3D Design 17/01/2011

Date/Time: 18/01, 10:33

In the lesson I continued with my sketch book
work and research.

I had another "one to one" with Kate and told
her what I had done so far. She really liked
the idea of me using long exposure photography,
light painting, to create ideas for a piece of
architecture.
She showed me some of her work which she
had done at university. It also included light
painting. It was really cool.

In my own time I will finish off the research and
update my sketch book.
Hopefully on Thurday's lesson I will start
experimenting with light.

3D Design 13/01/2011

Date/Time: 14/01, 23:18

In the lesson I continued to do some research and
also worked on my sketch book.

I also had a talk with Matt about what I am doing.
He told me about some artists who use refelection
in their artwork and also told me to look at some
architecture within Birmingham.
I researched more into the artists he told me about.

Well...seems like I need to continue with my research and
sketchbook and then start experimenting.

3D Design 10/01/2011

Date/Time: 10/01, 23:57

Today was our first lesson back to college and also
our first lesson of the Pathway Stage. In this stage
we are to start working on our own and make our own
lesson plans & objectives.
I gathered my ideas and then ha a talk with Kate about
what I'd like to do.


As I would like to become an architect, I am looking at
architecture for my project. I am looking at
"architecture & light".
From my Photography project I did last term I am taking
the idea I had, "Darkness should not be feared, it should
be overcome". Basically light is there to overcome
darkness, whether metaphorically or physically.
Kate said this could be like using light to create life &
structure

I would like to look at:
- how light enters the building
- how light within the building effects it's surroundings
- buildings designed with lights
The buildings will mostly be made from glass so light can
penetrate the buildings and the surroundings.
I will mainly be looking at how the building would look at
night, but I could also consider to look at how the building
looks in the day. I could look at reflection and mirror glass.
Kate said I could also look at refraction and the effects on
light once it enters glass.

As global warming is a big issue, I must look at sustainability
and how it will effect my designs. Example, the use of light
and how energy efficient they can be. Also the use of renewable
energy e.g. solar engergy, and also using insulation, etc.

I have been researching architecture (buidlings) which use the
effects of light, reflection, etc. and have found many.

Kate said for now I should not concentrate on the designing
of the building but experiment with light. So, this is what
I'll be trying to do in my next couple of lessons.

I would also like to include long exposure photography, including
light photography into this project.

Fashion & Textiles 08/11/2010

In yesterdays textiles lesson, I caught up

with my work from last week. I was missing

images from my research, so I stuck that in

my sketch book.

Afterwards I had a talk with Louise and decided

on what to do to move forward in my work. We

decided that it would be best, if I chose to do

a jacket in the end, to only do the seleve part. I

was thinking I would also like to include part of

the collar.

After the talk, using the template Louise had

given, I cut out my own, and then used the

template to cut out the seleve material using

fabric (don't remeber the name, lol).

Visual Communication 04/11/2010

Today, we had our first Visual Communication

lesson (also known as Graphics Design). We

were given our brief. The theme is the same as

the other subjects, ‘Contrasts’. We were given

a brief and some other information.
 

At first I didn’t know what I wanted to do, so I

looked through some of the information Claire

(lecturer) gave us. I definitely knew I was going

to do something related to architecture. I decided

to do CD covers/inlays. I then thought about

what I could compare to architecture, and with the

help of Zulfikar, I decided to look at ‘old/new’ in

the contrast theme. I decided to that the band

members should be dressed in 18^th Century or

Victorian clothing, and this will go against the

modern architecture.

I researched some 21^st Century architects and

chose the following as I liked their designs:

1) Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz (Alvarez-Diaz+Group)

2) Atusushi Kitagawara (Atusushi Kitagawara

Architects)

3) Asymplote Architecture

By the way, for the Victorian costumes, I will try to

contact the REP theatre and ask if they have any

and if I can use them in my project. I’ll get my

friends to help me and we’ll all dress up. Ravika and

Zulfikar are definitely helping me, and I’ll see who

else is willing to. I really do hope REP will let us use

the costumes. *Fingers crossed*

Before I started to make a sample of my idea, Claire

told us to do a little task. We were asked to pick out

a card which had a contrast written on it and draw i

deas that come to our mind. I got the card which said

‘Alive/Dead’.

I decided to carry on using the idea of CD cover

layout. My design was a half a face and half a skull

joint together making one whole face.

 

After lunch everyone presented their ideas to each

other.

Once we were back on the Macs I started to make a

sample of my idea using Photoshop and some images.

Images I used were of the night sky, buildings by the

architects I researched, and images of one of my

favourite bands, DELUHI.

I like how it’s turned out. I want to use this as the

cover, so, I think I should swap the sides over as it’ll

be easier to print off.

It’s very rough so it’s not really that good.

Photography 02/11/2010

We had our first photography lesson. I was so

excited to start this subject as I really love

photography. Our lecturer for the subject is

Catharine. It seems like she’s American. She

seems very cool and friendly.

So our lesson started at 6pm. Me and Ravika

bought ourselves a latte to keep us awake as

we were very tired. Actually after we started

the lesson, I didn’t feel tired anymore.

In the lesson we learnt the basics of photography.

Well, we looked at how the camera works, etc.

Catharine showed us some old film SLR cameras.

They were so cool. I love old cameras. They

were very heavy. With these cameras we can

actually see how the aperture and shutter speed

works to take a perfect photo.

Aperture: known as f-stop. The amount of light

coming through the lens to make your exposure.

Light changes based on the aperture selected.

Shutter speed: How fast the camera takes the

picture. How long the lens/camera is exposed to

light.

 

After looking at how the camera works, Catharine

gave us D-SLR cameras to work with. We learnt

the basics of using this type of camera. Obviously

we had selected manual, so we have full control

of the camera and what we take.

 

Me and Ravika shared a camera, as Ravika’s

was given to someone else’s who’s didn’t work

properly. We took many photos. We were looking

at time and motion, etc. Here are some of

mine:

 

Here we were helping each other take the photos.

We tried lettering and creating other shapes with

light. I used my iPod and Zulfikar used his iPhone...

Me and Zulfikar saying 'Hi'. Zulfikar was still in

the prosses of writing Hi and I was waving. Taken

by Ravika.

Z for Zulfikar. Taken by Ravika.

My first attempt at writing a K. Taken by

Ravika.

My first attempt at a heart shape. Taken by

Ravika

We realised after a while that the background was

to bright because of the lights on the building, so

we changed locations.


K for Kazuho (2nd attepmt). Taken by Ravika

Heart shape (2nd attepmt). Taken by Ravika

By the way, the other line in both photos was

created by Zulfikar running across with his

iPhone. lol.

Ravika's S. Taken by me.

Just a random photograph taken by me.

Another S by Ravika. Taken by me.

Ravika's R. Taken by me.

What a great lesson. I actually don't mind this

lesson being at 6-9pm, because it’s fun and

interesting.