Had a Library skills session at the start of the week on Monday which was very helpful. Was able to gain some further knowledge on how to carry out research more efficiently. We were split into groups of three and set a task in which we were given a piece of paper with writen information about a certain subject. We then had to decide in groups how we would go about researching the subject, thinking about the process we would go through. We discussed our research process between all the groups and gained constuctive feedback.

Was intorduced to the Promo Print project on Tuesday and found the session really interesting. Learned quite alot about grids and layouts, starting with how to define each of them: Grid being invisible and used for the designer, and Layout being visible and used for the viewer. We went into deeper detail and began going through the specific terms used within grids and layouts when implemented into documents. I then began creating thumbnail sketches of diffierent designs for layouts, taking into acount everything that we had learnt. I finnished up by taking personal items of mine, and arranging them onto a piece of A3 paper, bringing all of what I had learnt together.



Today I had a session focussing on book binding which was brilliant! I managed to create two books, the first using a simple format and the second being a little more advanced. The second book required the use of threading which I found quite tricky at first but managed to eventually get the hang of it. It was a slightly harder process than the first, which was made up of card, paper and the use of glue and tabs to interlink the book. In all I found both processes very helpful, especially for creating my own skecth books.

I then had a further letterpress session afterwards in which I created a few more designs, experimenting further through the use of different techniques and styles. Pictures to come

soon...

Went into uni yesterday to finish off my glyph and create a few experimental designs with Adobe Illustrator.

Had a further tutorial on Adobe Illustrator this morning, working along the lines of type, and the different techniques and styles that can be used. Found most of the effects created were really effective and deffinitely helped towards my knowledge of illustrator.

Had quite a good session on letter press later in the day. Managed to get around seven different designs done, using different types, colour inks and paper. Overall found the session very successful and was able to experiment quite freely. Will have some photos to show soon...

Carried out some more work with text and image today whilst working in a group. Was asked to create a typeface and display this typeface in areas of the University. We were also given different colours of parcel tape to use to create the text when displaying it in the Uni. Will get uploading photos soon...

So... to recap some previous events:

I guess I'll be starting with the trip I took to Poole, which allowed me to create a few illustrations, take quite a large amount of photos and observe the key areas of the town. Managed to get quite a good variety of different photos using some interesting camera angles as well. Not to bad for a Mobile phone camera. Was pretty happy with my illustrations as well, which I felt reflected the trip quite well. Overall quite a beneficial day!



Had the first PAL session which went very well. Discussed elements of the course and spoke about any worries we mite of had. Turns out nobody had any worries!

Was introduced to semiotics through a lecture. Received a handout with information about semiotics and got reading. Quite interesting stuff!

Created an interesting design for the Poole project through using cut and paste techniques. It was a basic style, using a background coulour and then building up a sort of silhouette shape over it with a darker colour. Felt it was a very successful piece and different from what I had created before in the project.



Had the crit session for my Final illustration. Presented my work to the group and managed to gain a sound amount of feedback. I am currently working on finallising the illustraton and using the feedback to help. Hopefully be completed very soon.

Recieved a tutorial in Adobe Illustrator. Managed to understand the basics quite well and found it quite rewarding.

Began creating a Glyph through the use of Adobe illustrator. Learnt some more useful techniques. Felt slightly more knowledgeable with Illustrator after this.

Well I think this is most of what was missed out on. Will add any others if I manage to think of anymore. But for now I think im up to date!

Welcome to Dan Vis Com.

This is my first Blog post and will be followed by a recap of previous areas of study in Vis Com which I carried out at earlier dates, due to me creating my blog just recently. In fact it was created just yesterday after quite a helpful PAL session which gave me a great amount of info to starting a Blog. Anyway, further info to come...