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This week has been different from others. It's had a more relaxed vibe which was kind of weird. Wednesday started off with a lecture on typography which I enjoyed. After all type is an essential part of design normally as it communicates with the audience.
Although I had done about type before I still found it quite interesting, I remember studying David Carson at college who was famous for his typographic pieces. I like the different uses of type and how they really effect design. I am a serif type fan at the moment as you can see from my blog but using the right font for the right job is the key.
I started my content on the Wednesday much to Steve's disapproval, this was something I hadn't really started but I had done other things such as my budget statement and also started on my designs. At this point I felt like I was falling behind even though I really wasn't. I got the terms done in my sketchbook but didn't get them all down in the Word processor much again to Steve's disappointment when handed in. I can understand this though as the content is a major part of the unit and if it's just pushed to one side and done at the last minute then it will suffer. I don't think I realised how important the actual content is to this unit. Next time I need to get content done as a priority instead of focusing on the website plan itself.
The Photoshop project was an anti climax for me to be honest. I liked the idea at first but after doing an entire day on one document I kind of got sick and tired of the three men posing with their trophy. It makes me feel frustrated as it takes ages to get all the specs out and I just want to have a go at colouring them in and getting it done. I found it quite time consuming and it is certainly a skill I need to practice. I should imagine that you do get quicker the more you do it as last years, second years did it in two hours to a quite decent standard. Then again Photoshop is not my strong point. I have used it before but not to do image restoration.
Another keypoint this week was the talk of personal study and how long people spend doing it. I can say honestly that I do quite a bit at home and it's something I seem to do all the time, even if it's not hardcore work. Even if it's just looking at the latest fancy website or looking through the latest issue of .net. Then again I wouldn't say it was 16 hours of work a week, maybe an hour and half a day or something.
Overall, a good week. With the start of more creative work I'm really starting to enjoy the course a lot more. It's starting to feel more about the design now as opposed to the theory and I'm liking the challenge. The banner design project is something I'm going to look forward to as it will again, allow me to get creative.
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An hour and a half a day is definitely a reasonable start. I've not even been doing that. Now I've decided to set myself mini-challenges each week to do a little more: starting at doing 10 hours.
Maybe gradually stepping it up could work for you too?
An hour and half is good. When I do an hour and half it doesn't feel long at all and it soon finishes.
I find the best way though is to split it up. Doing a straight hour and half usually makes me lose concentration after an hour and I start getting distracted.
I also find it easier to concentrate when I split the 16 hours down into chunks that are manageable. Although sometimes I cannot help but to do large chunks of four or five hours at once.
Mainly because work seems to mess my time plans up, I seem to want to get my work out of the way before work can spoil it for me.
The web content is a full unit for this assignment. I have to say I didn’t enjoy doing all the research as it seemed to take a lot longer than I thought it would at first. But it probably took me longer because I had little knowledge of most of the content to begin with. I found looking at the websites I had used for my competitive analysis and recording what they had written about each component very useful.
I try and split it into 30 minute chunks. This way then you can have a break inbetween. It takes longer to do do but I think it produces a higher quality of work.
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