Kolb Learning Cycle

Concrete Experience

I studied  a two year foundation degree in Barnet college

FdA Graphic design.

During that time i had to learn how to design a co-operate identity for clients.

But in this case i had to do my own.

I had to find out the size of the business card  and what colours would attract my clients to my business card even though its seen on the floor or found on the floor.

Most of the time i got the size of the business card wrong even the complimentary card.

I had to produce both black and white version's of what i have personally done. all this was a big process.

Over the years i have done a co-operate identity for clients in fact i had to do one for myself and i named it LANTERN, lantern has light its full of energy, i chose colour red because its a colour you can't miss it represent energy, power and its very significant.

At this present time i do have the same logo and i designed myself a business card

to network with clients, organisations, friends and many more.

Reflective Observation

Well i wouldn't say i want  to be a professional singer but some how one day i do want to perform in X factor.

Ever since i was born i used to play the keyboard, but i had always found the keys hard to play.

i started to improvise but that never worked.

My tutor mrs Hodges gave me a note book to learn to study and practice but due to the fact i didnt have enough time at school i decided to practice at home.

Unfortunately  there wasn't enough income to get what i yearned for which was a keyboard.i was doing great in music classes because i had to go back to the music note book.

But lack of practice and the lack of not having the equipment at home hindered me from progressing forward.

I picked up singing although i wasn't up to standard, despite i had few performances in large rolls the audience and my mates would say i needed practice.

So i took singing lessons, bought few tapes and all i had to to was to repeat exactly what they had said.

Now at the moment, am in a band and church choir i back up and lead. Its fun and its amazing to share your voice to great multitudes.

In fact people called me the secret voice. the reason behind it was because i had never perform solo.

Abstract conceptualisation

I found Graphic Design so comprehensive, its all about the ability to think and connect across new communication boundaries.

The variety of tasks in design and illustrations involved communication with various individuals, teamwork, leadership, competence and organisation

I realised that Graphic Design is a form of communication in which visual information is used to convey a message. Unlike fine art, it is normally used for commercial purposes, to convey a specific and persuasive message to a large audience.

As a student I have learnt how to produce and stage-manage images in both computer programmes and in more traditional methods.

In my spare time, I enjoy producing some freelance work, voluntary work, socialising with friends and meeting new people at the various events I attend.

As a Graphic Designer there will be many challenges. This does not overshadow my hope for my future: to be a successful and genuine Graphic Designer. It is that challenge that I look forward to the most, because I know that a challenge will be enjoyable if it is something you are highly interested in.

Determinations is Destination.

Active experimentation 

A good description of this would be when i was given a design brief.

My client was linking london and the brief was written in such a way that it looked so fake (briefs can appear in different ways).

The out come of the brief was to produce a text based design no visual imagery

Unfortunately i broke the rule and i used the a piece of the linking london logo to produce a fantastic piece of work.

I  think in the end i followed the brief very well , i did come second place

my final outcome was material based.. i had the idea do to my artistic skills in college so i inputed all this in y poster .

For more information, looking at the linking london website gave me a short description and idea to what they needed.

the brief was met and the final outcome was accomplished.