tutorial.

BLAH BLAH. SO I'M SITTING IN TUTORIAL WRITING THIS, IT SEEMS ODD SITTING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT 'BLOGGING'. I KIND OF FEEL PREASURED TO WRITE SOMETHING INTERESTING BUT I'M NOT GOING TO AS I HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT SO YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE EVENTS OF MY PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON INSTEAD.
TODAY WE MADE A COLLAGE OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD/THINGS THAT INSPIRE US. MY COLLAGE CONCISTED OF PICTURES OF POLITICS AND SLOGANS ABOUT THE QUEEN, A CHAV IN THE CORNER, A CAPTION TITLED 'BOYS' WITH A PICTURE OF BOY GEORGE AND A DRAG QUEEN UNDERNEETH TO CONTRAST WITH THE POLITICAL MESS THAT WAS GLUED ALONG SIDE IT.
AFTER ENDLESS MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPER FINDS AND AN ARTICLE ABOUT SOMEONE BEING BURRIED ALIVE ME AND CARL FOUND VERY INTERESTING; A FEW SCRIBBLES AND EDITS ADDED ON BY MWAH MY COLLAGE WAS COMPLETE AND READY TO BE PHOTOCOPIED ONTO ASSOTATE.
I WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE FINAL THING EVEN THOUGH IT CUT ABIT OFF AS I DIDN'T LEAVE A '2CM GAP' AROUND THE EDGE OF THE PAGE AS I WAS TRYING TO CRAM ENDLESS AMOUNTS OF IMAGES IN.
(ILL PUT A PICTURE UP LATER IF YOU WANT TO SEE BECAUSE SHANS ASKED ME TO HELP SOMEONE WITH A BLOG AND MATTHEW DEAREST'S PITTER PATTERING ON THE KEYBOARD IS DISTRACTING ME)


BACK HOME.
SO HERE IT IS, THE ASSOTATE VERSION. I'LL HAVE TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THE ACTUAL THING WHEN IT'S DRIED:


AND NO, I'M NOT OBSESSED WITH BOY GEORGE AND GORDON BROWN IS NOT KISSING THE DRAG QUEEN EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEAUTIFULLY CONTRIVERSIAL, RIGHT?

work,work,work

IV'E STARTED TO REALISE HOW MUCH MY LIFE ACTUALLY REVOLVES AROUND THIS PROJECT NOW, IT'S QUITE SAD! TODAY I STARTED TO DRAFT THE WING OUT SO I GOT SOME CARDBOARD AND STARTED TO PLAN HOW THIS WING WOULD ACTUALLY FASTEN ONTO THE GARMENT AND THE SHAPE AND SIZE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO WORK. FIRSTLY MY DAD DREW ROUND MY TO GET THE SIZE RIGHT (VIEW PICTURE BELOW BEARING IN MIND HE EXADURATED HOW FAT I WAS - I HOPE!) THEN WE GOT ALL MY DRAFTS OUT, PICKED THE BEST ONE AND STARTED TO DRAW IT UP IN PROPORTION. IN THE END WE GOT THE OUTLINE DOWN AND STARTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WOULD WRAP AROUND THE BODY BECAUSE ONCE THE COPPER HAS BEEN HEATED AND BENDED IT'S FIXED IN THAT SHAPE SO WE DECIDED THE BEST THING TO DO WAS FIX A BRACKET ONTO THE SPINE OF THE GARMENT SO THE WING COULD SWING ROUND.
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO GO TO THE GARDEN CENTRE TO DECIDE WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE FILLED IN WITH, WE LOOKED AT THE COPPER SHEETING, TARPAULIN AND METAL MESH'S AS THERE ALL DURABLE AND STRONG FOR PROTECTION.
WE THEN GOT BACK AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN THE BONES I GOT THE OTHER DAY, THE FIRST BONE WE DID WAS OKAY, WE GOT IT OUT, PUT IT IN A BUCKET WHICH WAS THEN FILLED WITH WATER AND BLEACH THEN IT WAS READY FOR THE SKULLS TO GO IN, LITTLE DID WE KNOW THE SKULLS WERE COMPLETE WITH EYES AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE AS I FOUND OUT WHEN I OPENED THE BAG TO FIND ONE STARING AT ME, THE BAG THEN GOT SHUT STRAIGHT AWAY AND ME AND MY DAD HAD A 10MIN DELIBERATION ON WHO WAS THEN GOING TO PUT THE SKULLS IN THE BLEACH BECAUSE WE COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF PICKING THEM UP SO IN THE END WE JUST GOT THE BAG, TIPPED IT OVER THE BUCKET AND RAN OFF. ALL THE BONES ARE CURRENTLY IN MY BACK GARDEN SOAKING IN BLEACH SO THERE CLEAN, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELLS NOW GOING TO GET THEM OUT OF THE BUCKET WHEN THERE CLEANED OFF.
WHY DO I DO THESE THINGS?!

