Tuesday 21 January 2014
Practical// Evaluation
What skills have you developed through this module and how effectively do you think you have applied them?
With there being no stock in the print room I had to think of new and different print process. For one that I will explain in better depth further on in the evaluation, the centre labelling that was meant to be printed on a sticky matte. I had to think of the next best thing and in a result I printed on vinyl. This being the first time I wasn't sure what to expect but I was very happy with the final outcome. This will defiantly be used again in the future with other projects.
This has been the first time I have designed for a 12" sleeve so I was not that familiar with the folding technique. Then again in the past I have had much experience with the 7" so at the end of the day it was basically that but bigger! I very much want to do more work around this area as its what I most enjoy.
In terms of the dissertation, I have never been part of something so big and time consuming. However, considering it being written work, I enjoyed the process and discovered I have learned a great deal in this area. I can't exactly see my self producing a essay again of such size but if the time comes again I will be prepared!
This has been the first time I have designed for a 12" sleeve so I was not that familiar with the folding technique. Then again in the past I have had much experience with the 7" so at the end of the day it was basically that but bigger! I very much want to do more work around this area as its what I most enjoy.
In terms of the dissertation, I have never been part of something so big and time consuming. However, considering it being written work, I enjoyed the process and discovered I have learned a great deal in this area. I can't exactly see my self producing a essay again of such size but if the time comes again I will be prepared!
What approaches to methods of design production have you developed and how have they informed your design development process?
Design boards are by far the best way to go about starting a project. It means you can get everything in you head out on to paper and in a result you can clearly see everything you have been thinking about. In terms of design development, it must alway begin with design boards as this will set the foundation to any design and project. The design development has been clearly documented on my blog so you will be able to see whats been going on. The development changed tremendously because of the stock situation!
The dissertation was quite hard to come up with during the summer holidays. Despite having to hand in a form about an idea of what the title might be I had no idea. I then decided to again, like my practical, produce design boards about what I liked in design. Music and the album cover had to be the number one thing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to go about making a whole dissertation about it. As the summer went on a kept on finding more to talk about and the title started to take shape. I firstly constructed a 2000 word essay on Strom Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, talking in depth about there most famous work.
The dissertation was quite hard to come up with during the summer holidays. Despite having to hand in a form about an idea of what the title might be I had no idea. I then decided to again, like my practical, produce design boards about what I liked in design. Music and the album cover had to be the number one thing, but I wasn't sure how I was going to go about making a whole dissertation about it. As the summer went on a kept on finding more to talk about and the title started to take shape. I firstly constructed a 2000 word essay on Strom Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell, talking in depth about there most famous work.
What strengths can you identify in your work and how have/will you capitalise on these?
During this brief I kept thinking of how I was going to print my work. Especially considering the print room didn't have any stock in that I was familiar with. My four page album cover went wrong because there wasn't the right paper in stock and this album cover happened to use the rest of the laminate paper! I then decided to print on a card with two different covers and the result was successful.
I was under a huge amount of stress when the 4 page album cover didn't work as I believe it would have worked if the right stock was around. I was very quick to come up with the next best thing when it was most needed and I think this has been something I hope to do again the future. You never know what might go wrong in your work, in this case i don't think I have myself to blame! I hope that when it most matters I will keep my cool and make sure I think of solution.
Experimenting with different print processes is something a rarely do. I do my best to avoid it so that I avoid error. I have learnt that it is very important to try new processes. When it came to my centre labelling I didn't have the paper I needed. That being a laminate matte. I then managed to find some white vinyl paper and this worked very well for me and for the final outcome. In the future I will make sure I experiment with different print processes.
I was under a huge amount of stress when the 4 page album cover didn't work as I believe it would have worked if the right stock was around. I was very quick to come up with the next best thing when it was most needed and I think this has been something I hope to do again the future. You never know what might go wrong in your work, in this case i don't think I have myself to blame! I hope that when it most matters I will keep my cool and make sure I think of solution.
Experimenting with different print processes is something a rarely do. I do my best to avoid it so that I avoid error. I have learnt that it is very important to try new processes. When it came to my centre labelling I didn't have the paper I needed. That being a laminate matte. I then managed to find some white vinyl paper and this worked very well for me and for the final outcome. In the future I will make sure I experiment with different print processes.
What weaknesses can you identify in your work and how will you address these in the future?
Time management has been a weakness in this module. The hand in for this came extremely quickly and having it right after the christmas holidays cause me to have a lack of motivation during the first week back. In the future I believe the college should consider moving the hand in date to a later date.
I have already addressed the fact the print room didn't have any stock. But this must be mentioned again as this in some ways has been a weakness towards my work and in the end towards the final outcome. During the last days I was very, very rushed. Nothing seemed to be going right and there being no paper to print on that I knew about almost lead to giving up! The four page album cover going wrong two days before hand in for example.
This caused my presentation boards being printed right before hand in, not ideal in any way. My macbook decided to crash and I was forced to print out boards that were pixelated and probably full of spelling mistakes. If I'm brutally honest, I am usually very good when it comes to handing in work. This has been the first time during my time at the college and I defiantly don't want to experience anything like it again.
Next time I must make sure I get everything done in good time. If it isn't, the worse can happen, like your macbook giving up. This really made me lack all confidence as handing in something you don't feel 100% with really isn't the greatest feeling.
