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

CASAMANIA

Hello fellow friends and followers of Claudblog,

It seems like a lifetime since my last post, it’s cliche but I’ve been so busy, and this week has gone super slow.

Another boring thing to add is, my portfolio is ALMOST COMPLETE!!! I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. Don’t get me wrong, I loved making it all, it’s totally my thing, but now I just can’t wait until it’s all done and out of the way.

My birthday/birthday party’s next week so I’m looking forward to that too. I don’t know if I wrote about this before but Mum granted me permission to have a proper 18th, with friends and family down.

Our house is too small so I’m having it at my Granny and Granda’s, who lives directly in front of our house. So I’m going into super-party-planning mode, a mode I have not been in since my 16th. I’m currently researching party games. Decorations were bought today and music was sorted last night. (BTW, guests, if you would like any songs in particular in the ‘Party Playlist,’ please let me know.)

I’m playing a Find the Badge game, self explanatory really, so I ordered all 20 badges on ebay. The first batch arrived yesterday, and they looked so cool! People chose really good images: they were meant to pick something that would relate to them. So yeah, portfolio work and party time, I love this!

If I wasn’t going into graphic design, I so would be a party/wedding planner. I totally could own that job.

BUT look!

4th February- James’ Birthday Party

5th February- My Birthday Party

6th February- 18th Birthday, woo

7th February- MOCK ENGLISH EXAM

8th February- INTERVIEW!!!

See that! See! How horrible of silly school to give me that in between the two most important days of my life! And no, I’m not being overdramatic!

And alas, I found out something else! About the precious bum chair.

It’s only £228.00!

A little bit out of my price range! However I found out it was called a Casamania.

Yay,

- Claudia

KISS THE BABY SKY

Hey applebody,

I guess I did do a post before Christmas after all. The alphabet posts will likely continue in the new year.

Wow, it’s actually Christmas Eve, that’s just not sinking into my head today. I don’t think the day could go any slower either, not that I really mind. Christmas will come and go, and to be honest no-one seems ready or excited for it. I’m trying super hard to be excited, but I don’t know if it’s working.

I spent today working on my Countries book. People who see me round school may have seen me running about and working on this, it’s just a little side project for the portfolio. It’s really fun to focus on, but it’s just taking so much time. I’ve also started on another thing, a CD book. Dad drilled holes in the CDs which was interesting to watch, then I tied it with string and made it into a book. Now I’m just drawing my favourite bands and sticking them in.

I’ll show you SHINee’s page (page? cd, whatever) because it’s the most respectable and the best one. Also have done BIGBANG and Super Junior. Suju’s looks vile, kinda makes me want to cry: they don’t even look like themselves.

I might post a picture when the whole book is completely done.

Don't I look so happy? What a state.

I don’t know, I think these past days are just full of exciting surprises, it’s so nice, it’s making me smile like something silly. First, it was the wee meet up with friends and we randomly went to Newry (oh no, I’m blogging about stuff I do...I hate that), then I found out I got a interview: probably the happiest I’ve ever been, now I’m working on portfolio work about stuff I love which is heaven. Masa released a remix last night: unexpectedly, I had forgotten he was making one. He probably doesn’t mean anything to anyone who doesn’t llisten to Kpop, but I adore him, and his new song was unreal. Then James wrote a blog, which was so nice. And now it’s Christmas. Ah!

I guess I’m much happier than I thought!