- DRAFTING UP THE WING (I AM AWARE IT LOOKS LIKE A CRIME SCENE)


- SCOURING THE GARDEN CENTRE FOR MATERIALS. (I LOVE HOW PEOPLE TELL ME HOW BAD MY HAIR LOOKS FROM THE BACK!)


- BONE CLEANING, YUM. (NOT QUITE SURE WHAT TO DO WITH THIS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, SAW I IN HALF AND MAKE A SPINE/ATTATCHMENT FOR THE WING TO FIX ON TO?)

'stalking cat'

I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHY I FIND THIS MAN SO FACINATING, I WAS RECENTLY WATCHING 'PLASTIC SURGERY AND ME' ON CHANNEL 4 WAITING FOR A WHOLE EPISODE ON THIS MAN HOWEVER HE ONLY FEATURED IN THE PROGRAM FOR 15MINUTES WHICH WAS SLIGHTLY DISSAPOINTING. IN THESE 15MINUTES HOWEVER WE HAD A SMALL INSIGHT INTO HIS LIFE WHICH WAS QUITE SADDENING. HE USED TO HAVE A JOB AS A COMPUTOR ENGENEER AND SINCE HIS SURGERY CAN NOW NOT GET A JOB THEREFORE HE LIVES IN A TRAILER IN A REMOTE LOCATION IN AMERICA WHERE HE FUNDS HIMSELF OFF HIS PUBLICITY. HE DOSEN'T GO OUT MUCH BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK HE'S A FREAK WHICH I THINK IS SO HORRIBLE, I PERSONALLY FIND HIM FACINATING BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT MOST PEOPLE. I LOVED A QUOTE HE SAID IN THIS DOCUMENTRY WHEN THE PRESENTER ASKED HIM WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT PEOPLES OPINIONS ON HIM AND HE REPLIED 'I THINK THEY SHOULD LIVE THERE OWN DAMN LIVES AND LET ME LIVE MINE' WHICH I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH. WHY ARE PEOPLE SO STEREOTYPICAL STILL WHEN OUR CULTURE AND RACE ARE SO DIVERSED LATELY?
I BELIEVE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THEMSELVES HAPPIER BY PLASTIC SURGERY THEN IT'S THERE CHOICE AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE JUDGED BY DOING SO.
YOU FIND OUT LATER ON IN THE DOCUMENTRY THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY PLEASENT CHILDHOOD AND HE USED TO FIND SOLICE IN THE WOODS WHERE HE FELT LIKE HE BELONGED. HE HAD A FACINATION FROM TIGERS FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE AND PROBABLY THOUGHT HE WAS JUST BORN A WRONG SPECIES SO HE TRIED TO ERASE HIS PAST BY CHANGING HIS FACE.
HIS AMBITION IS TO HAVE A HOUSE BEFORE HE DIES SO HE'S CONCIDERING SELLING HIS BODY TO A MUSEUM! HOW CRAZY IS THAT? I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THIS MAN, WHY ARE PEOPLE SO CLOSED MINDED AND STEREOTYPICAL?

hello fashion illustration.

