DAN WOODWARD

Project 3 - Worldbuilding: Checkpoint I had a really useful session with my tutor about my progress to date. My second map has also been successful, and it was useful to realise that a map doesn't always have to be accurate or to scale in order to feel real. What is important is the job the map is doing, and having a strong and appropriate visual language in order to carry out that role. I am thrilled that the map allowed me to bring together lots of disparate elements into a

I received feedback from my conversation with my tutor, so I am taking a breath to assimilate the feedback, look back on where I am and plan ahead. Rivenhall on Ice My initial direction was initially fun, but I started to struggle trying to emulate approaches and stylistic choices that did not suit me. My tutor noted that there was a breadth of work demonstrated in the tutorial that wasn't necessarily reflected in my learning log write-ups. As I move forward, I will try and b

After my last post, I had resolved to try and tackle my frustration by letting go and playing. I had my third catch-up with my tutor not long after (at the end of May) - and as you can tell, I am writing this in November. Things have not gone to plan. It makes writing things up so much more difficult; I barely feel like I can remember the conversation with my tutor, although I do remember it was positive. I felt like I had not really done very much practically - but had been

The first main project, and already I have managed to get myself stuck! My original plan for the project was to do a 'master study' for...

So here we are, Assignment Five - typically where everything comes together. For this module's final assignment, the task was very...

I have been in somewhat of a crisis. My mental health has been at rock bottom and it's left me at times considering very dark thoughts...

I actually finished this assignment on time, in November. It's hard to imagine that now, these months later. Revisiting it again to write...

Introduction Another assignment, and overdue again! I am getting tired of things tripping up my planning and putting my schedule back....

Introduction Finishing this assignment took me much longer than I had anticipated. I think all-in-all I have put about 50-60 hours into...

For my third and final image, I wanted to take a more traditional approach, and really latch on to my feedback to create a separation...

For this second image, I decided to delve into the realm of 3D. I studied closely two books by James Gurney [2,3] to explore not just the...

This post will cover my work for the first image of the assignment. For this image, I decided to start by reviewing an approach I had...

It wasn't easy to know how to approach this final assignment. When I had originally read through the coursebook, I had a rough map of the...

So after all my exploratory work, I felt I had a good bearing on what I wanted to produce, and how I might create it. I looked back over...

To start with, I needed a pseudonym. I had been mulling over different options in the weeks running up to the assignment. I liked a lot...

Assignment Four is a new experience for me. For all of my other coursework, there has always been a series of exercises to introduce...

I almost thought that I would never finish this assignment. There have been a number of times when I felt that this section might make me...

I am used to sharing my work, having produced videos of my work for Illustration Sketchbooks, so this was not really outside of my...

For this first assignment, the brief asked me to pick from one of three different approaches. I decided to take the Illustration option....

So, another stressful piece of work, which I will try my best to interrogate and unpack as part of this write-up. Having finished the...