What to blog?

At the beginning of the quarter I was glad my professor gave us topics to blog about because sometimes it is hard for me to choose a topic especially about design. There is so many topics in the design field, some which I don't really feel I know that much about, yet I am not really motivated to learn, I know graphic designers work with logos, and some work with advertisments, but I know there is more things out there that graphics designers work on. I feel I need to learn more of the shortcuts. Aside from graphics, this quarter I took painting and I really enjoyed the class, it relaxed me. I would really like to do both once I graduate. I just need to figure out what I really enjoy to do, stick to it and keep learning more and more.

Class

I am so glad yet uneasy about finishing the quarter. The time goes by so fast that I really didn't have enough time to redo some assignments I felt I could have done a little bit better. Plus my blogging. The truth is I am on the computer for so long trying to make changes to my work, hoping that I've improve it in some way and it meets my professors standards, that taking just a couple of more minutes to write a blog is the last thing on my mind. I am really looking forward to giving my eyes a break from the screen, however I am glad that I learned a lot of new things from my class and I have nice works of design to go into my portfolio, that plus even though I did not redo my assignments for class I could still redo them for my portfolio.

Magazine Spread

Lately I've been working on a magazine spread for my class, and ever since then I've been looking at so many magazines and really focusing on what it is about them that intrigues me. I've notice that simple spreads catch my attention,spreads with vectors, and soothing colors. The image is something that caught my eye, it looks so simple and the text clearly follows a grid, but yet the image and the color seem unique. As for my assignment this by far has been the hardest, there were so many different layouts I tried before finally settling on the three that I would work on, and even then I moved the placement of the title, the color and different types for my typography. And when it came to the image that was another obstacle, how big should my image be? should it be in color or black and white?--Seriously this assignment could take me up to another week or so.

Steven Heller's

In class we had the pleasure of having Steven Heller give a presentation about his graphic design career. Steven Heller worked on Stargate, and he compiled a couple of logos for the WB like Supernatural. Hearing him say that some of his work had to be done in four hours was a shock because it is scary to know how creative and diligent a graphic designer has to be. And then he went on to discuss his logos, and the time limit given to him, which was about three hours. Last time I wrote that I had to design a logo for a class assignment and that took me about two weeks and even when it was due I was not completely satisfied with my work. However it was good to hear that even though none of his logo designs were used that he did not give up, and he continues to work as a graphic designer and a professor.