HELLO FIRST FASHION ILLUSTRATION AND YES, CLEARLY THIS WENT HORRIBLY WRONG AND WAS ABANDONDED HALF WAY THROUGH BECAUSE IT WAS HOPELESS, I DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT IT WAS SO CLOSE UP AND THERE WAS A LACK OF DETAIL ON THE ORIGIONAL PICTURE SO IT LOOKED TO PLAIN AND MEANINGLESS, I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE USE OF 'WALLPAPER' FOR COLLAGE USE, IT LOOKS CHEAP AND MESSY AND ALTHOUGH THE TEXTURE MAKES THE PIECE LOOK MORE 3'D IT MAKES THE LINES LOOK TO FLAT THEREFORE THERES JUST TO MUCH OF A JUXTAPOSITION FOR THIS PIECE TO HAVE WORKED.



THIS WAS MY ILLUSTRATION OF AN AVATAR. NO, I'M JOKING BUT IT DOES SHARE AN UNCANNY RESEMBILENCE RIGHT? I GUESS I'M MORE HAPPY WITH THIS ONE AS IT HAS MORE DETAIL. I GOT BORED OF COLLAGING BY THIS POINT AND DECIDED TO PLAY WITH INK AND SEE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK SO MY ORIGIONAL IMAGE WAS PHOTOCOPIED TWICE SO I COULD EXPERIMENT WITH THE INK WITHOUT RUIENING MY ORIGIONAL ILLUSTRATION. I PREFER THE IMAGES WITH THE INK ON HOWEVER I'M STILL NOT HAPPY WITH THE LOOK OF IT. FIRSTLY I TRIED EXPERIMENTING WITH THE INK HEAVILY IN THE BOTTOM CORNER AND LIGHTER TOWARDS HER FACE AND THE OPPOSITE FOR THE SECOND ONE.
IF I WAS TO DO THIS AGAIN I WOULD STUDY THE IMAGE MORE AND BE MORE SELECTIVE TO WERE THE INK WAS PLACED. I DO LIKE HOW THE DETAIL WAS STITCHED AND NOT CREATED USING CUT UP CARD BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LOOK LESS THOUGHT ABOUT WHICH GIVES AN EFFORTLESS YET CLEAN LOOK.

I'M ACTUALLY QUITE HAPPY WITH THIS ILLUSTRATION IF I'M HONEST, I LIKE HOW MOST OF IT IS STITCHED AND THE THREADS JUST HANGING OFF ALMOST CARELESSLY. I DECIDED I WANTED VERY LITTLE COLLAGE PIECES ON THIS PARTICULAR ILLUSTRATION AS THE DETAIL WAS IN THE FACE AND DRESS AND IT WOULD LOOK TO MUCH OTHERWISE.
IT WAS ACTUALLY QUITE HARD TO CUT OUT THE CORSAGE BECAUSE I DECIDED TO CUT OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PIECE AND PIECE IT BACK TOGETHER AFTERWARDS LIKE A JIGSAW, OVERALL I'M PLEASED WITH THIS THOUGH.
ANOTHER FAILED ILLUSTRATION, OH HOW I TRY.
THIS ONE COULD JUST NOT BE SALVAGED, IT WAS JUST TO PLAIN AND HARD TO WORK WITH, THE ONLY THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THE FACT IT'S A FULL LENGTH IMAGE WHICH DISPLAYS THE CLOTHES NICER. I USED NEUTRAL COLOURS IN THIS AS I THINK THEY LOOK MORE CLEAN ALONG WITH THE BLACK LINE. THE ONLY THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS ILLUSTRATION IS THE SHOE BECAUSE ITS MORE DETAILED, I THINK I'M GOING TO STICK TO DETAILED PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE FROM NOW ON AS I JUST THINK THEY LOOK WAY BETTER.




