Today Oli taught us about color, RGB which is the way light mixes, made up of Red Green and Blue. which is also Additive color.

CMYK which is what we use to mix inks for print, made up of Cyan Magenta Yellow and K means key but is Black. this is subtractive color

He also told us about the pantone color matching system and why its used, basically its so that you make sure you get the exact color on each print. its mainly useful for spot prints in which The inks are mixed before it is printed and each layer of color is printed separately.

i have been stressing out about tis editorial project really badly not sure why. I thik it is because i have been doing loads of work but not really getting anywhere for some reason i find it hard to asses editorial stuff, i gess thats down to lack of understanding. I can tell when i like something or not but dont know why i like it. in saying that i have learnt how to use indesign more effectively through donig this project. i need feed back on my work and hopefully it will only take a bit of tweeking to make it work. to be honest i think i could of produced something much better if i had gone down a slightly different rout but i do think what ive done is ok. wheher thats because of the 3D novelty factor is another story. I have pushed myself in the sense that i have done it in a style i wouldn't of normally done.

will be happy when this project is over...

I've been feeling quite overwhelmed by the work load the past week or so, i think that for some reason this has meant that i haven't been able to get work done as easily. I seem to be worrying about doing the work more than actually producing anything. However i have managed to start producing things and ideas of a standard I'm happy with. I've have been to B&Q tonight and bought what i need to produce the artwork for either the cover or the article, i haven't decided which it would best on yet. Once i have actually made it i will find it easier to decide.

I have also began to set out the article, i am slightly worried that it isn't going to be designee enough but i am going to try and incorporate how the 3d revolution could effect designers, advertising being one example. I was considering changing the article to be about a designer/artist james told me about called javier mariscal who's work is quite stylized but he uses 3d graphics/sculpture quite a lot. This would have been a different type of 3d design, that would fit the theme i've decided on. i think i will have this article on the contents page so that i can maybe add it to my portfolio at some point. i've added a couple of examples of his work.

I might look at other types of 3d design as well like architecture and product design for the other parts of my contents. but now im going to start wrting the article because it will be easier once its started.

I have done more design work and research over the past week and im fairly happy with where its going. i just hope at least one of the tutors agree! i think the theme of my article and cover is going to be 3D, the rise of 3D movies, TV, and Games. This gives me something interesting to work with for the cover, and i think i will be able to come up with an article fairly easily.

Ive started to design my grids as well mainly the contents one so far because im pretty sure of how i would like it to look.

The main thing ive done differently with this project is ban myself from the computer. the results are pretty good and i seem to work more fluidly but it does seem like it takes longer to get results from ideas.