Before beginning summer, I set myself the task of being productive and to expand my knowledge of Graphic Design as a profession rather than just something I’m studying. So I set myself the task of entering a competition and getting at least one bit of paid work, and that I did.
The contact for work came through as somewhat of a bit of luck, like they say, it is not what you know, it’s who you know. I don’t really agree with this statement entirely, but it does in fact have a large impact on how you can get your work in the real world, and that is in the form of word-of-mouth. I have posted this job to my PPP blog, highlighting aspects that I had learned and the differences that are predominantly different from education to the real world. Having successfully generated an outcome that the client was happy with, and I took the task of invoicing them, something of which I've never one before:
The competition I entered was something passed to me in the fresher’s fair at Leeds University, the week before enrolling. To design a poster that made people more aware of theft of their possessions. I found this a little difficult as I hadn’t done sufficient research or development. But I submitted what I thought was an appropriate response to the brief.
Overall, I am fairly pleased with my attitude over the summer, the brief which was set by Simon prior to the end of level 4 was completed well in time for the start of level 5, something of which I haven’t done in the past, set myself a deadline and stuck to it. My attitude towards design as a profession has developed into something more than just a subject, I am becoming more and more aware of the world around me every day and how to flourish in the design industry.