HELLO STENCLING. FIRST I TRIED THIS WITH A CLOSE UP PICTURE TO CAPTURE THE DETAIL OF THE FACE BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT BECAUSE IT JUST LOOKED LIKE A CUT OUT A MASSIVE BLOB (WHICH I DID) SO I RESORTED TO A MORE 'FAR AWAY' PICTURE WHICH I THINK WORKED ALOT BETTER. I'M STILL NOT HAPPY WITH IT THOUGH, FIRST OF ALL SHE LOOKS LIKE KATE WINSLET (WHY DO ALL MY ILLUSTRATIONS LOOK LIKE SOMEONE?!) SECOND OF ALL SHE LOOKS LIKE A POP ART PIECE WHICH I GUESS IS FINE IF YOU LIKE POP ART BUT THATS DEFEATING THE WHOLE POINT. AFTER I CUT OUT THE SECTIONS I WANTED FILLED IN I SPRAYED IT WITH BLACK INK TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AND IT LOOKED VERY PLAIN AND FLAT SO THEN I ADDED DIFFERENT COLOURS AND BLENDED THEM TOGETHER BY PADDING IT WITH A SPONGE. IF I WAS TO DO THIS AGAIN I WOULD BE MORE SELECTIVE WITH WHAT AREAS I SELECT TO CUT OUT SO IT'S LESS OBVIOUS AND LOOKS LESS LIKE THE PHOTOGRAPH BUT MORE LIKE AN ILLUSTRATION THEREFORE I WOULD SELECT THE INTERESTING SHADOWS AROUND HER FACE UNLIKE SECLECTING HER EYES, EARS AND NOSE.

"i threw a few sheeps heads in there for you aswell love"

CHEERS DAVE! SO YEAH, A NORMAL DAY AT COLLEGE FOLLOWED BY A TRIP TO THE ABATTOIR. I RANG UP AND 'DAVE' WHO MET ME OUTSIDE THE GATES AND HANDED ME A BLACK BAG CONCISTING OF A MASSIVE BONE FROM GOD KNOWS WHAT ANIMAL AND TWO SHEEPS HEADS, HE WAS A VERY CUTE OLD MAN WHO THOUGHT I WAS A PRACICING VET SO WAS VERY SUPPRISED TO HEAR THAT I WAS MAKING A TOP OUT OF THE LEFTOVER SHEEP HE WAS GIVING ME. AFTER EXPLAINING MY PROJECT TO HIM (BECAUSE HE WAS ACTUALLY INTERESTED) HE SAID I COULD COME BACK AND GET SOME SMALLER BONES ON FRIDAY SO I'M EXCITED TO GO BACK AND SEE WHAT HE HAS FOR ME THIS TIME.
THEY WERE IN NO STATE TO MESS AROUND WITH STRAIGHT AWAY THOUGH, HE VERY ENTHUSIASTICLY SHOWED THEM TO ME WHEN WE WERE OUTSIDE AND THE SMELL WAS VILE! MY DAD WAS HESITANT ABOUT PUTTING THEM IN HIS BOOT AND WHEN WE GOT BACK MY MOM HAD ME HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE GARDEN BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BEAR THE THOUGHT OF ME BOILING A SHEEPS HEAD IN HER KITCHEN SO NOW I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW SO I CAN BLAST THEM WITH THE HOSE IN MY DADS GARDEN. I THINK A TRIP TO THE MARKETS IN ORDER TOMORROW SO I CAN GET SOME LEATHER STRIPS TO SEE IF I CAN FASTEN THEM TOGETHER IN SOME SORT OF WAY SO I ALSO NEED TO RESEARCH DIFFERENT KNOTS AND DRILL HOLES IN THEM NOT ONLY TO FEED THE LEATHER THROUGH BUT TO DRAIN THE BONE MARROW OUT OF THEM SO THERE LIGHTER, YUM.
WHY DO I NEVER JUST MAKE A SIMPLE GARMENT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?

just another manic monday!

10AM WAKE UP. GET READY IN 5MINUTES AND RUSH OUT THE HOUSE TO SNEAK IN AFTER THE BREAK AT 10:30. CLEARLY, THIS WASN'T THE BEST START TO THE DAY WHICH PROBABLY EXPLAINS WHY THE REST OF IT WENT SO BADLY.
FIRST OF ALL MY TOP WOULDN'T FIT ON THE MANIKIN SO I HAD TO CUT IT UP THE BACK JUST TO GET IT ON THEN I TRIED HANGING THE BONES I HAD ON THE STAND; I DID THIS USING STRING WHICH LOOKED SO MESSY AND TANGLED. WHEN THE BONES WERE IN PLACE I PHOTOGRAPHED THEM (LOOK BELOW FOR IMAGE)


