4x MAJOR!

It was said that my 'laziness' was that I was holding onto 7 briefs and not letting them go. I am continuing OUGD301 with only 4 briefs. It was advised that I focus the next few hours on deciding where I could take all my briefs to make them better. As I now don't have to think about all 7, I can spend more time on briefs which I thought were complete (such as Brief 01) and push it forward.

The briefs I am taking forward is Brief 01, Brief 03, Brief 04 and Brief 05. The two which I am focussing on taking further are Brief 01 and Brief 05 which I thought were pretty much complete. In a short space of time, these could become huge!

Huge crit

I felt a bit scared by this crit. I feel like I should be more stressed than I am, and I was not sure if I was kidding myself by thinking I had done a fair amount.

The crit was so helpful and honest. I have let go of pretty much half of my briefs and will push the remaining ones further. This way, the deliverables will be more exciting and innovative (what I want).

My evaluation was good and at the right time for a truthful reflection of my progress.

EVALUATION.

I have had to abandon some briefs as I could push 4 major ones alot further. It will give me something more to aim for and more of a range of deliverables. I need to look at what I am producing for each brief so that I do not end up producing 4x posters or 4x publications.

MAJOR BRIEFS

Brief 01 Push this further, where else can this go? The hard work is done and pretty quickly I could create some really interesting deliverables.

Brief 03 Loads of research done and a clear idea of deliverables and design style. Continue with this.

Brief 04 Need to have this as one of my 4 main briefs as it is the only competition one. Push this further than what is expected.

Brief 05 Make this into one of my major 4 briefs. This could be a great range of deliverables. Think about what else I could make. More typefaces, more songs...

ABANDONED BRIEFS

Brief 02 This could be huge, but I haven't got enough research to make it as good as it could be. Maybe have this as part of my FMP.

Brief 06 This was postponed anyway but could quickly do this over Christmas or as part of FMP.

Brief 07 Leave this... not into packaging and will not get used in the real world.

Ready for the crit...

To be prepared for the huge crit tomorrow, I have organised all of my work to show early. I want to get as much feedback as possible, especially as I was unprepared for the first one and missed the second, I do feel like I have not had as much structured feedback as I should of at this point.

I have basically shown everything which I have done and where I am at with each project.

Tutorial

Had a tutorial with Amber today. Unfortunately I missed the one last week so this was my chance to show that I have actually been working! I took the mood boards for Brief 03. She seemed most excited by Brief 02 and suggested I could talk to Ric Bell when he comes in on Friday. I want to take this brief in a different direction and make it more interesting than another magazine or booklet. I have been looking at different forms of publication so maybe this is the direction it will take!

Progress crit

Rules of the crit... I hope to get some really good feedback. But obviously I need work to show in order to get this. In the future I will be more prepared.

Unprepared and let myself down with the limited visuals I had for my briefs. Unfortunately, I am just finished brief 01 and so did not want people to crit this, as it will be printed tomorrow and I don't really have time to make changes!

I showed only a few ideas as most of my work for the other briefs are research and on my blogs. I still got some good feedback and some things to work on, but these were mainly in relation to Brief 01. 

Chat with Joe

Joe gave me some great resources to check out. Primarily type foundarys. By looking at these I have been able to progress my typeface so that it have more substance in the real world and is technical as well as usable.

MY WORK

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