Jelly Fish ?

I mainly started my work in the last week as i finally found which road i wanted to go and and had natural direction. Last week I started to get stuck and lost for inspiration so after a group tutorial (which i found very helpful as a way for slef reflection and a source of inspiration) i started to go back to the research stage and started looking into jelly fish, their beautiful colours and the designs creating when the dance through the water. Ii started going on YouTube watching videos, screenshot my favorite parts and drawing from these images so I have my own theme work to work from. As i started doing this ideas starting flowing through my head and I decided to go through the print route without even noticing and ended up spending twp wholes day up there printing my prints onto different types of fabric to create different end effects. I really enjoyed the print process as i feel some type of sanctification from seeing a basic drawing, developed and then printed onto something tangible.  

I was surprised in myself in what i created and that i actually enjoying making prints. I think the reason behind me enjoying print making this time was one because it was done out of my free way and was a natural process i lead towards and two I was created using no Photoshop and just my head drawings which i think creates a unique effect. I also prefect drawing things by hand rather than going down the Photoshop route as i feel hand drawing is much better and is what I'm good at. However I'm aware that i will have to force myself to start using more Photoshop as its a great skill to have even if i don't use it as much. So I'm going to teach myself how to use it so that if i do need to use it as i know it can be a quicker way to do things i will be able to do so without any struggle.


After the spending a couple days in printing i started to work from these prints to create garment designs using more my prints and my jelly fish theme idea as inspiration. Overall i really enjoyed this task as I'm very pleased with my final outcomes as I've created textiles samples with printing and using the heat press but also a large range of design outcomes. I only wished we had more days to complete this task as i felt like i had much more ideas left and I would of really enjoyed creating two final outcomes, come in which incorporate my print designs and one in which goes with the task in hand. I feel like this is the only project where i am happy with the work i have created and has given me that extra boost to push me to see the potential i have as I've been feeling very demotivated and disappointed. Hopeful i can work even more harder in the upcoming task and my work will continue to improve. Two small things I will take from my work in this task is one, always develop as developments and create end results you can never imagine and two, work from loose sheets as it gives me the freedom to work as i want.

Delicate, Reveal & Crazy Horse

For this task we had creative freedom to do as will want as a way for as to all have different outcomes by exploring different things or maybe similar things. The words I choose where 'delicate' , 'reveal' and 'crazy horse'.

adjective:

 delicate -

1. easily broken or damaged; fragile.

   "delicate china"

verb:  Reveal -   1. make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others. "Brenda was forced to reveal Robbie's whereabouts" antonyms: hide, conceal cause or allow (something) to be seen. We started off the week by going out and creating independent research by visting stores and exhibitions taking pictures which I will use when creating mood boards at the beginning stage. I enjoyed taking this day out and looking for inspiration to clear my mind and get ideas flowing through my mind. I also enjoy the days we have outside from uni as a way to boarded my outlook. The forwarding day we had activities to help loosen up our flow and getting us to take risk. I always enjoy actives which requires drawing and restrictions such as time, this is because I enjoy abstract drawing as it helps me to get warmed up for the following tasks. Although Ii enjoyed these two days the only downfall is that I felt like it was slightly a waste of two days. As the project is a six day project there is clearly no room for wasted days and i wanted t get started straight away. If we had a longer time to complete this project then I would not minded these two days. (Authors 17/12/2014) (Authors 17/12/2014) On the second day we i made some abstract drawings which I'm really pleased with thinking of my three ways and using those words to control my outcome, if i did this task again I would ensure I bought in a larger range of medium to use to create more interesting  and unexpected outcomes. The second part which i really enjoyed way working on the mannequin with a range of different fabrics to create interesting outcomes. One thing we had to do which i don't normally do is draw freely from each design i create on the mannequin. this helped me to start looking more closely into my designs looking at the folds and twist and what kind of effect that makes and where