DECEMBER AGAIN

Hello, remember me?

I’ve missed blogging. Coursework got the better of me. I’m now half way through Final Year, and wow, it has gone so fast. I had a great few months and now I will share...

University

I’m really settled at uni this year, as I mentioned in my last post. I realised how important my friends are and feel I’ve got a lot closer to them this year. Work has tightened up for third year but I really enjoyed what coursework I was working on. You can see here and here where my time has gone during the 12 weeks of Semester 1. In late January I’ll be starting my dissertation (8000-1000 word essay) on a topic I’m interested in, and will also produce a final practical project which will be on display at the End of Year Show in May. Yikes! Although it seems daunting, truthfully I'm excited to working on a topic that focuses on my interests. I think I know what I’m working on, but an assigned supervisor helps me along who I meet once a week to discuss how I'm getting on.

Friends

Home and University life was weird due to a couple of my friends not being at home. Rebecca, Kerri and Emma were studying/working abroad but were coming home for Christmas. I was counting down the days until I saw them again so December was an exciting month! 

Christmas

Christmas is so wonderful I felt it should have it’s own section. Lots of festivities at University, including the Christian Union and my course Dinners. As well as shopping, films, Starbucks, days out with friends and sorting last minute presents.

Remember in my last post I fell in love with a jacket? I am excited to announce my Mother picked up on my many hints and bought me it! (shown above) I think I’ve worn it everyday so yeah I was delighted. I got lots of other awesome pressies too - perfume, an amazing laptop bag from Emma and an external hard-drive. It was nice spending time with my family and chilling for a few days. Hope everyone had a nice Christmas! 

- Claudia

SHERLOCK FTW

Heylo!

Okay well I have some exciting news!! Back in May two pieces of my coursework were nominated for the Ulster Media Show. This show is an opportunity to showcase the best and most interesting pieces of work by media students from Colleges and Universities in Northern Ireland.

Although I was nominated last year for my Motion Graphics piece (y’know, the one with the animated version of myself) unfortunately I couldn't make it due to the death of my Granny Green. Thankfully I was given the chance again this year, and submitted my Interactive Flash based narrative “Sherlock - A Scandal In Belgravia” and Interactive film “Ultimate Guitar.”

My classmate and good friend, Rebecca was also nominated for her Flash about Marilyn Monroe “Marilyn and her Monsters”. It was a great opportunity for both of us to meet different people in the media industry as well as showcase our work.

Meeting Sarah Travers with Rebecca! She was really lovely.

There were 5 categories and both of my pieces fell under ‘Interactive Content’. Sarah Travers, who you may know as a BBC Newsline presenter, hosted the award ceremony - and also kindly took photos with us afterwards too! ‘Interactive Content’ was the first category announced. Like most award shows, it showed some of the nominee’s work on screen, that was cool - I felt like I was up for a BAFTA! Then following that a commendation was released, then the winner.

‘Ultimate Guitar’ won a commendation for original idea and special effects so I was delighted for that, but when I went down to collect it, Sarah told me to wait because I also won first prize for ‘Sherlock!’ Then suddenly all these photographers started snapping my photos, and wow, after that I really didn’t take much in after that! 

On stage, award presented by Kate Duffy, NWRC Director of for Workforce Development and Administration.

After the awards, there was food available and a chance to talk to people and get photographs taken too. An excellent evening, definitely the hard work paid off. This year I found my course was a big step up from first year and didn’t think I could handle it - fearing my work couldn’t be up to standard to the level I would want it to be. So I feel these awards have encouraged me to keep going and has given me new-found faith in myself! This is a big deal because it’s been something that I’ve been struggling with for a while. 

The award was engraved with name and work, wow!!

*speech time lolol*

I’d like to thank family and friends who supported me and kept me from going mentally insane during the past academic year and those wonderful human beings who have already congratulated me, because I still can’t believe that I actually won something.

A massive thank you to Rebecca - who although who’s work was in the same nominee category as both of my pieces, kindly and graciously congratulated me ( although I felt so SO bad about it! :[ ) I appreciate it so much, you’re amazing! ♥

In particular I need to thank Jared for his leading role in Ultimate Guitar - it would have been appalling without him and oh, also to Mary-Jane/Emma who introduced me to Sherlock! Whee! You are all brilliant!

With much happiness,
Claudia

SHERLOCK [COURSEWORK]

Hello,

Sorry I’ve gone missing in action - yet again - but shall return to blogging after I finish up this semester at university.

This past couple of weeks I’ve been working on an Interactive Narrative on Adobe Flash. I based my idea on a BBC Sherlock episode, ‘A Scandal In Belgravia’.

(Funny how for two of my modules this year I’ve focused on BBC shows - I made a website on Doctor Who last semester!)

Anyway I’ve never created anything like this before so apologies if it kinda sucks - and to be honest it doesn’t follow the storyline fully but I wanted to base mine on Sherlock cracking Irene Adler’s code on her phone, rather than all the other fantastic things that happened in the real episode.

All drawings done by myself and as you can see from the image above, they have been based on the characters from the show too.

Feedback would be appreciated!

I tried everywhere but failed at hosting and embedding the ginormous sized swf, so please play here.

