Final Tutorial Before Home

12/12/11

OK SO THIS WAS MY LAST EVER TUTORIAL BEFORE THE DEADLINE IN JAN WHICH IS BLOODY SCARY. I TOOK IN SOME MAGAZINE LAYOUTS THAT INSPIRED ME AND FONTS AND TITLES BUT STILL CAME OUT FEELING A BIT ERRR CONFUSED AND I DON'T KNOW WHY...GUESS IL JUST HAVE TO GET ON WITH IT AND DO THE BITS I UNDERSTAND MORE 1ST. 

I HAVE DONE ALL THE PAGE LAYOUTS FOR MY PHOTO SHOOT WHICH I AM REALLY PLEASED WITH SO I WILL PRINT THEM THIS WEEK SO I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY PORTFOLIO BEFORE I GO HOME!!

THE PLUS SIDE TO THE DAY WAS EVE GAVE US LOTS OF CHOCOLATES (I WOULD LIKE THIS EVERY TUTORIAL PLEASE =))

One Tutorial To Go

09/12/11

After today I will have one more tutorial before going home eek. But today went to discuss my 1st project the promoting preston which was the one I was struggling to get to the next stage with!!

This tutorial has helped me realise that our images were pretty strong and there was a lot more that I could do with them than I had thought. Iv decided to try and make some cute things that will be found in store such as beer mats and takeaway boxes. I tried printing one images onto tracing paper, this gave it a great vintage feel and I want to have this effect on some of my images!!

When #gollygosh Came into Uni

06/12/11

VICKY HARROLD, A FORMER FASHION PROMOTION STUDENT CAME IN TO SHOW US HER PORTFOLIO TO HELP US SEE WHAT WAS EXPECTED. BARING IN MIND VICKY'S PORTFOLIO WAS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AND WE WERE DOING WAS JUST THE FIRST HALF OF IT BUT STILL IT WAS SOMETHING TO GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH WORK IS NEEDED FOR EACH PROJECT.

SEEING VICKY'S PORTFOLIO DID MAKE ME AND EVERYONE ELSE A BIT NERVOUS ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING FINISHED...ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF WORK WAS FINISHED. SHE DID WARN US THAT IT WILL BE A HARD CHRISTMAS BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT. 

VICKY'S WORK WAS REALLY STRONG AND YOU COULD SEE IT PORTRAYED HER AS A PERSON. IT WAS FLOWING, CO-ORDINATED AND EASY ON THE EYE WITH A GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN BUSY PAGES AND SIMPLE WHITE ONES. HER LAYOUT WAS REALLY PROFESSIONAL AT THE SAME TIME AS HAVING A FUNKY MAGAZINE FEEL TO IT. OVER ALL I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AND HOPING THAT SEEING THIS WILL INSPIRE ME AND PUSH ME TO PRODUCE THE BEST WORK I AM CAPABLE OF!!

Trip to London Day-3

03/12/11

THE FINAL DAY OF LONDON AND IN THE MORNING I DECIDED TO GO AND SEE A GIRL CALLED LUCY JONES. SHE WAS A FRIENDS NEIGHBOUR WHO I NEW HAD GRADUATED AND SET UP HER OWN PRINTED SCARF BUSINESS CALLED LUCY JAY. HERE BUSINESS IS DOING REALLY WELL AND THE SCARVES ARE SELLING IN PLACES SUCH AS URBAN OUTFITTERS. SHE HAS COLLABORATED WITH DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A NEW COLLECTION. LUCY HAS HAS FAMOUS BLOGGERS SUCH AS SUSIE BUBBLE SPORTING HER PRINTS. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO TALK TO HER ABOUT HOW SHE GOT THERE AND HER FUTURE PLANS AND WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE HOW SOMEONE LAUNCHED THEIR OWN BUSINESS STRAIGHT OUT OF UNI.
HTTP://LUCY-JAY.COM/HOME.PHP


IN THE AFTERNOON I MET BACK UP WITH THE GIRLS AND WE WENT TO WINTER WONDERLAND IN HYDE PARK TO GET IN THE CHRISTMASSY MOOD BEFORE GETTING THE COACH HOME. I HAD A REALLY INSPIRATIONAL TIME IN LONDON AND SEEN A LOT OF THINGS USEFUL FOR MY WORK.

Trip to London Day-2

02/12/11

TODAY WE WENT TO THE  20 YEARS OFDAZED AND CONFUSED EXHIBITION WHICH I LOVED!! ALL THE SHOOTS THERE WERE AMAZING AND IT WAS INTERESTINGLY LAID OUT WHICH MADE IT EVEN MORE EXCITING. I PLAN TO LOOK UP ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND STYLIST OF SOME OF THE AMAZING SHOOTS I NOTED DOWN TO LOOK AT FOR INSPIRATION.

