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5th October


Today in the stage meeting we got to see some of the best pieces of work created last week. They were all much bolder and unusual than mine. I think I played it a bit safe last week. I need to be braver and create something risker. I also noticed that many of the best ones used lots of white space. I will keep this in mind when designing my next layout. 

I then did activity task 1. I used the books in my room rather than the internet, as I have plenty and I like looking at physical books. I found I had completely finished by 12.30, so after lunch, I had another go a playing "find the grid" with a few of the books in my room. It was very interesting to do this with whole publications rather than just single spreads, as you have to find a grid that works for every page. A few of my books didn't appear to have a grid, and I had no way of knowing if I was right or if it just couldn't find it, which really bugged me. 

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