Settling in (again)

October 13, 2011

I’ve had a few minor hiccups in the past week or two of the new academic year, but today made me feel more acclimatized to college life once again.

For starters, having a catch up tutorial allowed me to get the okay on my Summer work while also serving as a inadvertent recap on the course of the project over the last few months. The criticisms were mostly ones I saw coming too, with notable issues being my unfortunate moments of sketchy anatomy and the urgent need to produce pages faster. All being well, these problems should be  addressed through a return to life drawing and additional studio sessions respectively.

On that note: I have a new and improved studio space! I’ve got a bigger wall this time meaning more room for concept art/useless decoration and as far as initial impressions go the natives are pretty friendly. Last year I was usually in college for a couple of days each week but in line with the need for increased self-discipline I’m going to try and set studio time aside for four to five days at a time now. A focused working environment should help iron out some of my flakier drawing habits and frankly it’s an improvement over being cooped up at home for days on end.

Here’s to a refreshed start!

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Design Strategies and Practice: Revenge of the Module!

October 5, 2011

Official re-enrolment aside, today effectively marked the start of the second (and final) year of my MA. It also served as an introduction to our new module, the fearsome Design Strategies and Practice!

Sorry… it’s really not that bad, the deadlines are pretty close and there’s a symposium next month but thankfully the goals aren’t too horrifying. While we will be assessed on our studio practice before the end of the year it’s been made clear that they’re not after a finalised work and given that I already started drawing pages over summer I’ve got a decent head start.

Still, it’s probably best I don’t get too comfortable; I’m used to explaining my project to those already largely familiar with the details, however the symposium will consist of students from Harrogate who will know nothing about what I’m doing and require a complete rundown on all the key points – in under 20 minutes no less. Additionally, lately my rate of production for comic pages has been inconsistent to put it kindly. I doubt I’ll be managing daily updates any time soon but it would be nice to get at least one out every week.

I’ll probably get a better idea of where my worst weaknesses are once I get feedback on the last module, in the meantime I swear I’ll have page 10 out before the weekend… probably….

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