AFTER SUMERSET HOUSE WE WENT TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM. THERE WAS AN EXHIBITION THERE CALLED ELECROBOUTIQUE. THIS WAS REALLY INTERESTING AS IT HAD LOTS OF FUTURE ELECTRONIC DESIGNS WHICH WERE REALLY INTERACTIVE. THIS WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL FOR MY TREND BRIEF AS ONE OF MY TRENDS IS TECHNO-REALITY.

ANOTHER GREAT EXHIBITION THERE WAS ROBOTVILLE. IT HAD LOTS OF ROBOT DESIGNERS EXHIBITING THEIR FUTURE ROBOT DESIGNS TO LET THE PUBLIC SEE WHAT THESE CLEVER PROTOTYPES CAN DO. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING SPEAKING TO THE DESIGNERS AND HAVING A GO WITH THE ROBOTS AND SEEING WHAT THEY DO FIRST HAND. REALLY PRODUCTIVE DAY TODAY...MEANING WELL DESERVED DRINKS WITH THE GIRLS AGAIN TONIGHT!!

Trip to London Day-1

01/12/11

ME AND THE HOUSEMATES; JESS, CARA AND HARRIET WENT DOWN TO LONDON WITH THE FIRST YEARS AS SOME KIND FELLOWS FROM THEIR GROUP DROPPED OUT WHICH LEFT US WITH THE TRANSPORT DOWN AND THE HOTEL...BONUS. WE HOPED TO GET SOME TREND RESEARCH FROM DOWN THERE AND HAVE A FEW DAYS NOT IN PRESTON BEFORE THE WORK REALLY HIT HARD.


THE FIRST PLACE WE WENT ON ARRIVAL WAS THE V&A FOR THE POST MODERNISM EXHIBITION. IM NOT REALLY A FAN OF THIS AND TO BE HONEST DIDN'T REALLY ENJOY THE ART SIDE OF IT I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IT'S ATTRACTIVE. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THE MUSIC AND FASHION SIDE OF IT I REALLY LOVED. SLIGHTLY WEIRD I KNOW BUT THIS ERA OF MUSIC WAS REALLY FUN BUT THE ART JUST LOOKS LIKE A BAD MASH UP OF OLD AND NEW! I DID APPRECIATE ALL THE CHAIRS THOUGH.


THE NEXT EXHIBITION WAS THE POWER OF MAKING WHICH WAS REALLY INSPIRATIONAL I FOUND A LOT OF STUFF RELEVANT FOR TREND AND THERE WAS SO MANY INTERESTING THINGS. MY FAVOURITE, PICTURED ON ON THE ADVERT WAS THE TINY ALPHABET PENCILS. IT WAS SO DELICATE AND EYE CATCHING. THE SHOE BELOW DOUBLED AS A GUITAR SO WHEN USED ON STAGE THE PERSON WEARING IT WOULD PUT THEIR LEG UP TO LET THE MUSICIAN PLAY IT. THE DRESS BELOW THAT WAS MADE ENTIRELY OUT OF PINS WHICH WAS BRILLIANT.


THAT NIGHT WE WENT OUT IN SOHO AND SOME HOW END UP GETTING BIKED INTO TOWN WHICH WAS EVENTFUL TO SAY THE LEAST. THE MAN CLEARLY UNDERESTIMATED THAT 4 GIRLS WOULD BE HEAVIER THAN HE THOUGHT AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO GET DOWN THERE!!

The Trend Brief

11/11/11

GOT THE FINAL BRIEF FOR THIS TERM-THE TREND BRIEF. IT SOUNDED QUITE SCARY AND HARD TO GRASP AT 1ST BUT WITH A BIT OF RESEARCH AND UNDERSTANDING IT I THINK IT COULD BE PRETTY EXCITING!!




INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FROM TREND WATCHING:


"A NOVEL MANIFESTATION OF SOMETHING THAT HAS UNLOCKED OR SERVICED AN EXISTING (AND HARDLY EVER CHANGING) CONSUMER NEED*, DESIRE, WANT, OR VALUE."

