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Assignment Six – Critical review

Bibliography Introduction Being an avid Graphic Designer for many years now I have noticed things changing in what constitutes graphic design and what is needed from the client. Social media being a big impact on the graphic design world. So I want to explore what effect does graphic design have on social media? I willContinue reading “Assignment Six – Critical review”

Assignment five – Client-led project

Finding a Client After a good few weeks of promo and a fair few let downs, i was unable to find a client that needs some graphic design work doing. However i was recommended to try the good brief website that generates a fake brief for you to design, it’s good for starting out designersContinue reading “Assignment five – Client-led project”

Exercise: Promote yourself

What do i offer as a graphic designer? Poster, Leaflet, Business Card, Letterhead, Promotions Design Logo Design Illustration Vectored Artwork As a young graphic designer i am able to provide high quality, individual designs specifically tailored for your company. Grace Crompton, Graphic Designer I like to provide a range of artwork similar to what isContinue reading “Exercise: Promote yourself”

Exercise: Create a portfolio

Having already had a portfolio with my work in for a number of years, this exercise is a good opportunity to look at work i have produced in this course and update it. My Portfolio has always been on Dropbox as i find it the best way to send my work to others without fillingContinue reading “Exercise: Create a portfolio”

Exercise: Print variations

Research Using the links from the brief I’ve done a bit of research, see below. Collecting some samples of the most appealing work to me. Experiments I love the look of the Grateful Dead band posters. Having already seen a lot of these as my dad was a huge fan. I’ve used a portrait ofContinue reading “Exercise: Print variations”

Exercise: Your pre-flight check

I first created my document in indesign A4 landscape marking the halfway point for folding and adding the 3 mm bleed. Before then adding my full colour on the front and two spot colours on the inside making a note of the pantone colours used. Then to add my images and text, making sure theContinue reading “Exercise: Your pre-flight check”

Exercise: Your digital fonts

After doing a bit of research as to what a ‘DTP’ file is i used publisher to create the document with three fonts in and saved into a separate folder. I have then used the fonts feature on windows control panel to copy over the fonts as a true type file into the same folder.

Exercise: Working for a client

To fully understand what the client wants there a various processes to go through, i started off by brainstorming the initial idea of exploring the enjoyment of reading. I then looked at how the client wants to publicize the differences and benefits of a real bookshop over a virtual one. In addition i’ve added aContinue reading “Exercise: Working for a client”

Exercise: Finding a client

Having already worked in various different sectors of graphic design including, education currently and art-working previously. I would say there are a fair few areas i would like to explore more of, see the list below. I’ve always been interested in social media and fashion it’s very common to now to use social media toContinue reading “Exercise: Finding a client”

Exercise: Open and closed briefs

Research I thought it best to research the terms divergent and convergent thinking as to better understand these before reflecting on my results. Divergent thinking is a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions. It typically occurs in a spontaneous, free-flowing, “non-linear” manner, such that many ideas are generated in anContinue reading “Exercise: Open and closed briefs”