The little details are key to making my image look as professional as possible. However its very time consuming.

This works best so far. Ive used a green and red spot colour which i think makes the image stand out more, its extremely bright and stands out. The problem im going to have is if i want to keep with only two spot colours im going to have to design with two complimentary colours which could look like a disaster.

This image is clearer from the background but its not very clear that ive used two colours, still seems rather flat to look at. I think complimentary colours could work better.

A problem with using spot colours is the blend between foreground and background which leaves no depth to the image but also doesnt make it clear or show enough detail.

Id like to use only two spot colours in my design, considering the cost this will make the production cheaper instead of using full colour cmyk. I want to be able to use colour and my photos to communicate anger but with a hint of humor rather then making it too serious. Ive started trying to do this as can be seen in the picture above. Whilst playing with the spot colours its hard to keep the detail of the face.

For my packaging for what is good im going to design onto the packaging above. My concept is boxing is good because its an anger outlet. Im going to target everyone that is angry or is stressed, so this will target mainly students onwards, children dont tend to be as stressed as adults. However even though this is for adults i think it will have a humerous side to it. After all my aim is to release the stress and anger. My packaging will contain gloves, wraps and a leaflet to inform the buyer how to use the equipment.

Using the 5 columns as a guide we are able to start making the text more visually interesting by changing the layout of the page. Something i need to develop further.

In one of the exercises we had to put the text into 5 columns and insert a picture. Having such small columns meant point size had to be very small to make sure sentences existed in the columns rather then a list of words. However in my view 5 columns is too much and means the text is too small to be readable.

This is the most readable in my opinion. The point size is quite small which gave me more space to space out the text, separate into paragraph and have a bigger leading. This makes the text much more appealing to the eye then the previous texts.

By changing one column to two breaks the text up making it aesthetically more appealing. I also made a space at the start of each paragraph to help break up the text again making it easier to follow and understand.

In this weeks type workshop we were given several paragraphs and told to make it readable on a one column page. I dont think mine worked particulaly well. There's too many words to a line and no space between paragraphs which i think is needed.

Here we were looking into different formats of columns which i still found difficult. i think my most successful one here is the 2 column paragraph. I increased the leading quite a lot and made sure the kerning was larger but not going over the top.

In our lastest type workshop we were looking into making paragraphs more readable. In the paragraphs above we had to ensure the paragraph filled the entire column but was as readable as possible. I started from the left column and kept developing it to the last column. The last column is much bolder then the previous ones and at a distance i think stands out but i dont think its the most readable. I found this exercise hard and definetely need to work on it.

I wanted to hear a view of boxing from the 'real thing' so i asked Kevin, hes been boxing for 10 years and turned pro 6 years ago so he definetely knows a thing or two about the sport.

What made you start boxing?

I enjoy pushing myself, see how much i can take how much i can give. I was 16 when i first started and i wanted to be able to take care of myself so boxing seemed appropriate.

What's the worst thing about boxing?

Cant really think of anything, the only problem with boxing is it's a very lonely sport. You've only got yourself on your team, constantly having to push yourself, but its very rewarding when it you left standing in the ring.

Do you worry about injuries, including brain damage?

I think every boxer worries a bit but i train hard to make sure i can defend myself as do all boxers. There's risks with boxing as with any sport, just got to be prepared.

What do you enjoy most about the sport? When i knock someone out. Also just the feeling of power, like im on top of the world after a good sparring session, its great.

Im really happy with the interview, although it was short all the feed back is very positive. I feel it helped prove that boxing is something you need to try to really have an opinion on it. It's very different to other sport, it requires more mental strength then physical yet is still extremely demanding on the body .

My presentation is going to start on a downer, im going to target the negative points that people gave me on my questionaire which was mainly the brain damage and injuries that can come with boxing. I will show the precautions in place to help make the ring as safe as possible. Then using quotes and statistics i'l try prove why boxing is skillful rather then thuggish. My next slide will be centered on the good points of boxing, using the positives that people said on my questionaire. I'l try enter a humerous side to my presentation, i have a few funny quotes from professional boxers that i found which will hopefully keep my audience entertained. Then i'l finish with a summary on why boxing is good and brings out the best in people.

