Thursday, 14 February 2013
Last post of the night
Just a quick one to show how it's progressing.
Its still a work in progress obviously so give me atleast some credit lol
HSC cover art.
Still going with this one.
Nearly ready to import into photoshop for the fun stuff, i just need to tidy up the paths and make sure it is geometrically perfect. If it isn't and i see it on an album cover i will go insane knowing the lines are out.
Why doesn't Illustrator have an Isometric grid? It would make my life a lot easier considering most of the illustration work i use utilises it in some way lol.
For some reason Blogger is uploading images and changing the colours... If it appears green to you, trust me, it isn't.
Nearly ready to import into photoshop for the fun stuff, i just need to tidy up the paths and make sure it is geometrically perfect. If it isn't and i see it on an album cover i will go insane knowing the lines are out.
Why doesn't Illustrator have an Isometric grid? It would make my life a lot easier considering most of the illustration work i use utilises it in some way lol.
More Human Sacrifice Club cover art stoofs.
So yeah.
Work in progress is an understatement but i just thought i would prove i do actually digitise some of this art work lol.
Lots to do on this but i'm just having fun playing with the colours tonight.
The colour palette was borrowed from colourlovers.com. As i always find it is best to use palettes arranged by people with the time to come up with them rather than just picking colours at random.
Maybe when i have the luxury of time i can come up with my own for illustrations? Who knows?
Work in progress is an understatement but i just thought i would prove i do actually digitise some of this art work lol.
Lots to do on this but i'm just having fun playing with the colours tonight.
The colour palette was borrowed from colourlovers.com. As i always find it is best to use palettes arranged by people with the time to come up with them rather than just picking colours at random.
Maybe when i have the luxury of time i can come up with my own for illustrations? Who knows?
My first album cover.
Well. Christmas wasn't great. My PC blew up during a power surge and i lost everything, hence why i did not manage to get any of my final pieces for my last module posted up here :(
So i took so time out too get over it (and buy some external hard drives and a subscription to Dropbox premium lol).
The modules we have done this year so far have been fairly uninspiring. An essay followed by digital skills meant that i had a lot of work to do and not much to show on here.
But i have been given the opportunity to design a logo and album artwork for a college bands new EP which i am very happy about doing.
I got to finally do some geometric designs and experiment a bit. Here are the 2 designs that the band have decided they want to use. (ignore the band logo as i will be redesigning it as part of their brief, i just needed something in there for layout purposes)
Wow, they aren't very clear at all. Never mind. When i merged the images i washed them out quite a lot but you get the idea :p
So i took so time out too get over it (and buy some external hard drives and a subscription to Dropbox premium lol).
The modules we have done this year so far have been fairly uninspiring. An essay followed by digital skills meant that i had a lot of work to do and not much to show on here.
But i have been given the opportunity to design a logo and album artwork for a college bands new EP which i am very happy about doing.
I got to finally do some geometric designs and experiment a bit. Here are the 2 designs that the band have decided they want to use. (ignore the band logo as i will be redesigning it as part of their brief, i just needed something in there for layout purposes)
Wow, they aren't very clear at all. Never mind. When i merged the images i washed them out quite a lot but you get the idea :p
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Work experience
I have managed to organise work experience through college.
One of my tutors is a freelance designer who focuses on 3D design using Cinema4D which i am very interested in. At the start of this blog i posted a few images of things i have designed in C4D but i have not had the opportunity to further develop my skills with this program.
Paul at Real 2073 will hopefully be able to help me develop these skills further than just building simple product designs. We share similar tastes which is a real bonus for me.
Work experience will hopefully take place over the summer after our modules have been completed which gives me the opportunity to focus on it without any outside factors affecting what i can take away from the experience.
I am really looking forward to this opportunity and i hope i can be as helpful as possible while on placement.
One of my tutors is a freelance designer who focuses on 3D design using Cinema4D which i am very interested in. At the start of this blog i posted a few images of things i have designed in C4D but i have not had the opportunity to further develop my skills with this program.
