Deadlines.

It has finally arrived – deadline week and tensions run high as every student is in a deathly rush to finish their work and prepare for assessment. I for one am particularly anxious.

I’m trying desperately to fill my A3 sketchbook with just drawings of the installation I made with fellow students but I am struggling entirely. My tutor told me I’d totally dismissed  development work and jumped straight to outcomes – I’m a bit lost generally but I have UCAS to deal with as well. It’s piling on so fast and DMU didn’t lie when they said that it’d all be over in the blink of an eye – this doesn’t seem like half a year at all. I’ll have to soldier through with what I’ve got – I badly want to pass this assessment but how am I supposed to know what to do when the tutors don’t have the time to tell me what I need to do?

Obviously I didn’t expect to be spoon fed throughout the course since the course leader did stress that students have to be very self-motivated, and independent. Nonetheless I must continue to approach tutors when they’re available and just produce work like a machine meanwhile.

 

This is considered a final outcome . {I’m meant to produce 9 more of these sheets in 4 days!}

On the upside – for my last workshop I was able to try out printed textiles and I found it really good! I see myself using it in the future to aid the final major project.
{ If I get there! }

And just some messing around – I wonder if this will go towards anything though.

Life drawing continues as per –

And let’s see if I’m still alive next week!

staying indoors .

Despite my best efforts, snowy days, cold outdoors, hot drinks and watching snowfall is hindering my progress on coursework. I understand that it’s all shame and blame but it’s days like these where I’m perfectly happy to stay tucked under my duvet and do close to nothing.

Having said that I have been doing my best to stay productive, general sketchbooking and attempting to generate A1 sheets and all of what is expected of me for this project.
Personally I find thinking of ideas to develop then use on A1 paper most difficult. I’m fairly decent with my sketchbook work but when making something much bigger and elaborate, I think I struggle somewhat.
Perhaps I’m picky with the outcome, fear of experimenting, or just plain lazy.

On the flip side, I do enjoy putting together contextual studies {in a most geeky manner} perhaps because it reminds me of folder work back at A level. I do after all pride myself on presentation, I hate to consider myself style over substance but sometimes that may just be the case.  My creative process starts of kind of scattered.

My room often suffers the brunt of my creative hurricanes. {I’m a very messy person.}

Maybe one day this wall will be filled with magazines. After all I need a bit of inspiration, one day I’ll be among those, who eat fashion, sleep fashion and breathe fashion. My involvement begins small, but dreams are fueled by aspirations, and aspirations are completed, one small step at a time.
Someone remind me to stay focussed and motivated next week.

Thanks.