…and one for my homies
The semester finally finished and I'm on holidays. Hurrah! Beside some very important technical skills, I learned something very important so far this year.
I might not be dumb, but I'm a terrible student.
I've found institutionalised learning extremely difficult since the age of about 15. It's incredibly hard for me to multitask and I lack the self-discipline to go to class on a nice day. So even though my work has, for the most part, been fine I've come perilously close to failing. Pretty much every assignment was late or incomplete.
The more technical classes I've done well in, which is notable. Particularly a subject called 'Reprographics', where we learn all the necessary information to reproduce and tailor work for press. My classmates are all seem unimpressed with the subject (mostly because it can be hard and a bit tedious) but I've found it really handy. We've been looking at printing samples and the geek in me gets a bit excited at the prospect of using special inks and printing methods.
Actually, it raised a bit of an ethical dilemma. The part of the printing industry I find the most interesting (aside from magazine production) seems to be in security printing. It seems like you get to play with the most expensive equipment and specialised printing methods, as well as interesting substrates (the stuff it gets printed on, not always paper). However, as you know, by "security" they mean keeping the wealthy rich, for the most part.
The part that appeals to me is the same part that loved Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series. It's all gadgetry, trickery and competing intellects. Okay, and the part that wanted to become a master thief when I grew up.
Below is the kind of stuff we've been doing in technical illustration this semester. I won't be surprised if I fail that one. I just didn't seem be able to get my shit together. The bottle is about 90% finished. I've gotta fix the condensation bubbles (all the shadows are of equal length, which doesn't make much sense) and the shadow cast by the bottle. I really should emboss a logo into the glass too. If anyone has any tips for drawing shadows cast by glass, that'd be ace. Even though the class has finished, it'd be nice to complete it for my folio at least.
np:
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
Common People – Pulp
I might not be dumb, but I'm a terrible student.
I've found institutionalised learning extremely difficult since the age of about 15. It's incredibly hard for me to multitask and I lack the self-discipline to go to class on a nice day. So even though my work has, for the most part, been fine I've come perilously close to failing. Pretty much every assignment was late or incomplete.
The more technical classes I've done well in, which is notable. Particularly a subject called 'Reprographics', where we learn all the necessary information to reproduce and tailor work for press. My classmates are all seem unimpressed with the subject (mostly because it can be hard and a bit tedious) but I've found it really handy. We've been looking at printing samples and the geek in me gets a bit excited at the prospect of using special inks and printing methods.
Actually, it raised a bit of an ethical dilemma. The part of the printing industry I find the most interesting (aside from magazine production) seems to be in security printing. It seems like you get to play with the most expensive equipment and specialised printing methods, as well as interesting substrates (the stuff it gets printed on, not always paper). However, as you know, by "security" they mean keeping the wealthy rich, for the most part.
The part that appeals to me is the same part that loved Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series. It's all gadgetry, trickery and competing intellects. Okay, and the part that wanted to become a master thief when I grew up.
Below is the kind of stuff we've been doing in technical illustration this semester. I won't be surprised if I fail that one. I just didn't seem be able to get my shit together. The bottle is about 90% finished. I've gotta fix the condensation bubbles (all the shadows are of equal length, which doesn't make much sense) and the shadow cast by the bottle. I really should emboss a logo into the glass too. If anyone has any tips for drawing shadows cast by glass, that'd be ace. Even though the class has finished, it'd be nice to complete it for my folio at least.
np:
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
Common People – Pulp
posted by Lumpen at 6/19/2007 03:45:00 pm
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