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Another one of these journals.
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I'm pretty much done with dA now. I've only used it to check my watch list for the past few months, and even that is just re-posts from blogs (which I follow elsewhere). So if you're interested in updates from me, keep an eye on my blog: kristianduffy.blogspot.com. Thanks!
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Annual Journal Entry
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I'm in third year of University now. More sweet and sour coming right up.
P.S. Follow my blog kristianduffy.blogspot.com/
P.S. Follow my blog kristianduffy.blogspot.com/
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Back at University
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Thought I'd push back the old 'Uni year 1 over' journal. Well I'm back at university now with my 2nd year. It's actually shaping up quite well, I feel a lot more refined than when I was in first year. If you'd asked me how it was going last week though I would have went mental as we had a heck of a lot of work dumped on us in the first month. But I'm back up and running now so it's all good in the hood.
Ciao!
Ciao!
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Hello,
Time for another almost but not quite bi-annual journal update! Bazinga!
*Just a quick warning- this is a pretty long and boring journal for y'all to be reading so I don't mind if you don't. It's more of a checklist for myself*
To kick off, I turned 20 last weekend which has got me worried because by my calculations (and obsessively checking every artist I finds' age), an Illustrator reaches his/her peak at 24
. Then improvement slows to a snailpace and you're stuck with what you've got up to that point- yowzers.
Moving swiftly on this brings me to the final hand in of my first year at University- which is Friday, then I'm done for the Summer. So let's all sit down for a little year in review...
Points to consider:
- I realised that I make next to no 'traditional' (or digital) sketches of any sort. Uh-Oh spaghetti-ohs that's bad news for an arteest such as myself. Note to Kris: Start sketchin' stuff! You don't draw enough! This is perhaps a little alleviatable (?) because I've been doing Uni work instead, but still there should be some extra curricular drawing going on. (Take a look at my Deviations since September- there's only 1 official none-uni submission)
! Also exampled by the fact I've not had a proper sketchbook since 2006.
- Next and (probably) in relation to the above point. Lets get busy with some good ol' traditional art. When I started this year at Uni, I was scoring poorer marks in the pen/pencil/paper/plasticine/real life projects than I was in the digital ones because I had no confidence (too light with me markings, too careful/frustrated with symmetry). As mentioned earlier- it's been 4 years since I had a proper sketchbook, which means, it's been 4 years since I created proper real life art in real life. Damn girl!
Sure I've done a couple of canvas paintings here and there but definitely nothing substantial. Everything's gone digital nowadays, when I should be sharing the spicy chicken pasta of art out to both mediums. By no means will I stop being a digital illustrator- but I should equal out the confidence in both subjects.
- And now for something positive- my animation work has came in leaps and bounds since I started at University. For some reason I went from what was practically timed slide-shows (the 2 music vids I did) to full motion (Super Cycle) in one foul swoop and I've been on the steady up-hill since- what's that all about!? Well it was all about the state of mind. I went from thinking (the music vids) "I'm naturally rubbish at this here animation lark, but I like the film-making aspect of it so am gonna carry on making me may-as-well-be slideshows" to thinking "May as well try and be good at animation eh" and Voila! Transformed.
And that's about it. I think over the first year, I've improved in my illustration in the way that I would have naturally (practice aside)- there is improvement but it's not been aided by spending time with it. But I've improved in my animation tremendously.
So in the summer- hopefully you'll see more real life paintings and drawings from me as well as more of the same old same old. I can't wait to be able to work on my own thang again. Thats it, get outta my house MTV! Go on, scram!
Broshnizz Niki -
Time for another almost but not quite bi-annual journal update! Bazinga!
*Just a quick warning- this is a pretty long and boring journal for y'all to be reading so I don't mind if you don't. It's more of a checklist for myself*
To kick off, I turned 20 last weekend which has got me worried because by my calculations (and obsessively checking every artist I finds' age), an Illustrator reaches his/her peak at 24
. Then improvement slows to a snailpace and you're stuck with what you've got up to that point- yowzers.Moving swiftly on this brings me to the final hand in of my first year at University- which is Friday, then I'm done for the Summer. So let's all sit down for a little year in review...
