Practice makes perfect...I hope.

I have a lot of work to do on my sketching. I'm supposed to sketch before making my adobe package do all the work (I need to put my concepts on paper first). But mine seem to be too rough. A bit scruffy you might say. I want to improve that so my sketches can almost be the final design. More detail and sophistication is the key.

I used to be really good at drawing and I love to do it. When I draw, I just forget everything around me. But I stopped doing it when I was around 13 years old, because of school. I'm going to have to pick it up where I left.

I'm practicing with naked models (that sounds weird). We did some modelsketching in class before so I know the basics, but there was so little time to put them on the canvas! So I took my time and tried again at home with the results below. I have improved so that's a good thing, but I need more work. Especially when I saw the sketches from EdenSpiekermann and other graphic designers. It's just a very important part of the job.

I bought some beautifull pencils and other materials to make it easier to get started on it. Next stop: faces, machinery, nature and other lovely complicated things to draw. I'll keep you updated :)

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The last couple of weeks have been crazy! I have been working really hard to get some good grades out of the last 2 semesters. The individual grades (the one you get for each subject from the teacher of that subject) where really good. I felt so relieved after that. The last one was on a wednesday and we all had some applepie and wine. Everybody was happy.

But then we just had to do one more thing: exhibit everything you have made in the last 2 semesters. Then all the teachers would come and have a look and give you one more grade. This part didn't go so well, for anybody. The teachers were extremely harsh, I hadn't expected that! I understand that they have a name to keep up. Only the best can continue. Anyway, the general outcome was that everything was just shit. I was going to make photo's but I just forgot. I didn't cry in front of the 'firing squad' but I cried my eyes out on the way back home. It was just so sad for everyone. Because everybody worked so hard. What started as a good thing has had a gloomy aftertaste.

Tonight the new semester will start. Photography, arthistory, drawing letters and optical grammatical design. I have to give 200% and get it completely right to be able to get to the second year. The one positive outcome of all this was that our group (which is already very small) has gotten a lot closer :)
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