I got my results back today for the typography project - I got 63 which I'm so happy about, I was so worried!
He said that I had some good ideas but lacked on the development side, I should try and push ideas further and combine them with others to get more back. Also that I need to get used to 'arguing' (can't think of a good word) about how good an idea is, get better at talking about my ideas that I think are good. Basically being more confident in my work and being able to tell people why they are good.
So continuing with my book cover project, I've managed to finish the book - it was really good if not a little confusing with the changes in time and characters but when it all comes together towards the end it's worth sticking with.
A song I'm listening to at the moment:
Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni - but any of his songs really!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htr2EVvkr1Q
Thursday 21 November 2013
Sunday 10 November 2013
New Project: Book Cover Design
So our second project of the year is to take a Puffin/Penguin book of a big list and design a cover.
I went down every book on the list and read every synopsis - it took hours as there were so many books to choose from!!
I have chosen The Night Circus as the story seems so interesting.
It already has a beautiful cover, so I've really got my work cut out.
Deadline: 10th December 2013
I went down every book on the list and read every synopsis - it took hours as there were so many books to choose from!!
I have chosen The Night Circus as the story seems so interesting.
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway — a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love — a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
It already has a beautiful cover, so I've really got my work cut out.
Deadline: 10th December 2013
Uni : Round 2, new room, new project and more!
Can't believe it's already November! Loads of things have happened already this new academic year.
1. I now live in what I'd say the best room of halls, the corner on the 21st floor, the lifts are annoying but the view sure is worth it. (I'll post photos another time)
2. Our first project - to design a typeface.
It was a really hard project but I got through. Here's what I came up with -
We had to choose an instance, and I chose time Timetraveling In Switzerland. I chose it for a challenge as you may have realised Swiss Minimalism isn't my style. At all.
But there you go, I worked hard for 4 long weeks and managed to finish in time, and do my presentation in the Critique (also majorly scary, but I'm hopefully getting better at them as time goes on)
I chose to use geometric shapes to represent the Swiss minimalist style, and the circles come from clocks - which Switzerland are famous for. The clocks also represent time, and movement; combining both sides of the instance.
Grade to follow!
3. I revisited the company I went to work experience with, to ask them questions so I can complete the case study I have to do this year. It was great going to them as I have spent some time around there and so I was less nervous and could just have a chat with them. I feel I've learnt a lot from the things we spoke about and I think I'll be able to make an informative presentation when it comes to it (Deadline in Jan)
4. I started running - i'm not lying either! Me and Sally are doing the Couch Potato to 5k thing - and I have some top of the range bright pink running shoes to do it in style! (They are pink because I'm poor and so I got the kids version!
So I've not really had time to stop!
A song I'm listening to at the moment:
Tom Rosenthal - Take Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hN7fJMl6g&list=PL556AD65488CF7D69
1. I now live in what I'd say the best room of halls, the corner on the 21st floor, the lifts are annoying but the view sure is worth it. (I'll post photos another time)
2. Our first project - to design a typeface.
It was a really hard project but I got through. Here's what I came up with -
But there you go, I worked hard for 4 long weeks and managed to finish in time, and do my presentation in the Critique (also majorly scary, but I'm hopefully getting better at them as time goes on)
I chose to use geometric shapes to represent the Swiss minimalist style, and the circles come from clocks - which Switzerland are famous for. The clocks also represent time, and movement; combining both sides of the instance.
Grade to follow!
3. I revisited the company I went to work experience with, to ask them questions so I can complete the case study I have to do this year. It was great going to them as I have spent some time around there and so I was less nervous and could just have a chat with them. I feel I've learnt a lot from the things we spoke about and I think I'll be able to make an informative presentation when it comes to it (Deadline in Jan)
4. I started running - i'm not lying either! Me and Sally are doing the Couch Potato to 5k thing - and I have some top of the range bright pink running shoes to do it in style! (They are pink because I'm poor and so I got the kids version!
So I've not really had time to stop!
A song I'm listening to at the moment:
Tom Rosenthal - Take Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8hN7fJMl6g&list=PL556AD65488CF7D69
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