Week Evaluation #3

This week has been an absolute mess. Sorting out UCAS forms and making my final decision on university courses has been very stressful, taking up a lot of time and putting me in a discouraged position when working. Thus, I am disheartened to find I am behind by my own standards once more. I still have some bits to wrap up in my research, but really I need to get drawing working out initial ideas and developing them. Perhaps it seems I have done too much research as noticed by colleagues, by this should pay its benefits keeping me well informed when developing my ideas.

Additionally, this Wednesday a group of friends and made a trip to London for an open day, afterwards going to a few shops for tools and equipment such as the London Graphics Centre. We also tried to visit The Cartoon Museum where I thought the style of drawings may provide some inspiration in envisioning a tale of Grimms’ works in a unique way. Unfortunately, the museum was closed for a private viewing so we couldn’t even step through the front door.

Overall, it has been a tough week but it should be over now. Either way, its time to take things a step up a gear and begin envisioning a Brothers’ Grimm tale in earnest.

Weekly Evaluation #2

This week, I have completed the majority of my research as intended in my SOI, from John Watkiss, Nicolas ‘Sparth’ Bouvier, Marek Okon and Kekai Kotaki, as well as reference to Imagine FX magazine articles and Skillful Huntsman book.

However, there are some still outstanding points that I have yet to record and reflect in my journal and blog. Ideally, I aimed to have completed the research this week to start developing initial ideas. Although it seems that things took longer than expected overrunning slightly in my timetable. Thus, I have made amendments to my timetable to keep on top of things.

Weekly Evaluation #1

With the first week come and gone, it is surprisingly really how little time there is. The arrival of Easter during the last two weeks of the project essentially means that there is only 6 weeks worth of studio time left to develop and produce our final outcomes. Thus, I am much more aware of the importance to keep on track more than ever.

Starting is always the hardest part of any project, and it indeed took me a while to start. Fortunately, I have managed to complete the tasks I have set out to achieve this week, starting my initial research, gathering many books from the library (reaching the maximum number of loaned books) and creating my online blog. It is my first time maintaining a blog and I can already see the vast benefits it will provide, being able to publish content from practically anywhere with little time, as well as having the opportunity to publish content such as videos which a book will always lack.

With this said, I intend to step things up a gear and ideally finish the majority of research during this second week.