Week 15
Thinking
Wednesday:
Most of Wednesday was spent tweaking A2 to get it handed in. It was one of those days that I like, one which is spent concentrating on one assignment.
I finally got the assignment ready to hand in and realised I’d forgotten to bring my time plans. It was quite ironic really as I had spent a lot of time putting my time plans together, updating them and organising them, to then forget them defeats the object a little!
Despite forgetting my time plans, I made good use of my time by checking my assignment over and over again. I checked spelling, grammar, organisation, layout and text type. Along with references, coordinating images, captions and word count. I found surprisingly, that I hadn’t made many mistakes which is not usually a trait of mine. I tend to type without looking at the monitor and can often look back and not have the faintest idea of what I was meant to be saying.
As the day drew to an end I made a list of tasks I had yet to complete for each assignment, again. I do this a lot during assignments as I have to keep very organised as, if I can’t complete a task in a day, I still know that I have to do it.
Thursday:
As Thursday came and I had finally handed in my A2 assignment, my thoughts turned to the task ahead of me. I realised I was not looking forward to it, at all. But what I was looking forward to was a week’s time when, hopefully, I would have completed everything and have it handed in, in order to enjoy Christmas. The thought of relaxing with my peers in the pub, knowing what I had achieved, inspired me. And so, my plans for the week ahead…..study!
During Thursday afternoon, in our peer meeting, I picked up some very useful tips as to where I was heading with my A3 assignment. Although I didn’t have much to show, I knew what I had done and could apply what Scott and Chris were asking, to my own work.
The rest of the afternoon was spent manipulating my banners. Although, after a couple of hours of changing things and swapping things around, I found I wasn’t getting anywhere anymore, and learnt to be happy with what I had. I think that my banner designs are ok for a first attempt but look forward to improving designs through knowledge as the course progresses.
I left college thinking ahead to next year and wondering what would happen. I tried to imagine myself in a year and a half and where I would be. This thought didn’t last very long though, as I was soon back thinking about what I had to complete in order to reach that point!
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Week 14
Three men and a trophy
Wednesday:
First thing, Steve called me into the office as I had been absent the previous week and he needed an update as to where I was with my assignments. He asked me to try and get the A2 assignment finished by the end of the day.
During the morning I finished my budget statement, site structure and screen design. I found this easy to get done and it took me around 2 hours to do it all.
In the afternoon, Diane came in and sat down to help me get my designs on PageMaker. I had only used PageMaker briefly twice before so I didn’t know a lot at all. Diane helped me with the basics and she showed me some more advanced things, for example, how to use the short cut keys to make building a page a little quick and easier. I picked it up easily and began using them. It took me a while to get used to PageMaker as a whole, but Diane guided me and helped me so much. If she hadn’t been there it would have taken me a least 2 days to get my design finished, but, instead I got both the homepage and form done in a matter of hours.
Diane also helped me get to grips with assignment template and taught me how to put in references and images.
I feel sometimes, when Diane comes in, that she helps me so much that other people don’t get to see her or ask her anything. I must admit though, that I really do need the help and I’m sure the rest of the group understand.
By the end of the day, the only task I had left to do was putting the rest of my work into the assignment template.
Thursday:
Thursday morning, Steve set us a task of drawing designs within a set time. Firstly was 2 minutes per design, the next also 2 minutes, the next 1minute 30 seconds, 1 minute and finally 30 seconds. This task was hard and I really enjoyed it. 30 seconds per design was no time at all but meant you had to be spontaneous and do anything. The things I came up with were messy and boring. I think I need to loosen up my mind a little when designing, and be less uniformed.
After this task, Steve called Chris and me in to show us the image restoration task we missed last week; the image was of three old men with a trophy. Looking at the rest of the group’s images, the task seemed like it was going to be a difficult one. As I have used Photoshop quite a lot before I started this course, it wasn’t hard, just time consuming. The detail that has to be adhered to is immense but makes for a much better finish to the image.
