also by this time next week we need to have a PDF presentation of our PPRD work, to show everyone else what we have been doing and to get some feedback. So for the next week I will be getting on with the competition brief and the live briefs.
Evaluation of Screen based communication 2
I think that this project was a complete such success, I learned a new program plus I created a fully functional and live online portfolio. Dreamweaver was a bit confusing at first but as you use it more and more, you start to get the hang of it. I am mostly really happy with my website seeing as its the first time doing something like this. The one thing I wasn't to pleased with, but this is mostly to do with not having the time to learn how to do anything better, is the Gallery. By the gallery I mean the pop up of the large image as you click on the thumbnail, because I like the way the gallery scrolls through the images but the pop up of the large image ruins it. So if I was to have some more time i would change this part. Other than that the website is how I wanted it, simple and clear and easy to navigate. Sketchbook wise, its the best yet, since i been at uni. This is because i spent more time on it and gave it more thought.
http://www.visualcommunication.org/leigh_spackman/
Before I write my Evaluation i will tell you about the live brief me and Steve are planning on doing. after handing everything in we got told that there is two live briefs that we can read if we wanted to do one. Seeing as I haven't done a live brief yet I thought it would be best to. The one we choose to do is Music Arts Drama Dance Events (MADD Events), this is a group from the Bournemouth Uni on the Arts and Events course. For this brief we are to brand and advertise an event, they want us to come up with a logo for the company and the event first. Then after they want us to advertise the event in several different ways.
Also by this time next week we need to have a PDF presentation of our PPRD work, to show everyone else what we have been doing and to get some feedback. So for the next week I will be getting on with the competition brief and the live briefs.
Evaluation of Screen based communication 2
I think that this project was a complete such success, I learned a new program plus I created a fully functional and live online portfolio. Dreamweaver was a bit confusing at first but as you use it more and more, you start to get the hang of it. I am mostly really happy with my website seeing as its the first time doing something like this. The one thing I wasn't to pleased with, but this is mostly to do with not having the time to learn how to do anything better, is the Gallery. By the gallery I mean the pop up of the large image as you click on the thumbnail, because I like the way the gallery scrolls through the images but the pop up of the large image ruins it. So if I was to have some more time i would change this part. Other than that the website is how I wanted it, simple and clear and easy to navigate. Sketchbook wise, its the best yet, since i been at uni. This is because i spent more time on it and gave it more thought.
http://www.visualcommunication.org/leigh_spackman/
Wednesday 20th January
Ok, It was just me being really stupid. The reason the gallery wasn't working is because I am working in actionscript 3.0 and the script I was copying from the tutorial was actionscript 2.0. So I changed the code round and had to make the design of the gallery a little different so the it worked and because i don't have the time to learn the code to make the gallery as i wanted it to look. But it still looks really good, so im pleased.
All that is left to do is export the Flash file as a SWF file and import into Dreamweaver and make the SWF file and Dw page fit together and look as one. Also create meta tags for the site and making sure all the names of folders and pages are correct.
I will finish the website in Dw tomorrow and afterwards finish off my sketch book and then I have Friday to finalize everything and hand in.
All that is left to do is export the Flash file as a SWF file and import into Dreamweaver and make the SWF file and Dw page fit together and look as one. Also create meta tags for the site and making sure all the names of folders and pages are correct.
I will finish the website in Dw tomorrow and afterwards finish off my sketch book and then I have Friday to finalize everything and hand in.
Tuesday 19th January
Well it only took me 10mins in Flash to get to where I was in Dreamweaver, plus I have also done the gallery. The only problem is it doesn't work. I have checked the all the code to the tutorial and everything is fine. Ill go home tonight and have a play with the code and also ask my house mate, as he is really good at code in Flash. Probably just something little.
Monday 18th January
Been at uni all day trying to work out how to get the gallery working in my website. Didn't go to well, I have decided that I need to change programs or start again in Dreamweaver. The reason for this being, where I sliced the pages up in Photoshop so that it would make it quicker and easier to build the website, but has made it difficult to add my gallery. So in the end it wasn't quicker, its just made me fall behind.
I have decided to do the whole thing in flash instead of using Dreamweaver and adding the flash gallery afterwards, as intended. I already have the tutorial ready to build the gallery and will only take me a couple of minutes to build the rest of the design in Flash as i have all the images ready in Photoshop and having experience in using the program.
Not happy with work
Last week I asked to have this week off because of it being the week of the hand in and i feel like im letting everyone down. I work twice as hard as everyone else and do lots of hours and as soon as I take some time off everyone gets p***ed off. Its like I have to be constantly be working so everyone else can do half there job. No one ever thinks about me having a holiday, me taking time off to breathe. I don't want to sound selfish though. I think the problem is I feel like im letting myself down, by letting the team down.
I have decided to do the whole thing in flash instead of using Dreamweaver and adding the flash gallery afterwards, as intended. I already have the tutorial ready to build the gallery and will only take me a couple of minutes to build the rest of the design in Flash as i have all the images ready in Photoshop and having experience in using the program.
Not happy with work
Last week I asked to have this week off because of it being the week of the hand in and i feel like im letting everyone down. I work twice as hard as everyone else and do lots of hours and as soon as I take some time off everyone gets p***ed off. Its like I have to be constantly be working so everyone else can do half there job. No one ever thinks about me having a holiday, me taking time off to breathe. I don't want to sound selfish though. I think the problem is I feel like im letting myself down, by letting the team down.
Friday 15th January
Just had the critique on my final designs, I have everything done apart from the gallery. Nothing really to say because not much said in the crit, apart from they like it and that I need to get the gallery in. So im guessing there silence is a good thing.
Thursday 14th January
Day before final critique, nearly there just polishing a few things off. Haven't done the gallery yet. It actually became much easier to make the website in Dreamweaver because someone shown me how to slice images in Photoshop so that you can transfer the images to Dw but still play around with the links, this was a quick and easy way to make my website. I Do feel like im cheating though, even though its not cheating.
Monday 11th January
Ok im going to tell you the truth, over the Christmas holiday I have done no work. I know its bad but i didn't really have the time to. Firstly i went home for a week and all I wanted to do while I was there was relax, seeing as i don't get to normally do it. Secondly and finally I worked full time, and being a manager, there was not much time to think about anything else.
Anyway now I have defended my self back to what needs to be done. This Friday coming we have a a critique on our final designs for our websites. So the plan for the week is to forget about everything else and get the designs complete and into Dreamweaver with the links working.
Also have been researching ways of building the gallery, the one I like best so far is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TrIQqu2MkU but its a design in the program 'Flash', should be fine though because I have experience in Flash and all I will need to do is import it into Dw.
Anyway now I have defended my self back to what needs to be done. This Friday coming we have a a critique on our final designs for our websites. So the plan for the week is to forget about everything else and get the designs complete and into Dreamweaver with the links working.
Also have been researching ways of building the gallery, the one I like best so far is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TrIQqu2MkU but its a design in the program 'Flash', should be fine though because I have experience in Flash and all I will need to do is import it into Dw.
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