Archive for April, 2009
The orientation was on Monday and loads of new students turned up, there were at least 50 of us this term. Most of the students are Indians and Chinese, lots of rich and restless kids. To be fair, that exists in schools everywhere. I’m quite a bit older than most of them, having completed a [...]
I’m still working with Dabner’s book and have been working with a lot of the exercises. I have yet to work with colour; I’m not a big fan of overly colourful stuff but it’s good that I get into a little bit of that just so I don’t end up struggling so hard when confronted [...]
I’m working with a different book today called Design and Layout: Understanding and Using Graphics by David Dabner. This book is ideal for students starting out but it also serves as a reminder to working designers. It’s an easy read, there are two sections in the book, the first one covering basic design principles and [...]
I’m not sure now if I misheard or if the recruitment coordinator made a mistake when we spoke at my previous school visit. I ruck up on April 20 Monday at 9 am and the school looks deserted, only a handful of staff are there. Apparently term doesn’t start till next Monday. I distinctly heard [...]
I’m about halfway into this book and it’s been a real eye-opener so far and really does make me smile in my mind. I can’t wait to get on to the remaining sections. I’ve taken quite a big section directly from the second chapter of the book and put it here, I especially want to [...]
