creative juices...

the six wives of Henry VIII done plug-style. Mad, but SOO fun!! (First project of vis comm)

Done. Typical.

 Of course, the process of doing that has made me feel that I probably will do vis com... something to think about. but still.... whenever i think of fashion textiles i hanker after that too, so i guess we'll see. I'm going to try and post some pictures that support my post.

At A Crossroads...

500-759 word thing

     I never thought it would be easy to decide which pathway I would be best suited to. But I never thought it would be this problematic. The trouble is I found each pathway as attractive/unattractive as the others, with none coming out the clear winner over all. I had initially thought I might go into Fashion/Textiles, but I found that I didn’t enjoy the pathway as much as I thought I would. I didn’t feel like I could make an overall assessment based on my experiences within the two weeks. Then I thought I would enjoy Fine Art, because I enjoy the skills of painting and drawing, but then I didn’t because the emphasis was not at all on skill. In Visual Communication, I learned that perhaps my discomfort with Fine Art was that there was no brief. I enjoyed working with a brief, and I found that in Vis-Com my creative juices began to flow, and I enjoyed the pathway despite not thinking anything of it in the beginning. As regards 3D Spatial, I expected to like it a lot more than I did; I found it very time-consuming and frustrating. That being said, I found the most inspiration for doing my work in the 3D Spatial area, and I really liked the results, no matter how often I found myself internally kicking and screaming at the process.

      Approaching the end of the rotations, my mind was between Vis-Com and Fashion Textiles, although I had thought I may have been interested in a more 3D Spatial career, such as theatre design. I expected the area talks to clarify that; I wanted to leave on Wednesday knowing more or less exactly what I wanted to do. Instead my indecision got worse, as I was attracted greatly by fashion/textiles and the overall inspiring area was Media, which I have never even thought about, much less attempted to do. This left me very confused, and that is the state I now find myself in. When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a writer, which is something I still want to do most, maybe even more now. I had thought that Vis-Com fitted in with this plan of mine because it stimulated my imagination, covers illustration AND media, and offers more chance for creative narrative and skill-based drawing, all things which I enjoy. But, being a person who cares about fashion, I was very attracted to the work within the Fashion/Textiles area, which would have more job opportunities as well. And I did also want to make hats/clothes for women and children. I do have dressmaking experience, with normal dresses and costume design. Then again, I also wanted to be a portrait artist, probably working from commission. One exhibition that has fostered this desire recently was the Miniatures at the Mall Galleries.

      In short, my decision is nonexistent. I don’t think I’ll be doing Fine Art, although I really did admire the media work produced by Fine Art students. Vis Com offers more, I think, plus it has the added benefit of being next to the Fashion/Textiles studio so I can see and hear whether I want to change my mind in that crucial first two weeks. I find it very hard to decide because I don’t feel like I’ve experienced at all what most pathways have to offer. I do not know if I would like certain things because I have not tried them, such as media, for example. Do I choose Vis-Com/Fine Art because I liked the media work, without ever having tried to do it? What if I hated it? I could not know, without trying. The same thing applies to things like jewellery/theatre/automobile design in 3D Spatial. I dreamed of being a toymaker. Would I realistically enjoy that? How could I know? Maybe I’ve been over- thinking, but I have always had a tendency to do that.

    In conclusion, whilst I have found the Foundation process very enjoyable so far, I have been well and truly confused by it. I face the decision of whether to do the thing I enjoyed or the thing I could enjoy maybe. I hope the assessment will assist me further.

750!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the DOT

I'm putting it up now, i'm not even gonna read it again(, save this one last time)

DAMN ITS STILL OVER LIMIT!!!!