Look Mom, Look What We Did Today!

I think I may be in love with layouts and grids...This is not just a throw away comment, this may be a concrete realisation of inspiration. It might seem a little nerdy, but I do actually enjoy learning the bones and law of design- the first rule of design is you need to learn the laws before you can break them. The first thing we had to do in Kit's lecture was empty our pockets and create a layout with them;

I really enjoyed doing this and tried to pick things that were random but meant something to me. I'm proud to be a doner, I've had a doner card (numerous due to the fact I keep losing my wallet because I'm a twat when drunk) since I was 11, the keyring was from a friend over the summer who taught me a lot about myself and introduced me to some critical punk bands (Billy Bragg anyone?), the tattoo card is the guy who did my sailing ship on my ankle...you get the idea. This is me, summed up on a piece of paper covered in pocket crap.

Then, we had group work, creating a variety of layouts using grids. I don't mean to, but I usually take the lead in groups- I've got such a mouth and so many opinions and I don't have that thing in your brain that filters what you think and what you say- I am what I speak. This was my outcome:

As you can probably tell already, I like big, bold, brass and simple. Simple in the way that if it's there for no reason- what's it doing there? Another thing I learnt from North Devon College... One side of the text is upside down as well, if you can't see it in the photo, to give it a bit more of a twist. The group I was in decided it would be good as a front page- the introductory page you see in a magazine before an interview. The group's final layouts were this:

We also got a new brief- to create a promotional booklet about ourselves and our work. I feel a little overloaded but I think if I crack on with it I can do it. The only problem I have is Adobe Illustrator and Neil's glyph project. Me and computers have a fine friendship- we hate each other and Illustrator is just so complicated! Am enjoying it though- I love to learn new skills and its an important programme for the field I want to go in but I can see a long and difficult road ahead. I am overwhelmed.