Using a proverb we had to change the order of the sentence but still make the reader read the sentence in order.

I kept this nice and simple which is why it works well. Unlike the one two three four exercise i exaggerated the size much more and made 'beware' centre of the page where our eyes directly go first. However i think i should experiment more in the future to push the barriers which this doesnt.

In another exercise in type we had to write the words one two three four but try get the reader to read it four three two one.

I don't think mine worked too well. I changed the size of the words to try drive the readers attention to the biggest ending in the smallest. I think i should have exaggerated the size much more, considered exaggerating the weight, font and change from upper case to lower in the three and four.

Our next type session became a little more complex. It started by looking at kerning and how a word should be spaced out to look even.

The word that i have kerned is the second of each. I looked for the largest space between two letters and then worked from their making each other space compare until the word has an even look. I think i did this quite well but still needs some working on.

I found the type workshop with Graham very interesting, i enjoyed trying to make words have emotions and meaning.

For instance this piece above in which i tried to give the word dog the characteristic of being shy by placing the word at the very end of the page. I moved the word to the bottom right because we read left to right therefore 'dog' is in the last place we'd look.

From the graphs below boxing seems a rather positive thing with only one person wanting the sport to be banned. It's also interesting to see that most people would happily participate in a boxing class that didn't have any sparring involved.

I also asked people whether they could list 3 positive and 3 negative things about boxing. It was interesting to see that a lot of people find the sport entertaining to watch yet the same people put that the sport causes pain and brain damage as their negatives. Maybe that shows that our society enjoys watching pain and possible brutality.

The answers i got for 3 negatives were definetely centered on brain damage and injury. Which shows me why people wouldn't think boxing is a 'good' thing.

From previous research i already know that the BMA (british medical association) want to get boxing banned. Their reason for this is because of the possible injuries that can happen to the brain. What i found interesting is that bare knuckle boxing would actually be safer then boxing. This is because Bare knuckle fights tend to last only a few minutes. A direct blow from a fist ends in instant knockout. This might sound more brutal but having one punch to the head is clearly better then boxers who will fight for 12 rounds receiving blow after blow to the head which means the brain is hitting the inside of the skull constantly, breaking blood vessels and giving a higher chance of brain damage. However bare knuckle boxing will never be introduced in the western world because promoters can simply make more money out of boxing.

On the plus i also received a lot of positive feedback such as boxing is an anger outlet, profitable business, helps fitness levels, teaches self defence, and so on. From here on i think im best highlighting the good points, researching these further and trying to find arguments against boxing being a cause of brain damage.

Do you think the sport should be banned?

Would you consider boxing a skillful sport rather then brutal?

Would you participate in a boxing based fitness class (without any sparring)?

So for the what is good brief i believe that boxing is good. I think its rather ambitious to try and prove that boxing is good when a lot of society think its thuggish and can only result in brain damage. To begin with ive conducted a questionaire, heres the results....

Would you consider boxing as the most dangerous sport?

What is good?

First brief back we had to design 3 postcards one full colour, one 3 colour, one 2 colour and the last one colour. I felt some of my postcards worked better then others.

My full colour image worked well, i printed using my little lexmark printer onto textured paper which made the image more appealing to look at and touch.

I felt that my three colour was poorly designed and although i did try to play with mixing three colours to create more colours i didnt think it worked well and doesnt look professional or interesting.

I had a running theme through my postcards which was texture and feel, so when it came to my one colour pictogram i felt the need to make it appear as a textured pattern. I used acrylic paint and printed through stencil onto card to create my postcard. By having my pictogram patterened like so it pushes the question to whether it is actually a pictogram. Personally i think its simple enough to understand and the message is clear but other people might find this debatable.

I enjoyed making my two colour logo with stencils and acrylic. I had fun playing with positive and negative space as can be seen in my development work. I think it works fairly well but probably should be a little more tidy and block coloured. However it does keep to my textured theme well.