TO GET A REPRESENTATION OF THE POSITIONING I WANTED THEM AT. AS I LOOKED AT THE GARMENT I REALISED HOW BARE IT LOOKED SO I TOOK ALL THE BONES AND STRING OFF AND RESORTED TO GLUEING THEM TOGETHER SO IT WOULD LOOK LESS COSTUME AND MORE MQUEEN-ESQUE. THIS ALSO FAILED. I GOT A PLASTIC BAG AND COVERED THE MANIKIN THEN HEATED UP THE GLUE GUN AND STUCK THE BONES ON CLUMPED TOGETHER TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. IF YOU FOCUSED ON JUST THE BONES IT LOOKED OKAY BUT IF YOU IMAGINED IT AS A WHOLE PIECE I JUST COULDN'T SEE IT WORKING EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUGGESTED I MAKE A CORSET AND SEW THE BONES ON BUT IF ONLY ANONE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW BAD I WAS AT PRODUCTION THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY A CORSET PATTERN DID NOT GET DRAFTED THAT AFTERNOON.
SO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD I WENT STILL TOTALLY STUCK ON HOW TO CHANGE MY DESIGN AS I DIDNT WANT LITTLE BONES ON THERE I WOULD SAVE AFTER I ATE A PIECE OF KFC. AFTER A WHILE OF PONDERING, SLASHING AND PINNING I DECIDED TO CALL IT A DAY AND HEAD TO THE MAC WITH ADAM TO CALL WHAT SEEMED LIKE EVERY ABBATTOIR IN THE COUNTRY AND BEING OFFERED A HUMAN SKELETON FOR A FEW GRAND I FINALLY STRUCK GOLD WHEN 'DAVE' ANSWERED THE PHONE AND VERY KINDLY OFFERED TO GIVE ME THE BONES FOR FREE!
MY MOM LOVES THE IDEA OF ME BRINGING A COWS CARCUS HOME OF COURSE AND IS ENCOURAGING ME TO BOIL THEM IN HER BEST POTS AND PANS...
I CAN'T WAIT TO START EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM NOW SO HOPEFULLY I CAN MAKE THE WHOLE THING PURELY OUT OF BONES AS MY BEAUTIFUL ORGANZA TOP COMPLETELY FAILED! I DID TRY AND GO TO THE MARKET AFTER COLLEGE TO SEE IF I CAN GET SOME LEATHER STRAPS TO FASTEN THE BONES TOGETHER OR GET SOME MESH BUT IT WAS CLOSED SO BETTER LOOK NEXT TIME?
I THINK MORE RESEARCH IS IN ORDER BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION TOOK TAKE IT IN.
THIS PROJECTS TESTING ME.



MY IDEA OF 'SLASHING' THE TOP TO RESEMBLE A RIB CAGE. I AM AWARE IT LOOKS LIKE A RIP OFF GARETH PUGH, THIS IDEA WILL BE DISSGUARDED.

SO I TRIED SEWING THE BONES ON ASWELL BUT THE ORGANZA WAS TO WEAK TO HOLD THE WEIGHT..

must see.

OKAY, SO CLEARLY THIS WAS A WHILE AGO BUT I WAS YOUTUBE STALKING AS I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY TIME AND CAME ACROSS THIS, I LOVE VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, I LOVE HOW SHE PROMOTES MAKING CLOTHES YOURSELF WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND TO PROVE THAT EVERYONE CAN LOOK STYLISH NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE. I ALSO LOVE HOW SHE GOES AGAINST THE CONFORMITY AND ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO LOOK SPECIAL AND DIFFERENT.
ALSO, THE WOMANS WEARING 7 METRES OF FABRIC, HELLO!

replay,replay,replay.

