One of the nice things I did this week (I did many nice things with good friends visiting) was to visit Bamburgh Castle - wonderful place, beautiful sunny afternoon, magnificent views, interesting artifacts, lots of very beautiful vaulted ceilings and interesting stone work - some huge chains and generally just a pleasant day out..... more of that later...
but this post is about really about college work!!
I am being challenged once again with CAD at college. This time its Adobe Illustrator - aggghhh although to be honest I'm finding it easier than I did photoshop... I guess that's because I did Photoshop and some of it has stuck so doing CAD isn't quite as alien as it seemed last year.
Still technology defeats me, give me a skein of wool and a pen any time, it's a bit like Ebooks nothing can replace the smell and feel of the real thing and I can't help wondering how much this technology contributes toward ''Fast Fashion'' which will eventually contribute massively to the death of our planet!!!
To master Adobe Illustrator we are having to 'trace' up some old line drawings, the plan being to use them to make a pattern to then have laser cut and be transformed into a greetings card. I think the idea of laser cutting is extremely exciting, and can surely be used for something much more interesting then greetings cards... but I suppose one has to begin somewhere.
So mistakenly thinking we were only practising, I painstakingly watched and followed several youtube videos and finally managed to draw over an early shell line drawing - there is no point illustrating it here it just looks very boring.. and once tidied up it has gone to the laser cutter to make samples... hopefully it will be an amazing transformation or I will be disappointed!
Unfortunately I didn't realise that this design would fashion my final print, no time to endeavour and trace another one especially if you don't have access to adobe illustrator at home as I don't (I'm not prepared to shell out a further chunk of money until I know I will use it). So my rather tatty shell is going to be utilised and repeated and swirled and aligned and placed so to make an amazing pattern and ultimately an amazing card!!! once again watch this space......
If I sound a little jaded it's because I think I am (a little bit). My return to college has been difficult - not as fun as I had hoped. It's a combination of second year hard work expectations and getting back into a routine but mostly the fact that most of the current module work is computer based, essays about ethical consumerism - which is interesting but then the adobe illustrator challenges me as does designing branding mainly on photo shop... yesterday I spent the whole day at college tied to a computer and today its more of the same - to finish my essay - I want to make something!!!!!
My branding is coming on a little bit - I decided to make a tactile CV - I will put that together this weekend - I hope it works - its all folded paper and samples - the rest is flat 2d letterheads stickers and business cards - photos to follow when I decide on my final design.
but this post is about really about college work!!
I am being challenged once again with CAD at college. This time its Adobe Illustrator - aggghhh although to be honest I'm finding it easier than I did photoshop... I guess that's because I did Photoshop and some of it has stuck so doing CAD isn't quite as alien as it seemed last year.
Still technology defeats me, give me a skein of wool and a pen any time, it's a bit like Ebooks nothing can replace the smell and feel of the real thing and I can't help wondering how much this technology contributes toward ''Fast Fashion'' which will eventually contribute massively to the death of our planet!!!
To master Adobe Illustrator we are having to 'trace' up some old line drawings, the plan being to use them to make a pattern to then have laser cut and be transformed into a greetings card. I think the idea of laser cutting is extremely exciting, and can surely be used for something much more interesting then greetings cards... but I suppose one has to begin somewhere.
So mistakenly thinking we were only practising, I painstakingly watched and followed several youtube videos and finally managed to draw over an early shell line drawing - there is no point illustrating it here it just looks very boring.. and once tidied up it has gone to the laser cutter to make samples... hopefully it will be an amazing transformation or I will be disappointed!
Unfortunately I didn't realise that this design would fashion my final print, no time to endeavour and trace another one especially if you don't have access to adobe illustrator at home as I don't (I'm not prepared to shell out a further chunk of money until I know I will use it). So my rather tatty shell is going to be utilised and repeated and swirled and aligned and placed so to make an amazing pattern and ultimately an amazing card!!! once again watch this space......
If I sound a little jaded it's because I think I am (a little bit). My return to college has been difficult - not as fun as I had hoped. It's a combination of second year hard work expectations and getting back into a routine but mostly the fact that most of the current module work is computer based, essays about ethical consumerism - which is interesting but then the adobe illustrator challenges me as does designing branding mainly on photo shop... yesterday I spent the whole day at college tied to a computer and today its more of the same - to finish my essay - I want to make something!!!!!
My branding is coming on a little bit - I decided to make a tactile CV - I will put that together this weekend - I hope it works - its all folded paper and samples - the rest is flat 2d letterheads stickers and business cards - photos to follow when I decide on my final design.
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