The Narrative Workshop...cut and paste...paste and cut...

   It has been two weeks now...and we have already done three classes with cut and paste, paste and cut to create an image, a graphic, a meaning and a topic etc. I guess newspaper is the quickest way to manipulate an image, a topic, a thought or a meaning to create a new look of graphic.

    Today 15 Oct 2010, We had the Narrative Workshop...and yes the same...we are doing the cut and paste, paste and cut thing again...but with the different method. What is "Narrative"? I have looked on the dictionary which it says..."story, art of narrating". Very interesting... So today we are learning how to re-form the story by changing it's topic and images. And the different technique to tell a story by only graphic like, comic book, but without the typing. Also there is a task to zoom in or zoom out the image to create a new fresh look of it.

   The most interesting task to me is the telling story by three graphics. There are six topics for the task..."Moment to Moment"..."Action to Action"... "Subject to Subject"..."Scene to Scene"..."Aspect to Aspect" and "Non-Sequitor". And the reason that I like it the most, is the task really shows everyone's creativity and imagination. As the photos...

My work.

 

My work.

Some other great works from classmates~

Talent or hard working?

   13 Oct 2010, Today is a shocking also inspiration day for me from PPD class. I don't know how to express my feeling which combine the excitement, depress, adoring, jealous, motive and pressure etc in the same time.

   Our Professor Catherine invited two senior students who achieved the distinction from our course last year to give us a talk and sharing experience here in LCC. They really did a damn good job professionaly. Nic the senior student whom I really impress a lot mention today...How he has done the distinction job? You need to push yourself, go to the Library, do a lot of research, think a lot and work really hard. Nic is just the same as us didn't have much experience in Graphic Design before. He was studying Fine Art back then. I guess he gots the talent in art but also he works really hard to push himself sucess today. Here to attached his blog http://peckedclean.wordpress.com/ which has created professionaly as well.

   For my future goal, I am really wishing and pushing myself to achieve the same level as Nic. Go Go Go Minna! Be active and work hard!!

  Also attached the photos of us during the class and the LCC.

I got a big headache...in Image Class...What happen?

   Yesterday we had our Image Class and I had an unbelievable big headache. I had never feel that stress ever since I came to London. I thought western people are angles that you don't cut people's time off. Not like devil Asian...hurry hurry hurry...there is no time for you to think.

   Before I came to London, I was working in a blister packaging company. My highest record is to draw five drawings in a day. That equally 1.5 hrs for a drawing which including product measurement, appearance decision, 2D structure drawing and sometimes with the 3D. There is no time to think about how good will it looks like or the marketing. Only draw draw draw. That is a bit pitty for the Taiwanese young designer and our environment. I don't know is it the same here? But obviously I got the same feeling yesterday in the Image Class.

   Above photo was the most stressful activity which made me headache and slanged a lot. But as you can see my improvement from right to left. We need to create five post cards from right to left which included five elements, four elements continue to only one element in 30 minutes. During the process you need to concern it's image, meaning, structure, blank space, coordinate, humor, theme and time management etc. There was no time to think only intuition. Although I had a big headache, but it was a really good process for us to learn the reality...as Darren said, there was no time for you to think, sometime you need to create an image in five minutes to discuss with the client. : )

   Attached some other great designs from my classmates.

   During the class...It has taken before the process...afterward...like a WAR!

Why London? Why Graphic Design? The first week in FdA Communication Graphic Design.

   I have a boring name named Minna. I used to think I have a wonderful and unique name than others. But as I grown up I have found out my name is as boring as my life...I don't look beautiful or ugly...I am not like that fat or skinny...I look so normal that you usually can't see me in the crowd.

   The first day of the FdA Communication Graphic Design class asked, "The most interest thing about yourself"....I thought for half an hour...and didn't know what to wrtie...in the end, I wrote "I eat fish head." What da hell is that? Well...I am just like that normal...

   Maybe a lot people think, you should create a blog to show how good you are in the industry...but this blog, this trip and this study in England....for me...I would like to find myself...why am I so normal? Why is there no soul in my graphic? Can I be as abnormal as others? Can I create some sparkles with London? I want to be different. I want my graphic to feel "WOW". I want the changes. So far until now, I believe FdA Communication Graphic Design Course can change my mind and find my soul. So here welcome to "finding minnami's" blog...I am a Graphic Designer because I love visual...

   So here is my first journey to FdA Communication Graphic Design Course. Seem the classmates and teachers are all very nice and welling to share their experience and thought.

   A picture to show our activity during the class. We are learning how to write a blog for the LAYPERSON language and EXPERT writing. Very interesting. This is new for me. One point for Minna!

   And our school is so cool that we have PRINTING WORKSHOP in school which I will definitely spend a lot of my time there in my future study. I am just too excited. Second point for Minna.

   Moreover, LCC (London College of Communication) also have the Photography Workshop with the studio, dark room and computer room etc in it. In conclusion, please look forward to what Minna have create the sparkle graphic design with the soul in LCC, London.

  In the end, thank you for your reading. To be continue...