I completed the retouching of the image in the day but have yet to add colour to it. I expect this will be harder as the image has to look realistic and I need to dress the old men appropriately.
Three men and a trophy
Wednesday:
First thing, Steve called me into the office as I had been absent the previous week and he needed an update as to where I was with my assignments. He asked me to try and get the A2 assignment finished by the end of the day.
During the morning I finished my budget statement, site structure and screen design. I found this easy to get done and it took me around 2 hours to do it all.
In the afternoon, Diane came in and sat down to help me get my designs on PageMaker. I had only used PageMaker briefly twice before so I didn’t know a lot at all. Diane helped me with the basics and she showed me some more advanced things, for example, how to use the short cut keys to make building a page a little quick and easier. I picked it up easily and began using them. It took me a while to get used to PageMaker as a whole, but Diane guided me and helped me so much. If she hadn’t been there it would have taken me a least 2 days to get my design finished, but, instead I got both the homepage and form done in a matter of hours.
Diane also helped me get to grips with assignment template and taught me how to put in references and images.
I feel sometimes, when Diane comes in, that she helps me so much that other people don’t get to see her or ask her anything. I must admit though, that I really do need the help and I’m sure the rest of the group understand.
By the end of the day, the only task I had left to do was putting the rest of my work into the assignment template.
Thursday:
Thursday morning, Steve set us a task of drawing designs within a set time. Firstly was 2 minutes per design, the next also 2 minutes, the next 1minute 30 seconds, 1 minute and finally 30 seconds. This task was hard and I really enjoyed it. 30 seconds per design was no time at all but meant you had to be spontaneous and do anything. The things I came up with were messy and boring. I think I need to loosen up my mind a little when designing, and be less uniformed.
After this task, Steve called Chris and me in to show us the image restoration task we missed last week; the image was of three old men with a trophy. Looking at the rest of the group’s images, the task seemed like it was going to be a difficult one. As I have used Photoshop quite a lot before I started this course, it wasn’t hard, just time consuming. The detail that has to be adhered to is immense but makes for a much better finish to the image.
I completed the retouching of the image in the day but have yet to add colour to it. I expect this will be harder as the image has to look realistic and I need to dress the old men appropriately.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Week 13
Down
Wednesday :
On Wednesday I couldn’t attend college due to illness. I was very ill and couldn’t complete any work either and just had to stay in bed. Being unable to do anything left me very frustrated and therefore completely knocked any motivation I had to get better.
Not being able to do any work goes hand in hand with getting ill, and I know that it happens like that, but it doesn’t get any easier and seems to leave me more frustrated each time. I hope, when I do get better, my motivation will come back 10 fold as I will need to be able to get back up to date with my work.
Thursday
Thursday was much the same as Wednesday, just with more pain.
I couldn’t complete any work and had another ‘duvet day’. Just like Wednesday, this left me frustrated with an ever growing doubt in myself of whether or not I was going to get these assignments finished on time.
Later in the day I weighed up, in my head, what it was I was yet to complete. I reassured myself that I will have time.
Down
Wednesday :
On Wednesday I couldn’t attend college due to illness. I was very ill and couldn’t complete any work either and just had to stay in bed. Being unable to do anything left me very frustrated and therefore completely knocked any motivation I had to get better.
Not being able to do any work goes hand in hand with getting ill, and I know that it happens like that, but it doesn’t get any easier and seems to leave me more frustrated each time. I hope, when I do get better, my motivation will come back 10 fold as I will need to be able to get back up to date with my work.
Thursday
Thursday was much the same as Wednesday, just with more pain.
I couldn’t complete any work and had another ‘duvet day’. Just like Wednesday, this left me frustrated with an ever growing doubt in myself of whether or not I was going to get these assignments finished on time.
Later in the day I weighed up, in my head, what it was I was yet to complete. I reassured myself that I will have time.
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