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01. Hey everyone my names Samson and I’m a graphic design
student. I’m 19 years old and from a small town in Suffolk called Beccles.
Moving to Leeds was a slight culture shock for me, I’m used to the countryside
and beaches as well as knowing the names of practically everyone in my town.
I’ve always considered my self more of a city dweller, but moving to Leeds has
taught me that the countryside will always be my home.
02. Moving to Leeds has been the best experience in so
many ways and taught me valuable life lessons, before moving here its safe to
say I was a bit of a mummy’s boy, I think mentally I have matured loads
throughout the year I now know how to use a washing machine, I’m a pretty
decent cook, but I still leave my dirty socks all over the place.
03. A change in attitude. Studying for my place on this
course was pretty hard, I came straight from A levels, and wasn’t really
expecting to get a place here. All in all I was a pessimist. I didn’t have any
self belief and often thought my work was inadequate. Gaining a conditional
offer on the course really helped boost my confidence and gave me a challenge
to work towards in my A levels, it turned out pretty good and I was really
pleased with my results. I still struggle with my confidence and self belief,
but over the year I feel I have made real progress in changing my attitude
towards my self, and try to be more optimistic in all areas of my life, not
just my design work and studies.
04. As a designer I feel that I have developed lots over the past year,
I feel that my development may have been slower to start with than others on
the course and for a while I felt like I was just sailing through it, rather
than relishing in the experience and challenging my self as much as possible. I
think that as soon as I changed my attitude and started challenging myself a
lot more my design worked began to improve; this is reflected in my grades that
have continuously crept up, and will hopefully continue to do so.
05.
I like clean modernist
and functional design. I prefer organized uncluttered design with a clear
purpose and meaning. I think over the past year my work has developed
dramatically. I prefer muted, monotonous colour schemes with an injection of
colour.
06. I think that I have number of
strengths that I have shown this year, I think I am hard working and always
passionate about what I am doing. I have used my photography skills for a
number of briefs this year that has helped show a skill that I have. I think my
strongest area of graphic design is editorial, but still want to experiment
more within the other fields such as packaging and brand identity
07. Time management is still a major
downfall in my work I think that I have made an effort to improve this throughout
the year but it is still lacking. Not being well organized and on top of things
has often left me feel anxious, nervous and stressed. In the last OUGD406 brief
‘Speaking From Experience’ I planned my time well and was finished in a good
amount of time. I struggled with Group work briefs this year often afraid to
say my piece and stand up for what I want to, this is something I need to work
on. Before starting this degree I did all of my work on Photoshop, it was
really hard to come out of my comfort zone and challenge my self to use these
programs, I think I have a long way to go to develop my understanding of these
but have made good progress this year to learn the basics.
08. The
publication I designed for context of practice is my favourite and in my eyes
strongest piece of work I have created whilst on the course. I think I had
considered every aspect of design and produced a well thought out and planned
design. I think that although this is my strongest piece of work it is let down
by the essay component that I struggled with.
09. I
wasn’t happy with this brief. I think it
looks rushed and unprofessional. This is an example of work I left till the
last minute, as a consequence its un developed and not up to standard.
10. I’ve found it really interesting
learning about colour theory, it really interested me and I loved the
scientific side to it. Time management has been a massive learning curve for
me, I feel that I have learned what not to do… not leaving everything to the
last minute, but I now need to make sure I practice what I preach. I have
developed a basic understanding of some of the Adobe software but need to
practice further. I have loved going to workshops this year, I’ve found them
really interesting, unfortunately I haven't used the facilities such as the
print room as much as I would like to but plan to do so next year.
11. I am inspired by a number of
different things. In particular modernism an the Bauhaus. More current
influences include Anthony Burrill, Massimo vignelli, isidro ferrer and Si
Scott. I also have a subscription to Wallpaper magazine, which I love. I find
inspiration from a number of different resources including blogs such as
graphic design and tattoos, Designspiration.
12. Over
the summer and during the 2nd year I plan to develop my design work,
as I feel I am now at a place where I know what I want to be doing but don’t have all the skills to get there. I
want to visit lots of galleries and museums over the summer and maybe contact
some agencies and designers that I like in order to start networking.
