Back In Action

So it was our first week back to college after our extended Easter break. I was looking forward to getting back although I did miss having that mid week lie in that I have been treated to over the past 3 weeks.

I was really pleased with myself because I had reached the target I had set myself with regards to what work I had planned to get finished, I think this is a first, and so I was really pleased with myself.

However when I got to class it soon dawned on me that I hadn’t been as organised as I had thought because I hadn’t produced my time plan. Luckily I had sprung out of bed early so I had chance to quickly get this done, although the official line is that I had already produced it the day before.

The day started off with a chat amongst the group which acted as a bit of a brief to the last stretch of the term and the year. This was a really good thing to do I feel as it gave everyone the opportunity to ask any questions they had and clear up any loose ends.

After break we then had a lecture on preparing artwork for print, this was a really useful subject to have a lecture on, not only because it is relevant to the project but the subject is definitely going to be cropping up in anyone’s life later on who plans on getting into design, so definitely one to remember.

I was really pleased with the information that was provided as it backed up some of the knowledge I already had and provided a little extra.

In the afternoon we were then able to continue work on our projects, this was a relief as the deadline is fast approaching.

However I do feel that I am on track to complete this one on time I think that I will need to spend some time this weekend going through the brief and make sure I have everything done right.

Overall its been a good week, glad to be back in the action.

Coffee Break

It’s been a hectic week but I’ve managed to keep on top of things. It’s been hard adjusting back into doing 16 hours worth of work this week and although the week only began on Wednesday it feels like the break never happened in a way.

This isn’t meant in a bad way it’s just that I feel as if I slip back into the work quite easily.

I have really enjoyed taking the time off over the past few weeks, though having a look at some of the blogs I can see that not everyone has been relaxing as much as I have and I feel now that maybe I should have been working more over the break.

Although I feel as though I could have done more over the break, the work I have done I am happy with. I feel that I have done some good development work in my sketchbook and have now started producing some mock up digital images that I can bring into class when we return.

The aim of this was so that when we return I will hopefully have decided on three or four designs which I can show to my peers and then develop the final one.

In addition to getting to this stage with my CD cover I also aim to have my final logo produced; this is part of the remainder of my week now.

Over the weekend I hope to get two or three more design mocked up and then finish my logo.

The first design I have mocked up is below, please feel free to offer any advice. As I say this is a mock up so it isn’t measured in an way I was just having a play around.

Personally I am really pleased with the design and also the way to which I have come to work now, I feel I have made a big step in the right direction when it comes to time planning. I am really feeling the benefit.

24 years old.

The holidays are going very nicely, I’m enjoying have some time off with the bank holidays.

I have continued to work on my logo over the past week, as I had planned on my time plan.

However this is the first time that I have broken my time planning down as much as I have and I have found that it has taken longer to do each job than I originally thought. Obviously this was as evident before as it is now as before I was just considering tasks on a larger scale.

I had planned that I would have started doing my initial ideas for the CD cover in that week too but ran out of time so I will endeavour to do it this week.

For now though I am planning to enjoy the rest of this bank holiday weekend, I have been celebrating since leaving work on Thursday and don’t plan to stop until Tuesday as not only is it Easter tomorrow but it is also my Birthday.

Hopefully I will manage to fit some work in somewhere.