I’ve just uploaded some new images to flickr.
A few of them are from my college years when I was first building my portfolio and also doing a bit of gig organisation and promotion in my spare time.
I have learned a lot since then, especially after working at a printers. Learning how to set up artwork for print has been a great help and I feel that the knowledge that I have gained from this will be a huge benefit when thinking about how to tackle future designs that will be sent to print.
It has also taught me a lot about how well things will print, which formats work, what paper prints better, how colours will look when printed as well as learning about different print techniques such as Spot UV. To have that chance to work on the side of the printer as well as the design has been a huge eye opener.
Looking at my past designs from college I can see how they have influenced me but also how much I have changed since then. Now when I look at them I can see ways that I would improve them but they also bring me back to the creativeness that I had in my mind when I first started.
Maybe I’ll look back in another few years and see all the things that I have learnt.
For now I have uploaded a few of my older designs which I like and hope that you will like to.
Kirsty
