May 2014, another year has come and gone so fast yet feel I have learned so much. Concentrating
more on visual design I have gone from drawing thumbnails like this:
To these:
And a piece like this, that took me approximately 12 hours:
To this, that took me 5:
I feel like I have developed my skills much faster than I
thought I could. It has been an enjoyable year and although stressful at times -
mostly down to bad time management, I
feel like I have learned a lot.
People come to
university to learn specific skills, without it I would not have had the chance
to learn what I have. For me specifically, where else could I go to learn 3d
Art Design? College offer small courses and I can learn so much for independent
study, but those options don’t particularly offer contacts in industry or the
technology to create what I have today. People go to university to learn and develop
skills which they are confident in, or to learn something new. I go to
university to continue my education in a more specific area. Also partially
because I didn’t know what to do after school, which is a scary thing to know.
I hope, after I leave
university I will have industry level skills in 3d design and concepting, or atleast very close to industry standard, so
I can then continue to practice and over time be desired by companies for a
more permanent contract. I would prefer to find a placement in a company that freelance,
but in our current generation you take what you can get.
There has always been
higher education, but nothing like what we have today. We have access to resources
that didn’t exist a decade ago, there are courses for pretty much anything you
could want to study. Starting this year courses have become much more expensive
– depending on where you live and circumstances of course, but on my course the
teaching standard and work has been worth every penny.
It is not just about the work or what I learn in classes,
but about general life skills. Paying those first bills, learning how to run a
house, living on your own and gaining that independency has been an interesting
ride with ups and downs. But I must admit it has been nice living alone.
I feel that have lied to myself over the past year,
saying how “I will get better with my time management! Promise!” yet here I am
doing this blog last minute. Actually past last minute.
I really do hope I can get my shit together in time for next
year, in time for final major project. I plan on spending the summer in Leicester
more so than at home (par a holiday in the middle) and I plan on spending that
time practicing in 3d and visual design. Although I have gotten a lot faster
over this year at producing high standard (or so I hope) work, there is always
room for improvement. I also hope to get
a few blogs including work out and the process I will go through on each piece.
Maybe some speed painting… I don’t know! Let us see what this summer brings.