The Finished Trainers

10/11/11

OK SO I KNOW THE BRIEF WASN'T TO DESIGN A PRODUCT IT WAS TO PROMOTE IT BUT I GOT A LITTLE BIT EXCITED AND ERRRR DESIGNED 5...IT REALLY WAS JUST TO GET MY GOOD AT ILLUSTRATOR BUT ALSO I THINK THEY WILL LOOK GOOD IN MY PORTFOLIO AND EVEN BETTER IN ALL MY PROMOTION AS I DIDN'T JUST WANT TO USE ANY OLD TRAINERS FOR IT.


SO HERE THEY ARE...

Product Programme Promotion Brief

20/10/11

A WEEK INTO THE NEW BRIEF AND AFTER A BIT OF STRESS OVER IDEAS I FINALLY CAME UP WITH 3 THAT I COULDN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN; UNI-SEX TRAINERS FOR SKINS, AN ESSENTIALS FESTIVAL KIT FOR T4 OR EITHER TIES OR CRYSTAL ROCKS GLASSES FOR BARNEY FROM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.


I DECIDED THE TRAINERS WAS THE STRONGEST IDEA AND WOULD PUSH ME INTO IMPROVING MY ILLUSTRATOR SKILLS BY DESIGNING THE TRAINERS (NOT A NECESSITY FOR THE BRIEF BUT I PERSONALLY WANTED TO DO THIS)


I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS PROJECT ALREADY!!

Rob Edwards- Guest Speaker

18/10/11

ROB EDWARDS CAME IN TODAY FROM BLUE REPUBLIC. HE GAVE US A LECTURE ABOUT MARKET RESEARCH WHICH WAS REALLY USEFUL FOR OUR SPORTS MARKETING REPORT. I FOUND OUT A LOT ABOUT DIFFERENT SOURCES OF RESEARCH, HOW TO GET THEM AND WHY THEY WERE SO IMPORTANT!!


THE MARKETING REPORT WAS TO SEE IF THERE WAS A GAP IN THE MARKET FOR (WE GOT LACOSTE) TO SELL TO THE YOUTH MARKET. I WAS IN A GROUP WITH RAJI, KIM AND KIMBERLEY SO THE RESEARCH AND FINAL OUTCOME HAD TO BE DONE TOGETHER WHICH WAS GOOD!!

Photoshop Tutorial

17/10/11

WE HAD A PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL TODAY WITH A SPORTSWEAR DESIGNER, JO. TO BE HONEST AFTER HAVING THIS SESSION I REALISED HOW MUCH I ACTUALLY NEW. EVERYTHING EVERY ONE ASKED I NEW THE ANSWER AND ALL THE THINGS I ASKED (IN THE SENSE OF AN EASIER WAY TO DO THINGS) IT TURNS OUT THERE WASN'T. THE ONE THING I CAME OUT WITH WAS THAT WHEN YOU TAKE AN IMAGE OFF THE INTERNET YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE IMAGE TO 300 DPI SO THE RESOLUTION IS HIGHER QUALITY.

The Re-Shoot

12/10/11

RESHOT THE DELI-MED PHOTO SHOOT TODAY AND I AM A LOT MORE EXCITED AS WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WERE DOING!! WE GOT THERE AND ORDERED A MEDITERRANEAN MEAT PLATTER, CHEESE PLATTER AND A GREEK MEZZE. THESE WERE GOING TO BE THE BASIS OF OUR SHOOT AND TO MAKE SURE WE GOT LOTS OF THE FOOD IN THE SHOTS. WE WANTED HER HAIR TO BE A BIT LOOSER IN THIS ONE AS IT MADE HER LOOK A LITTLE STERN IN THE LAST SHOOT AND THIS ONE WAS MEANT TO BE MORE FUN. WE HAD HER HAIR DOWN IN THE 1ST SET OF SHOTS WHICH I WASN'T AS FUSSED WITH BUT IT WAS A GROUP DECISION. OLIVIA DID OUR MAKE UP AGAIN-BLESSHER. LIZZIE OUR MODEL WAS A LOT LESS POSED AND MORE PLAYFUL THIS TIME WHICH WAS GREAT. THE BEST PART WAS...AFTER WE GOT TO EAT EVERYTHING AND IT WAS AMAZING!!
THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE EDITED IMAGES, 4 OF WHICH ARE OUR FINAL 4!!

