Overall i've really enjoyed the first semester. I've felt like my confidence has grown and i hope it'll continue to grow in the second semester.
I feel pleased with the work i've produced overall so i'm excited to see my grade I get, especially the Styling project. I am looking forward to work experience and I'm sure of what i want to go into now as a career and have started to apply for ones i'm interested in.
Friday
Wednesday
Photoshoot.
For our styling project we have to do a final photoshoot with our outfits customized.
The theme for my group is 'seven deadly sins'. We wanted to go for the forest gloomy feel. We asked the photographers Ewen and Holly if we were able to do our photoshoot outside, in a forest but unfortunately we had to do it indoors, so we decided to go and do our own photoshoot outdoors.
The reason we wanted to do our photos outdoors is because of the background of the seven sins.
The history is the sins were released from a box as animals.
Catherine in our group sorted out a photographer who would come take the photos and Keri-Ann sorted out the animal masks for the shoot.
We did the shoot at 10am so the sunlight was spot on, it was so cold.
The theme for my group is 'seven deadly sins'. We wanted to go for the forest gloomy feel. We asked the photographers Ewen and Holly if we were able to do our photoshoot outside, in a forest but unfortunately we had to do it indoors, so we decided to go and do our own photoshoot outdoors.
The reason we wanted to do our photos outdoors is because of the background of the seven sins.
The history is the sins were released from a box as animals.
Catherine in our group sorted out a photographer who would come take the photos and Keri-Ann sorted out the animal masks for the shoot.
We did the shoot at 10am so the sunlight was spot on, it was so cold.
I'm really pleased with the outcome of these photos.
For the studio photoshoot we will be using an projection onto the plain white background. Hopefully this would help with the forest effect we are looking for.
Tuesday
Digitising.
We got talked through producing patterns on CAD CAM digitizing system. Fiona informed us that although it is a pattern cutting system, you still need to be able to know how to produce patterns on a table to be able to produce patterns digitally.
How to digitise.
Firstly you need to go to Start then go on Lectra --> digitizer 2.1C3 --> (serial port) com1 --> click ok --> click off the box --> start --> programs --> Lectra --> modaris (name of the digitizing system) --> config --> change to ico text.
Setting up the model...
Firstly you need to go to file --> new --> make the model name to what you are digitizing --> sheet --> new sheet -->F1 --> Digit ( 2 points for horizontal axis).
-Always have the top of your pattern facing the left.
-Always use masking tape so it does not spoil the bed. Blu tac and glue will damage the bed.
The control points you need to know to be able to produce the patterns are...
-Corner point is 2
-Curce is C
-Straight of grain is A
-Drill hole is 3
-Notch hole is 6
When you first start producing the pattern you need to put the straight of grain in first, then you need to start from the top left point and go around putting in notches as you come to them and finishing the darts which you will use the drill holes for. When you have finished you need to press FF and then 8 on the computer keyboard. You are then able to save the pattern and print it off if nessecery.
How to digitise.
Firstly you need to go to Start then go on Lectra --> digitizer 2.1C3 --> (serial port) com1 --> click ok --> click off the box --> start --> programs --> Lectra --> modaris (name of the digitizing system) --> config --> change to ico text.
Setting up the model...
Firstly you need to go to file --> new --> make the model name to what you are digitizing --> sheet --> new sheet -->F1 --> Digit ( 2 points for horizontal axis).
-Always have the top of your pattern facing the left.
-Always use masking tape so it does not spoil the bed. Blu tac and glue will damage the bed.
The control points you need to know to be able to produce the patterns are...
-Corner point is 2
-Curce is C
-Straight of grain is A
-Drill hole is 3
-Notch hole is 6
When you first start producing the pattern you need to put the straight of grain in first, then you need to start from the top left point and go around putting in notches as you come to them and finishing the darts which you will use the drill holes for. When you have finished you need to press FF and then 8 on the computer keyboard. You are then able to save the pattern and print it off if nessecery.
