Science Museum Trip

I recently took a trip to the Science Museum with college, we had to take photographs and also make sketches.
Here is a little something that I created from one of the pieces on display there.
I used Photoshop and scanned in my sketches, then layered them over the top.

Long Sketchbook Project

Over the recent half term, we were given a long sketchbook project. This was to give us a starting point for our personal narrative final piece.
The book had to be based on single idea, that you can explore and develop through-out the book. The book that we were given to use was a concertina sketchbook, we could use it in any way we wanted, as long as we stuck to the brief.
I based my book on food, I wanted to use this idea because it is an everyday function that we all have to do in order to stay alive. However, this subject is often overlooked and is quite a private and sensitive issue with a lot of people.
To explore this idea, I decided to record the food I ate over the period of 5 days (that is the amount of food that I could fit into the book!!). I made minimal comments on the food and how I was feeling as I think the drawings alone reveal enough about myself.
I found that recording everything I ate and presenting it in such a way, was a very overwhelming idea! Also, showing other people what I had eaten is also quite daunting, I felt like I was being judged and I felt vulnerable due to revealing a part of myself often goes unnoticed by other people.
From my group critique, I found that other people also started thinking about their own eating habits and comparing them to my own.
The book works both as a book, where you turn the pages, but it also works stretched out as the pages blend into each other. Below, I have presented each of the pages in book form, as this was the easiest way to show them on here...

All in all, I found this to be a successful project, although I feel that some of the drawings and page layouts could have been produced better.
I will also apologise about the quality of pictures, I am yet to purchase a scanner that works on my laptop!

It's been a while..

I haven't really been on here recently (I can tell that I have been sorely missed!!)
Yes! I have become officially useless, but that's all going to change.. (we all know it won't, but it's nice to sound optimistic.)
I have been busy working on my latest project in my art course, this project is called personal narrative, so it's all about me. I will post pictures once it's finished and I will explain all then.
Other than that, nothing else is really happening in my life (probably the reason why I haven't updated anything on here).
But lets face it, this time of year is normally dead! We are all feeling a bit down from the change in season.. no one likes leaving the summer behind and also, we are all preparing ourselves for the joys of Christmas! I suppose it's nice to have a little 'quiet time', where not much is really going on.
However, that can't last forever, so I do hope something exciting is around the corner!!!

The post has arrived...

...and look what's finally come..Yes, that is the new Used album. I have been a bit late in ordering it, but it's finally here!
To be honest I'm sad I didn't order it sooner, as I personally think it's their best album yet.
This is guaranteed to be staying in my CD player for quite a while now.

I think I am one of the few people that still buys CD's. Probably one of the reasons why I have not fully conformed to MP3 downloads is because I like reading the booklet you get tucked in the inside cover of the CD. I also love the artwork on albums so having it to hold is a bonus.

Mr. Badgley? I'm there!

The gorgeous Penn Badgley (Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl), is starring in a film called "The Stepfather".

I will be first in the queue to watch this film so I can drool over Penn on the front row.

Check out the trailer... (it looks quite good)

Beginnings are the hardest..

Well, here I am, writing the first post on my first blog...
What brought me to do this in the first place, no one knows. I'm guessing it was boredom.

As I am a little bit unsure of what to post on here first, I am going to start with a few photographs of my current procrastination over what to do.

Draw something in pen...

in my sketchbook...
use pencils?? And still no ideas.
I will update when I have something interesting to say.