Week 2.1

Week 2.1

7^th March

Visual cues, drawing exercise and collage

Coming into week two, I had settled on an activity that I felt inspired me and showed a different perspective of Wellington. I had managed to visit two of my chosen activities sites and started to collect primary and secondary research.

Primary research: photographs, sketches, word lists, observations and brainstorms.

Secondary research: photographs, illustrations, graphic design, layouts and typography.

The lecture on visual cues was very helpful as it made me look at my activities and locations in a different way. It gave me a better sense of how best to portray my activities in a way that my audience would understand.

The drawing exercise for me was quite a challenge, as I am not confident when it comes to putting pen to paper. After we had completed the exercise and I took a step back from the drawings, I could see that the quick movements conveyed a different concept and information to the slower more accurate movements. The change of media also helped to portray a different mood and feeling. From this drawing exercise I was able to gain a better understanding of how pattern and texture can change and manipulate a design.

Last of all we started to generate collages. Designing these created another layer of understanding for me regarding my activities, and I started to experiment with combining different visual cues together which helped to give my collages greater depth and meaning. After creating our collages we pinned them up on the wall, allowing us as a class to discuss which ones were successfully communicating the activity.