A JOURNEY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN
This week's Learning Assignment had a pretty steep learning curve, where I had to learn how to use Adobe Illustrator, but it was fun. It was SO-MUCH-FUN!We were briefed to do an illustration for fruit juice packaging, for the made-up product: Loose Juice. The Scamps First the scamps, simple, but easy to read product sketches,... Continue Reading →
Using the SCAMPER method For the third and final part of this week's Learning Activity, I will use the SCAMPER method to change two existing items into something different. The Teaspoon Substitute: I would substitute the steel with durable biodegradable plastic, which is important to a lot of environmentally conscious parents. If possible, spoons will... Continue Reading →
What is SCAMPER? SCAMPER is a creative brain storming tool, started by Alex Osborn, and refined by Bob Eberle. This method asks a series of questions, which will help in creating a new product or improving an existing one. These are some example questions (from http://www.mindtools.com), which are part of the acronym S.C.A.M.P.E.R.: Substitute: What... Continue Reading →
"PUZZLES AND FUN" The learning activity for this week consists of three parts, or "questions". The first part is a series of riddles or puzzles, the second is an analysis of the fast-food chain McDonald's, using the SCAMPER method, and the third is to apply the SCAMPER method to modify or improve two existing objects.This... Continue Reading →
During our first week, all the students made their own custom Moodle Profile, and this is mine.
In our first week we introduced ourselves in the Moodle forum, and posted a link to our Reflective Journal. It was a lot of fun to read about the other students, and to see their thought processes in their journals, especially the different creative takes on the portrait assignment.
Gather around this journal, and let me tell ye the tale of how I ended up here. The Beginning Born in 1984, I got to grow up with all the awesomeness of both 80's and 90's movies, music and video games, the forest and no internet which inspired me to dream of far away worlds,... Continue Reading →
My Reflective Journal 