I WAS ONLY RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO THIS BAND AND IF YOU'VE NEVER LISTENED TO THEM YOU REALLY SHOULD, IT'S PROPER MUSIC UNLIKE THE EDITED COMPUTOR DESIGNED RUBBISH IN THE CHARTS THESE DAYS. IT ALSO PROPOSES THE QUESTION: WHY DON'T BOYS LOOK LIKE THIS ANYMORE?!
OKAY, THE LEAD SINGERS SLIGHTLY DRAG WHICH QUITE FRANKLY IS AMAZING, HE LOOKS TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL BUT THE REST OF THE BAND ARE PROBABLY STRAIGHT SO BOYS HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO LOOK LIKE THIS ANYMORE!
IT'S QUITE UPSETTING. I WISH I WAS ALIVE IN THE 80'S, THE MUSIC, THE PEOPLE AND THE STYLE THESE DAYS IS SO BAD!
I TURN ROUND THE CORNER AND THERES A CHAV STANDING ON IT SMOKING SOME ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE OR CAUSING SOME SORT OF HAVOCK.
MAYBE NOT EVEN SPECIFICALLY THE 80'S, IN THE 40'S,50'S,60'S,70'S,80'S AND 90'S EVERYONE HAD A VERY SPECIFIC LOOK AND THEME TO EACH DECADE IF YOU WILL. IF I EVER FIND OUT WHO INVENTED THE 'TRACSUIT' I WILL PERSONALLY KILL THEM! THE ONLY STYLE ICON WE HAVE IS GAGA BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO ADMIRE HER STYLE BUT NOT ADAPT IT TO THERES, WHEN I'M A DESIGNER I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD AND TEACH EVERYONE HOW TO DRESS PROPERLY. I PROMISE.

bag full o' bones

OK, SO I'VE GOT TO STOP GOING OUT WITH WEIRD THINGS IN MY POSSESION, COLLEGE IS GOING TO GET ME KILLED.
A BAG FULL OF BONES, BUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM? I STILL HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW ON EARTH IM GOING TO MAKE THIS SKELETAL PIECE WORK, I JUST KNOW I WANT TO DO IT. I FORBID HANGING THEM OFF THE PERSON WITH THEM HELD TOGETHER BY STRING BUT THAT SEEMS THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY OF DOING IT UNLESS I USE CHAINS WHICH COULD LOOK REALLY AFFECTIVE BUT THEN AGAIN COULD CLASH WITH THE COPPER?
IF YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT I'M MAKING A GARMENT CONSISTING OF A BLACK LONG SLEEVED TOP MADE OUT OF ORGANZA WITH A SLASHED DETAIL DOWN THE ARM, TROUSERS MADE OUT OF A LEATHERY/SCALEY BROWN MATERIAL WITH A SKELETAL FRAME OVER THE TOP, HALF A SKULL FOR A MASK AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, A 6FT DRAGON WING MADE OUT OF COPPER. OKAY, IT SOUNDS ABIT 'OUT THERE' BUT IF ONLY ANYONE COULD UNDERSTAND HOW AWFUL I AM AT PRODUCTION SKILLS THEY WOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY I'M FAFFING AROUND WITH SHEETS OF COPPER AND DEAD COWS/PIGS SKELETONS. WELL, I SAY THAT, I STILL NEED TO GO TO THE BUTCHERS AND ASK KINDLY IF THEY WOULD GIVE ME IT (EXPLAINING MY PROJECT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE THEY KICK ME OUT FOR BEING A CREEP).
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MY DESIGNS ARE ALWAYS SO FAR FETCHED, MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET MY DESIGN AESETHIC BUT THATS COOL. I'M QUITE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING IT IN ALL FAIRNESS, I JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DECORATE THE WING WITH, I'LL HAVE TO BREAK THE HAMMER OUT THE SHED AND EXPERIMENT, MAYBE SMASHING TILES OR BEADS INTO BROKEN PEICES AND STICKING THEM ON MAKING A MOSAIC/SCALE EFFECT?
I'LL HAVE TO LOOK MORE INTO IT I'M SURE, I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND A WAY OF 'SUCSESSFUL SKETCHBOOKING' YET, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH EVERY PROJECT I DO I GO TO RESEARCH IT AND GET SENT DOWN TO EITHER THE MYTHOLOGY OR THE CHILDRENS SECTION IN THE LIBARY WHERE I HAVE TO SIT BY MYSELF ON THE LITTLE PURPLE STOOL IN THE CORNER WITH A BUNCH OF 5YEAR OLDS RUNNING AROUND ME, TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE, I ACTUALLY CAN'T DRAW MY FINAL DESIGN WHICH LOOKS BEAUT IN MY HEAD AND A MESS ON PAPER WHICH IS QUITE UPSETTING.
I THINK I'M GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BRAINSTORM AND BUST THE WATERCOLOURS OUT AND SEE WHAT I COME UP WITH..

