This morning I worked on the first four pages of the brochure I will be designing for Dutch Nurseries, a florist based in York. The brochure will be 12 pages in total, but we agreed to design 3-4 pages to allow the client to give some feedback on the layout, just in case they don't like it and want to make changes. I decided to design the front cover, two pages of text, and one page of images to ensure that every aspect of the design of this brochure will be included in the sample pages to allow the client to give feedback on everything that will be included it the final product. I was able to complete and send this before lunch, so hopefully I will have some feedback tomorrow or Wednesday, enabling me to continue with the rest of the design.
After lunch Julian came to talk to me about two websites. The first is for Secure By Integrity, who's branding I have just completed, and the second is for PML Plating, who I attended a meeting and completed a proposal for a few weeks ago. He told me today that he has had the deposit for both and wanted the first draft of the design finished by Friday. He also asked if I would be able to do them both or would rather hand one over to Adam. I didn't want to seem incapable, and initially I felt disappointed as I would have liked to have continued with both projects as I have been involved with both from the beginning, but the sensible side of me told myself to admit that I would rather work on one. I have never designed a website before and I would rather work on one and create a stronger design than rush two and they both be average. I had the choice of which I would rather do and although it will be more complicated I have chosen Secure By Integrity. As well as designing the website Julian is going to teach me how to develop it, meaning that if I continue with this project I will have a full, diverse project to include in my portfolio while working more closely with a client that I have already had two meetings with.
This afternoon Adam talked me through how to set up my Photoshop file to design for the web, and also referred back to a PDF that he printed off for me a couple of weeks ago with everything I need to know about designing for the web. So far I have only got as far as mapping out the site and drawing wire frames for each page, but I think that I will easily be able to get into the actual designing of the website tomorrow, thanks to this PDF.
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