Speaking From Experience - Problem Analysis

Today we worked with our problems and tried to define whys of solving them and in what form. We worked in pairs discussing our problems and what initial ideas we had for them and helped each other narrow it down to just two instead of five.

Once we had both chosen two problems to look at from our original five we then filled out rationales to set the problem up more like a brief.

The two i chose were 'HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF OVER SLEEPING' and 'LEARNING HOW TO BLOG FOR THE FIRST TIME'.

Initially i was swaying more towards the blog based brief as it was a genuine issue for myself and many others. We paired up again with different people this time and gave feed back on the ideas we proposed to resolve these problems. The feedback pointed out that the over sleeping brief wouldn't apply to everyone as the audience is a random group of students they will all be coming from differing backgrounds and possibly age groups and cultures. The blog brief however does concern everyone as all new students will have to blog and learn how to if they don't already know how to. So i decided to go forward with that one.

I proposed my ideas for possible solutions to solve this problem and came up with things like:-

• A video or series of video tutorials that demonstrate and explain the fundamentals of blogger and how to blog effectively
• Digital help tutorial with diagrams and walk throughs of how to get the most out of blogging
• A poster with the top tips of how to blog and what not to blog
• Similarly a dos and don'ts poster or booklet that could be tongue in cheek and entertaining as well as educating
• A motivational list of things to try when your stuck blogging, this would be aimed more at slightly experienced bloggers.

In terms of where they could feature my initial thoughts were at the college in some form and online as those are the two most likely places that a college student will go looking for help. So this would include the VLE, Student Advice office, the BA Graphic Design studios and they could even be give out at interviews to get people started before they arrive.

I even thought about making a section on the LCA Facebook group that students could join before arriving or once they have arrived and joined the group so it has some from of helpful, course specific, information. Further more, although i don't have much knowledge or experience with Apps, i though it could be a useful tool that people can have on their phone to help look up on how to do something, or even access blogger quickly to blog short pieces of information of photos they take on their phones while not at a computer.

Speaking From Experience - 5 Subjects I'm Interested In Dealing With.

1. Book binding and crafting.

2. Caricature.

3. Street performance/performers and street art.

4. Music, music making and music events.

5. Comedy.
6. The works of William Shakespeare.

Speaking From Experience - 5 Problems.

1. Over sleeping and not being able to make sandwiches for lunch so ending up having to spend money on food later in the day, money which i don't have much of.

2. Getting about town. I don't use public transport often i just walk everywhere but it more often than not ends up in me being in a rush. I now can't walk anywhere on my own without power walking and getting a sweat on.

3. The realisation that after a module hand in you don't have a breather the works in fact seems to double. You can sometimes give your self a day or the rest of that day to have some playtime but its back to work after that.

4. Learning how to blog and put in the time for it. Making it look good and consistent i find is the most difficult.

5. I caught the flu early this year and missed out on about a weeks worth of workshops and studio time which is a lot when considering how much you can get done in that time. It also made it hard to get back into it after stopping suddenly and then starting in a random spot again.

Speaking From Experience - 5 Things I Really Want To Make.

1. A video or series of videos.

2. A website with my external work and a shop where i can sell prints and handcrafted things like books and mini sculptures.

3. A record.

4. A new dish to eat at dinner time.

5. Screen prints and more digital prints.

What is a line? - Final Resolution.

These are the final books that i made in response to the What is a line? brief.

I've drawn in them in a way that when you overlap them you can see a full abstract image that i have created from my development and discoveries during the time i had on this brief.

the books work in a way that if you put the pages in any overlapping order or sequence they will still make a full flowing image across all 4 books, so long as the books remain in numerical order.

See how the image changes on the right in the picture above once the page of the book next to it has been turned on the picture below.

Although the books are not completed through out i have managed to complete a sufficient amount to demonstrate what i was trying to achieve. I plan to finish the books at a later date.

OUGD104 - Module Self Evaluation.

