In the thick of it: My Final Year.

In the thick of it: My Final Year.

So we're back for our final year,  two weeks ago we started semester one and we started two modules. One solely based on Portfolio Development and another module called Dissertation and Critical Review across the whole year. For Portfolio Development, we were given a four week brief to express the place we're in, whether it be the literal place we were/are in, the geographical location, the state of mind, the psychological, the spiritual and financial. These headings were thought of in an idea generation session and the aim of the brief is to then graphically communicate…Read more
Don’t let them lay dormant!!!

Don’t let them lay dormant!!!

Photography is something I have enjoyed for the past couple of years, both in study and as a creative practice for personal projects. As I was saying in the post before, I often think about the use of the photographs. Is it really worth taking them in many instances, as they will just sit there on a hard drive and not be seen by anyone.Surely, this is not how I should work, both as a photographer, but also creatively. While taking photographs, I use it as social time usually. A number of my…Read more
It’s not everyday you have to sell a colour…

It’s not everyday you have to sell a colour…

On Friday of last week, Level 4, 5 and 6 Graphic Design and Graphic Illustration students were tasked with selling a colour. We only had four hours to create a campaign/presentation to sell this concept and then we had to present and propose why it was best. Using anything from interpretive dance to photography and illustration to design. Me and my team were given the colour Brown. The fact that the colour doesn't even feature in the rainbow, and often is thought to be very dull and neutral left us with a task on our…Read more

So what’s this all about?

So I have been pondering about writing this blog for a long time and using this as a way of getting my work into the public domain. I have been spurred on by another student Jakob, on the same course as me, in the year below–check out what he has written here. His writing has challenged me and I've generally thought this could be a great way to connect and show some of the projects I am doing, in my study.  This is not the first blog I have uploaded – here it is. I often think…Read more