The Earth…

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art, earth, photography, photoshop., planet, project, projects., textiles, Uni, university, world

I played around with the image of the Earth and edited it in Photoshop to create an interesting image. I plan on putting these over some other images I have for my never ending project. I really like them

 

Rust Photo’s…..

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art, bright, photography, photoshop., rust, textiles, urban exploring

I took these a while ago and have only just found them on my computer. They are photo’s of rust that I found when i was urban exploring. The colours are outstanding, something so simple can turn out so beautiful. 

Taking a Gap Year….

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complaints., crap course, second year uni, student, textiles, tutors, uwic

With the end of the second year quickly approaching I am beginning to think about taking a year out of university. I feel that I have not learnt as much as I should have and am feeling quite down about the situation. I feel that if i was to carry on with this course I definitely wouldn’t get a good degree. I feel that I would pass however I wouldn’t get a top grade. After the drama with my tutor I have thought about the different opportunities available for me now. I have also been thinking about applying to Glamorgan University as I think it is a much better uni. 

I am still really shocked by the way Pip treated me and honestly can not wait to get out of that course and hopefully start a new one in a year or so. The funny thing is even though I made a complaint about my tutor she still doesn’t seem to give two fucks about her teaching ability of her students. 

I have one week left till my deadline so my plan is to finish everything, pass the second year and maybe take a year out, but I will definitely be finding a new course. Note to anyone wanting to study the textile course at UWIC………….don’t bother.

A pretty Project…

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digital, flowers, merged, photography, photoshop., prints, selling prints.

I took some time out of my current uni project to create something that was not related to uni. I wanted to create a range of digital prints that were merged in Photoshop. I took a load of flower photographs last year and I hadn’t done anything with them. So I sat down and decided to make them into prints.

I should really be focusing on my uni project but I am so uninspired with the comments and feedback I had from my tutor I literally thought “fuck it” I am going to do something else. Hope you like them…..

I am thinking about setting up my own website and selling these prints. I really like playing around with the colours and contrast.

Free Meals…

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bin diving, buy nothing day, free, freegan, uk

A whole Freegan meal.

Free Meals…

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bin diving, freegan, project, super market, Uni, waste

A whole Freegan meal.

What an absolute letdown!

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art, complaints., crap tutors, phillipa lawrence, shocking behavior, textiles, Uni, uwic

So I had a tutorial with my tutor Phillipa Lawrence on Friday, what happened was such a shock and has made me very upset. I have been doing a project on anti consumerism and have been feeling really confident with my final outcome. However last Friday I arranged to see Pip to give me feed back on my project. She came over to see my work which was displayed on the walls by my desk. She then went on to say how my work was vulgar and explained how nobody would understand what my work was about. She also refused to mark my project as she doesn’t want anything to do with it. I was absolutely horrified by her ignorant reaction. I am paying nearly £4000 to learn and study at this university and yet this is what my tutor acts like. She acted very unprofessionally and has made me question my time at the university.

I am going to make a formal complaint as this is not what I expected and find it shocking that someone can act in that manner. I no longer want to carry on with this university, as of tomorrow I will be contacting Glamorgan uni to see if I can change and hopefully get a better degree.

I am devastated that I have taken two years out of my life to study at this university just to be treated this way. What an absolute joke!

Brain Exhibition London…

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art, Brain exhibition, london, textiles, weird things

I went to the Wellcome Collection in London and visited the brain exhibition. I found that it didn’t relate to my current project but I was inspired to take on a different project over the summer. The project will be about mental illness and brain tumors. I got inspired my a photo I saw that was of a fashion photographer who had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She then turned the camera on herself and began a photographic diary of her and her illness. This was something that grabbed me and I really wanted to know more.

I really enjoyed this exhibition but found that I didn’t have enough time to take it all in. I would love to go back and spend a few hours there making drawings of the brains as we weren’t allowed to take pictures. Upstairs was the Medicine Man exhibition which consisted of weird and wonderful things. Oil paintings of women giving birth and baby demons running about the place. This is definitely a must see for people interested in things a little bit weird.

Improved Photoshop Techniques…..

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cardiff, photoshop., skills, suffocation, Uni

This is by far my favourite image yet. I love the way the hand looks decomposed and gruesome. I feel much more motivated with my project and have been working really hard improving my Photoshop skills. I hope to take up some short courses over the summer to help me gain a lot more experience and maybe become an advanced Photoshopper ha ha .

Messing around with Photoshop….

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anti consumerism., art, digital art, photography, photoshop. bar codes

I wanted to include bar codes in my work, so I have merged my image with an emphasized bar code. It isn’t so in your face and I think it’s a strong image.