Welcome to my second blog post. Today I'd like to talk about my passport project. This involved taking a blank passport style book - and customising it completely with my own interests and feelings that represented what kind of person I was. I got on with this task very well as it consisted of different parts of me that I could place down on paper page after page. My brain was flowing with ideas since I already see myself as a very spontaneous and complex person, so I did not feel on the spot. I feel I achieved quite a bit for what time I had, however as there was only a day (less than 6 hours to complete this, it was extremely difficult to finish. Not to worry about ofcourse as this would be completed within my own study days. From many students I received quite a lot of positive feedback concerning the colour and brightness of each page. They were surpirsed that there was only one page that used a grey or black colour in majority and commented that it was very attractive in having different colours for images on each page. From this task, I learnt that it is better to get any ideas or thoughts down onto the page without thinking about perfection, instead of needing a perfect picture the first time. I believe that in the future this will save me time, and even not yet finished, allow me to show my ideas and creative process through smaller sketches that may have been ready to go on each blank page if I didn't waste too much time with the first few.
Analysing:
I think that the most successful part of this work was how I didn't want to stick with dull black and white colours, but a mixture of vibrant colours ranging from blue, yellow, orange ect. Being truthful I was not very happy with my second page (words related to playing cards) as this was a page I struggled with the most. As easy as I thought It would be in my kind, drawing it on paper was a completely different ball game. Especially since I used graphic markers straight away instead of pencil or fine liner, the dark grey that I used had given a very dull look to the page, and at first glance I had thought I completely wasted a page. I found it particularly difficult trying to come up with ways I could use the paper in clever ways after my first page, which was a blue box from the television show Doctor who. I used this as my first page as I believe that because I am such an intricate and mysterious person (according to many peers who have known me for some time), that the blue box ship would be perfect as there really is more to me than meets the eye. One way I found to play around with the card or paper was the use of a playing card to represent te love aspect of my life. Many peers believed this was the best part of my passport. In addition I found this the easiest as there was nothing complex to cut out or detailed drawings required.
Time management and planning:
After carrying out the passport project I'm not 100% sure on improving my time management with longer projects like this. Ofcourse the main solution to saving time would be to get something rather than nothing on each page, regardless or detail, but ensuring that it gives an accurate impression of what I am trying to show or represent. To improve my planning I could note down bullet point ideas in my sketchbook, and then make a quick decision between my different ideas of what I actually want to put down on my final paper. From my current patterns of planning I think I could learn more by not leaving or disregarding any ideas that I may not see as good enough. After being on this course for 1 week the main thing I have learn from my tutor is that art is never wrong but completely unique to each person in thier approach. I also believe that in the future this will help me to get over fears that I have of 'messing up' the first time, and having no worry in placing all my ideas down on paper.
Thank you for reading my second blog post, and stay tuned for tommorow with my week 2 projects! (Each one will be it's own separate blog post)
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