Making

WEEK 2
During the studio we had to draw parts of one of our destinations with a variety of different medias at a variety of speeds from a variety of angles which helped with constructing collages and other forms of media.

I have been trying to explore different styles of design, as I normally focus on a minimalist style, but am trying to branch out into busier pieces.

WEEK 3
So last the past week was interesting. The Monday session had us designing thumbnail layouts which would turn out to be the most successful thing of my week. I had what I thought would be vision that I would run with until the end of my project, however I was wrong. I had pretty much designed a layout that I wasn't completely happy with, but I thought it had potential. Again I was wrong. I was informed that my designs did not completely reflect the subject that I was going for, which I could see once it was pointed out to me. So after that class I knew I had to revamp my designs and get it to the standard that I thought was a good foundation to build. So fast forward to 5:30 Monday morning, I had stayed up working hard on my designs getting them to that level and ready for interim presentation that morning. An hour and a half later I woke up and got ready to go to class. Oh how naive I was to think that things would go my way. Once I had received some feedback on my work, I felt like I was in a good place to continue building from the point I was at. However, at approximately 11:03 one of my tutors told me that I needed to strip back my designs and rethink how I reflected this activity. So in essence I am currently in a rather difficult place, but hey, only can go up from here.

WEEK 4
Progress has been made. Since I had last been both mentally and emotionally destroyed by my tutor and work, I now have a design style that is reflecting my subject well and so I have something to work with. I am making some more tweaks to my work, trying to get it to a place where I am fairly confident. There is still quite a decent chunk of negative space on a few of the pages, so I am trying to think up ideas of how to fill that.

WEEK 5
I have managed to find a way to fill the negative space on the page without it being to crowded on the page. Now that I have a somewhat solid final product I am able to tweak little parts of my brochure in order to have a brochure that is to the highest standard I can achieve.

WEEK 6
I am now in the last stretch of making my brochure. I have nearly completed the brochure itself, and the only things left me to do on it are to do with the type. After that I need to complete my book work and write my rationale and then I will be ready for the presentation on Thursday. I have decided not to get my brochure professionally printed as I am happy with how it has come out on normal paper.