Many thanks and I shall return soon,

Claudia xo

MOTION GRAPHICS

I’m not promising any funny and fabulous blog posts until after university has ended.
That’s not saying I won’t post, but it’s less likely.
Also I feel I’m going through a character change at the minute, so I’m on the down-low until I get
myself sorted out.

Over the weekend I finished my Visual Diary for Motion Graphics.
I’m fairly happy with it and glad it’s finally complete! :D

Motion Graphics: Visual Diary by Claudia Green | Make Your Own Book

Although I posted my animation before, I’ve fixed it up and hopefully will post the finished
version soon.
The deadline for all my work is Thursday. 

Talk soon,

Claudia

MOTION GRAPHICS

Hello friends,

Okay super quick report because I’m tired.  My aims were to finish my Motion Graphics before the end of this week. (Friday) I worked like a bulldozer to get it done and successfully completed it today. Wanna see?

I’m pretty pleased with it - there are a few wee tiny mistakes but if you all saw how they looked before you’d settle for it the way it is too. 

I done all the illustrations - drew them out, scanned them in and coloured them on Adobe Photoshop. Some were more difficult than others. (Benedict Cumberbatch may or may have not been traced.)

I wish I could have included everyone - because I know there's some people that should have been in it - but alas, it could not be.

Thanks to all who have liked and commented on it on Facebook. It can be used for feedback in my Visual Diary - which will commence operation next week.

Wow, this sounds incredibly serious doesn’t it? Let’s finish this post of with a celebratory waaayyyyyhheeeeeeyyyyyyyyy!!

Happy Easter everyone!

DIGITAL IMAGING

Well lads,
Feels like a long time since I’ve been blogging properly. I’ve done a couple of memes but most of them were written a couple of weeks before posted because I knew I was going to be so busy.

However I am now FREE from the clutches of Digital Imaging coursework (but shall return to it with open arms in February.)

I must admit I thoroughly enjoyed working on this piece of coursework - it mirrors how Art is, except BETTER- research, experiment and final piece - except this time the final piece is not a painting or sculpture, but a photoshop piece.

Claudia + Art + Computers = ♥ LOVE

If that wasn’t fun enough for silly old me, we also were able to make a book!! Those who can recall my psychotic takeover on producing the Upper 6th Yearbook can imagine a similar behaviour which occurred for this project.

We used a company called Blurb to publish our book and mine should arrive in the post on the 5th January. 

I’m very pleased with the way mine has turned out - and although my class mates are cursing under their breath as they continue to work on theirs - I am now free to enjoy my Christmas holidays! 

Above is a .jpeg of the cover - and below is an embedded link if you would like to read or look at it.

Digital Imaging: Visual Diary by Claudia Green | Make Your Own Book

Merry Christmas everyone! I shall update with my goodies next week.

- Claudbag

EVE'S EVE :D

Hey
Okay this will be a quick post, as my hands are cold and I'm hungry.
I got more coursework done today! Whooo. But I doubt it's gonna be done before Christmas. Like, it's Christmas Eve tomorrow. TOMORROW! Flip why am I not more excited? I bet tomorrow night I will explode or something.

I love the Christmas holidays! Well I love all holidays, but Christmas is clearly the best. I've already got into my "no school" routine. Go to bed super late, like between 12-1.30am, that is after spending hours on the laptop doing nothing. Then listening to my iPod all night as I sleep. Usually, I end up yanking my earphones out in the middle of the night unconsciously and throwing them on the floor. But it's just habit. Then waking late (round 10-11) and just wandering about all morning if I have nothing to do. Today was one of these days, except I ran out to the container to do as much coursework possible. I got a enough done which I was happy about.
Then I got distracted and made a banner for my blog. *scroll up* See? I think it turned out better than expected.

The official "Cool" list

1. Conrad Chow- I discovered him on A.C.T. He's not like a celebrity or anything but he just looks so cool! It's effortless! He was "born and bred" in Hong Kong and now lives in London. AND he works in Louis Vouiton! I looked at his pics, he's very stylish and cute. Naomi and I looked at his YouTube page, where he has posted videos of himself playing guitar: Check it out. Yes, effortlessly cool and sexy.

2. Lee Donghae- Okay, undoubtedly I will be posting a Super Junior member here. But it's Donghae, the sexy sexy one! What has drawn him to my attention recently is how amazingly photogenic he is, and how on screen he's just pure man. basically. It's an infaction just to watch his facial expressions. He's also the best dancer. I wish I could dance. Check out Super Girl by Super Junior M (he's the one in the grey suit) and Super Junior dancing to Sexy Back live. Woah Donghae.

3. Charlie Mcdonnell- OBVIOUSLY Charlie is here. I don't think I've mentioned Charlie yet on my blog. He's an 19 year old English guy who makes YouTube videos. He's hilarious, cute and smart. You may have seem him on the BBC Switch show "Chartjackers" where him and his 3 friends tried to conker the U.K charts with their song "I've Got Nothing." Well the song didn't get to number one, but they made a pile of money for Children In Need. I strongly advise you to look at his Youtube videos. He's a darling. And he is awesome at music and just being himself.

If I fail to post anything tomarrow or who knows when.. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Ok, my stomach just fell off, I'm gonna go eat.
Claudia x