Comments on: An Enjoyable Week http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/ Mon, 27 Jun 2011 21:54:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Greg Carrick http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Greg Carrick Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:39:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-138 Thanks Gary that’s a great idea, think I’ll have to take you up on that! Thanks Gary that’s a great idea, think I’ll have to take you up on that!

]]> By: Gary Benn http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Gary Benn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:32:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-137 Steve has assigned seminar groups according to the last grades. I think this is a great idea and I think it will work out much better for us all.<br/><br/>It will enable the people who may need more help receive it.<br/><br/>I don't think many of us were using our font set at college to the full. I feel as we go through this typography unit we will become more farmilurised with the type faces available to us.<br/><br/>I have started a few pages in my sketchbook with examples of different fonts and put a few words of annotations about them. This could maybe help you get to know some fonts you didn't know? Steve has assigned seminar groups according to the last grades. I think this is a great idea and I think it will work out much better for us all.

It will enable the people who may need more help receive it.

I don’t think many of us were using our font set at college to the full. I feel as we go through this typography unit we will become more farmilurised with the type faces available to us.

I have started a few pages in my sketchbook with examples of different fonts and put a few words of annotations about them. This could maybe help you get to know some fonts you didn’t know?

]]> By: Martyn http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Martyn Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-136 Hi Greg<br/><br/>I fully understand what you are saying about misjudging the time, even with the time planning I still didn’t get it correct. I think the main problem was not giving enough time to print out and make changes; I made a few changes on mine after print out and only just made it.<br/><br/>What I find the best thing to do when designing in the sketchbook is to do rough sketches with a key, to certain things like y=yellow. This saves me a lot of time when I am doing the designs as I do not have to write out the full information.<br/><br/>I think fonts are the most perfect thing for this type of test, but also to make sure that typography is correct. As you said we have learned a lot more things now so we should be more careful when using pacific fonts.<br/>I also was lacking on A1 work I have been doing it this week setting my self little goals to make sure that I get at least pieces of inspirational work a week. <br/><br/>Thanks Martyn Hi Greg

I fully understand what you are saying about misjudging the time, even with the time planning I still didn’t get it correct. I think the main problem was not giving enough time to print out and make changes; I made a few changes on mine after print out and only just made it.

What I find the best thing to do when designing in the sketchbook is to do rough sketches with a key, to certain things like y=yellow. This saves me a lot of time when I am doing the designs as I do not have to write out the full information.

I think fonts are the most perfect thing for this type of test, but also to make sure that typography is correct. As you said we have learned a lot more things now so we should be more careful when using pacific fonts.
I also was lacking on A1 work I have been doing it this week setting my self little goals to make sure that I get at least pieces of inspirational work a week.

Thanks Martyn

]]> By: Andrew http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Andrew Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:10:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-134 Remember when choosing a font, don't always go for the safe options; but then on the other side of the coin try not to go too crazy, it really can hinder the overall look of your piece.<br/><br/>I think try experiementing with fonts that are like the websafe fonts but not those.. to get some degree of difference in. Especially before making risky moves with big crazy fonts on things.<br/><br/>I too have neglected A1 abit, I really need to pull my finger out and get my inspirational art work in, I've already got a lot not stuck in.. it's just getting it all shown! Remember when choosing a font, don’t always go for the safe options; but then on the other side of the coin try not to go too crazy, it really can hinder the overall look of your piece.

I think try experiementing with fonts that are like the websafe fonts but not those.. to get some degree of difference in. Especially before making risky moves with big crazy fonts on things.

I too have neglected A1 abit, I really need to pull my finger out and get my inspirational art work in, I’ve already got a lot not stuck in.. it’s just getting it all shown!

]]> By: Liam Corfield http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Liam Corfield Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-133 Hi Greg, like Sue said, you speak for all of us you didnt do well in the timed task, some people didnt even hand it in on time, i was one of them. it just goes to show that we havent taken these tasks seriously and we must do to pass them. Hi Greg, like Sue said, you speak for all of us you didnt do well in the timed task, some people didnt even hand it in on time, i was one of them. it just goes to show that we havent taken these tasks seriously and we must do to pass them.

]]> By: Suzanne Hullah http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Suzanne Hullah Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:36:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-132 I think you speak for the class when you say that you didn't do well during the timed task, although many of us got designs that we were pleased with, we really underestimated the length of time it would take to put the design together and print things off ready to hand in. <br/><br/>Like you say, we all need to take the timed tasks a bit more seriously in the future, the task on Tuesday could be the only 'dry run' we get and so therefore we need to take that into account and give ourselves a kick up the backside. I think you speak for the class when you say that you didn’t do well during the timed task, although many of us got designs that we were pleased with, we really underestimated the length of time it would take to put the design together and print things off ready to hand in.

Like you say, we all need to take the timed tasks a bit more seriously in the future, the task on Tuesday could be the only ‘dry run’ we get and so therefore we need to take that into account and give ourselves a kick up the backside.

]]> By: Tom Smith http://gregcarrick.co.uk/journal/2008/01/an-enjoyable-week/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Tom Smith Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:13:00 +0000 http://gregcarrick.co.uk/blog/?p=20#comment-131 I find it hard to choose typefaces too- I always seem to go for the 'safe' choices. This is something I need to change, and we need to take advantage of the fact we don't need to use web-safe fonts in this assignment. I find it hard to choose typefaces too- I always seem to go for the ‘safe’ choices. This is something I need to change, and we need to take advantage of the fact we don’t need to use web-safe fonts in this assignment.

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