BA (Hons.) GRAPHIC DESIGN		LEVEL	04
Module Code	OUGD104
Module Title	DESIGN PROCESS

END OF MODULE SELF-EVALUATION

NAME

Charlie Crosby

BLOG. ADDRESS

1.  What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
During this module i have developed a number of skills big and small. For example I first began doing group work in the workshops which i've never done before when producing work, which was then useful later on for other briefs within other modules where i was working in a group on live briefs. I learnt more about how to see the world and the environments we're in for more than what the just seem to be, which has helped majorly for briefs such as What is a line?
2. What approaches to/methods of research have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
I have used the internet and various video websites since the start of this course to find useful resources, but i have been looking more into articles, publications and zines to find more information on the things that i get interested in.
3. What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
I like to make books and i have used my crafting strengths to make several books in responses to various briefs.
4. What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these more fully?
I dont focus enough on one thing long enough, i feel like i flutter from one idea or piece of work to another too quickly and things are often missed out or not strong enough with the background work being varied and once or twice un planned or not thought out.
5. Identify five things that you will do differently next time and what do you expect to gain from doing these?
1. Focus more on the work that needs to be done before moving on. 2.  Follow up seminars and workshops by blogging, then research further into what i've just blogged about.    3.  Do more development.    4.    Document more frequently. 5.    Tidy up my blog to make i easier to post things in a tidy fashion.
6.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance					X
Punctuality				X
Motivation				X
Commitment				X
Quantity of work produced			X
Quality of work produced			X
Contribution to the group				X
The evaluation of your work is an important part of the assessment criteria and represents a percentage of the overall grade. It is essential that you give yourself enough time to complete your written evaluation fully and with appropriate depth and level of self-reflection. If you have any questions relating to the self evaluation process speak to a member of staff as soon as possible.

What is a line? - Off Cuts.

I had a lot of really straight off cuts from the black and white photos i printed off to trace from and i took the chance to experiment with making some more shapes and forms. These are 2d and kind of messy but it's interesting to see how you can can different results with the same idea carried out using varied methods.

Using the cut out stencils from the front covers of the books for my resolution i made this little piece really quickly. It reminds me of David Carson and Neville Brody's work with the typography just about visible amongst the chaos and abstract aesthetic.

Visual language - Photography Brief Final Pictures.

These are the 10 final images i've chosen for the Photography Workshop brief. They were all taken during the session and they all carry the theme of the object being the colour i was given to investigate, violet, and the background is the opposite colour. This has given the pictures a great vibrancy.

Working in pairs we experimented with gels and different camera settings, above we used an orange gel and a blue gel on either side to make the shadows of the watering can change colour. The background has also changed from yellow to a sort of pale orange.

Changing the settings can create real subtleties in the final image, see how the one above is bright and appears misty towards the right side of the watering can. Below its much more defined and the yellow is more bold and dull.

This one is my favourite because of the way the shadows are unbalanced, it reminds me of some screen pints i saw once where the image was printed 3 times overlapping oddly but each time it was printed it used a different colour Cyan, Magenta and Yellow.

What is a line? - Final Resolution Books.

These are the 4 books that i'm going to be working in for my resolution to this brief. Although what is a line is going to be an on going investigation from this point i shall refer the this as my resolution.

I am aiming to make the finished piece look as crisp as possible but it will still have a hand rendered quality that will be unavoidable as i cant print it.

What is a line? - Final resolution idea.

For my resolution to this i want to present a set of 4 interactive books that show my investigation into 2D and 3D shape and forms that have been inspired by my surroundings.

The content will not appear as a development but as a piece that changes as you turn different pages and alter the image overall.

The images and shapes themselves, although inspired and prompted by real objects and architecture will seem abstract and random.

What is a line? - Traces with colour.

I've been experimenting with colour just trying different combinations and seeing how they can bring the image to life. Although some of these seem attractive and they look similar to the artists work on my Design Context blog, it's wasn't my initial direction. I'm as of yet undecided whether or not ill be using this technique or colour at all in my final outcome.

Also the use of colour has made the images flat which isn't what i was aiming for as i was looking at 3 dimensional shapes and forms.

I think these two (above and below) work quite nicely.

This last one was created using all 38 traces that i edited so it has a more complex look. It appears really busy and sort of distracting.