BETHHY . RS

May. 13, 2013 at 8:46pm

Reading my magazine as it advertises its own digital publication. This is some thing I have recently learnt how to do and something I have a passion for :) #DigitalPublishing #Adobe #Indesign #Elle #Digital #Magazine #GraphicDesign

11:11am

usp self promotion sweets

Well my final ‘keen bean’ sweet bags were a last minute and very unprepared decision. The idea of being a keen bean was one of my first ideas which nicely seemed to slot in at the end. As I want to get feedback so I can adapt my concept and send them away to industry, iv started working on them. My first step was to buy some cone bags for me to put my jelly beans in to. These cone bags are the typical kind of packaging for jelly beans at the moment and I think they will look great with my tag on it to say I’m a keen bean. The image is not great, it’s just to document my idea.

May. 11, 2013 at 9:14am with 1 note

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Second Year complete…

Sad to say but with all this time off till third year, I’m not going to just stop now. I don’t want my brain to go to “mush” over summer when I feel I have made a lot of progress recently within my work.
So here are my plans:

- Get my feedback from my self promotional piece and ACT UPON IT. Whilst I’m off university, I really want to get my work up to scratch and ready to send out to companies to get a placement. I think it’s vital that I do this as I think my self proportional piece works well and it could gain me some work experience which is invaluable! I am a “keen bean.”

- I really enjoyed the web module that I did earlier this year. I want to get my website up and running. I have a friend who owns a Website company and has offered me some server space, so I just need to buy my domain and also get it finished to a high standard. With the help of the universities demonstrator Jules, I hope to get this done in the next month or so.

- Keep blogging. My blog seems to go a bit dry over summer but I want to keep blogging. I got my highest grade ever on my blog and its something I enjoy doing so I want to keep at it.

May. 10, 2013 at 3:27pm

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Evaluation of Professional Practice and Research into Industry

When I was first given my brief, I wasn’t quite sure what to think or expect. I was quite an exciting project but I actually realised I have enjoyed it more than any other project. I also feel that this is the most effort I have put in to any project and I think it shows in my work so I am thoroughly impressed with my final pieces.

I decided that I wanted to show my unique selling points but in a nice way. I think my copyright is a strong aspect of mine and this is what would make or break my work. It was crucial part to making my unconventional idea work. I am very pleased with my copywriting and I think they work very well and they are related to me but also relate to the industry. It was difficult to create the typographies as this is something that I have never done before but I have really enjoyed doing it. It took me quite a few attempts to write them up but I finally got it going. My major problem was my lack of knowledge in creating the typographies as I struggled when I was processing them in photoshop. For me, it was a matter of seeking some help and also trial and error which I did for numerous days. I changed the colours on them which I think make them bolder and I also printed them out and went over them with thick pens and then scanned them back in. It was a lengthy process but certainly worth it. I also wanted them to look tidy and neat so I moved some of the words around to fit in a better style.

From the beginning, I had the idea of a ‘keen bean’ and I still managed to corporate it within my designs. I wrote up the typography for it and managed to package it onto a bag of jelly beans which I could send out with the post cards. I think my design works well and its a concept that can easily be sent out to agencies. I am certainly going to work on this over summer and start to send them out so I can get a placement. If I was to do this again (which I am) then I will look more into the overall packaging and also print the postcards professionally as my printer didnt print to the quality that I would of liked.

Personally, the thought of contacting agencies was a daunting prospect for me. Although I know I can talk to new people quite easily, It was scary trying to get our feet through the doors! Many of the companies we visited were very welcoming, helpful and honest with us which is something I particularly appreciate as I know the real world of work is anything but plain sailing.
I think that overall we did very well, especially managing to get to speak to so many different people from the industry by just giving them a doughnut.
By doing this task, I have found it incredibly useful as it was possibly one of the biggest learning curves I have taken upon to be able to get a placement and possibly get my career off the ground.
If I was to do this task again then I would certainly go around more companies as time was not particularly on our side but we managed to get plenty of responses in the time scale we had set.
Overall, I have a much better understanding of what it would be like to work for the typical Graphic Design companies and I have learnt crucial things from the designers at the top of their game.

9:49am with 3 notes

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Our final industry report.

May. 9, 2013 at 10:23pm

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These are my hand drawn texts that I have used as the basis to my postcards. I have had to photoshop the colours and play around with the layout to make them look more tidy but I am pleased that all my text is hand written by me

10:05pm

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My personal Twitter page.
I use Twitter a lot. But I decided to keep my personal page separate from my professional account as I like to tweet about non related design things. I started to follow lots of agencies in the North West and then I began to tweet them one question a time to see if they would reply. More often than not, they didn’t reply but it was still an experience.

I am still going to keep up with this page as I am slowly gaining followers so I can drip feed any more questions and also my work which may help me get noticed to gain a placement.
Fingers crossed.

3:50pm

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Letter Head, Cover Letter and CV.

I am pleased with the outcomes of these. I wanted them to be plain and simple.

3:42pm

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Presentation Boards
Not too sure on the layout but I am too close to the deadline to start playing around again.

11:57am with 4 notes

My brand identity