Work Experience

From February the 2nd to February the 13th I had the privilege to do my work experience at TAG which is a Graphic company in the city.

I learned a lot of interesting and exciting new things and I had a great time working there. The people were especially nice to me and helped me in the best ways they could so I got the best out of my placement.

I couldn't make it in on Monday and Tuesday because of the snow but on Wednesday, I learned about measuring and laying things out on Adobe InDesign which is what the company does when they are making letters or templates. I first laid out a simple template that my mentor, Samantha had shown me. I had to measure everything with a ruler and then put it into the computer and after, work out all the colours and images. After that, I was able to change the colours and the layout slightly so I could make a practice CV. I didn't finish it that day.


On Thursday I made a colour chart on Adobe InDesign which I had to do by mixing CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) into the colour board on InDesign and then make swatches for my chart. I also set out a letter template which looked very professional once it was finished if I do say so myself. I also made a mobile phone advert in InDesign.

On Friday I finished my CV by adding some of my art to it and then I made 2 CD covers. One for my music and one for all my work that I would be taking home from TAG. I also started making a movie premier poster using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Pohotshop with my art on it. I didn't get round to finishing it but my uncle, Jim who also worked there brought me some Photoshop tutorials that I started watching before the day ended.

After the weekend on Monday I brought one of my drawing from home and re-outlined it on Adobe Illustrator and then coloured it using a gradient before picking a background colour and titles. It took me the whole day because I had to adjust to using a pen tool and gradients.

On Tuesday I finished off my movie poster which turned out superb. I had to edit it a lot of times to make it perfect but I got there in the end. I resulted in calling my own movie "Unleashed" and there were lots of pictures that I had drawn around it, mainly of cartoons and animals.

On Wednesday my Uncle Jim became my mentor and he taught me how to make a credit card advert on Photoshop which I managed after much difficulty trying to adjust to the media.

The final days of work experience were drawing near and I grew sad but kept up the work. On Thursday, Jim got me a comic scan of Tom Strong and showed me a lot of tools and techniques to use for colouring and layers on Photoshop. It took me a while to get used to everything and I still forgot a lot of things but I got there in the end. I started colouring it but didn't get round to finishing it in that day. I also coloured a comic scan that my dad had drawn for his comic when he was 16. Jim helped me with layer effects but I did the colouring mainly by myself.

On my final day, Jim taught me how to change a real pictures colour whilst maintaining the original texture. I chose a tabby cat that I turned pink and blue with a star on it's head. I then put it on a forest background.

I was sad to leave that day, work experience was amazing and I really hope I can go back to TAG and visit again!