Week 18
Back to normal
Wednesday:
On Wednesday morning I got on with completing A4. I had forgotten which format some of the images had to be saved in and the layout in which Steve wanted the assignment. I checked with Craig and James and got on with it.
I was surprised when it took me most of the day to complete as all the content was there already. Getting the word count down on my compression report took me quite a while as I went into quite a lot a detail.
I did this originally so that when I looked back on it, I would remember how and why the results were what they were. I eventually got the word count down without sacrificing too much information.
After lunch I had a repeat lecture on Dreamweaver. I wasn’t looking forward to it as I thought I wouldn’t understand it.
I took notes and got the basics and hope to have a mess around with it over the weekend. It was easier than I expected, if you just stick to the basics to start with.
By the end of the day I had A4 in the template with only the evaluation to complete. I hope to have it in by next Thursday.
Thursday:
Thursday was a short day and spent conducting research on Matthew Carter, the typographer I had been allocated.
I’m not exactly sure what to include in my presentation from the research I collected. It is only a 5 minute presentation but I’m unsure to what degree of relevance any of my research is. I will have a look at the assignment sheet again and read the criteria.
At 12pm the day was over due to people going to Huddersfield. I didn’t feel I had used the time properly due to the fact I didn’t know what I was specifically looking for. I did collect a good selection of things though so I hope some of it will be relevant.
Note to self: read assignment sheets thoroughly!
5 comments:
When you come to making your site, Gem, you’ll quickly find that some parts of your design might not work right. As I mentioned in my blog, it is probably best to do a little bit, try it in both browsers then do a little bit more.
This way, if it suddenly stops displaying correctly you will know which bit created the problem. If this happens, undo the last change, try a way round it, and record what happens. If it works, record the change in your sketchpad; if not try another way around it.
It is a big learning curve for all of us who are “non-Dreamweavers”, but I think keeping each other informed of what our experiences are should make it a little easier.
I'm kind of in the same boat as you Gem with the presentations. I'm collecting quite a lot of research at the moment but I'm not sure what direction I should be taking it in.
At the moment I'm just gettting as much knowledge on Mr Gill as I can about his works so then I can pick and choose which bits I want in my presentation.
@ Julian - Thank you for the tip. Sounds a simple way of doing things but something I just wouldn't have thought about doing.
@ Craig - I'm sure we'll find our direction soon enough. Probably from speaking with other people, I'm sure they won't hold back in telling us where we're lacking!Not a bad thing though.
hey gem,
that Fact Find is just like a questionnaire and they ask things like who is your ideal client, things like that. Its basically where they get all the info they'll use to make the design.
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