Fashion Issues
For our Fashion Issues module we had to choose an issue that we found in the industry, i chose to do the 'slutwalk' campaign that has been happening over the summer.
I'd knew abit about this before researching it but i found the more i researched into it the more interested i got into it.
I was inspired by some of the banners i researched.
I enjoyed doing this project, i found it really interesting. I really enjoyed doing the designs for t-shirts once i got into it and knew where i wanted to go with it.
I'd knew abit about this before researching it but i found the more i researched into it the more interested i got into it.
I was inspired by some of the stories that i read from some of the women that walked the slutwalk and there own stories of getting abused really moved me.
I enjoyed doing this project, i found it really interesting. I really enjoyed doing the designs for t-shirts once i got into it and knew where i wanted to go with it.
Sunday
dress.
In this pattern cutting lesson we had to make a dress with abit of everything we'd done in the previous lesson, including pleats, the godet and drapes.
This is something i really struggled with and couldnt get the hang of it. I was okay doing the patterns but when it came to the manufacture side of that is when i started to struggle with it.
I wasnt overly happy with the resuly of my work i did for this, i found it hard but i did learn alot from doing this.
This is something i really struggled with and couldnt get the hang of it. I was okay doing the patterns but when it came to the manufacture side of that is when i started to struggle with it.
I wasnt overly happy with the resuly of my work i did for this, i found it hard but i did learn alot from doing this.
Thursday
Drapes.
This week in Manufacturing we made a top with a drape on. I enjoyed doing this, i found the pattern alright to do so i was able to keep up with the rest of the group.
When it came to manufacturing side of it I found it okay to make, i wasn't stressed out as I normally am with manufacturing. I was pleased with the outcome of this and overall surprisingly I enjoyed making this piece.
When it came to manufacturing side of it I found it okay to make, i wasn't stressed out as I normally am with manufacturing. I was pleased with the outcome of this and overall surprisingly I enjoyed making this piece.
Styling.
We got our styling brief and i was really excited to start it.
We had to use our outfits that we made over the summer in a photoshoot and then again in December on a different photoshoot but they both have the same theme.
Styling is something i reall enjoy and think i want to go into in my career choice.
In my group we thought of the theme 'the seven deadly sins'. I had originally come up with this theme as i thought it'll be interesting as their is 7 of us in the group and cause our outfits are so different this is how i think we could make them work.
We discussed our first photoshoot and talked about what sin we would be, i was envy. I thought this sin worked well with me as my shorts that i made were green and green is the colour of envy.
The first photoshoot we did went well, when we got the photos back we decided that we used too many props and the photo looked too busy with them in.
We talked about how we could make the photo look better and work with the theme more so we looked into the history of the 7 deadly sins and how it all first came about, this helped us with our final idea, to use animal masks. We chose this because each sin has a animal, and we thought it'll be a good idea to show what sin we are and that that is how we show the viewer our theme.
Our final photoshoot went well and although we havnt seen the photos i think they will turn out great, i really enjoyed doing this and felt confident with it.
We had to use our outfits that we made over the summer in a photoshoot and then again in December on a different photoshoot but they both have the same theme.
Styling is something i reall enjoy and think i want to go into in my career choice.
In my group we thought of the theme 'the seven deadly sins'. I had originally come up with this theme as i thought it'll be interesting as their is 7 of us in the group and cause our outfits are so different this is how i think we could make them work.
We discussed our first photoshoot and talked about what sin we would be, i was envy. I thought this sin worked well with me as my shorts that i made were green and green is the colour of envy.
The first photoshoot we did went well, when we got the photos back we decided that we used too many props and the photo looked too busy with them in.
We talked about how we could make the photo look better and work with the theme more so we looked into the history of the 7 deadly sins and how it all first came about, this helped us with our final idea, to use animal masks. We chose this because each sin has a animal, and we thought it'll be a good idea to show what sin we are and that that is how we show the viewer our theme.
Our final photoshoot went well and although we havnt seen the photos i think they will turn out great, i really enjoyed doing this and felt confident with it.
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