31 January 2013

Weekly Reflection

LO5
Reflection on my progress this week I can say this I have accomplished everything that I set out to do at the beginning of the week in my 'plan of the week'. This week is the last of the digital skills lessons so the next week leading up to the deadline will be the only time I get to prepare for hand-in.

30 January 2013

Digital Skills - Week 5/Day 1

This lesson is all about using Illustrator, the skills include...


1. Typography formatting / Tracking / Kerning
2. Create Outlines / direct selection tool / point manipulation
3. Warp options / Envelope distort / Type on a path
4. 3D options
5. Appearance palette options

After going through the skills I was given the task to use them to create a Thomas holiday press add and a Adidas press add. I've included my final outcomes below with my evaluations.













28 January 2013

Plan of the week

LO2
The plan for this week is to continue the digital skills lessons. After the lessons on Monday and Tuesday I will compile all my screen grabs in a InDesign documents and write about the process and evaluate the skills that I've learned and developed. When I have finished my InDesign pages I also want to blog about them.

27 January 2013

Weekly Reflection

LO5
Looking back I've managed to stay on task and also managed to update the blog with my InDesign documents, final outcomes and evaluations.

25 January 2013

Digital Skills - Week 4/Day 1

This lesson is all about using Illustrator and Photoshop together, the skills include...


1. Shapes tool / pen tool
2. rotate tool option
3. Stroke options
4. Pathfinder options
5. Transform options

After going through the skills I was given the task to use them to create a Thomas holiday press add and a Adidas press add. I've included my final outcomes below with my evaluations.








21 January 2013

Plan of the week

LO2
The plan for this week is to continue the digital skills lessons. After the lessons on Monday and Tuesday I will compile all my screen grabs in a InDesign documents and write about the process and evaluate the skills that I've learned and developed. When I have finished my InDesign pages I also want to blog about them.

20 January 2013

Weekly Reflection

LO5
Looking back I've managed to stay on task and also managed to update the blog with my InDesign documents, final outcomes and evaluations.

15 January 2013

Digital Skills - Week 3/Day 2


This lesson is all about using Illustrator and Photoshop together, the skills include...

1. Layer masks
2. Transform tools
3. Typography formatting

After going through the skills I was given the task to use them to create a Thomas holiday press add and a Adidas press add. I've included my final outcomes below with my evaluations.








14 January 2013

Plan of the week

LO2
The plan for this week is to continue the digital skills lessons. After the lessons on Monday and Tuesday I will compile all my screen grabs in a InDesign documents and write about the process and evaluate the skills that I've learned and developed.

13 January 2013

Weekly Reflection

LO5
Looking back I've managed to stay on task and also managed to update the blog with my InDesign documents, final outcomes and evaluations.

11 January 2013

Digital Skills - Week 2/Day 2

This lesson is all about using Photoshop the skills include


1. Selections /Refine edge options /clipping masks
2. Creating gradients / Brushes /Creating your own brushes
3. Painting with blending modes
4. Adjustment layers




After going through the skills in Photoshop, I was given the task to use all these skills to create a Absout Berry press add. I've included my final outcome below with my evaluation.


9 January 2013

Digital Skills - Week 2/Day 1

I thought I'd post my final InDesign documents showing the skills I've learned and developed and my evaluations. This lesson is all about using Photoshop for image styling the skills include...


1. Levels (tonality)
2. Blending modes
3. Colour correction / replacement / saturation





7 January 2013

Plan of the week

LO2
The plan for this week is to start the digital skills lessons. After the lessons on Monday and Tuesday I will compile all my screen grabs in a InDesign documents and write about the process and evaluate the skills that I've learned and developed.

New Brief

LO3/LO1
Well first day back to college and the start of a new brief. This new module is called Digital Skills. Throughout this module, I will attend IT sessions on a Monday and Tuesday in Zone 1.

Where I will be introduced to the industry standard packages learning digital skills for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I will be introduced to the principles of software skills and will be given tasks and exercises to help equip myself with the necessary skills that I will need for industry. I will be given multiple exercises and tasks applying my design and technical skills to generate creative outcomes.

There will be research tasks throughout this module, helping me evaluate, annotate and reflect on my digital skills process and learning. The best way to do this is by screen grabs, I will then put them in an InDesign document and evaluate my development.