boy george, 19.04.10

SO THE 19TH APRIL, 2010, BOY GEORGE ARRIVED IN BIRMINGHAM AND ENTERED THE TOWN HALL AT 2PM, SOUND CHECKED AT 3 AND WENT ON STAGE FROM 8-9:45PM.
2PM, PATTERN CUTTING AT COLLEGE, 3PM FINISHED COLLEGE, 7PM, GOT READY IN FULL B.GEORGE DRAG AND HEADED OFF TO THE TOWN HALL WHERE AS SOON AS WE GOT IN WE GOT INTERVIEWED BY THE BBC BECAUSE WE LOOKED 'AMAZING'. DURING THIS INTERVIEW WE SPOKE ABOUT ARE LOVE FOR THE BEAUT AND HOW HE INSPIRES OUR FASHION SENSE (WHICH HE DOES BECAUSE HE'S AN ICON!) WE THEN MET THE MOST AMAZING MAN EVER (ALSO DRESSED AMAZINGLY IN A TOPHAT COVERED IN CHAINS, A BIG SPARKLY STAR, WET LOOK LEGGINS, SPARKLY PLATFORMS WITH CHAINS WRAPPED AROUND, A FULL FACE OF MAKEUP AND A SEQUINED TOP) WHO THOUGHT MY HAIR WAS 'AMAZINGGGGGG!' HE WAS THEN FOLLOWED IN BY A MAN WEARING A BIG GREEN HAT (ALMOST IDENTICAL TO BOY'S) AND A SEQUINED SUIT. I'M IN MY ELEMENT AT PLACES LIKE THAT, YOU MEET SOME EXTRODINARY PEOPLE YOU WOULDN'T TEND TO MEET JUST DAY TO DAY LIVING. WE THEN HAD OUR PHOTO TAKEN BY ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER AND WENT IN TO WATCH THE SHOW. HE SANG SOME OF HIS GREATEST HITS, SOME GOSPAL PIECES AND OF COURSE, KARMA, WHICH EVERYONE WENT MENTAL FOR. I REALLY ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHING THIS GIG, IT'S ONE OF THEM WHERE THE ARTIST IS SO PERFECT TO PHOTOGRAPH AND YOU CAN CAPTURE HIS SPARKLE THROUGH THE LENSE. HIS BASIST WAS SO LOVELY AS WELL, HE KEPT JUMPING IN THE SHOT AND GIVING US MASSIVE SMILES (WHICH MADE FOR A BEAUT SHOT).
AFTER THE SHOW WE SPENT A BIT OF TIME WITH THE BASIST WHO LOVED THE PHOTOS AND GAVE US HIS FACEBOOK TO SEND THEM TO HIM. WE THEN MET THE MOST AMAZINNNNNGGGG GAY GUY EVER WITH BRIGHT BLUE EYES AND PERMED LASHES AND MANAGED TO SPEND ABOUT 3/4HOURS WITH HIM TALKING ABOUT WHITNEY HOUSTEN, BLONDIE AND THE DATE HE WENT ON EARLIER THAT EVENING :')
BY THIS TIME IT WAS ABOUT HALF 1 AND WE WENT AND HAD A CUP OF TEA/COFFEE WITH THE SECURITY GUARD INSIDE THE TOWN HALL AND GOT OUR SET LISTS SIGNED BY THE STAR HIMSELF. OVERALL I GOOD NIGHT I WOULD SAY, NEXT TIME HE COMES TO BIRMINGHAM I'M SO THERE!


TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURES, BEAR IN MIND I DESPERATLY NEED PHOTOSHOP AND A NEW LOGO!


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