Week 5 2D

Today,

We did a group exercise called Challenge Assumptions. We were to answer these questions (that only made sense after the 10^th time reading it ).

Part 1: Quiz

Q1. Relatives - A doctor in London had a brother in Manchester, who was a lawyer - but the lawyer in Manchester did not have a brother in London who was a doctor. Why?     Because She was a woman

Q2. Bottled Money - If you put a small coin piece in an empty bottle and replaced the cork, how would you get the coin out of the bottle without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?   Push the cork into the bottle and retrieve the coin

Q3. The Restaurant Meal - Three women each have two daughters, and they all go into a restaurant for a meal. There are only seven vacant seats in the restaurant, but each has a seat for herself. How do they manage it?    

One is a grandmother with two daughters and each of her daughters has two daughters.

Part 2: Mikes Audition

Assumptions:

-       Traffic Jams

-       4+ Hour drive

-       NEEDS 2 hours sleep

-       Get Ready

SOLUTION: Drive to the audition and sleep in his car. ( No Traffic )

Design challenge / reflect & refine

Branding Assumptions:

1.    Designs take time

2.    Production takes time

CHALLENGE:

Designs take time:

My designs will take time to allow for editing and refinement. I hope to have at least 2 full designs by week 6 as it will allow me time to print and create my designs and transform them to 3D objects. Time gets away from me a lot as I get lost in the creative processes, I will challenge myself to stay on target to ensure that I complete my task on time. As there are many aspects of design, typography and layout that I would like to experiment with; I WILL make an effort to no go so deep with my brainstorming ideas. It is here I get lost for time and I will use John Maedas principle SHE. I will list the aspects of design that I wish to use and then Simplify, hide and embody the things that would benefit my design. Time is MY biggest problem so for me to challenge myself on this aspect will be difficult.

Production Takes Time:

Like I said above, TIME is hard for me. I get lost in the moment… For the production side of things I feel this will either harder or easier.. I haven’t decided yet.. I’ve never really experienced production of anything in relevance to my 2D design so im not that sure what problems I could run into other than not allowing myself time to print my designs on mugs, pencil tins, bags, tshirts, waterbottles, card, paper, photopaper and any and everything else! As im not experienced in this area I feel that… I know that… Im going to run into problems. But what they are I cannot say.

REFINE:

Designs take time:

-       Focus more on the ‘I will’.. and not so much on the ‘I could’.

-       Allow time for problems and don’t dwell on something too long, picking on work is not a good habit.

-       Leave it even, work on something else for a while and come back to it.

-       SAVE MY WORK CONSTENTLY! & BACK IT UP!

-       Never allow myself to get over whelmed, pace myself, like a marathon! ( I hate running )

-       Have deadlines, AND STICK TO THEM!

-       Take criticism, USE IT.

-       Do my work properly. Thorough.

-       Simple is better. Less is more. EBRACE THIS CONCEPT IN MY DESIGNS!

-        Be kind to my designs, don’t have a tantrum. 

Production Takes Time:

-       Learn from my mistakes.

-       Get the designs to PRINT early to ensure they are ready on time.

-       Look at the overall picture of the branding with the 3d objects. Eg does a mug say this is legit?

-       Prototypes (sketchy ones) Play with ideas

-       Focus on the timeframe

-       Pick one or two ideas not seven

-       Get help

-       Trial and error is the way to go

OVERALL:

-       Get it done on time

-       Don’t have ANY tantrums and destroy work

-       Get in early

-       Enjoy it!

      

     I found a cool video on the sped up ageing process! Its pretty good digital work!

     I thought this video was really cool. Its similar how the tv show planet earth follows one animal through an entire year through the four seasons.

Reference:http://getmovielink.com/images/covers/PlanetEarth-TVseries-2007-free-tf.org-free-up.JPG

      Its cool how in the video it shows every progression that ANY face has which i think is beautiful cause there isnt anything wrong with looking or getting old.  

  :)

OVER AND OUT!