I had a tutorial on how to use Illustrator today. I had a feeling it was simular to Photoshop but I found it hard to use where I was used to using techniques I was used to in Photoshop. I managed to do the tasks we where given. First we had to great shapes using the pre-made shape tools, then we had to create our own using the lasso tools and adding points to make a different look to the shapes. After we were given an image of a robot that we had to trace using the techniques we had just learnt. We also had to add colour and outlines.
I have been learning how to letterpress for a few days now and I am really enjoying it. First we had to find a piece of text about a journey or a place so I looked into the history of Poole Quay where I found the quote "Beating of the water bounds" which is a ceremony confirming the Mayor's authority over the Port of Poole and boundaries of the harbour and dates back to the 14th Century. I started off by just using the words "water bounds" to get used to using the letterpress. I found the letters I wanted to use and put them into the order I wanted and then stuck them together using masking tape. I coated the words using black ink and used the letterpress to make my prints. When the first print came out I realised I had used an upside-down 'g' instead of an 'a' but I thought it still looked ok.
The next letterpress session we had I used the whole quote and played around with colour, texture and positioning of the words. I think the prints I created turned out really well and managed to get the word 'water' to have a colour effect off water.
Today was a tutorial on Photoshop. Because I have used Photoshop before I had some knowledge on what I was doing but I did learn new things and techniques, such as how to use the Patch Tool and how to create Layer Masks. We were given the task of cutting out a girl laying down with a car in the background and put her into a different background, which was a garden scene. I learnt how to add points to a selection to make my selection more persice. After we had done that, we had to edit a picture of a woman using the healing brushes and patch tool. the next session we created a vogue front cover. I used a picture of Kate Moss, I edited the picture by using the healing and patch tools. I aslo cut her out and put her into a different background. After that I added the vogue logo to the top, but added a layer mask so the logo was hidden slightly where Kate Moss' head was. I found this a fun task and when time was up I was still thinking of other things I could change about the front cover.
At 10am we got into uni to get the coach to London where at 7:30 that evening we were going to see Kyle Cooper give a talk about some of his work. During the day we had to do the brief tha we were given to drift through a place where we had not been before and photograph anything we noticed that maybe we would of not seen if we were fimaliar to the area. When at London we headed for Covent Garden, then to Camden Market. This is where I took most of my photographs because I had not been there before. I am pleased with how my photographs turned out, I think I caught some interesting happeneings and items. The talk with Kyle Cooper was really good, it was interesting watching his work whilst he explained what he was thinking whilst making the titles and how he came up with his ideas. 
Today we got given a brief to create a new typeface using only tape. We could use any colour, size and texture tape we wanted. In our groups we could use anything to create our type on, our group went outside to find a different look and idea. We came up with the idea of type on stairs, so we used a spiral staircase to create our characters on. The idea was that you could see the shape of that characters from any angle you were standing. We thought it could be used as advertising, e.g. at a train station on the stairs. I was really pleased with how the final outcome turned out. The 
only thing I would change is the size of the characters we made, they were too large and could only fit two character on the stairs.
Research for Text and Image
From the Photographs from poole, we got given a brief to create an illustration only using colour paper. I used the picture of a seagull standing on an anchor and rope as i thought it had lots of colour and textures. I ripped and cut out coloured papers how I needed it and then glued 
it all down. I felt my final outcome did not turn out as well as I was hoping fro, it looked too busy and cluttered. Also I did not like the way the seagull turned out as I thought it looked childish. After I created another one using more plain and bolder colour papers from a photograph I took of two boat. This time this photo had less textures and details. I thought this one turned out better and gave a bolder effect.
