Josh Norris OCA logbook

Let's just start by saying, I loved this Assignment. It's really helped to harness my creativity, submitting 3 postcards that expressed my personality and interests wasn't easy, it's like when someone asks what you want to eat, your mind just goes blank. But what I started was just brainstorming what represented me. As a budding designer, I can say that some sort of planning is one of the best things you can do when being creative, I find that as I'm sketching, ideas come to me faster than If I opened photoshop. For me, this is because I can get ideas onto paper with a pencil so much faster and because my mind literally spews out ideas (some terrible) once I get going, it's important to be able to record. Another thing I wanted to address before getting into each piece was how I struggled to be creative. At times I would be sat at my desk and literally have a block, no ideas would flow and I would end up just getting frustrated, now this may sound cheesy (like I...

I have been interested in Art and Design for a long time, but I've always been viewing modern art and digital creations. The start of the OCA file is a range of designers and artists from as early as 1890 with the Art Nouveau movement with Aubrey Beardsley. This movement features beautiful and natural lines and forms. But the one thing that really stuck out to me was the more politically relevant pieces, I loved the idea of not just creating something beautiful but creating something with purpose and deeper layers. 'The construction of the USSR' by Alexander Rodchenko is an example of Avant -garde which pushes the boundaries of the 'norm' and is a way of artists expressing themselves beyond the status quo. The movement is also meant to promote radical social reforms, I'm not an expert on Russian politics but this seems to be representing Lenin and is socialism movement. What I love about this piece is it incorporates and combines different media, it gives off th...

Ive officially started my graphic design degree at OCA and Im so enthusiastic and eager to start, overall I consider myself to be a very creative person, I enjoy graphic design and art in my spare time, and even at a young age began to produce designs for other people, mainly small pieces such as youtube banners. From a young age this set off a spark, and from then I've wanted to progress my skills as much as possible. Starting this degree is the beginning of not only my career but the beginning of a path of self expression. Having something to work towards and complete will give me the opportunity I've been looking for to progress my skills and produce work I'm proud of. I want this course to further my understanding of graphic design and the skills required to be successful at it in the years to come