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FMP/T3 Weekly Journals

Week 1 (22 Apr 2019 – 26 Apr 2019)

This week I have mainly been trying to catch up with my older blogs as well as finishing off my final zine for Liam’s session and finishing off my character design. Because I’ve mainly been trying to update my blogs and catch up with older work, I haven’t really learnt anything new this week. This week I have managed to finish off my final turnaround sheet of my character design as well as managing to finish off my final zine. I am happy with how the character design turned out, as I didn’t think it will look good after drawing the line art. I’m also happy with how the zine turned out, as it features the art work I’ve done which most all have something in common, even though the zine is simple. The only problem I’ve encountered this week was the fact that I couldn’t figure out how to print out the zine. I have managed to overcome this by sending the zine as a pdf file to my tutor via email. Next week I need to finish off my creative cv, my zine research and evaluation, generate ideas for my FMP as well as my proposal and finish off my MG assignment. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 3.

Week 2 (29 Apr 2019 – 03 May 2019)

This week I have mainly been trying to catch up with my older blogs as well as finishing off my creative cv for Owain’s lesson and my zine research. Because I’ve been mainly trying to finish stuff off, I haven’t really learnt anything this week. This week I have managed to finish the main illustration for my creative cv, and I like how it has turned out, because I didn’t think the design of the main illustration will look good enough. This week, I haven’t really encountered any problems with software, as they have been working perfectly. However, my main problem at the moment is the fact that I’m far behind on blogs, and need to get them finished off for to do my final project. Next week I need to finish the rest of my cv, zine evaluation, generating ideas for my fmp as well as my proposal and update my schedule and finish off my MG assignment. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 2.

Week 3 (06 May 2019 – 10 May 2019)

This week I have mainly been finishing off stuff from my previous projects including my zine, my creative cv, my collaboration with my isometric illustration of my airport. I have also been updating my blogs as well as generating idea of what I could do for my final project. Because I’ve been mainly been trying to finish my blogs, I haven’t really learnt anything this week. This week I have managed to finish my creative CV and my the isometric city collaboration and I have also managed to nearly finish one of my important assignment blogs which are my CV, Isometric City and my Zine. I’m happy with how the Creative CV has turned out as I have been struggling with ideas of what I should include to make it creative, but I think it’s good enough. I’m also happy with how my airport illustration fits in with the city collaboration as I think it fits and blends in so well with the rest of the illustration collaboration. I haven’t really encountered any problems this week with software, as they’ve been working more or less perfectly. However I think I’m still far behind on blogs, and I’m unable to carry on my FMP until it’s done, so I’m far behind. I’m also waiting for my zine to be printed out, so I can finish the zine assignment. Next week I need to finish my cv, isometric city and zine blogs by writing my evaluation, add a few more bits of info to my zine research, and carry on with my initial research and proposal for my fmp. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 3.

Week 4 (13 May 2019 – 17 May 2019)

This week I have mainly been updating my blogs and have started generating my final idea for my final major project after finishing my evaluations from my other projects. I have also learned how draw different types of perspective, including the two way perspective, whilst drawing some experiments. This week I have managed to finish my evaluations for my zine and creative cv / isometric city project as well as finishing off my proposal and initial ideas for my FMP as well as starting some pre-production work and initial research. I’m happy with how the initial ideas turned out as I have always struggled with generating ideas and didn’t know what to do as a final piece for my project. I’m also happy with how the evaluations for my previous projects turned out as I’ve been trying to get my evaluations out of the way so I can proceed with my final project. This week I haven’t experienced any problems with software as the software I’ve been using for this week has been running perfectly. However, I feel like I’m still far behind with project work and been struggling with what to do with some of the research. Next week, I need to complete my research, preproduction work and update my schedules as well as starting my final project if I can. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 3.

