Today I spent the day working on my branding concepts. By the end of today I really wanted all of my concepts on screen so that on Monday I could just work on fonts and colours which would then enable me to print off my concepts on Tuesday morning and discuss any tweaks with my colleagues before presenting them to the client on Wednesday.
I am glad that I left the branding yesterday as it meant that I could come in this morning and get straight to work on the project. I find it a lot harder to get motivated when I have no ideas, so knowing exactly what I needed to do when I got in this morning made my day a lot more productive. Originally I was supposed to work on a website banner this morning, but the client decided to keep the same one, so I therefore had all day to spend working on the branding. By mid afternoon I had translated my three concepts from paper to screen. I produced multiple logos for each concept which means that now on Monday I can add different colours and fonts to these, see which work best, and then narrow them down so that I have just one logo design for each concept.
I have now completed my first week on placement and managed to meet all of the deadlines I was set for the week. Although I still have the branding to work on, I am more than confident that this will be finished by Monday. This has made me feel more confident in myself and encouraged me to embrace more work. At the beginning of the week I had a board full of work and deadlines to meet all for this week and, as I explained, I felt very overwhelmed and nervous about this. I wasn't confident that I would be able to get everything done in time. However, now I have got to the end of the week I have realised that I actually got that amount of work completed quite comfortably.
This is a good thing because it has given me a clearer idea of how much I am capable of completing in a week and I can use this as a framework for the future. If I continue to work at this pace then soon I will be able to predict how much time I need to complete projects which will enable my colleagues to determine if I have time to do any more work or if i'm too busy. I feel that this week I haven't worked the most efficiently all week, so I think that I could still complete more in the same space of time if I pushed myself. This is something to work on in future. Despite that I am happy with what I was able to complete this week as I met all of my deadlines at a comfortable place without rushing or putting myself under pressure, while still working on a variety of projects that I can now add to my portfolio.
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