M A A R O NMARTY AARON GRAPHIC DESIGNER

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

THE TYPE OF LEARNER AND DESIGNER I AM When I started this degree I was always the “last minute” type of guy...

Blogging right up until the deadline.

Doing all nighters the night before.

Frantically printing and cutting.

Doing nine till nine in uni the whole of the last week.

How I’ve changed

In the latest module, I had time to get a few necessary blog posts in before hand in but I was able to casually walk to uni feeling fresh cause I had energy because I got sleep the night before the hand in.

I suppose I still did the nine till nine in uni the week before but that was due to me achieving such a higher grade in the OUGD202 module from doing the same thing.

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

WHAT I ACHIEVED FROM THIS YEARThese are some of the things I’m proud of this year

Built confidence to contact professionals and arrange studio visits and to get feedback for my design work.

Learnt a lot in terms of typography and layout from the graham sessions and also Self-development

Got my first 2:1 at 66% in the module that I thought I would hate the most.

Managed to improve my attendance percentage from 71%

Sold work in a exhibition

Got a live brief to re-create the fresher’s packs for 2013.

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

NEW STRENGTHS THAT I DISCOVEREDThese are improvements that I’ve made throughout the year and once I plan to continue to improve on through level 6...

Planning and Time Management

Development of my design skills from the start of year one to the end of year two

My layout skills from the type sessions with graham

EXHIBIT A - FIRST YEAR WORK

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EXHIBIT B - SECOND YEAR WORK

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THE MISTAKES THAT I’VE OVERCOMEThese are some mistakes that I have learnt my lesson from and plan not to do again.

Not to collaborate with someone who has a di�erent style of work to me

Leaving everything till last minute with the type journal

Leaving my college card at home and having to go collect it so I don’t have to pay for a new one

Try to be more constant with blogging instead of letting it build up for a week and being put o� by the sheer amount that I have to do.

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

HOW THE PAST 9 MONTHS CHANGED MY AMBITIONSSome things have and there are yet some that will change such as these below...

The design process is a very useful tool that I’ve been told to use from the start, I feel I’ve only just understood how useful it actually is

Being set on being an editorial designer for some magazine company has now changed into wanting to do “something with type”

I wanted to be freelance and after doing enterprise I defiantly don’t anymore

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

MY CREATIVE CONCERNS The concerns that trouble me in my sleep...

Being able to a�ord to start up my own business

Being able to find a creative industry, which will employ me

Being good enough to be accepted in the creative industry

Remembering all the technical terms once in graphic design

MARTY AARON EDWARDS OUPD201LEVEL 5 PRESENTATION

MY PERSONAL AMBITIONSMy personal ambitions for level 06 are...

Keep on top of all my work

Continue to contact professionals through-out the year

Achieve a high grade for my degree

Improve my type and layout skills

Be able to hand render type

And For Life...

Get a job, which pays enough to cover all my expenses and have money so I can do what I want when I want (within reason)

Get a job, which I’m happy doing

Live long and prosper

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MY PLANS FOR THE SUMMER What I once expected to be a nice “free” summer holiday is now full of all this...

My plans for the summer are to get a job that will help to fund the expenses of next year.

Contact design agencies and get back in touch, which I have already emailed

Fully brand myself and get all my personal content printed and ready to send out next year

Enjoy a little big of personal time to make the most of my last free summer

Get as much dissertation completed as possible so I have less stress when I get back

Crack on with the summer brief all summer instead of leaving it till “last minute” again