I have been running round like a headless chicken all day today. But I am not totally ready for the interim show. I got my finals printed and mounted on foam board. They look so much more professional. So I am very happy with how today went. I even did a little bit more research with my dissertation work. I have also made a start on my dissertation, so today was incredibly productive. I am just so tired at the moment after all the running around. But I'm happy :) Not the best photo I know, but I did try my best. I know it's hard to figure out but on Thursday I will be able to show you how it will look mounted on the wall. With my dissertation I have not only started looking at photoshoot ideas, but also poster ideas. I think this image in it's self is very true and I think a lot of people can relate to it, whether it be themselves or people they know. Tomorrow I plan to look up the survey I gave out after the festive rush. If you haven't already I would really appreciate you take just one minute of your time to tick a few boxes. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CFZ7G9T
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So I started looking at my dissertation today..... then I thought the dishes needed done, Have to get my finals ready for the interim show. So may as well add the blurb to the book covers. Had to then change some of my elements within the book covers around so the blurb would fit.... And about two hours spent arguing with myself on which fonts to use.... so yea..... em, didn't get much of anything to do with my dissertation done today. Whoops! I have to admit though, I really under estimated how much time it would take to not only tweak one of the covers to look semi finished, as the others do. But to then get the elements to change about and try to make them identical to the other. Such a pain in the arse! I did get it done though, in between cleaning my flat and any other distraction that I let take me away from my laptop. I got it done! So this was the first font that I really liked. Also just to let you know, the colours are a little funny due to me being lazy about putting the images into RGB mode. I have uploaded too many so look through past blogs to get an idea of colour. I want you to look at the font anyways. So as I was saying. This was the first font I liked. I then tested a few others and finally landed on this one: Now this is actually the font called "Chaparral Pro", this is it in bold. So I realized I had to move all the elements on the back page. I was determined not to move my guide lines though. The gun, smoke, bullet holes. ALL had to be moved to have room for the blurb. Took me a good few hours for each of the book cover, to try and get the placement exact on each one. So, eventually I got this working for me. I then decided to still have the font "Chaparral Pro" in regular. So these are my finals ready for print and hopefully mounting on Monday.
So I have literally been working on my computer since I got up this morning. I have changed one of my designs and I am almost completely finished with the full set. Not going to lie I am beginning to lose the will a little. But nothing chocolate and a good nights sleep won't cure. So here are all four of my pieces so far, I am hoping to have them all completed by tomorrow. I am a little worried they all might be a little too dark, which is something I am definitely planning to work on and finish off tomorrow. I am still not completely sure if these look like a set. I feel as though I have been staring at them all too long to really think straight about them. They all however have the same textures, colours, and techniques within all of them. So They all definitely link within that category. I have decided not to use use any text within the images. If I am miraculously chosen as the the winner of this competition (fat chance) I would prefer House Of Illustration to chose their own font. So yeah, hopefully my next post will be how happy I am with my finals and not working into the night.
I also might be going out tomorrow night to take some star photos. Just hoping it's not too cold, and the weather will be good to us, but I am looking forward to it. I haven't done any photography in a while so it'll be nice :) Been so busy I didn't even notice I missed a day of Blog. Sorry! So I uploaded little glimpses of the images I am preparing to upload for a competition. I have finished 3 of 4 images, although I am still going back and forth and tweaking a lot of the images. the images I last uploaded are not totally different and have developed more. My only regret is really not kicking my ass earlier to get it all done. I have given my self a week, which is pathetic. I still know I can get it done and even so far I have learnt a lot. So here are my 3 images so far. they may again totally change before I upload them for the deadline which is Monday.
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