Getting The Grades...

The grades have finally been dished out for the last assignment and I can say that I am quite happy with the merit grade I received for my Revert to Type work. The other assignment however, I only got a pass. Nothing major. The reason I got it however was the fact that my time planning wasn't really up to the standard required. After having a 1-on-1 with John, I can now see the benefits and how it can help improve future projects if it's carried out correctly.

The second reason was also the effort; I think I just let it slide too much near the end for some reason. Maybe it was lack of determination or motivation? I can't really put my finger on what it was but I only have myself to blame. Next time I will try not to let this slip in effort happen again. I also feel that my sketchbook was not really strong enough. Every time I read something whether on the internet, in a book or magazine, I should jot it down in my sketchbook in order to evidence my learning.

My logos are also coming on along nicely. I've stuck with the graphic EQ logo as it had the most interest. I got the idea when I was in the car one day thinking about how many times my mate changes the EQ setting of his CD player when he's driving around in his car. It makes me think how random ideas can just turn into pieces of artwork. It also makes me think that he may crash one day!

I also got a book out of the library called Letterhead & Logo Design 9. It features quite a few examples of work from all over the world. I also wondered how come I'd never seen this book before in the library.

I've decided on a nice clean layout for my online style guide. I did this so it wouldn't distract the user from the information being displayed. Another objective I set myself was to make it easy and fast to use. Having the entire navigation at the top of the page should h opefully make it quick for people to navigate to specific sections.

I may incorporate a nav bar at the bottom of the page to save people scrolling to the top of the page to navigate.

As I mentioned before, I had a 1-on-1 with John on Tuesday and we went through time planning mainly. He also set me the task of finding out how many hours a week I spend doing things. For example sleeping, eating, driving, sleeping, reading, the list goes on. It will be interesting to see what the results will be. I had a 'guesstimate' but I don't think it's going to be right. I can see it being one of those exercises that shock you when you record how many hours you spend a week sat doing nothing.