I'm into the third week of research for my FMP and I'm already behind schedule. It didn't help that not only did it take until the Tuesday in that first week to get started, but the first two days (Tuesday and Wednesday) were spent working on the proposal and timescale for the whole project. N spent half an hour of his class on that Wednesday ( Read more... )

When we finished the last brief for L, she asked us what we wanted to do next and one of the lads said that he wanted to make an advert but a filmed one rather than a print out. I was surprised when L said she'd make a brief up for that because I didn't think it quite came under the role of graphic designer. Anyway, we got to pick any product we ( Read more... )

So my FMP has started in earnest. I am trying to be very organised about it all to the point that I have lists coming out of my ears. In our proposal we had to do a list and timescale of when we will accomplish particular tasks. We also have to have a day book where we list the tasks we need to do that day. I make a lot of lists myself anyway ( Read more... )

I knew that once I'd gone back to college in the new year it wouldn't be long before the end of the course was in sight but it now feels like it's rushing up incredibly quickly. Today, we started working on the project brief for our FMP. For those of you, like myself, who were oblivious to this little acronym before now, let me enlighten you. It ( Read more... )

Two big surprises for today ( Read more... )

Conversation at the bus stop:
Random Lad: Are you waiting for the [college bus]?
Me: Hm? Oh, yeah.
Random Lad: Has it not been past yet then?
Me: o_O ... No.
Random Lad: Oh good.
Me:What can you say ( Read more... )

We had mock interviews in class today. It's part of the Produce A Portfolio brief which has now been sort of put on hold until May time when we have to put together our End of Year show ( Read more... )

Last day of term woohoo! I had a couple of things to do today but it didn't take me long to get everything sorted. N's brief has been more involved than the other two, so I've had a lot to finish off over the past few weeks. I had to mount the images and text on the storyboards, make an amendment to the game cover and print it out. And that was ( Read more... )

Well, this afternoon turned out to be a complete waste of time! It was L's class but I had no work to do for it as I'd handed in my completed sketchbook and final outcomes on Monday. I'd actually asked L then if I needed to go in today but didn't get any answer so I thought I better had. L was mostly busy with the second years who are busy ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon was the deadline for S's brief, well, the 'sketchbook' part of it anyway. I say 'sketchbook' because it's actually a pile of A3 study sheets on layout paper with a card front and back all stapled together. The brief initially was on typography but somehow we ended up having to design something to educate about wildlife ( Read more... )