Graphics Workshop

We had a talk from a Graphic Designer today, Jesse Boyce. He's a co-founder in the company Lethal. What was really useful from his talk was him telling us about different ways you can present your CV to show off your skills as a designer. I'd just thought you typed a straight forward CV but he showed us ways in which you can show your style and personality such as adding drawings, interesting layouts, colours, fonts etc. This is something I'd never even considered I could do for my CV so it really opened my eyes. It will really help later on when I am applying for jobs to get me noticed and remembered and then (hopefully!) employed.
I also think his talk showed me that Graphics isn't really the route I want to go down. I enjoyed listening to what he had to say but his kind of work didn't really appeal to me. I thought it was good but I don't think I would like the process. I really want to draw and collage using inks, charcoal, pencil, pencil etc. I'm really not into using the computer at all really. I don't mind using it a little bit and I think it is a good skill to have, definitely, but I'd rather draw. And he said that he mainly worked on the computer.

After the talk we had a a voluntary workshop. I decided to join it because I thought it's a good idea to take all the opportunities you can. The brief was to make the union jack our own. Jesse Boyce talked about how he thought the flag looked like a explosion to him and I liked that idea and thought about ways I could make this more apparent in my flag. I thought about ripped paper and different colours and line in order to try and express that. However, in the end I just felt like my piece was a bit of an imitation of the flag and someone else's idea. I thought it lacked originality and was uninspired. I was left feeling quite disappointed with myself. However, a good thing that came out of this session was that I did some interesting pieces.

I thought this piece was really interesting. I like the way
she's used the diagonal lines of the flag but changed and
added some of the angles and lines. It feels very clean and
colourful.  

My work 

I really like the media that this has been made in. I think it manages
to stay really simple but it's interesting too. I love the depth you
get and it makes you want to touch it and look at it.