Draft Learning Report

Learning Report: GDES3004 Children Book Design

Introduction

In this piece writing I will be discussing the knowledge and skills I have gained throughout the module GDES3004 Children Book Design. The purpose of the module is to consider the vital elements that go towards the production of creating Children Books. The module is designed specifically to teach us the techniques used within Children Book Design industry. Also, studying the significance of imagery, creative writing and typography to this particular genre. This module encourages individuals to use and take advantage of our existing skills, which we have been taught in previous modules. The module gives students an insight of history as well as other aspects of Children Book Design.

Lecturers and Tutorials

From the day of introduction of the module we have been bombarded with different forms of children books ranging from newborns to young adults books. Every book that we came across during the sessions we were consistently requested to analyse the art style, typography and question how the book is appropriate for the targeted audience. By taking part in these sessions I was able to understand how imagery, front and narrative of a book works as a whole.

Watching the TV programme "When We Were Very Young" by BBC remminded of my childhood. One of my all time favourite books was "Were going on a Bear Hunt" written by Michael Rosen and illustrated by Helen Oxbury. The imagery within this book is fantastic as and narrative works so well together. The book has all the elements of a good story which is demonstrated through the the amount of danger an ordinary family goes through to search for a Bear. The book is exciting as it contains an adventure and solutions to every problem they face. The programme discussed "The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Noddy and other classic children's book.

This programme benefited me when it came to the Major Brief. Since, it allowed me think from a childs perspective. During the sessions, we covered the benefits of added features, coloring and activity books. All the notes that I  had gathered form the sessions came to use when the Major Brief was released.

Major Brief

The Major Brief...

Generating Ideas 

To generate ideas I firstly brainstormed. I managed to gather several concepts ideas

Conclusion 

Conclusion