7th May: This has been a great experience. For someone who lasted anything pattern on them, I like making patterns and enjoy seeing them now.
I was a little sceptical when the project first started as I thought my designs were going to be awful. Back then, my use of photoshop skill was so limited that I only knew how to edit pictures. Now it has become pretty vast and I can finally say I am now confident in using photoshop. Not only Photoshop, I have gained confidence in my drawings skills using different medias and techniques. The tutors have taught me how to be confident in my work and be more affirmative with my designs. I want confident before as I often hated my work. Of course there were a few mishaps along the way but I learnt from them and it made me more aware of what I was doing wrong before. I’ve corrected my past wrongdoings and learnt the correct way of doing things.
One of the things that helped me greatly were the workshops that were given in the first 4 units of this course. Although they weren’t all that great, it helped me a lot as I continued to push and strive harder when I saw all the work that I’ve done in the previous sketchbook. It made me hopeful as I saw the end of this project. All the artist research and primary research that I’ve done heavily influenced my work. I made a pattern by drawing it out and then scanning it into my work like how Holly Fulton does with her fashion designs.
Shibori was an interesting lesson. I learnt how to make patterns other than photoshop which was something fresh. I also learnt that staring into the computer these past few months made my eyesight worse but it’s all worth it as my skills have improved.
Other than that, I really loved the fact that I could create things from the top of my mind and add it to my designs thinking about world problems and make them marketable as the whole world knows we are on the past to destruction.
Overall, I’m really happy with how this unit turned out. Of course there were bumpy roads and often I would cry because I thought I couldn’t do it but in the end, I felt with a positive attitude, I can do anything I set my mind to.
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