OUGD402 - Preparing for my Future Self - Study Task 2

Our second study task was to answer 5 questions which will determine what we think our future holds in 10 years time. The questions were

What is your job title?

Where is your job?

What type of company do you work in?

Where do you live?

What personal and proffessional acomplishments do you wish to achieve?

To which I answered that i wanted to be a motion graphic designer, living in Sydney city center, working in a close knit company ( around 10 people ) working on motion graphics for festivals and music events. I would like to own a modern penthouse apartment overlooking Bondi beach and go on to co-design my own house and interior design. I would like to travel the world straight after university, visiting Gambia and Thailand. I also want to work in Ibiza for a season and go to Hideout Festival in Croatia. Skydiving and skiing has always been a big ambition for me and I intend to own a Douge De Bordouex dog and start looking into having a child at around 30.

It is important to have ambitions in life in order to realize what you are striving for when university  can get quite long and tedious at the moment. Reflecting on ambitions keeps you focused on your goals in life and keeps you working hard on your work at this moment in time.

Study Task - Why am I here? - What do I want to Learn?

Identify and explain 5 reasons why you chose to study on this course - My uncle studied Graphic Design in Leeds and recommended it for its galleries, events, culture and nightlife. - The university has a very high ranking in the Guardians annual university listings - The facilities astonished me when I visited the university on an open day - The tight knit community of the university made me feel as though I would get more one on one intuition from tutors - The location is extremely close to Manchester and is a 40 minute train home Identify and explain 5 things that you want to learn during your time on the course - I would like to be extremely talented and proficient in using motion graphics software - I want to learn how to confidently stand up and present my ideas and designs to an audience - I want to become an asset to a creative company in as many different ways as possible - Become capable of producing sharp and polished sketches and manual forms of graphics - Be intelligent in the history and origins of all creative fields Identify and explain 5 things that you think are your strengths - Photography is a key strength as I studied it at A level and became one of the most successful photographers at my college, it has been used in various examples of my previous graphic design projects for A level - Photo manipulation was one of my strengths all throughout college. For example, the image to the right is various photographs taken on a self timer of me with tights pulled over my head. It has ten been manipulated to create the following poster for a clothing brand - Magazine and double page spread layout and composition. I feel that this is a strength because for both my Unit 3 and Unit 4, I created full magazines which were both allocated %100 marks. Without creating magazines I would not have achieved an A* A level for Graphic Design. - Photoshop, I have studied 3 A level subjects for the last 2 years, all of which used Photoshop on a daily basis. This has resulted in me being skillful in three different areas of Photoshop, Graphic design focused on vector and typography, Photography focused on photo manipulation and photo editing and 3D creative design used Photoshop for 3D design, composition and layout. - Sculpture building, 3D creative design has given me experience creating and researching architecture, sculpture, jewelry, bridges and model building. This has given me hands on training in creating manually using all methods of creating such as using a welder, soldering iron and pottery. Identify and explain 5 things you would like to improve - Adobe Illustrator is defiantly one area which I intend to improve as I was never taught it at A level - I wish to learn how to use different print media and bindings as this was never taught at college - Typography, even though I have a good understanding of it, it seems to be a massive part of all graphic fields of work. - I have always been interested in Motion Graphics but never got chance to learn it at college. - My contacts within the creative field which will allow me to collaborate with photographers ect. Identify and explain 5 things that inspire you - Music really inspires me when working as it helps me keep focused without distractions. -DJing, I have DJ decks and intend to use it alongside motion graphics to create the background music. - My dad has always given me amazing inspirational advice, without him I would have never chosen to do graphic design, photography or 3D design in the first place. He is also an architect and has always inspired me to be creative from an early age. - Traveling and mixing with different cultures is such a massive inspiration. Having lived in Australia for a year of my life, I am aware of so much more sources and inspiration which sound alien to many of my friends. My experiences, the people met and the conversations I had would not have been possible in this country. The world is so much bigger than England and seeing these places open your eyes to so many new ideas as a creative thinker. - I find the art of barbering remarkably inspirational even though it has few similarity's to graphic design. The blank canvas which every barber is faced with on each different person is admirable and the interior design and theme of barbers are also exceptional. I wish to learn this profession at some point in my life. Identify 5 examples of design that demonstrate your fields of creative interest - Marc Hayden is a photographer which i have always taken lots of inspiration from in my shoots. Danny Baldwin is another photographer which I find incredibly inspiring because of his unique style. - Vsauce is a youtube channel which i regularly watch which mainly focuses on mind blowing inventions, the universe, art, story's and science - I am also inspired by Mixmag which is a DJ magazine and even based my Unit 3 project around creating my own Mixmag. It includes some graphics and layout which i find incredibly inspiring. - Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid are some of my favorite architects which both have unique styles. Zaha Hadids curved buildings are really influential to become individual in your creative work. - Computer games such as Fallout, Elder Scrolls and Total war have some incredible character design and imagination in their graphics