For Procon this year we had the option of Print, Web or Motion. I'd never done screen printing before an always wanted to. Last year I did some brief research into finding other places in Manchester where it be possible to learn, but they costs loads! This made me want to take full advantage of the facilities at Uni. It was a reasonably hard decision as my web skills aren't up to scratch and mastering this will only make me more employable in the future. I decide on print as I thought it'd be easier to learn web after uni then it would be to try and pick print up. Its a completely different learning process and has a lot more trial and error involved. Really enjoy spending time in the print room, realised the other day that i'm going to really miss it (starting to get all sentimental because the end is in sight.)
I've focussed my time in the print studio trying to learn how to screen print. Its taken a while to crack and I still haven't got there quiet yet. Its also really encouraging having other students around that are all at different stages of learning the process, it helps with seeing what possibilities also great competition.
For are Pub Quiz I was assigned the job of screen printing the goody bags. Charlotte had already made the screen up so this sped everything up. I was really impressed how the first few started looking I also think it really help me to start to perfecting the process, after we'd got going theres was much stoping us.
The Future of Storytelling Talk
Behance portfolio surgery
Urbis football exhibition
MMU graphics exhibition, Cord
20-22 NQ zine Bad langue illustration
Editions, D.R.M.E and Savvo Edition lecture
We Made A Pub Quiz initial meetings
We Made A Pub Quiz screen printing Gift bags
Attended We Made A Pub Quiz event
Internship at Ringspun-Involving completion of brief before interview, Digital and Printed Portfolio.
Behance: http://www.behance.net/Edbirks
I've enjoyed Level 6 its been a good year, we started with the Magma brief. In reflection I think I should have done the editorial brief for 20-22NQ zine as this looked to be a good brief to get into. The Magma brief allowed me to be really creative but I feel my portfolio lacks editorial work. The Magma brief did allowed me to work big and with different media.
I got the opportunity to go down to London for the typo event, this was really good as it was like a weekend full of Graphics. It was great seeing all of profesional designers and learning about designers that I hadn't heard of before.
Marriots brief was a good chance to work with Rory, I think we got some really creative work from this. It also gave me the excuse to go to the Urbis which I'd been meaning to do for some time.
After Christmas we had Edition which was really cool, although the building was freezing it was a really chance to be really expressive and experiment. The final show came together really well. During the end of this I had to concentrate on getting my portfolio up to scratch for my interview at RIngspun. It all came together really well and I ended up getting the gig. I'm there at the moment trying to juggle the rest of my university work and my work for them, I am really enjoying it and it giving a lot of exposure to working in the more retail fashion side of things. This is oddly enough something that I've always had an intrest in and been involved with, with having done textiles for a couple of years at school and college. I've also had work with the design office of Berghaus up in Sunderland.
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