Week 10

Help! Mrs Robinson

Wednesday

Wednesday was a good day. The start to the day was good. I woke up feeling well.

I got to college late but unavoidably, the traffic was horrendous.
First thing, we were given 6 pieces of information and asked to design 12 rough business cards that contained the 6 pieces of information, in the order given.

I enjoyed having this sprung on me as soon as I arrived; it gave me a taste of ‘working under pressure’. I thought that my designs were awful. We then, in our peer groups, had to pick the best one and produce it on Page Maker.
My original final design was portrait, but when I tried to reproduce it on page maker, I had to change the orientation to landscape and alter the design slightly. I tend to have a habit of being unable to reproduce my designs on computer software. It could be that my designs are so fantastic; it’s hard for the computer to keep up! Although it’s probably because I need more practice!

The afternoon came around quickly and I met ‘Mrs Robinson’, AKA Dianne.
Because of my absence I hadn’t gotten the chance to meet Dianne but knew she would be of great help to me. Sometimes when I’m enthusiastic about something, I can run away with it and do things that I don’t really need to do, things that wouldn’t necessarily get me anymore marks. Also, with me being ill and unable to hand in the first assignment, I had a lot of time planning to do and organising myself.
Dianne and I spoke about everything I needed to know or any questions I had. We broke down exactly what I needed to do into little chunks.

When you realise you are going to have to balance 4 assignments and meet mini deadlines for each, it’s like a smack in the mouth, it hurts. But when you have a Dianne, things seem a lot easier. I’m sure she doesn’t realise how much she helped me, but, having someone who has done the same work as you and has had many of the same questions as you, puts things in perspective if nothing else. You know that 2 years ago she was in an identical situation, well not in my case, I mean generally. Although she had a family and a job to balance with her study, so she probably knows how outside factors can affect your study.

After meeting with Dianne, I felt 2 stone lighter. I don’t make a habit of worrying about things but inevitably do, somewhat unknowingly. Not only had she helped organise my work, I knew she would be there throughout these assignments for anything else I needed. I really hope the college put their hands in their pockets and pay the lady for next year; she’s worth her weight in gold!

Thursday

Nearly late again, 8.59!
Thursday was productive. After a lecture on colour space, which I understood surprisingly easily, the day was spent working on A4, Picture this assignment. I managed to get the compare and contrast SA finished so that was one thing to tick off my ever growing list!
Not much else to say really, or rather I can’t because otherwise my blog will be too long. I enjoyed the day and left with a head ache from looking at a computer for too long!

Note to self: Set off earlier!

My vector image 'Sissy'

Bitmap image from the 'Supergrass' album