Monday 23rd – Joshua’s meeting
I had missed most of the meeting due to internet connections but we were told to put the animated logos that had the backgrounds into a mock up Instagram post to properly show how it would look as a proper post. For my logos specifically, I was told to turn the black of the “corporate” logo to brown as to not clash with the 6A000 outline and add a plastic sheen to the “BLINK” letters to make them look more like plastic floaters.
Later that day during our 7pm meeting, I did re-did everyone’s “post” but each of them were in the various Instagram formats and resolution instead of the simple 16:9 format.
Wednesday 25th – final meeting before the pitch tomorrow
As of writitng this, we have tidied up our presentation, finished our drafts and completed the remaining social media mock up posts. Yeyint however will not be able to attend due to work but all in all,I hope everything will go smoothly at 10:30 tomorrow.
Thursday 26th – The Blink pitch presentation
We presented our logos to Nicola and he stated that what he liked about each logo, while also saying how each of them were lacking something and how we could combine the main elements of all 4 into one. Parts he liked were my waves, Mahtab’s bouncy ball, Emmanuel’s stylised guitar “D” and Yeyint’s dotted “S”.
Friday 27th – Missed meeting.
There was a 7pm team meeting on discord I couldn’t attend due to being out at an Ifar event that time and it was rescheduled to Saturday 28th. I met a lady named Saima who had originally wanted to do animation but didn’t pursue it initially because of outside influences putting her down and went to work in the business side of studios like sony. However she plans on doing it this year at Ual LCC, the same campus attend, to do 2D animation. I showed her my work and portfolio and she told me to not be like her and give up on what I love to do, no matter what others say and to keep improving even. We exchanged phone numbers and Instagram and I honestly wish her luck.
On a more personal note, I was feeling a little burnt out from all the work recently, but after that small meeting I feel reinvigorated and motivated again. I don’t know how to describe it but after hearing her story, It makes me want to keep on going with the current momentum I have and to improve even more.
Saturday 28th – Heartbreak and Blink meeting
Heartbreak – Background making
At 12am, after coming home from that Iftar I immediately got to work on helping with Phyu’s background request, feeling motivated by Saima’s encouragement and story. The timelapse footage below speaks for itself.
Blink logo team meeting
I had a discord meeting with Mahtab where we they caught me up to speed and asked for my input. I added my notes from what I gathered from Nicola’s feedback and we began to discuss how we could divide the work between all four of us. Yeyint and Emmanuel weren’t able to stay for long so we have planned another meeting for Sunday 1st.
However I created a sort of template for everyone to use, including line size and canvas resolution so that we all have a somewhat consistent logo, and Mahtab created a canva note and mindmap board for us that houses all the feedback and ideas along with adding new ideas and potential solutions.