The deadline.
This week was the deadline for our project, creative design practises. I am so glad that we have finally handed it in now. It was a real stress with that project because there was so much to do in such a short time. It was good though because it gave us a taste of what things would be like in industry and how fast paced things move at.
I felt that I have learnt a lot of new skills from doing this project, approaching things from a different angle and definitely having to use my organisational skills to get everything done on time.
The actual design development process was one that was new to me, having to think about how the garments you are designing would be constructed and what they would be made out of was quite hard to do at first, because I just wanted to design things that looked different and funky, but not think how, or if they could actually be made.
After a few design sheets it did get easier, I felt that I could think about the construction more and I found myself actually getting more ideas this way. One thing that I would change, is I would sample my ideas as soon as I had them, I felt that sometimes where I had so many ideas that I wanted to get down on the page at one time, I was leaving sampling to a bit later, meaning I could have just designed a whole range of garments and they may not even work or lay/hang in the way that I thought they would.
I think that in the future I would also like to do some of my sampling in the materials that I would use for my collection, Just to get a better idea o the fit and how they would be against the body. Using calico gave me a rough idea but I feel that the real materials would give a better outcome.
The final line up was something that I enjoyed doing and I am really pleased with how mine turned out. I had based my project on circles and had taken inspiration from board games, so I decided to include these themes into the layout and the title of my collection. I had the outfits in a semi circular shape, so they went around the page and not just across. I also cut my samples into circles to continue with the theme. I named my collection round-about, incorporating both the aspect of fun (which you get from board games) and the idea of things being in circular shapes.
When choosing what templates to use and how to dress them, I had to think really carefully, to make sure that they fitted with the shop that I was designing for and they were appropriate for the collection. I felt that I did this quite well, and that my collection would fit well into the shop.
I think overall the strongest parts of my project were the design development and the final line up. I wasn’t too happy with my research, I felt that in the short time that we had to do it, I had rushed things slightly and the presentation and images were not of the best standard. However overall I am satisfied with my project.
This week we also had to discuss our design proposal for Fashion, art and culture. I have decided to base my project on the subculture of EMO, and I want to explore the emotional and the dark side to this subculture. For my final piece I either want to make a body cast so that I can show how different people could transform and become part of this group, or an all body garment revealing parts of the skin, showing the difference between what makes us, and what we want to be.
I intend this week to carry on researching, into different photographers, artists and sculptors to see if I can find inspiration from their work. Also I will experiment with materials and other objects to see if I can gain other ideas from this as well.
I am looking forward to this project as there is a lot of freedom and we can pretty much be as creative as we want, so hopefully the end piece I will be pleased with.
This week was the deadline for our project, creative design practises. I am so glad that we have finally handed it in now. It was a real stress with that project because there was so much to do in such a short time. It was good though because it gave us a taste of what things would be like in industry and how fast paced things move at.
I felt that I have learnt a lot of new skills from doing this project, approaching things from a different angle and definitely having to use my organisational skills to get everything done on time.
The actual design development process was one that was new to me, having to think about how the garments you are designing would be constructed and what they would be made out of was quite hard to do at first, because I just wanted to design things that looked different and funky, but not think how, or if they could actually be made.
After a few design sheets it did get easier, I felt that I could think about the construction more and I found myself actually getting more ideas this way. One thing that I would change, is I would sample my ideas as soon as I had them, I felt that sometimes where I had so many ideas that I wanted to get down on the page at one time, I was leaving sampling to a bit later, meaning I could have just designed a whole range of garments and they may not even work or lay/hang in the way that I thought they would.
I think that in the future I would also like to do some of my sampling in the materials that I would use for my collection, Just to get a better idea o the fit and how they would be against the body. Using calico gave me a rough idea but I feel that the real materials would give a better outcome.
The final line up was something that I enjoyed doing and I am really pleased with how mine turned out. I had based my project on circles and had taken inspiration from board games, so I decided to include these themes into the layout and the title of my collection. I had the outfits in a semi circular shape, so they went around the page and not just across. I also cut my samples into circles to continue with the theme. I named my collection round-about, incorporating both the aspect of fun (which you get from board games) and the idea of things being in circular shapes.
When choosing what templates to use and how to dress them, I had to think really carefully, to make sure that they fitted with the shop that I was designing for and they were appropriate for the collection. I felt that I did this quite well, and that my collection would fit well into the shop.
I think overall the strongest parts of my project were the design development and the final line up. I wasn’t too happy with my research, I felt that in the short time that we had to do it, I had rushed things slightly and the presentation and images were not of the best standard. However overall I am satisfied with my project.
This week we also had to discuss our design proposal for Fashion, art and culture. I have decided to base my project on the subculture of EMO, and I want to explore the emotional and the dark side to this subculture. For my final piece I either want to make a body cast so that I can show how different people could transform and become part of this group, or an all body garment revealing parts of the skin, showing the difference between what makes us, and what we want to be.
I intend this week to carry on researching, into different photographers, artists and sculptors to see if I can find inspiration from their work. Also I will experiment with materials and other objects to see if I can gain other ideas from this as well.
I am looking forward to this project as there is a lot of freedom and we can pretty much be as creative as we want, so hopefully the end piece I will be pleased with.
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