UCAS Application Sent

I have really struggled with finding the right course because I have no idea what career I want to persue in the future. I seem to be middle-stream, not wanting to do an entire course on Illustration or only on Graphics. I have also taken an interest in different subjects, so I was considering taking one of those up.

However, I talked to my tutor and she advised for me to go on the HND Graphic Design and Advertising course at Canterbury because it includes the hand-made element and the mac element and I won't have the stress of a new place.

So, I have only applied to HND Graphic Design and Advertising in Canterbury.

Current Project - Type

The result of this project will be a poster that is type orientated and an alphabet made out of whatever object we choose. To help us decide on the media we had to reasearch into fonts and a good website was handmadefont.com.

A couple of my favourite examples are:

Feathers

Red Rose Petals

Piece for Website

The only scene I have finished for my website, hopefully this idea will work. I am planning for the colours to be inversed and the type to be in the top right corner.

Throughout the second year of college we are to create our own website to showcase our work. The website is to show our personalities and our interests.

The first step was to research into other websites in order to get an idea of layouts. We then had to sketch out some rough ideas. My main idea is to have a different scene for each page, which are About, Contact, Gallery and Home:

Home page. A door in the centre with the buttons in the detail.





On the left is the 'About Me' page, showing items I am interested in, then there's the 'Gallery' page showing a street scene with the image in the centre and then there's the 'Contact Me' page, where there is a mailbox with envelopes falling out.

Out of College Work

I have tried to carry on my interests outside of college by creating pieces of my own, influenced by Henya, so that I can better my skills.  My two favourite pieces outside of college are these two:

This piece was originally made for a competition. It is a scene of foilage and flowers with a fountain in the centre and is greatly influenced by Rob Ryan.

A vase of English flowers with my name in Chinese, or the closest to it, 'Lou Bi'. Made for personal development. I tried to create a delicate piece with attention to detail, like Henya.

Paper Cuts

A great interest of mine is paper cutting. I first learnt about it last year when working on my christmas project for college. The first artist I learnt about in this profession was Rob Ryan but as I researched into the practice more I also learnt about an artist called Henya Melichson, whose style I much prefer and look upon for influence. Unfortunately she doesn't have an official website, but she has published a book showcasing her pieces:


This is the cover of her book 'The Art of Paper Cutting' and one of her more simple pieces called, 'Nature's Leaf.'