Why did I choose to study on the graphic design programme at LCA?
- It’s a specialised course, getting me to focus into only graphic design.
- The small class size.
- The course’s resources are huge and this lets me experiment with my work further than I could imagine.
- The tutors all have a lot of experience under their belts and still practice in what they teach.
- The intensity of the course itself, I want something that would push me and give me room to push myself as a person as well.
Why did I choose to study on the graphic design programme at LCA?
- The ability to present my ideas and work to an audience confidently.
- Self-evaluation of myself and the work I create critically to help myself improve.
- Skills in the relevant design programmes and ability to use them to the best of my ability.
- Traditional techniques such as using a letterpress and also silk screen printing.
- Properly managing my time and getting the most out of each hour.
What do I believe are my strengths?
- Working with colour, and having a eye for matching colour combinations together.
- Composition and layout, harmonising blocks and text and imagery to work together.
- Going against my gut feeling and trying something new, instead of something that works over and over.
-Using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and using both programmes alongside each other.
- Collaborating with other people, although I feel I work best on my own, I take upon making my self most useful in group work.
What are the things I want to improve?
- Laying out my ideas in full, I get too many ideas and I don’t have a way I find effective to help expand on them and I fall ill with spider diagrams and thought clouds.
- Writing, especially now that I have to write a lot for the blog.
- My abilities with InDesign and the rest of the Adobe suite.
- I’d like to improve talking to audiences, I can do it now, but I don’t feel I convey everything I would like effectively.
How will I evaluate my progress while on the programme?
-Through
my blog, which I’ll be using to archive all of my work in the next 3 years.
- Critiques
and feedback from my peers in the class and not to forget presentations.
- One
to one tutorials with tutors and the feedback from them.
- Through
looking at other people’s work and relating myself to them in terms of
progress.
- Self-evaluation
of my own work through analysis at critical points.
What are the questions I want to find the answer to?
- Is
it worth going for a master’s after this degree programme?
- How
do I hook myself up with an internship?
- What
is it I want to specialise in?
- How
do I build links with contacts within the industry?
- What’s
the best way to get myself known?
