Mark Session Round-up! (26/11)

So for this session we had to bring in a 1 slide presentation showing what we had done and what we had to do ... I was bricking it over this session, before I had my moment I listened to classmates also saying they were behind, Mark also said it was a common theme in our year, this made me feel a little better, when you are behind its very easy to feel like you are the only person in that position, and to hear other people saying the same thing takes a little pressure off yourself (that sounds really bad!) This is the slide I took with me.

I said that I was very much stuck in my head as far as my ideas go, I was struggling pin pointing which phobias I was going to choose, I felt like I was being governed by my moodboards and I needed to get my finger out of my butt (in a better sense than that)!

In bullet point form here is the feedback got from the group

• STOP THINKING TOO MUCH! For the phobias, give each concept piece three phobias to represent in the artwork. To take the choice out of the equation, either stick specific phobias out of a hat or grab a selection of phobias and put them next to an image of my chosen torture device and then ask my peers which three they feel represent the image best, ask them what phobia associates best.
• GET DOODLING!To kick start my artistic drive, look up more about how I want the final images to look, create mock ups with composition, lighting, thumbnails, perspective, colour studies, colour schemes and style guides! Have fun exploring all these different things!
• DEFINE! Define what is the purpose of these video game boss characters, at the moment they are just ideas with nothing behind them, no story! Create a loose game idea and give them a purpose as to why they are video game boss characters.
• THEME! Don't just say I want it to look a certain way, find a theme and stick with it.
• END RESULT! What do I want the final result to be/look like? What do I want the audience to think when they look at the images? How am I going to be displaying these three images?

I have a lot to do, I also said I felt stressed by the tasks and that I felt I was getting bogged down by them, Mark mentioned focus on the important things first, get my main project ideas sorted out then go back to the tasks. Taking this approach is going to help me a lot I think, doing the smaller things last takes the pressure of the big stuff!

I didn't mention anything about my Research Report, but we all heard that our drafts are being read up and feedback written for them so I'll have to wait for that, a book that I got in was taken out by someone else before I could get it which is a little annoying but it happens, I've reserved it and will read snippets here and there until I get it and my feedback back!