Summer Project

A couple of week ago I finished my first year at uni. Since then I have been having a break so I could continue designing through the summer. Whilst on the little break I decided to write what I would like to accomplish by september. The main project is to build a website that could showcase my design work and also be able to host my blog, so from July I am taking on my project as if it was live so I can get into the habit of what needs to be done for the client. Though before I can build a website showing my work I feel that I need to produce more designs and photography therefore I have set myself a challenge a week to design a piece of work.

This week I deiced to draw an eye from scratch on Photoshop. I choose the eye as I believe this is the only part showing on a body that expresses true emotion. I am very pleased on how it turned out as they effect it has is very different to other peoples work. I created my work by uploading an image of an eye on the internet into Photoshop. Then I added a new layer and selected the paintbrush tool. I made sure the image was closeup so I could add the detail of the eye. I colour picked the colour of the photo and painted it on top. I made sure the skin had a bigger brush size than the eye so it would capture more detail. This took me 2 hour to complete.

The Eye

Mothering Sunday

As everyone knows that in Britain today is Mothering Sunday, a day where we show ours mum what they mean to us. For me it is a day where I reflect on all the memories of my mum and wish that I could talk to her just one more time. Soon to be two years ago my mum passed away after a short battle of cancer, this is when I saw my mum in her finest hour. She faced such a scary thing yet she did not think of all the negative things, instead she planned her own funeral and made sure we had one last trip to London to see The Phantom of the Opera.  Here is just 5 of my best memories;

My beautiful mum

1. Chapel Porth

One time when we were on holiday in Cornwall, my dad, mum and I were playing with a football on the beach. Suddenly my mum tried to chase after the ball however she managed to trip over the ball and fall face first in the sand. What made it even funnier is that she left hand marks in the sand where she slipped over.

Me and Mum in Cornwall

2. After pub parties

Me and my family used to go to this pub every Sunday to have nice meal out. However when it shut my mum always wanted more of a talk with my family so she would insist they came back to our where we had more drink. Halfway through the drinking at our house she would bring out party food for people. This always amazed my family that she was so organised. She was always a true hostess.

3.Crazy golf

Another time on holiday in Greece I persuaded my family to play crazy golf. Halfway around the course my mum suddenly tripped over a brick that was used on the sides, now my first instinct was to start crying which I did but then I saw the funny side. If that wasn't bad enough is at the last hole where I went for a big swing though the problem was that my mum was standing close behind me so I managed to hit her on the head. After that game we always called crazy golf an extreme sport. 

4.Mum's alcohol advice

When my mum drank which was at any occasion she used to give off great advice to my family. This used to humour my dad and I greatly. Although now when I drink I seem to carry the same habit!

Mum and her dream bottle

5.Garden evenings

When the summer was here me and my mum used to sit in the gardens with candles on the table and a glass of wine. This used to be so nice as it made you feel really relaxed after a hard day at school/work. One time she drank so much baileys that she got the talcum powder and was waving it in the air trying to catch it.

Instagram

For a while now I have heard a lot about Instagram either with friends or on celebrities tweets. Until this week I have never had been really bothered to what it was until I saw a friends photo which had a nice effect. I had seen this effect before when using a Kodak Instamatic camera. Sadly my camera no longer works which is a great shame as I have always loved the effect it gave on my photo's. So when I saw the effect I immediately became interested on what it was. To my luck it was an application that I could download on my phone for free and use the digital filters it provides on my phone camera. Though that was only half of the application the other half is where you share your photo's to the community of other users which also gave you an option to publish them on a social networking site such as Facebook and Twitter. Since I downloaded the app I have searched on the internet on how to achieve these effects on Photoshop where I can add them on after I taken the photos on my digital camera. The results were great and was very easy to do. However I am going to try not use this effect to much as I feel all my work will look the same. Here are some snaps of a sunset walk through my hometown using Instagram.

Here is my view from my halls of residence kitchen

Here is my local cathedral

This is a street just off the high street

Sunday evening in the high street

Catherdral in teh afternoon sun

Spring

Daffodil

Five things I love about spring;

1. Sunshine = Warmer weather

After months of drab weather there is nothing better than being outdoors soaking up the sunshine that is at the perfect temperature. This also means that I can go for picnics or sit outside the pub with a nice cold coke catching up on all the gossip with my best friends. The last couple of days I have had all the windows open in the house, with the radio on, and the sun shining through.

      2.  New life

With new animals being born this time of year, I also feel like I have a new lease of life. It is standard for me every winter to go in a hibernation mode where I just live my life with actual living it. When spring comes around I always feel more inspired to create card designs, take photos in the sun or just do some drawings. 

Contrast

     3.  Fashion

When wearing a coat with loads of layers and don't forget scarves, gloves and hats it is nice not having too wrap up. As well as being able to move more freely it is nice to show off my clothes, which I have brought for people to see. I also love the fashion colours this time of year as they are normally fresh and clean like this year bright pastels are in. I always remember that when I was little the colours yellow, green and brown where in fashion so when any says spring these colours always come to mind. 

     4.  Days are longer

With the nights slowly getting lighter this means that I have more energy at night to do stuff that I haven't felt like doing such as reading a book, bake cakes or take photos of sunrise/sunsets. Though this generally means that I am not going to bed so early so I am make most of the day. 

     5.  Flowers

New fresh flowers are now in bloom either with the tulips or daffodils that brighten up my student kitchen and makes it smells nice during the day.

 Here is some pictures that proves that spring is just around the corner. When taking these images I used an artist eraser to hold the daffodil vertical so I could take pictures at different angles. I felt that the yellow colour stands out from my blue desk making it look stunning yet simple. 

'Spring Awakening'

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I am 19 years old and currently in my second year studying Digital Media Design at the University of Winchester (which i <3). I have done a two year college course studying Interactive Media. My interests are reading, photography, drawing, having a good time and surfing the internet (Facebook, The Meta Picture, etc.) This blog is a chance for me to show my work and a place where i can see my inspirations.