I knew that during studying Graphic Design I would grow as a designer and things would change about my design process; however, I didnt think that it would change as much as it has. Even before the course Ive been interested in what I could do in Photoshop and used to do a lot of photo manipulation and digital paintings, most of my work being digital based and being in front of a screen a lot. In the first year of the course I was a self confessed paper-phobe, putting my work in digital documents and spending as little time as I could sketching because I wanted a polished and finished product as soon as I could and I thought this was the best way to do things. Oh how wrong I was.
During the second year of the course theres been a quite dramatic switch, I actually enjoy sketchbooks and the "longer" design process. I say "longer" because the more work I put in a sketchbook and take my time on, the easier it becomes later on. I also found that Asda do Moleskine-esque sketchbooks for a few pound that are easy to carry around, these were my chosen sketchbooks for the year, no more expensive art supply store books that I felt every page was sacred on, scribbles, notes and thoughts jotted down rough, a quick and easy was to get whats in my head down on paper. I definitely think that this has helped both my idea generation and final pieces, making mistakes on paper saved me from spending an age doing it digital to find out it just didnt work. This new process has definitely changed me as a designer, for the better too. Definitely something I will carry on doing in the future.
Check out some of my previous posts on what goes into my sketchbooks! It'll give you a small insight into my process.
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