Up until
today, I had no motivation. I’ve been ill. I’ve been struggling to leave my bed
because this semester is so very different. The workload seemed/is a bit much
for me. I had all these amazing ideas of how I was going to do this term, how well
organised I was going to be. This was great until I got handed my briefs and I
had a minor breakdown.
It’s ok. We’re back on track. I’ve finally learnt how to pronounce the word I’ve been given. I have full understanding of what it means in all its varying definitions. I had another look at my mind map, and it’s only when I’m going over the pencil in pen I realise that I had written down a lot of rubbish. I even asked my friend what I was on about. This provided comical because she just shot me a look of “I don’t understand your train of thought most of the time why would I understand it now?”
After my only lesson I managed to attend this week, I sat down with my American Netflix account and looked at my Directed study from Sharon for our seminar. Instead of feeling panicked and headless chicken mode, I remember the wonderful motivational speech from my Daddy I’d had the night before (Which was along the lines of “Get your ass in gear Kiddo” He’s my best friend and a legend in his own right) I sat down at my desk and I smashed 5 designs that I feel reasonably confident with. This will be for a grand total of 24 hours because I’m sure Sharon will destroy my dreams once more (I’m only half kidding ;) )
I guess creativity isn't one of those things you can force. It doesn’t matter how many times you look at things are meant to inspire you, or scroll through Pintrest; just sometimes need something that’ll give you a little spark of imagination. For me, it was sitting at my desk and thinking back to some old china plates that used to be up on my great aunt’s wall. Once I’d done one chart, the rest just came really easily. I would look at one chart and think about how I’d improve it/what critique I might be given. Instead of just making the adjustments, I started over and made a whole new chart and then it would just be a train of thought on paper.
Moving forward, I've uploaded each screenshot as an individual blog plost. I'll explain each one, the thoughts, techniques I've tried, what inspired it. I'll go back to each one at add the critiques I receive too. It's just my way of keeping progress and keeping record of things I've adjusted (because I'm not the most organised of people). Part of my feedback from another unit was to exploring how I develop my ideas, and I thought this would be a good idea.
It’s great to feel as though I have my mojo back. I say this. Until tomorrow morning when Chris will take approximately 18 minutes to do an extravagant lighting set up, that’ll produce amazing pictures in a about 3 frames. All of this while I struggle to remember how to change the aperture on the camera. But it’s all a learning experience right.
P.S I wasn’t joking about my arm being covered in paint.
It’s ok. We’re back on track. I’ve finally learnt how to pronounce the word I’ve been given. I have full understanding of what it means in all its varying definitions. I had another look at my mind map, and it’s only when I’m going over the pencil in pen I realise that I had written down a lot of rubbish. I even asked my friend what I was on about. This provided comical because she just shot me a look of “I don’t understand your train of thought most of the time why would I understand it now?”
After my only lesson I managed to attend this week, I sat down with my American Netflix account and looked at my Directed study from Sharon for our seminar. Instead of feeling panicked and headless chicken mode, I remember the wonderful motivational speech from my Daddy I’d had the night before (Which was along the lines of “Get your ass in gear Kiddo” He’s my best friend and a legend in his own right) I sat down at my desk and I smashed 5 designs that I feel reasonably confident with. This will be for a grand total of 24 hours because I’m sure Sharon will destroy my dreams once more (I’m only half kidding ;) )
I guess creativity isn't one of those things you can force. It doesn’t matter how many times you look at things are meant to inspire you, or scroll through Pintrest; just sometimes need something that’ll give you a little spark of imagination. For me, it was sitting at my desk and thinking back to some old china plates that used to be up on my great aunt’s wall. Once I’d done one chart, the rest just came really easily. I would look at one chart and think about how I’d improve it/what critique I might be given. Instead of just making the adjustments, I started over and made a whole new chart and then it would just be a train of thought on paper.
Moving forward, I've uploaded each screenshot as an individual blog plost. I'll explain each one, the thoughts, techniques I've tried, what inspired it. I'll go back to each one at add the critiques I receive too. It's just my way of keeping progress and keeping record of things I've adjusted (because I'm not the most organised of people). Part of my feedback from another unit was to exploring how I develop my ideas, and I thought this would be a good idea.
It’s great to feel as though I have my mojo back. I say this. Until tomorrow morning when Chris will take approximately 18 minutes to do an extravagant lighting set up, that’ll produce amazing pictures in a about 3 frames. All of this while I struggle to remember how to change the aperture on the camera. But it’s all a learning experience right.
P.S I wasn’t joking about my arm being covered in paint.
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