Term 1 review

I havent really posted much about my first term at uni, its been really fun, hard, but fun. Im still waiting to recieve my first grade as i handed in with a late hand in due to personal circumstances, so me and a few others will probably get our results after the holidays.

The project we did was really entertaining to do, although the amount of money it cost was silly haha( eg, travel, book binding, materials etc). But i knew uni was going to be expensive, so i'd say to anyone wanting to study at any university, more so any london one, to make sure you have the money to both keep yourself fed, healthy, clothed and housed and still be able to afford things to do with your course! :)

i've met some awsome people already in my first term, we've had a few problems with flatmates and such, but that was to be expected haha, We're already looking for a house to move into next year which i can't wait for!!
Its all heads down and hard working from here, not that i havent been doing that anyway ;) but the odd, occasional drink has been involved as it would be with student life!

Have a great christmas to everyone reading this! Talk in the new year!!!

Stenciling

Using stencils in my work was really interesting, i've never really thought about using this kind of medium before, but i turns out im kind of a natural at it! We did a lot of it at uni (i'll upload some pictures later) and when i got back to my flat i felt that i just had to do more, some of them are from collages that i made myself and other ones are from things that i got out of magazines, personally i think the magazine ones worked better. 

I used fabric paints to colour them in, i didnt realize that i had no acrylics in so i had to work with what i had, but to be fair, the fabric paints worked wonders, they mix so well and give some amazing effects, for instance, the swirls on the yellow jacket (image 3) was from mixing a red and yellow and spiraling it round, it kind of starts mixing into an orange but doesnt get all the way there because the paint isnt being pushed into eachother enough.

I especially love how the illustrations have arms that can't be seen, like this one above (image 4), the arms are crossed so they aren't visible to the viewer, but if you were looking at the original magazine image, you'd see the end of the sleeves and the wearers arms folding into eachother. none of the illustrations have the original colour scheme of clothing on, i've altered all of them into my own image, so they can't really be traced back other than with the stance the models are taking. 

Derby

Recieved an email today saying i got an..........................UNCONDITIONAL PLACE AT DERBY ISUGNPSIARNGBAR;ZHNAR;LIHNB;LRHJNSR;NHZNB YES!


As you can see im overly happy about this. I really think derby will be a good uni for me, it can cater to exactly what i want which is great!

Can't be happier right now.

Uni - Lincoln

Lincoln was one of my top choices when i was thinking about university, because the course looked so good in the past years i have seen it. I went with the intention of asking if i would be able to study fashion illustration if i was on the illustration course, The tutors told me i would be able to, but they would not be able to help me as they dont know much in that area. They then walked off half way though the conversation which i found completely rude and threw me off of the course completly. The facilities also looked pretty shit, from what i saw it was really bare and barren due to them being in a new building. I dont know if i will be applying to lincoln as the tutors have completly made me dislike it.

Uni - Leeds

A few weeks ago i visited the Univercity of Lincoln open day, attending the talks to the fine art and illustration departments. Although the course's themselves looks decent and the facilities they had were also brilliant, i dont think the course was for me. The tutor giving the talks did not make the course sound overly appealing, speaking in a monotone voice does not sell it well.

In the building that houses illustration, they had floors full of Apple Macs, a floor for photography, a floor full of studio space and a floor for woodwork. The facilities i saw were very good and probably would have met nearly all of my needs.

I am not going to throw out the idea of attending leeds all together, but it will not be one of my first choices.