Week 5 (20 May 2019 – 24 May 2019)

This week I have been mainly finishing off my proposal as well as starting some research. I have also started doing some experiments with drawing in preparation for my final piece as well as doing some pre-production work. I have been introduced to a website of tutorials on digital art, including painting, which I will start experimenting with in art software soon and also learned more about the rule of thirds composition. This week I have managed to finish off my proposal for my final piece, as well as managing to finish off my initial and secondary research. I’m happy with how the research turned out as I think I have collected enough research on artist biography and their artwork to carry on with other criteria. I have also managed to get part of my pre-production work done as well as creating a couple of experimental sketches. I’m happy with the sketches turned out as I think they use a lot of what needs to be included in my final piece, e.g. perspective, composition, etc. and I may actually use one of them to render as my final piece. This week, I haven’t experienced any problems with software as the programs I’ve been using have been running perfectly. However, I do feel that I’m still far behind on my blogs and my project work, and have been struggling to keep up and understanding some criteria. Next week, I need to finish off a render experiment, my final piece, my primary research and further research. I also need to update my schedule and create a source bibliography. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 3.

Week 6 (27 May 2019 – 31 May 2019)

This week was half term but I have been going into college this week with the exception of bank holiday Monday, and I have mainly been doing my pre-production work for my FMP as well as starting my experiment to test out new features and techniques with digital painting, which I have learnt by looking at various tutorials on YouTube and 3DTotal.com. This week I have managed to finish my experiment for my final project and have started digitally rendering my final piece. I’m happy with how the experiment turned out, as I have managed to complete it within a few hours after sketching it on the software I use, and also happy with how it turned out, as it’s my first ever attempt with digital painting. I do think that the painting could’ve gone better as there are some areas that look quite off, but overall, I think it’s looks pretty good for a first attempt. I haven’t experienced any problems this week as the software I’ve been using has been running perfectly. However I still feel like I’m behind on blogs and journals. Next week I need to finish off my final piece, primary and final research, pre-production work, and upload the process of the experiment and the final piece as well as writing down my evaluation and updating my schedule. On a scale of 1 to 5, I have rated this week as a 3.

Week 7 (03 Jun 2019 - 07 Jun 2019)

This week was mainly trying to finish off my final piece for my final project as well as finishing off my blogs for my project. This week I have learnt a few more techniques to create my final piece, as well as learning how to paint grass better with different brushes to make it look more realistic and extending one of my techniques that include using brushes to paint sun glitter / sun reflections on the lake on my final piece. This week I have managed to finish off my final piece for my project as well as finishing off my pre-production work and written the blogs on the production of my software experiment and final pieces. In terms of software problems, I had a software issue on my computer, affecting my final piece; while recording my the production of my final piece, my computer was running really slow and eventually closed down without saving. I have managed to sort of overcome this problem by setting the software to autosave every 10 minutes. However my final piece was being saved as a png file at the time, and was unable to make any edits after that, but my final piece was more or less finished during that time. I also feel that I’m still far behind on blogs and feel like I’m missing something on my blogs. Next week I need to upload my final piece onto Bēhance for presentation and need to update my bibliography as well as uploading the analysis of my experiment and final piece. I also need to collect any further research if possible. On a scale of 1 to 5 I have rated this week as a 4.

Week 8 (10 Jun 2019 - 14 Jun 2019

This week was mainly finishing off some unfinished blogs as well as uploading my final artwork to Adobe Bēhance to showcase and present my work to others. Because I have finished my final piece and have mainly been finishing off my blogs, I haven’t learned anything new this week. This week I have managed to upload my artwork to Bēhance with a description of what it’s about, inspiration and a short summary on the process as well as managing to finish off my further research and writing a short summary on my target audience. In terms of problems, I haven’t encountered any problems with software this week as I haven’t been using any software apart from Microsoft Office, which was running perfectly. However I still feel like I’m behind on blogs as well as having the feeling of missing on something on my blog. Next week I need to start writing my evaluation for my project as well as finishing off my bibliography for my project research. On a scale of 1 to 5 I have rated this week as a 4.