I wrote earlier that I'll be using this blog to write about my student life. I tried but I found it easier to post at my blogspot account. So, if anyone cares to read on, just follow my ramblings at shmishem.blogspot.com.

Have a good day all.

Haven't done much drawing these past days since ...it's the Festive Season and I was thinking about the presents I was going to give to V. I did manage to sketch some of my ideas in preparation for the final requirement at school. But they're still sketches, I need to finalize them and soon. But...not just yet. I do have to think about my upcoming birthday and the New Year celebration, y'know. *Pffft. yes, another lame excuse.

One thing more I haven't decided on is my style of drawing. Looking at my drawings and my drafts, my drawings aren't consistent in terms of style. It can look "Fantasy-like", "Anime-like", or just plain average. I know I have to develop my style but right now I don't know which style to choose. Then again, should my future plans come into fruition, the drawings would just be a guide and not something I need to dwell on. As they say, it's the creativity you display that matters.

I've been reading a lot of blogs, trawling through fashion websites to really get into the fashion psyche. Some get it immediately; some seem to be born with it; and then, there are people like me who has to exert effort to understand it. But I'm not complaining. It's all a matter of perspective and what you do with it. In my case, I love learning. In fact, I consider myself a student in the University of Life *how cliche but true* I may become a master of something someday but I'll be a student in other areas of my life.

For now, it's all about business and fashion, separately at the moment but together in the future. =)

It was our last day of class last Friday. Strangely enough, I enjoyed the entire day. I wasn't itching to go home, though I eventually did go home 15 minutes early because I had to retrieve my dry cleaned leather.

For the Fashion Drawing class, we experimented with different ways to render nettings, lace and sequins . We were told that we could use pencil, fine liner or gouache but we mostly stuck with gouache. We placed gouache / acrylic paint on the lace then placed it gouache / paint down on the paper, applying pressure on the process. It took a bit of trial and error but we eventually got a bit of the pattern on the paper. Vy did the pencil rubbing method and got a better result. She place the lace under the paper and just rubbed pencil on top of the paper. I tried it but didn't get a good result, I suppose it varied depending on the lace. The ones I got were too thick, I think.

For the sequins, we used random circles representing light, medium and dark on a flat color. The colors I used were white, black and silver on a black flat background. For a red background, I used a combination of white, light and dark red and black. Then to represent light giving the illusion of sparkles, a star with uneven points using white gouache.

In the afternoon, we had a live model pose for us in her bathing suit for our beach wear attire subject. I was feeling confident with my drawing skill and had a much better drawing of the model than I have ever had since I started the Life Illustration class. We also used gouache but this time treating it as a wash rather than a thick paste. Skin color was a bit tricky but Ir, my seatmate, and I were able to mix a decent looking paste to be used for skin color. Ir also had the idea of putting the mixture on the water for us to use as the base, which worked perfectly. It was the darker color for the shadows that was a bit tricky along with reflection of the model's clothes on her skin. I personally think time was too short so I'll probably be doing some more drawings over the holiday season.

Oh. Oh. Before I forget, I got a good score on my 3rd folio. The lecturer gave me just one perfect score among all the other items but it's still good. The denim and print render I made which I thought would give me a perfect score was 2 points off the perfect score. I was told to emphasize the shadows on the folds of the clothes and where two fabrics overlap. Still, I felt good about it.

I already have a number of blogs, some I've dropped, some I even forgot my usernames and passwords to, and here's another to add to those blogs.

In contrast to the other blogs, where I just blog about life in general, this blog will be devoted mostly to my life as a student. I'll try to chronicle the stages I go through so I could look back and assess how I develop.

Like most people who want to be a fashion designer, I hope to have my own label and even fashion company in the near future. It's not going to be easy. I am aware of the difficulty of breaking into this competitive industry. I know that some designers started designing as early as in their pre-teens and I know that some successful designers worked hard for decades before being declared a success. But like any other ambitious person out there, I know that if I really want it, I can get it. It's going to take a lot of work and it's going to take passion and unwavering dedication to learning, and I'm willing to sweat it out because, after 20-odd years of living, I've finally found what I love to do.