Live Project Week 1 Reflections.

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Monday 24^th of March: Have been in correspondence with client and have brought up a number of ideas, which they approved of. Had the idea to bring up a Surfing theme behind the “7^th Wave” name – will look into water patterns and surfboard designs to put into practice.

Tuesday 25th of March: Drew up 4 ideas, rather than the initial 3, in order to show specific details and changes through the ideas. I chose to go rather literal with what they asked for, rather than giving my own interpretation of it, as they were quite clear in what they asked for. 

Client was pleased with these outcomes, although I did urge them to point out ANYTHING they felt was out of place, and no offence would be taken it they didn't like or approve of anything. 

The same day they emailed me back which one they wanted and drew on necessary changes that they would like to be applied, which were few, but would make a large change to the layout of the logo. They also stated they would like the colours to be ever-so-slightly more vibrant against the grainy background.

Wednesday 26th of March: Once I had received the feedback from the client, I then went on to make the changes they had asked for, which included enhanced colour and changing position of a few of the individual pieces, and this was the final outcome. 

Thursday 27th of March: Went to meet up with the client in person with regards to another logo that they wanted me to design. From that meeting I took away the relevant information to design a logo based on a comic-book style, onomatopoeic piece. And straight away I looked into a mixture of  

Batman slapstick noises and the works of  Roy Lichtenstein. I came up with these ideas initially, but decided to go all out and look over  a range of fonts, baring in mind I had to stick with these colours. I also found that the image on the left was rather difficult to read, as the colours 

blended in together and the outline wasn't thick  enough to distinguish the letters from the background. 

I then decided to try out a different font, which could distinguish between the font and the background colour. I personally think that this font is so much better than the previously used one, however, a meet up with the client is still needed in order to see their opinion on it. 

Friday 28th of March: Met up with the client to discuss the ideas that I already had. And upon reflection, the client asked me to try out a few ideas from a totally opposite approach, something along the lines of a more clinical theme. 

Project 2: Week 1 Relfections.

Week 1 Reflections.

Days:	Monday 14th	Tuesday  15th	Wednesday 16th	Thursday 17th	Friday  18th	Saturday 19th	Sunday 20th
Work to Complete	Begin research on animal based animations.	Look at independent animations from smaller companies. Also look at all genres, not just animals.	Pick between 5 - 10 animations that relate to what I'm going for.	Look into more comedic roles in characters such as Carrot and Stick - Joel Trussel	CAD Session & more research for blog alone.	Documentation.	Reflection.

This week, I assigned myself to the researching of different animations, and letting them influence my character's initial sketches of it's walk cycle. 

Monday 14th October: I researched into mainly animal based animations, and found myself rather limited, as a lot of animations on animals were rather long and not focusing mainly on the character's movement. Although, "The First Time I Ran Away." did prove helpful with regards to four legged animals. 

Tuesday 15th October: I started to look into smaller animation companies, to try and see how lower budget companies would animate a characters walk cycle and what route they would take. I also spread out my research to all genres, not just animal based ones. 

Wednesday 16th October: I picked about 6 animations to research at that time, as I felt I found a good selection of smaller business animations, mostly from music videos. Fluorescent Hill proved to be a winner with its 3D and 2D dimensional sketchy music videos.

Thursday 17th October: I also looked into Joel Trussel's work, where I found "Carrot and Stick." This animation caught my attention immediately because the way it had been filmed and edited was completely different from the rest. 

Friday 18th October: Had CAD session where I was able to put together the research to be ready for hand in, as well as noting specific websites for more independent animation companies.