Exercise 7: A Visual Diary
This exercise asked me to document the visual world either digitally or in a physical sketchbook. I was asked to focus on things that I…
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Research Point: Visual Literacy
This research task asked me to reflect on the work of artists who inspire me and consider their use of visual language, what exactly I…
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Responding to Part 2 Feedback
After completing part two, I took 8 weeks off to recover from burnout. This was really needed, and my poor mental and physical state was…
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Assignment 2: Thinking of You
Part 2 took me through each stage of the design process and helped me explore it in its entirety. Assignment 2 asked me to take…
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Exercise 6: Point of Sale Display
This exercise presented me with a brief I am already pretty familiar with, as it is near-identical to the one for Assignment 2 of Key Steps…
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Exercise 5: Too Much or Not Enough Information
For this exercise, I was asked to create two posters for a local event. The first poster had to have as many details as possible…
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Exercise 4: Visualising Your Ideas
The aim of this exercise was to explore some of the different ways to fold paper to make interesting and engaging leaflets. I was asked…
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Exercise 3: Book Cover Design
For this exercise, I was asked to design three book covers for any of H.G. Wells’s novels. I could pick any three books to design…
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Exercise 2: Working to a Brief
This exercise provided three hypothetical briefs and asked me to read and analyse them. I had to identify how the client will judge a successful…
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Assignment 1: Introducing Yourself
The first assignment of Graphic Design: Core Concepts focuses on introducing you, your interests, and your work to your tutor. I was asked to design…
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Exercise 1: Picture Charades
The first exercise for this unit gave me space to practice how to distil an image down to something simple, but still effective at communicating.…
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Assignment 5: Application and Context
For the final assignment of Illustration Sketchbooks, I was given a choice between three different briefs. I was asked to generate a new sketchbook based…
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Research Task 5.0: Visual Language
For this research task I was asked to investigate one of five listed illustrators, considering their visual language, how they make work, and what connections…
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Exercise 5.3: Constructing a Visual Journal
For the culminating exercise, I was asked to put all of the work from Part 5 together in a visual journal. I typically read ahead…
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Exercise 5.2: Making Connections
The goal of this exercise was to revisit the work produced through the unit and to consider new approaches, then to establish ‘collections’ of work.…
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