So this week was crunch time. Forget handing the project in, this was the real nerve-racking part. Funny, I felt fine when I woke up but as soon as I stepped over that threshold into the studio something happened. I tried to put it to the back of my mind, but I just couldn’t. I needed to know my grade, but I would have to wait until after break to be put out of my misery. It turned out that my misery was misplaced in the end; I’d got a PASS on both of the units. Strangely however, I wasn’t happy. I felt for the other people that hadn’t got what I had, and it seemed like I was empathising with them. I decided the best course of action would be to put some of the people’s minds at rest during dinner time to make them feel better. After all, as soon as they stopped dwelling so would I.
It was then after my empathetic experience that I realised that the group has become a whole lot closer over the last five weeks. Now when I look back to five weeks ago and consider that we didn’t know each other it seems almost like another planet back then. Everyone is getting on really well, and to consider that it’s only been five weeks together; that small fact is quite an amazing one indeed.
After we’d got the whole grades thing out of the way, it was time to discuss the new assignments. I’ll admit: the thought of receiving two additional assignments on top of the blog and sketchbook one too was a slightly daunting task. It did – dare I say it – almost scare me. Now I’ve cracked on with the planning and completed that I feel slightly more at ease. I’ve decided to go for a different approach to planning this time, using Google Calendar to provide me with email alerts when I need to do something. I know I’ll feel better as soon as I’ve started properly and wrote the first word. From there on it should be fairly plain sailing. The first task – the Back To BASIC one – is similar to the last assignment we did, so thanks to that I feel more at home and comfortable with doing it. There are no ifs, whys and hows this time; it’s just time to crack on.
One final point that I’ve discovered this week is that I’ve not been paying enough attention to my sketchbook. Sure, I’ve been active on the blogs and commenting a lot, but I seem to have neglected the other part of the assignment somewhat and not found as much time as I would have liked to do it. That’s naturally going to change starting from now, and I’m contemplating producing another sketchbook solely for inspirational work. It’s still in discussion with Steve at the moment, but I was wondering: what does everyone else think about this idea?
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The sketchbook is a tricky one, I can see Steve's point of view where he would like all your work,ideas,inspiration and thought processes all under one roof. I have a "scrapbook" that I have started for my own use, that has a broader range of influences, but I will be keeping up the sketchbook too in the familiar format.As I have started a new book I thinking of compiling influences from the back of the sketchbook to have a more coherant feel.
Personally I think we should try and keep it all togehter in one sketchbook. Maybe we could collect stuff over the course of a week, and then put it all in at once. This way, at least we can put a title at the top of the page like "Inspirational Pieces" and then Steve dosen't have to navigate through loads of odd pages of pictures. At least then there would be some kind of order.
What does anyone else think?
I agree Julian, although it would be a good idea to put the inspirational work next to the work you might use it for. E.G. if you like the pattern of something, try creating a piece of work with it. You will be able to show off your creative skills that way. Hope that makes sense.
Putting our sketchbooks into a good order is quite tricky though, due to the fact that we switch from assignment to teamwork, then to lectures, and back to the assignment again. Maybe if we create a contents page at the beginning and adding each title to it as we go through our course might be a good idea.
One thing John told me to do was to have a small personal blog in the back of your sketchbook. Note things that went good and bad in that particular week, as this will get our grades even higher in our sketchbook assignment.
Any feedback on these ideas? Or any more ideas?
Also, thanks for the comment. If ever I need help I know who to ask. Hopefully i will learn by myself, although a bit of help is always appreciated :)
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