Author: Poppy Thomsen

This week I got back to my work ready for my deadline. This included both the research project and APP. My research project has been going well and I started finalising the design layout as I had previously thrown a few bits together on Indesign and now I needed to focus on making it look… Continue reading Week 15 – Finalising →

So I decided to rework my CV to add to my new and updated website because I've been working on uniforming my online presence so it only felt right to update my CV. I'd also worked with Decordia, an events company over the summer and into the start of 3rd year so I wanted to… Continue reading Revamping my CV →

This project I have tried to focus on keeping my social media up to date, over the past couple of months my instagram has been a bit baron as I haven't been doing much practical work. I've been working on adding to my Instagram highlights, adding frame by frame shot of my storyboard for Short… Continue reading Updating my Social Media →

After settling on my Logo I began playing around with a few business card ideas, although it was a little difficult without photoshop or illustrator I had to make do with Indesign and online sources to get a feel of what I wanted to create. Again there are a few different styles I am interested… Continue reading Designing My Business Cards →

So for my grad show I must produce a manifesto as previously mentioned in my blogs. After answering a few questions about myself as a designer I still found it pretty hard to come to a decision of what I wanted to produce because again it falls down to me being a bit of a… Continue reading Week 13 – Manifesto Proposal →

This week I had another one on one session with Steve but focused on my website and general online persona. This session was extremely useful because Steve himself runs his own website and works with fine art students focusing on layout etc. So during this session he looked at my website which I had previously… Continue reading Week 12 – Website Revisit →

So this week I decided to revisit my logo as I wasn’t too keen on what I had previously designed and I wasn’t really sure on how to brand myself. Initiall I thought I’d go for the obvious designers tools, paintbrushes, rulers, scalpels etc, but it just didn’t sit right with me and it felt… Continue reading Week 11 – Logo Designing →

I wanted to write a blog post about my trip to Brighton because it was a really necessary trip. So with all of my modules going on it find its pretty easy for me to become overwhelmed and overthink and all the bad effects that come with these feelings, so I needed a break from… Continue reading A Trip To Brighton →

Tutorial This week I saw Steve again but it became a one on one session and I spent it focusing on my research project. Steve was super useful and really pulled out information from me that I didn't know was there. I wasn't feeling confident on what I was producing and the worry of my… Continue reading APP – Week 10 →

I thought it was time to revisit my website and update it because I wasn't happy with it during 2nd year. When looking at my website I decided there was no hope in saving it and just started again. I'm really happy I started again because I feel so much happier with the result, the… Continue reading Website Designing →