Note To Self: REVIEW YOUR FREAKING NOTES!!!

Day 20

Currently Reading:  Done reviewing Visual Communication and now reviewing my notes.

I was wondering why I was having such a hard time retaining the information I had.  Seriously, I would write down notes, read diligently and highlight and forget the information I had learned by next week.  I forgot the simple thing: READ YOUR NOTES EVERDAY. *headdesk* Honestly, it is so simple and easy and yet it didn't even occur to me.  So I'm reviewing my notes aka: chicken scratch and everything I read came back to me. I am reading things that I totally forgot that I actually learned. WTF?  So let this be a lesson to other self-teaching folks: Review Your Notes Everyday.

On the other hand, I forgot to actually log (or blog) my progress yesterday. So I'm going to do that here.  I finished reviewing what I learned so far from my visual communication book. I tired to self test, but that didn't go well. Stupid google docs!   I'm going to go back to Graphic Design Principals and do some stuff for the portfolio.

Lucky for me, I have my sister dropping by a lot so that is taking a lot of time off my hands to study while she watches the kids.

Still Reviewing, Thanks For Asking

Currently Reviewing: Visual Communication: Images with Messages.

So I'm still reviewing.  I'm almost done, but I also want to know more and how to communicate a message more coherently. I am also looking into forums for people like me. I found something called autodidact, which is self teaching. I've seen a lot of people poo-poo over the thought of self-teaching. You have to have motivation, but I find that blogging about my own experience and keep tracking of the days that I do study really helps.  I was a little alarmed at the fact that people spend 8 hours studying. I can manage about an hour a day of straight studying. I might do more, but I have a lot of kids and not a lot of time.  I  am also going to buy Non-Designer Book Of Design, after I finish my two books. 

Reviewing Material After A Long Hiatus

Currently Reading: Visual Communication. Review

I had to take a week off, because I was sick and to be honest I'm still sick.  However, I didn't think I could delay studying for another day. I'm actually taking my earlier advise and revising my visual communication book, because I felt I wasn't retaining a lot of the information. I think I'm going to self-test soon on the visual communication stuff and then I'm going to stop to finish the design principals and then I'm going to self test on that as well.

Colors, Lines, and Shapes

Currently Reading: Graphic Design Principles and  Visual Communication pgs 21 -27

So I actually went to sleep early and didn't get up until late. I decided to get up and get some studying done.  I actually skipped a bit of last week due to the thanksgiving holiday.  I don't feel like I'm retaining a lot of information from Visual Communication. So I'm going to review my highlighted passages and make some notes.  I also went on a photoshop bender, and I'm ended up doing close to ten works in the space of a week. However, the theory is important and I need to remember that.  I can't do anything, if I don't know how the most effective way to do it.