Final Pin Up - 26hours of 6 Music Radio and No Sleep

This was a long weekend, I think I may have lost my mind a bit after this, took a long time to slow down after this. I managed all the aspects of the pin up to a standard that I thought I was happy with, except for the 1-2000 which need alot more work. 

This is the pin up version, but this has none of the final rendering that I did, I ditched PS and grabbed a pencil and created darker shadows on trees and planting, hand rendered the sea and hatched the hard surfaces, it was the best way I had came up with and was actually fairly happy with it, I did miss really important aspects off, ie  spot height for the new design and alot more, which I did no but ran out of time and was not really functioning on all 4 cylinders by the early hours. Live and learn and take it all on board, IT WILL BE BETTER !!!!!

This is my 1-2000, needed so much more, the pin up one did have a filled in key and rendered, but did look a bit painting by numbers!!!! Say no more really.

A much improved sections page - comments said that the planting was to dense and dark and the background to heavy, you never really no how dark a print is going to be - Laptops you never actually see the true colours because of the changeable screen angle!!!

I was really pleased with my sketches page before pin up, there is a couple that were not right, but over all happy, but then the comments, they should have been hand drawn! Well I did hand draw them to start with, quickly to get the idea of the space shape and perspective, then I made them in PS. Not really sure whats up with these as they describe my design, and I would not have been able to draw them any quicker to get the image quality, they took me an hour and half each from start to final finish, which I dont think is that bad. Gonna do some sketches for my document to see how they go and then compare.

Who Knows??

Forgot to put this up a month or so ago, found them at Knole park in Sevenoaks. 

Amazing colours on a winter day.

Masterplan - The start - Is there an end?

I should have been posting more often really but here is my work so far from the first base plan to the end of term 1 with the final crit. The first base plan took a while to get right, I think to start with I was going against what really worked for me, trying to be to straight, as my initial 1-2000 plan that I choose worked with the linear lines of the groins, so the plan was born to have 5 interconnecting jetties that are connected via dreamy planting with an educational theme, centers and educational hubs that explore bio-diversity, bring children and adults in touch with the landscape and seascape that surrounds them. 

So going back to what sits right with me and the theme, as I think that this theme is gentle and flowing (well the picture I have in my mind is) I worked with lines that connect the jetties together and connect a feeling to the site via smooth and gentle curves.

I hand drew this plan and then scanned it ready for annotation and rendering in photoshop. I made tree swatches with acrylic and natural sponges to give texture. I then scanned these ready for dropping in to photoshop.

The top row middle one is the tree swatch I ended up using for the fastigiate Populus tremula that line the site. The blues I used to the sea but scrapped that idea in the end. But the bottom right one is the base layer for my planting areas that I then worked over the top with a brush In PS to a disappointing outcome that become pixelated and not sharp at all. 

Nice to look at maybe??? but didint work at all on plan

Tried using some objects from around the house, well the Christmas tree was looking like a good option so it got a bit of a hair cut and used as a swatch object, which was actually used in some on my planting areas. Times are tough!!!!

And here we are, final crit, I got a hammering on my crit, maybe I was tired and at that point just needing a bit of a pick me up as I really wasnt feeling great about things at that point but true their words they gave me feedback, not what i wanted to hear but thats life, dont always hear what you want to here. I dint take it in the best way to be honest, and had a bit of a paddy and thought about quitting.  Luckily I wasn't needed at work the next day and had a day at home thinking and reflecting. 

This was my out come from my day at home - Baking

Home made Pizza Base's 

Homemade Wholemeal Bread - Needed more proving!!!!!