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This exercise is interesting as this is something that i use near enough everyday, as a young woman i am active on social media platforms such as facebook, instagram and snapchat and a feature on all of these platforms is adding text to images you have taken. From adding the location, time and even theContinue reading “Exercise: A sense of place”

I started this exercise of by doing a series of sketches of different types of layouts using large and small images along with large and small sections of text. I wanted to create something that can be used for all different types of travel from city breaks to luxurious holidays but still be dynamic withContinue reading “Exercise: Travel”

KEN GRIFFITHS – http://www.kengriffiths.co.uk/ In graphic design, “white space” refers to the space that surrounds the elements. You may find the term “negative space” here and there, indicating the exact same thing. However, this space is neither white nor negative. It’s simply the space in a design and it can have any color, texture orContinue reading “Exercise: White Space”

I’ve used different pages from newspapers, novels and textbooks to analyse the use of structure in each and see what similarities or differences there are depending on the style.

With valentines day just around the corner i decided to base this exercise on 3 fonts that could be used on different types of valentines cards. One for a Heterosexual couple, one for a Homosexual couple and one between friends as everyone should celebrate who they love whether it’s a partner or not. So theContinue reading “Exercise: Type Samples”

I researched on fonts.com for the newest fonts released see below. I noticed how similar these fonts are to fonts i already have available for example Kamerik 105 Text is very similar to century gothic a font i use a lot. The Icons Dingbats font really intrigued me i’ve never noticed a font that hasContinue reading “Research: Type 2”

Taking a few fonts that I have used before I’ve analysed the features of the fonts and what similarities and variations they have see below. To celebrate the variation, diversity, similarities and differences between the different fonts and typefaces i came up with the idea of creating a wordsearch with some of the fonts iContinue reading “Exercise: Key Characters”

3 Things i am interested in – Film, Music and Makeup. For each area i am going to use different ways to find examples so for film i will be mainly using google to find examples i like, for music i will be using spotify and taking screenshots of the album artwork and for makeupContinue reading “Exercise: Seeking inspiration”

Reflect on how well you know how to use these tools and tick the level that most closely describes you. □ Novice I’m not sure what the tools can do; I need to follow instructions to do most tasks. □ Advanced beginner I can do some tasks but need support for anything else □ CompetentContinue reading “Exercise: Learning to learn”

A number of complaints from residents have recently featured in a local newspaper, picking up on the amount of discarded carrier bags at a nearby beauty spot. Local businesses are worried about the implication of this bad publicity for their trade. They want you to respond to the issues and offer a range of solutionsContinue reading “Exercise: Too Many Carrier Bags”