Paul at Real 2073 will hopefully be able to help me develop these skills further than just building simple product designs. We share similar tastes which is a real bonus for me.
Work experience will hopefully take place over the summer after our modules have been completed which gives me the opportunity to focus on it without any outside factors affecting what i can take away from the experience.
I am really looking forward to this opportunity and i hope i can be as helpful as possible while on placement.
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
3rd year top up continued
Following on from my previous post about proceeding onto the third year:
I have spoken to a tutor who teaches the third year top up who explained to me what the syllabus would be like on the third year. There is very little focus on skills development and more emphasis on preparing for work in the creative industry. This will include several essays, work experience and an in depth thesis on the area of design that i would like to focus on.
From my perspective my main weakness at the minute is my lack of skills. I am able to use all the required software to a level where i can produce professional quality work but i am still not at the level i would like.
I also, as an adult student, find it quite difficult sitting down and writing large essays. I have found that it has become a lot harder than when i was originally at college nearly 10 years ago so this could also be a reason that i forego the level 3 top up.
One last issue i have with the course here at Newcastle college is that it is focused on preparing for work. I have worked in many areas and environments since i left school and believe that this would possibly be a waste of time for me. I do not believe i can afford the cost of another year at college due to these reasons.
In the end i have decided not to progress onto level 3 and will look into setting myself up as a freelance graphic designer. This does depend on how i feel at the end of the year but at the minute i am looking forward to the challenge and believe i could manage to get work.
I have spoken to a tutor who teaches the third year top up who explained to me what the syllabus would be like on the third year. There is very little focus on skills development and more emphasis on preparing for work in the creative industry. This will include several essays, work experience and an in depth thesis on the area of design that i would like to focus on.
From my perspective my main weakness at the minute is my lack of skills. I am able to use all the required software to a level where i can produce professional quality work but i am still not at the level i would like.
I also, as an adult student, find it quite difficult sitting down and writing large essays. I have found that it has become a lot harder than when i was originally at college nearly 10 years ago so this could also be a reason that i forego the level 3 top up.
One last issue i have with the course here at Newcastle college is that it is focused on preparing for work. I have worked in many areas and environments since i left school and believe that this would possibly be a waste of time for me. I do not believe i can afford the cost of another year at college due to these reasons.
In the end i have decided not to progress onto level 3 and will look into setting myself up as a freelance graphic designer. This does depend on how i feel at the end of the year but at the minute i am looking forward to the challenge and believe i could manage to get work.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Progressing into third year
As i am only doing a foundation degree course i need to decide whether to move onto a top up year.
My main option was to continue onto the top up course here at Newcastle college.
To do this i would need to apply before the 14th of this month.
There are other options. I could top up to a full Ba at another university in the area like Northumbria or Sunderland or move further afield to somewhere like Leeds.
There are problems with this however. Moving to another University would mean that i would have to get to know the staff and students which could take a lot of time, time which would ideally be spent progressing on the course.
After speaking to other students on my course it has also became apparent that Universities may ask me to resit the second year before i would be able to proceed to the third year.
As i am already in the second year at the same level i have decided that this is a deal breaker. I cannot afford to pay for the same year twice.
I will talk to tutors here who teach in the third year and see if this is the best option for me.
My main option was to continue onto the top up course here at Newcastle college.
To do this i would need to apply before the 14th of this month.
There are other options. I could top up to a full Ba at another university in the area like Northumbria or Sunderland or move further afield to somewhere like Leeds.
There are problems with this however. Moving to another University would mean that i would have to get to know the staff and students which could take a lot of time, time which would ideally be spent progressing on the course.
After speaking to other students on my course it has also became apparent that Universities may ask me to resit the second year before i would be able to proceed to the third year.
As i am already in the second year at the same level i have decided that this is a deal breaker. I cannot afford to pay for the same year twice.
I will talk to tutors here who teach in the third year and see if this is the best option for me.
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