Planet Ruby Starrs

I have slaved over a hot computer on and off for quite a long time now - slowly making my photographed sketch pages look tidy, interesting, fabulous and a true reflection of the work I have done in my Final Major Project to design a collection of scarves ready to hand in a couple of weeks.  Making my work look good as a digital file is a serious labour of 'love' and while I dreaded the doing it - it initially felt faffy and onerous - I have actually quite enjoyed it.  It has been a challenge to make my work which is very 3 dimensional and quite tactile - transfer to a 2 dimension digital archive.  I put lots of layers in my sketch book and nothing goes to waste - to be honest I stop short of rescuing other peoples discarded stuff from the bin but only because its some one elses so not a Ruby Starrs original. Every wee scrap I have - every little drawing, post it note - it all goes in - I like it to be busy and each little bit is part of my creative journey - so I have...

And so..... the next creative stint begins..... THE FINAL MAJOR PROJECT!!!  using all the imagery I collated in the minor project module I intend to create at least 6 scarf collections - each collection having 4 designs (possibly seasonal) and 4 colour ways for each design.... I have done a plan - mapped out a vague to do list  using my never fail, 60% plan 40% to play with and I have started to consider the layouts and imagery for each collection.  I have no doubt what so ever I will completely change the whole thing half a dozen times but that's par the course and a lot of the fun.... I have been in Christmas card production mode hoping to make some cards to sell at a fair being held this weekend only they didn't work out as I wanted so will not raise funds to keep Dr Fred in mince pies this year!  They will however start a scarf design process and potentially be our personal Christmas cards once I have had time to refine them.   Meanwhile in between pa...

detail of autumn dawn scarf An intense couple of weeks but the whole Photoshop thing has finally clicked and that's all I'm going to say- it was a bit like the day when (aged 15) I suddenly realised how algebra worked... still couldn't fathom its use out but I had a vague idea of how to do it - the result being a much needed maths 'O' level first time round!!! Lets hope Photoshop proves as useful and enduring.. Incidentally and completely irrelevant but I now live with a man who does equations and calculus for fun! My module brief was to make two different, but matching, scarf designs inspired by Liberty style, a style I have always loved.  Each design had to be presented in two different colourways. From the outset I made this module my mission to overcome my aversion to digital design and find a way to incorporate computer aided design into my future work.  This required several hours of online Photoshop tutorials and really starting from the basics but I am...