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Visual/Process Diaries: The Dos and Don'ts

The Studioblr Collective | April 9th, 2016 

Written and Designed by Gennalie (@genspen)

Disclaimer: Please remember to follow the guidelines that your institution has given you!

What are Visual Diaries?

Visual Diaries (also known as process diaries, sketchbooks, process books, visual journals) are important forms of documentation in any type of creative field. They’re important for you, as a student to look back into your ideas, and to your tutor/mentor as they’ll be able to see how you got to your end work. Diaries are important too because they help give identity to you- and often will raise up marks in your studio for coherently following the studio’s course outline and teachings.

Essentially, your visual diary should be composed of the following things:

Evidence of exploration and experimentation.

Your research, primary and secondary and how they are important to your project.

Evidence of your thinking process.

Evidence that you have critically analysed the project or subject at hand.

(opt.) Your studio work, such as notes on set readings, some visual diagrams of concepts, etc.

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