Yesterday I had a pal session in the morning in which we went through layouts for our magazine publication spreads. I was able to understand more about relating a layout to the media within it and how a strong layout can be achieved. Looking at some of the second years layouts helped me to see what I would need to achieve and gave me something to think about. As well as layouts we also covered work experience, going through what we would need to do for example, contacting companies, sending cv's, writing covering letters etc. We discussed how we were getting on and what progress was being made.


Today I started off with a session on print processs going through cost; so how more colours will be more expensive, as well as touching on individual colours and spot colours. I was able to find out more about preparing work for print and also how sending specimen documents to clients is essential, instead of sending the actual document.

As well as print processes I was also taken through grids and layouts, going over how grid systems can relate to the designer in our article and also how the information can fit within the grids. I was taken through the different ways in which we can start the design process for example, using thumbnail sketches to plan out the designs or creating quick and basic sketches. I was also advised to edit out some stutters if there are a great amount within the transcript.