Points to consider:
- I realised that I make next to no 'traditional' (or digital) sketches of any sort. Uh-Oh spaghetti-ohs that's bad news for an arteest such as myself. Note to Kris: Start sketchin' stuff! You don't draw enough! This is perhaps a little alleviatable (?) because I've been doing Uni work instead, but still there should be some extra curricular drawing going on. (Take a look at my Deviations since September- there's only 1 official none-uni submission)
! Also exampled by the fact I've not had a proper sketchbook since 2006.- Next and (probably) in relation to the above point. Lets get busy with some good ol' traditional art. When I started this year at Uni, I was scoring poorer marks in the pen/pencil/paper/plasticine/real life projects than I was in the digital ones because I had no confidence (too light with me markings, too careful/frustrated with symmetry). As mentioned earlier- it's been 4 years since I had a proper sketchbook, which means, it's been 4 years since I created proper real life art in real life. Damn girl!
Sure I've done a couple of canvas paintings here and there but definitely nothing substantial. Everything's gone digital nowadays, when I should be sharing the spicy chicken pasta of art out to both mediums. By no means will I stop being a digital illustrator- but I should equal out the confidence in both subjects.
- And now for something positive- my animation work has came in leaps and bounds since I started at University. For some reason I went from what was practically timed slide-shows (the 2 music vids I did) to full motion (Super Cycle) in one foul swoop and I've been on the steady up-hill since- what's that all about!? Well it was all about the state of mind. I went from thinking (the music vids) "I'm naturally rubbish at this here animation lark, but I like the film-making aspect of it so am gonna carry on making me may-as-well-be slideshows" to thinking "May as well try and be good at animation eh" and Voila! Transformed.
And that's about it. I think over the first year, I've improved in my illustration in the way that I would have naturally (practice aside)- there is improvement but it's not been aided by spending time with it. But I've improved in my animation tremendously.
So in the summer- hopefully you'll see more real life paintings and drawings from me as well as more of the same old same old. I can't wait to be able to work on my own thang again. Thats it, get outta my house MTV! Go on, scram!
Broshnizz Niki -
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University, Rob and brother Niki
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*Update 2* Rob's on DA now isn't he? (yes) 
*Update* I've just got front page on Newgrounds with my animation to The Lost Lake!!!! This didn't deserve a full journal entry so here it is stuck on my last one. Front page!
Bon-jour-no!
My stolen bike feels like old news now so its time for an update. I never got the bike back and the police sent me a letter saying theyve also given up looking, wonderful. My generous grandma did however reimburse me £100 out of the £140 that the bike cost. How very kind! Then my aunty gave me her old bike for free, how very kind!
So speaking of family allow me to link you all to my brothers newly revisited deviantart page: . How very kind! (Of me) Go check him out, drawings n that.
Right this is turning to a great wall of text so I'll note-form the rest.
Ive not been submitting much lately because Im working on a commission for a local band. Its a flash cartoon and they take ages! Hopefully it'll be worth it though.
And finally Im starting a uni course in Animation and Illustration next month, so Ill have a whole load of sweet and sour to upload from that. Am looking forward to it I am.
*Update* I've just got front page on Newgrounds with my animation to The Lost Lake!!!! This didn't deserve a full journal entry so here it is stuck on my last one. Front page!
Bon-jour-no!
My stolen bike feels like old news now so its time for an update. I never got the bike back and the police sent me a letter saying theyve also given up looking, wonderful. My generous grandma did however reimburse me £100 out of the £140 that the bike cost. How very kind! Then my aunty gave me her old bike for free, how very kind!
So speaking of family allow me to link you all to my brothers newly revisited deviantart page:
. How very kind! (Of me) Go check him out, drawings n that.Right this is turning to a great wall of text so I'll note-form the rest.
Ive not been submitting much lately because Im working on a commission for a local band. Its a flash cartoon and they take ages! Hopefully it'll be worth it though.
And finally Im starting a uni course in Animation and Illustration next month, so Ill have a whole load of sweet and sour to upload from that. Am looking forward to it I am.
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