Written work has always for as long as I have lived been my biggest weakness. Essays and in my case, my dissertation, were not easy. I was however writing about a subject I love and admire so finding the motivation to work was most of the time very easy. Much easier than finding the motivation to write about urbanisation in Paris. For the most part I am very pleased with my final hand in for the dissertation. I am a very slow writer and most of the time reader so the time I put in is staggering.
I worry for typos in my dissertation, spelling mistakes and errors with grammar is something I seem to always do. This meant at the hand in I was terrified there would be mistakes throughout out the whole dissertation. When you have worked on something so hard for a long period of time this feeling is horrible! In the future, I hope for someone who's job it is to read through my daft mistakes!
I have already addressed the fact the print room didn't have any stock. But this must be mentioned again as this in some ways has been a weakness towards my work and in the end towards the final outcome. During the last days I was very, very rushed. Nothing seemed to be going right and there being no paper to print on that I knew about almost lead to giving up! The four page album cover going wrong two days before hand in for example.
This caused my presentation boards being printed right before hand in, not ideal in any way. My macbook decided to crash and I was forced to print out boards that were pixelated and probably full of spelling mistakes. If I'm brutally honest, I am usually very good when it comes to handing in work. This has been the first time during my time at the college and I defiantly don't want to experience anything like it again.
Next time I must make sure I get everything done in good time. If it isn't, the worse can happen, like your macbook giving up. This really made me lack all confidence as handing in something you don't feel 100% with really isn't the greatest feeling.
Written work has always for as long as I have lived been my biggest weakness. Essays and in my case, my dissertation, were not easy. I was however writing about a subject I love and admire so finding the motivation to work was most of the time very easy. Much easier than finding the motivation to write about urbanisation in Paris. For the most part I am very pleased with my final hand in for the dissertation. I am a very slow writer and most of the time reader so the time I put in is staggering.
I worry for typos in my dissertation, spelling mistakes and errors with grammar is something I seem to always do. This meant at the hand in I was terrified there would be mistakes throughout out the whole dissertation. When you have worked on something so hard for a long period of time this feeling is horrible! In the future, I hope for someone who's job it is to read through my daft mistakes!
Out of FIVE
Attendance : 5
Punctuality : 3
Motivation : 3
Commitment : 4
Quality of Work Produced : 3
Quantity of Work Produced : 3
Sunday 19 January 2014
Practical// Final Prints
Overall I am very pleased with my final outcome but the journey to the finish has been very bumpy.
Firstly my printing was delayed massively because the print rooms had no stock that I needed in order to get a good finish. This meant I had to wait around spending a lot of money printing on different paper that I was not familiar with.
The centre labelling, as you have read, was not meant to look like it looks. That was something I had only a couple of hours to sort out. I was informed the sticky matte paper I need would be here by Friday lunch time so I decided to wait, cutting it vert fine. Unfortunately, the paper didn’t arrive so I had to act fast and come up with a new simple design.
Next time when it comes to printing, I want to discover where else prints in Leeds so that I can always get a finish that I will expect! I very much enjoyed the practical side to the dissertation as album art work is potentially an area I want to work in.
Friday 17 January 2014
Practical// New Centre Labelling
Considering I only had a short morning to fix the centre labelling I am very happy with the outcome! I was told to wait for the right matt laminate paper to come in but it never did so I had to act fast and design something new quickly.
This has been printed on white vinyl then cut in the vinyl cutting machine. Above is an example of the A. As you can see it the outcome is quite effective. The only problem I have with this is you can't see what song is on each side
Thursday 16 January 2014
Practical// Album Cover and Lyric Sheet Ready for print
Cover One// A & B Side
Cover Two// C & D
Lyric Sheet (Double Sided Pull Out)
Once these are printed they will be joined together by putting them inside a plastic casing that will have the sticker of Tame Impala placed on the front. Ideally I wish the doubler sided album cover worked as it would have made more sence in terms of packaging the two records. However it hasen't worked and I have gone and done the next best thing. The double sided album cover is very much something I want to create in the future. Maybe it is something I will have to send off to get printed who knows.
The above will be printed on a card. The matte didn't seem to work for me. This card will then be laminated. However the pull out sleeves will most likely be on a matt as having a more flexible stock will make it easier to put in and take out of the outer sleeve.
Practical// New Idea// Two Separate Album Covers
After the double page album cover going wrong. I had to get back to the drawing board and think of something new. Luckily enough for me the solution was very simple and not massively different to my original idea. i decided to go ahead and design two different album covers. This mean't I would be able to print on a thicker card and I was also familiar with printing and folding this sort of packaging.
There will also be a pull out sleeve that will contain the lyrics and information about the band.
Practical// 4 Page Album Cover Printed
Unfortunately, this didn’t work at all for me and I had to come up with a new idea. I decided to print on a thin matte because it folded easily. I then laminated it to make it more durable.
The problem was the final outcome was way too soft and limp meaning it lacked structure. For some reason because of its net, the inner sleeve wouldn’t fit properly inside the cover packing and it was after this I decided to think of something new.
This was a shock as this had been the initial idea through out. When this didn’t work for me it was hard to think of what to do next, However, it was a relief when I decided to keep it simple and make to separate album covers. One for the A & B side and one for C & D side.
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