Category Archives: Part 5

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”

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”

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”

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”

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.

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”

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”