Moment of Truth

09/10/11

THE TIME CAME TO LOOK AT THE SHOOT AS A GROUP AND PICK WHICH ONES WOULD BE OUR FINAL 4. I THOUGHT THE SHOOT HAD GONE OK, BUT NOT AMAZING AS IT HADN'T STAYED ON TRACK WITH WHAT WE WANTED. AS I THOUGHT, THEY WERE ALL VERY POSED AND STRAIGHT FACED AND THERE WASN'T ANY CHARACTER IN THEM.
WE SHOWED EVE AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING AS US BUT ONE MAJOR POINT SHE NOTICED WAS THERE WASN'T MUCH FOOD INVOLVED. THIS WAS COMPLETELY TRUE AND I WAS ACTUALLY QUITE GUTTED THAT WE WENT OFF TRACK SO MUCH BUT WE WERE DETERMINED TO SORT IT OUT AND RE-SHOOT ASAP!!
HERE ARE THE 4 STRONGEST IMAGES FROM THE SHOOT!!

Shoot Day

05/10/11

OK, SO WE WERE ALL PRETTY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ONE AS IT HAS BEEN 2 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE DONE A SHOOT.WE HAD THE MODELS, MAKEUP ARTIST AND HAIR STYLIST COMING ROUND AT 7AM!! THAT WAS HARD TO GET UP FOR. I WAS REALLY PLEASE WITH HOW THE MAKEUP AND HAIR TURNED OUT IT WAS EXACTLY HOW WE HAD PLANNED IT, ALTHOUGH ONCE BOTH MODELS WERE DON'T LIZZIE SEEMED TO PULL OFF THE LOOK BETTER AS SHE SUITED HER HAIR UP MORE. AT 9 WE WENT TO MEET MICHELLE AND DAVE THE PHOTOGRAPHER AT DELI-MED WHICH LUCKILY WAS EMPTY TO START WITH WHICH MADE THINGS A BIT EASIER. I FOUND IT QUITE DIFFICULT EVEN THOUGH WE ALL HAD OUR SKETCHBOOKS AND POSES WITH US TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE OVER AND DIRECT THE MODELS BUT AFTER ABOUT 20MINUTES WE ALL STARTED TO GET INTO IT!! I HAVE TO ADMIT THE SHOOT WAS BECOMING QUITE POSED AND SERIOUS WHICH WASN'T WHAT WE WERE GOING FOR BUT AT THE TIME IT SEEMED THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I THINK WE JUST GOT CARRIED AWAY TRYING TO GET NICE PICTURED BUT IV REALISED NOW THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO STICK WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAN!!

Fearnes Hair

WHAT EVER HAIR STYLE FEARNE HAS I WILL ALWAYS LOVE IT SHE HAS NEVER PUT A FOOT WRONG AND SEEMS TO SUIT ABSOLUTELY EVERY STYLE!!
I LOVE THE NEW VERY IMAGES OF HER LOOKING BEAUUUUT WITH HER 20'S/30'S HAIR DO THAT SHE HAS BEEN REPPING LATELY!!

Dreaded Feedback

04/10/11

TODAY I WENT IN TO GET THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR SUMMER BRIEF AND THERE IS NO DENYING THAT I WAS DREADING THIS!! I STRUGGLED A FAIR BIT WITH THIS AND I'M NOT SURE WHY BECAUSE IN COLLAGE I USED TO LOVE STUFF LIKE THIS AND IT WAS A SHAME MY WORK DIDN'T COME OUT WELL BECAUSE I FOUND SO MANY GREAT ARTIST AT ALL THE EXHIBITIONS I WENT TO OVER SUMMER:
NEW DESIGNERS
V&A
MUSEUM OF LONDON
DESIGN MUSEUM


BUT I HAVE LEARNT FROM WHAT I HAVE DONE AND I WILL TRY AND DO SOME ELEMENT OF MIXED MEDIA IN MY PORTFOLIO TO MAKE UP FOR IT AS I LOVE HAVING THE 3D ASPECT IN THERE.

Eurika

29/09/11

AFTER MEETING WITH THE GROUP TODAY AND CHANGING OUR IDEA FOR THE SHOOT NUMEROUS TIMES WE THINK WE HAVE IT!! WE WERE REALLY INSPIRED BY THE CRYSTAL RENN FOR FRENCH VOGUE FOOD SHOOT AND WE REALLY WANT TO RECREATE SOMETHING ON THE LINES OF THIS!!

