Refering back to my timetable

Looking back our timetable provided to us at the beginning of this project, it is stating that i should be well underway in developing some of my idea's and pieces... at this point in time i can say that to a certain extent i have been doing this, but if im honest i dont think i have nearly enough development work or sketches.

The timetable states that next week is when we should be exploring idea's further and carrying on with development stages, i need to catch up abit here i feel, as to gain more of an idea of what direction my projects going in.

Catwalk

3rd Floor (issue 2 from uni) 'Obsessions'

Not knowing this magazine has been laying around my lounge for about 2 months, i started reading Solents 3rd Floor magazine, this issue having the title 'Obsessions'

Some points that i scribbled down were;

• "As the Calvin Klein avert states 'Between love and madness lies Obsession'
• An Obsession with fashion is, a lack of control... kind of love, yet earning of the side of madness
• Shoes and accessories are the fashion obsession of today.

London Fashion Weekend

Seeing as i am creating a fashion based advertisment event, i decided that i needed get more of a feel of a yearly organised show. London Fashion Weekend is held at somerset house - Covent Garden, This in itself gives the show a very grande and upmarket atmosphere. The sole purpose i felt was to buy your way in to get great discounts on designer gear, to see the catwalk and all the extra's would easily set you back another £30 - £50 each.

What i gained from today was a list of independent and mainstream designers that caught my eye, looking at the way they presented their pieces and a few of them talking me through the proccess they go through to make their items - providing me an idea to develop on when looking at the content i could involve in my work.

Above is a couple of photos that i took whilst at the fashion show, i thought this an interesting use of fabric hung from a high ceiling.. these images show a good view of depth, that i could experiement with fabric that i have purchased from charity shops.



Self Promo

Today i have been creating my Self Promotion artwork, that i will be posting later on today to Peter.
For the format of my piece i have chosen to take the approach of presenting my work as an A5 postcard.

I have used an image from this Current project ... Ive kept to my genral style by keeping it simple and fresh (in both senses when it comes to colour and movement about the image), with a slight collage style showing through. i have decided to do the typography on the front the way i have shown, because it keeps the whole continuity of the image together,

This design is easy and cheap to be printed out many times over.

Posessions

Pattern making

Whilst out shopping, these gift cards really caught my eye, and sparked up new idea's of making a pattern of my own to link with some other images that i'm working on ... these illustrations are a little bold and child like, but i am definatly going to take on this concept, by experimenting with my own style.