WEEK 8: Exams, to perservere

10 June 2016

ASSIGNMENT 1s HAVE FINALLY ENDED! *confetti*

A summary of what happen this week, we had common test for DCG and 3AP , while completing the other modules assignment 1. I prioritise my exams more than my CPD work. It was make it or break it.

Exams: 

i found the exams to be quite a challenge as in the course we hardly did examinations and i was afraid because of the lack of experience. The 2 papers were very different, the DCG paper was more theory based while 3AP was more application.

For DCG i studied for it so it wasn't that hard , though there were some tricky questions. Whereas 3AP, if you have a rough knowledge of the syllables and a lot of common sense you can ace it, sadly i didn't have that. I didn't even notice there was an error in that paper until my classmates told me about it after the exam, so my answer may be irrelevant.

Other subjects: 

During our modelling class, we are beginning to model our FYP environments and we must complete it by the end of our holidays. I really had to wreck my brain and go through all my old notes, we really went back to basics.

In CPD class, I've edited all the environments line art as we had to make all the environments more monster incooperated. I had lots of fun creating posters for our film, i left get to sneakily add stuff into our film; "make monster great again". We showed Karen our 2nd animatic before we move on to our live action filming and she said it was ok and we should suggested that we change several parts but overall the comments were helpful and good.

Here are some sketches that I did:

Research for new building design inspiration

CPD WEEK 3 : The ball is starting to roll

6 may 2016

After many weeks of developing our story, we finally have started on concept work! yes, I am so happy we can finally start. I've been pulling my hair out wondering when we will be able to start.

On Wednesday, we met up with our teacher and confirmed the story. I think why it went so smoothly this time, is because we only asked 1 teacher, compared to last week where we were super confuse because we had to many opinions to consider. This version is the closest to the original compared to all the others. We brought back Ting Ting and the romantic parts. What has always stayed constant in our stories is the monster environment, the suit and Stanley standing up against the bully by ripping his suit himself.

I have done some of the line art of the rooms following the style guide that my group mate has provided me with.

Here are some sketches i did:

Team Dynamics

Overall, our team is very cooperative and understanding towards each other, I'm really proud that we met up on labour day to do labour!! Overall, I think everyone is very tired and slowly we might be getting on each others nerves.

Reflecting on my own attitude, I have been really stress lately because we are very behind time. I realise the more stress I've become, the more bossy I've been. I shall work on my social flaws and not be so controlling, I feel bad for my teammates especially to one which I have been helping. I hope she has enough artistic freedom.

GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK:
I have to work harder and be more diligent in my studies. Shake of this feeling of fatigue, i can't be the weakest link.

WE CAN DO THIS!