Monica Geller

SO MY MAJOR PANIC ABOUT THIS FINAL YEAR WAS MONEY BECAUSE LOANS HAVE GONE DOWN AND ACCOMMODATION HAS GONE WAAAAY UP SO I'M BASICALLY IN MY OVERDRAFT FROM THE START BOO!! I BASICALLY STOCKED UP ON ALL THE THINGS THAT RUN OUT PRETTY QUICK SO I DONT HAVE TO SPEND ANY MONEY ON THESE THROUGH TERM AND I GOT:
36 TOILET ROLLS
7 PACKS OF MAKEUP WIPES
3 TOOTHBRUSHES
3 TOOTHPASTES
5 DEODORANTS
3 HAIRSPRAYS
4 SHAMPOOS
4 CONDITIONERS
4 SHOWER GELS
2 FAKE TANS
2 PACKS OF RAZORS
4 TINTED MOISTURISERS
3 BRONZERS
2 BLUSHERS
3 MASCARAS
4 EYELINERS
1 GOING OUT FOUNDATION
AND LOTS OF TALC


I FEEL WEIRD =/

Week In

27/09/11

A WEEK INTO THE 1ST BRIEF AND I THINK I'M DOING PRETTY WELL WITH MY SKETCHBOOK SEEING AS WE HAVE BEEN A BIT OUT OF THIS UNI THING FOR A YEAR AND A HALF BUT ITS GOING OK SO FAR!!

New Brief

21/09/11

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE BUT THE NEW BRIEF IS THE ONE WE ALL DREAD BECAUSE OF CLASHES IN OPINIONS OF WHAT PEOPLE WANT SO IT IS A CHALLENGE-BUT IN A GOOD WAY. (SET FOR THE REAL WORLD KIND OF WAY)


MY GROUP HAD THE SLIGHT DOWNFALL THAT THERE WAS ONLY 3 OF US, ME AMI AND MICHELLE BUT THIS SHOULD PUSH US INTO STARTING WORKING HARD AS WE MEAN TO GO ON. THE BRIEF WAS THAT WE WERE GIVEN AN INDEPENDENT PRESTON RETAILER (WE GOT DELI-MED) AND PROMOTING IT USING FASHION IMAGES SUITABLE FOR PROMOTING THE BRAND.


FIRST THOUGHTS WERE S**T TO BE HONEST AS EVERY OTHER RETAILER I HEARD I GOT AN IDEA FOR AND NOTHING FOR OURS BUT THE IDEAS WERE OBVIOUS AND CLICHÉ SO MABY I AM BETTER GOING INTO THIS WITH A BLACK SHEET AND GETTING OUR IDEA THROUGH LOTS OF RESEARCH!!

1st Day Back

20/09/11

TODAY WAS HAND IN FOR OUR SUMMER BRIEF WHICH I PERSONALLY WAS DREADING. WE DID DO A USEFUL TASK OF ASSESSING SOME ONE ELSE'S WORK WHICH MADE ME REALISE ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE BRIEF TO CHECK THAT YOU ARE GOING ON TRACK. IT WAS A GOOD INSIGHT INTO SEEING WORK FROM A MARKERS POINT OF VIEW AND SEEING IF WHAT WAS ASKED FOR IS ACTUALLY THEIR AS SOME TIMES YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN A PROJECT AND LOOSE SIGHT OF THE OUTCOME!!

I Love Fisheyes

I LITERALLY LOVE FISHEYE PHOTOGRAPHY SO MUCH AND DON'T NO WHY I STOP PLAYING AROUND WITH MINE AS IV GOT SOME REALLY COOL IMAGES FROM IT SO AS OF TODAY NEW FILM IS IN AND I'M STARTING AGAIN!!


HERE ARE SOME AWESOME ONES (NOT MINE) THAT I LOVE!!

Back to Preston

11/09/11

MOVING BACK TO PRESTON AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF AWAY. NOT SURE IF IM NERVOUS OR EXCITED. ON THE PLUS LIVING WITH MY 4 SUPER GIRLS FROM THE COURSE SO WE WILL ALL HAVE THE SAME WORK...ON THE MINUS I WONT HAVE MY BOYFRIEND WHO WAS IN PRESTON WITH ME 1ST YEAR 2ND YEAR AND I WAS UP A LOT 3RD YEAR BOOO. AND ALL MY OTHER FRIENDS HAVE LEFT WHO WE LIVED WITH LAST YEAR 2ND BOO. 


MY ONLY RULE TO MYSELF IS KEEP ON TOP OF MY WORK AND FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE KEEP MY ROOM AND DESK TIDY (CANT USUALLY SEE IT)

4th and Final Year

THIS WILL NOW BE MY JOURNAL FOR MY FINAL YEAR OF UNI. UPDATE OF HOW IM GETTING ON AND ANYTHING THAT INSPIRES ME BASICALLY =)

New Start...

...TO BLOGGING THAT IS!!
FINALLY GOING TO GET MY SELF BACK INTO THIS...OH AND BACK INTO MY CAMERA YEY!!