Visual Studies - Experimentation and Graphics!

If you haven't spotted the deliberate mistake already! the logo on the last poster is wrong, but I can't find the final edit!

We were given eight random words, mine included, dinosaur and black hole. From these eight words we could create anything, this was our first project of second year. It was to get our imagination going, and our experimentation within graphic design back on form. Many briefs through graphic design specify the exact requirements/measurements/specifications and leave very little room for experimentation so this project was great! I designed three posters for children's adventure holidays including the logo for the company so the posters looked more authentic! I found illustrating the characters very difficult, but with practice I think I could get better!

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So, I found my password! Haha, here are a few of the images of pieces I created from the first and second years of my Graphic Design course in Swansea.


My work for the Digital Image Manipulation Class 1st year of Graphic Design.
I basically took the idea of manipulating the images to the extreme, and manipulated every element that I added!







Above is a page from the Dance Magazine I designed as a first magazine project, mastering Quark was the hardest bit but once master pages and style sheets were in the bag it was smooth running!





Above is my first project working as a designer for a client, unfortunately I had very little contact with my client, however I still had a distinction for this project! Below is the front and back design for the business card.







Throughout the first year of the course I had to become used to working in a different way as I had been working for A level Graphic Design and also Foundation Graphic Design, learning new software, as well as moving away from home for the first time! My experiences throughout first year and coping with many more projects at a time helped me move on to second year, which I will be posting work from in the next couple of blogs!




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First Post!

At first a blog was something I wanted to avoid. Is anyone really bothered with what I have to say? Will this be a pointless waste of time? However, I enjoy keeping up to date with friends work and so I thought there may be a possibility of someone being interested in mine!

This summer I intend to pull my finger out and really get a head start on the third year work. I really want to be organised this year, I think this is the only way that I'll produce first class pieces! Over the next few blogs I will be posting my work from the second year to show everyone where I'm at and hopefully show you new ideas and projects over the next few months!

If you have any comments on anything they would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks Guys,
Laura:)